Chapter 12

“She won’t be a – metaphorical – pain in my ass.”

It was a rather general statement, which was so vague Jake wondered if it’d work at all. In any case, he didn’t manage to think of something better. His cousin was able to make mistakes, screw things up and have him pay the bill ever since they were little kids, and he’d love to have, for once, to not have to worry about her crashing his car into someone’s garden, or her stealing something and pretend that it was his idea. Or just not be obnoxiously early wherever she went so she could use your lateness to berate you in a very underhanded way, with bribes, of any form, the only way to stop her from doing so!

In any case, he was forced to focus on the cleaning of his home. It was rather dull but he didn’t want to risk fucking something up with his powers. Still, he found that he had a lot less dirty clothes and empty bags of chips and the like that he had expected. In fact, he had a lot less than he remembered. He stopped, worried about something like that. Why was it so much cleaner than what it should have been? Was it perhaps because of the changes he had made? Perhaps being attracted to a real giantess meant that he had made more efforts to clean his home? Or was it because it was a way for her cousin to be less painful?

He would probably soon find out, he realized with a sigh. If his change was too vague for her to be truly “fixed” he definitively expected her to barge in in a few seconds. But then those seconds turned into minutes and then even half an hour until the bell rang. He had been utterly taken aback by his lack of work to do and had drifted to a sort of dream-like trance, only to be jolted out of it by the bell. He rushed toward his interphone, to let her inside the building. He was a little nervous now, and he tried to assuage his concerns. He had changed her, after all.

“Hey Jakey-boy, how are you!” she boomed, as soon as he opened the door and darted inside his apartment, already making him wonder if he had lost his mojo.

“Hello Agatha” he replied, doing his best to not sigh. “I’m fine, and you? You’re the one who drove for hours to come here, after all.”

It was something which always worked with his cousin. She wanted to speak about herself almost as much as she wanted to reel you in one dumb idea or another, so she could have a fall guy. Starting to make her talk about her trip, the idiots who almost crashed into her car and what not was one of the easiest way to make her amenable from the get go. He had perfected that art over the years and he was putting it to use with every fiber of his being. He wanted some peace, at least this evening!

“Well, it was rather calm, almost dull” she replied slowly. “Until I came near your town, of course. I don’t think you realize how dangerous it is to drive here, really. Men and their dick for brains are seriously dangerous!”

“Uh?” was all he could reply – he had never felt it dangerous to drive in his town; in fact Jake was almost certain it was one of the safest places to drive in the region, because people were careful and gentle on the road.

“Well yeah! Perhaps you’ve gotten used to it so you haven’t realized it yet, but those dumb billboard of your giantesses make people brake non-stop to better look at them… even if I’m not gonna lie, I’d love to have an autograph from Jackie the Mountains!”

Now that was something new, which he hadn’t expected. Neither the nickname, which vaguely sounded like some sort of porn star brand, nor the billboards. But they both made sense. Giantess Jackie clearly had a super high sex drive and she loved to let it take the helm. It was only natural that someone would start calling her names and it’d stuck. She had mountains on her torso now, thanks to all the changes he had made. And of course the town would try to capitalize on it and put add about her everywhere. The only city with a living giantess! A real one, willing to be seen – perhaps even touched! A goldmine, really.

“Yeah… I know, I know… I told you I wasn’t interested into her… but did you know that she’s been approached by Stray Kidz and Pentagon? I mean, I love those K-Pop groups so I have to have a look at her… plus, you know her right? Do you think you could introduce us? I’d be super polite and all, really! I swear!”

Here it was, the real reason she had come here. He was surprised to learn about that infatuation toward K-Pop boys bands. As far as he knew, she had been more into underground metal stuff until recently. Not that it surprised him, she was often fickle that way in her tastes. Her openness, however, was not expected. Usually, she would have cajoled him, or wormed ideas into his head with underhanded tactics until he was the one proposing to go and have her meet Jackie. That way, whatever happened, she’d have been able to save face. Now, if she found herself rebuked, it wouldn’t be his fault.

“Come on, don’t give me that look! I swear I’ll even be taking responsibility for what happen! Cross my heart” she even added, which made Jake raise his eyebrows even more. It sounded absolutely abnormal for her to do that, she had to have ulterior motives!

“Okay, well, listen… We’ll be meeting her tomorrow. I’m too tired to go to her home right now. And yes, I know it’s close by, but give me a break, okay?”

“Fine” she sighed. “But you promise we’ll be going as soon as possible tomorrow morning, okay?”

