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"My little friend"

by Sonicfan287

Chapter 15: Jen's birthday

"Hmmmm... what could it be?" I pondered to myself, scribbling feverishly on my scrap of paper. "Maybe she wants a rocket ship!"

I then doodled a small rocket ship, scribbling exhaust from the tail pipe, before I crossed it out in frustration? A ROCKET SHIP? She wasn't 4 years old!

I then begin drawing a diamond ring - I mean, diamonds ARE a girl's best friend, or so I thought. I finally cross that out when I realize finding her size might be a problem... not to mention I don't make nearly enough money for a diamond ring.

"Bobby?" the teacher said suddenly, in a most stern tone of voice. I look up from my paper, somewhat startled.

"Huh?"

"Bobby, what do you think Arthur meant in chapter 7?"

"Uh... maybe he was... uh..."

"Looks like someone has to brush up on their reading" the teacher sighed and continued on. I sighed with embarassment and settled back into my imagination. What could it be?

That night, I gave Jen another call on my cell phone and she picked up this time.

"Hey, whats up?" she asked.

"Can I have a hint?" I asked nervously.

"Bobby" she said, half chuckling, "we've been through this, I'm not gonna tell you what it is"

"Then just give me a hint" I said.

"No" she said, without much hesitation, "if it was that important, I'd tell you but I..."

"But it is important" I said, "it's important if it's something you want..."

"Look... just... just... don't worry about it" she said again and then the line went dead. I sighed and put my phone back down.

Now what was I to do?

I laid my head down on the pillow and tried to get some rest, but all I could think about were clues, hints... anything that she had said. My mind raced around, from realistic things to stupid things like rocket ships, when I suddenly caught a hold of something. My mind was racing again, perhaps in the right direction this time. I began to analyze Jen's prior words, thinking of anything... any clue... any hint...

"Being this small..." Jen said, "it gets kind of tiresome to walk long distances..."

"you only like me because I'm unique... something different... but not in a good way..."

"...of course..." I heard Jen say very quietly, "...I still wish I wasn't this small"

"I'm not some exhibit... for people to gawk at!"

And then... it hit me, like a crash of thunder and everything in my mind fell silent. I knew... I knew what she wanted.

I slam my head on the pillow and sigh.

"What the hell am I going to do?"

The next morning came like any other, but it wasn't any other morning. It was Jen's birthday, and while I might not have been able to grant her birthday wish, damn it, I was going to make sure she had a special day, as best I could.

I decided I could take her out to lunch, take her whereever she wanted, and make it one of her best days ever. Okay, so maybe I had set the bar too high, but I had gotten too far to fail her now.

I get to Avery Point in record time and walk towards the Branford House. I look around, feeling both nervous and excited.

I mean, what would I say when I found her? Should I ask her again what she wanted? Or should I just leave it alone? I had no idea what to say or do, and my feelings overtook me like a waterfall, and then I saw something I didn't expect at all.

I saw Sarah, also in the vicinity, and it looked as if she was ... she was... talking to Jen!

"Sarah!" I said, and quickly ran over. "What are you..."

"Calm down" Jen said, in a hushed voice. Sarah had been kneeled down in the corner where Jen was resting. "Sarah and I were just talking"

"Yeah, just wanted to wish her a happy birthday" Sarah explained, "I guess you could say we really hit it off"

"Yeah" Jen said, nodding in agreement, "Sarah's really nice"

"Oh" I said, feeling pleasantly surprised and also speechless, as well as a tad embarassed. After what had happened the other day, it felt really weird to see Jen just chatting it up with one of my friends now. Maybe someday, I'd even introduce her to John ... or maybe not.

"Well anyway..." Sarah said, getting up now and patting me on the back, as she chuckled, "I guess I'll leave you two lovebirds alone... see you Jen"

I groan as she walked off, thinking to myself, "why did she have to say that?"

"Your friend... she's funny" Jen said, as I took her place kneeling in the corner.

"Yeah, she's a riot..." I said, rolling my eyes. "Anyway how are you? I mean, y'know... heh... it's the big day"

Oh geez, I thought to myself, feeling the nerves set in yet again. Why was I so nervous? It was probably because I wanted so bad to ask her about that birthday wish... to ask her yet again what she wanted... even if part of me knew. I just had to be sure... I needed some closure on it. It didn't help that I was traditionally horrible when it came to birthdays in general and this was no ordinary birthday.

"So Jen... did you have any plans for today?" I asked.

"No" she said, in a very nonchalant type of way, "I guess I'm not really much of a birthday type"

"Really?" I said, feeling a slight frown coming on, "so you didn't want to do ANYTHING?"

"Well..." she started and then turned away a bit "no"

"Nothing at all" I said, feeling kind of let down at this point. I still wasn't 100% positive of what she wanted for her birthday but I was willing to at least do something. After all... I did love her.

"Yeah..." she said, sort of somberly and began walking away.

I felt an orb of frustration welling up inside of me. There was so much I wanted to say, so much I was thinking and it all rushed to my head at once... except this time, some of it came out of my mouth.

"I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!" I shouted, and Jen stopped. She turned to me slowly