“Yeah, yeah…”

Jake suspected that there was some foul play just waiting to happen… but he really couldn’t see what it was, and it seemed that Agatha was indeed less of a drag on him today. His changes had to had to work… but he was starting to suspect that, staking on each other’s, the ones he had made to the world were changing it in far deeper ways than he had anticipated. Sadly he also knew he had no real way to undo them without enduring horrible pain – he even doubted that he’d survive it if he tried! All he could do was to roll with them and hope for the best.

The evening was uneventful and it gave way to the night relatively easily. Agatha didn’t even protest when he didn’t gave her his bed – he had changed the sheets and it would have been too much of a hassle so she was sleeping on the couch. In any case, Jake had a well-deserved sleep, especially because he had thought about wishing for a great – and cheap – AC inside of his apartment, allowing him to sleep now. That night, no bolt of green fire struck him in his sleep; if any appeared at all, it collided with the window and dissipated. And when he woke up, he heard his cousin doing the same, yawning loudly.

“It’s really great in here” said Agatha when he emerged from his room, still in her pyjamas – thankfully, he didn’t want to see her in her undies, or worse, naked! “Is there anything to eat? I’d love to have some apple and sausages for breakfast.”

“But…” started Jake, but he stopped mid-sentence – if she know liked apple when she had always hated them, it was a bonus point for him. “Of course. I’ll cook it and then we’ll be able to go see Jackie I think. It must be near 10 a.m. already after all.”

They ate in relative calm, exchanging pleasantry and enjoying their time. Finally, they went to get cleaned before finally leaving his home. Agatha was taken a little by surprise when she learnt they didn’t need a car to go to Jackie’s, it seemed her fangirling didn’t went far enough for her to know that. Which somehow worried him even more, because he started to wonder why she wanted to meet his friend. Perhaps he could have forced her to spill the beans, but he didn’t want to use his powers in such a way, so he instead searched for the best way to approach the subject.

“So, hum, why did you come to see me so suddenly? I mean, you had all of the holidays to come here, after all!”

“Well, yeah but… we are growing older so I want to make the best of those weeks where I can laze around, you know?” she replied, grinning in a mischievous way which made a shiver run down his spine. “Really, can you imagine how my friends will be jealous when they’ll know I’ve meet the Mountains?”

“Yeah… I don’t think she’ll like the nickname, so you’d better not used it with her around, you know?” he said – even if to be honest he had absolutely no idea if it was true or not.

Perhaps that Jackie loved her pornstar-like nickname? He couldn’t tell since he hadn’t memories of the changed world. It was certainly starting to become problematic… but one the other hand it allowed him to better enjoy the changes he made, so he didn’t want to modify his mind or the way his powers worked. It was better to just go with the flow and enjoy what was happening to him, rather than worrying about every little detail anyway. So he got ready for a short walk with Agatha.

“Really? I’m pretty sure she said she loved when her fans called her that… but I guess you’d know better since she’s your friend. She is, right? Your friend, I mean?”

“Of course she is” he replied, rolling his eyes – even if his cousin’s sudden worry was amusing, at least. “Okay, let’s go.”

The walk was largely uneventful since the neighborhood was calm – almost torpid during the holidays really. Still, Agatha was quite excited by the sight of Jackie’s house, which seemed to dominate the nearby houses. In fact, Jake realized that he had not paid it enough attention the previous evening when he had been returning home. It almost looked like a castle looming over the peasants’ homes. It looked modern of course, like a hangar indeed but now that he was approaching it, he realized it was even larger than he had expected it to be. Jackie lived large in all senses of the word.

“Whoa, that’s awesome! Can you believe if I was tall enough to live in there? It’d be incredible!”

Jake winced. The idea of making her a giantess seemed even worse than Serene’s. He could almost see her destroying everything and convincing the world that it was its fault that she had crushed something or even killed someone… So yeah, he’d make sure she wouldn’t grow at all. Not if he could help it. But he couldn’t focus on it, because his cousin seemed intent on asking a flurry of questions about Jackie. How was she? What did she like? Was it okay if she asked to touch her skin a little? Would it bother her or would she be happy? Perhaps he could help her convince the giantess to let her try anyway?

“I know, I know! I’m overeager! But it’s a real giantess Jake! Can you believe it? I mean, I know for sure a lot of peoples tried to reproduce the accident which made her grow like that, but they keep failing. She’s unique – well, her two friends grew too, I guess but I mean, they are small compared to her!”

“One of them shrank” he told her, which stopped her mid-walk; in fact she almost fell forward as he said that.

“No freaking way! I didn’t know!” she yelped, looking stunned.

Now that was interesting. Perhaps Miranda and Alison did their best to hide the fact that one of them had become smaller – or had just never grown taller than the size she had been during the accident? Jake realized he hadn’t really specified how or why Alison hadn’t grown like her two other friends. Perhaps they thus didn’t want it to be public knowledge to not harm Jackie’s image or brand, or because the idea that whatever had caused Jackie to become a super busty giantess could stunt their kid’s growth had been deemed too dangerous to be public knowledge?

He pondered over all this and the word he had said the previous day. Had he fucked up somewhat with Jackie’s friend? He had said that Miranda was into Alison… but never that it was reciprocal… and if it wasn’t how their relationship did, had been affected by it? What if Miranda abused her size on poor little friend? Was she simply pinning on her without daring to move because she didn’t want to hurt Alison’s feeling, who had to be miffed that her friends had grown taller while she had been stuck – or shrunk – at 1 meter tall only?

“Hello, Earth to Jake? Don’t tell me you lied to me about you being friend with Jackie, okay?” said Agatha, startling him as he realized they had reached the enormous – now closed – portal leading to the giantess’ home.

“Of course not!” he replied, perhaps a little too quick – he had absolutely no reason to be stressed out or worried, he could probably correct anything he had done wrong if he really thought about his powers and the way to use them.

“Then what are you waiting for!?” grumbled his cousin as she gestured at him so he’d ring the bell and they’d enter.

He sighed but did as he was told. He hadn’t any other choice anyway and it wasn’t as if he’d be able to correct his mistakes if he worried all the time. He noticed that his cousin was nervous and he couldn’t help but smile. Usually, she was a lot calmer, even in the worst situation because she knew that he was the one who’d get blamed for her actions. But today, she seemed far less able to act like that, as if she couldn’t really use him as she usually did. When the doors opened, without anyone to see, she almost jumped, and he chuckled a little, ignoring her glare.

‘Stop laughing” she whined. “I’m super nervous! I’m not used to seeing girls towering over me that much. I’m 1m70, for fuck sake, that’s tall!”

“Yeah, well, not in this town” he replied, grinning now. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, but the amount of tall people here is just insane. Just you wait until you’ll walk downtown, and you’ll see what I mean.”

“Sure, I wonder why that is, by the way” she huffed, and he suddenly wondered if she hadn’t ulterior motives beyond some fan desire to meet Jackie.

The two of them walked inside the property’s ground. There was still no one to be seen and it was a little frightening. A heavy silence was resting on it, as if the party of the previous day had ended in a terrible way, and Jake’s imagination couldn’t help but start to picture it, an accident or something he hadn’t heard about since they hadn’t listened to the radio or looked at the news this morning. He gulped and opened the main door giving into the largest hall of the house. And as soon as he did it, his fear were alleviated – a loud music was now booming, probably so that Jackie’s could hear it wherever she was, since she wasn’t here at all.

The two cousins looked at each other, wondering what they’d do. Wandering around the house didn’t seemed like a good idea for Jake. Jackie was so enormous that if she didn’t knew they were here, they perhaps may end under one of her soles, which seemed like a terrible way to die, or even just being hurt – but he was definitively certain that Jackie’s weight was now enough to kill them both without even noticing that she had done so perhaps. Well, she wasn’t that tall, he corrected himself, but…

“Hey Jake! Who’s your friend?” boomed a voice behind them, startling them as it easily drowned the deafening sound of the music. “Bring down the sound, Alexa!”

Jake wasn’t able to answer immediately as he stared at Jackie’s almost naked body, only slightly covered by an incredibly large blanket which hug tightly to her curves. But he managed to break through his stupor to explain the situation to the angelic, busty, giantess who looked at them with a large grin as they spoke. She looked at Agatha and seemed to like what she was seeing. As for his cousin, Jake realized that she was absolutely giddy and looked as if she had received the greatest present ever just by being here. It still worried him but it was too late now to back out of it.

“It’s my cousin. She’s a fan of you and wanted to see you that I brought her here but I didn’t expect that... erhm…”

“That’s I’d just got out of the shower?” she chuckled. “Well it’s no big deal really. Still, I think I’ll need some help for now… Do you think you could come with me Agatha? It’d be a little embarrassing to ask you today Jake” she said with an innocent smile.

“Uh, sure yeah…” he replied, as he wondered what would happen now… and if he could – or should – nudge things around a little.

1.      Jackie just want some help with her make-up but Jake barges in.

2.      Agatha wants to drink from Jackie’s milk… and the effects are more impressive than ever!

3.      Agatha wants something out of Jackie… but it’s down there, not up with her breasts!

4.      Jake makes Jackie even taller, just to see what it’ll change in the world.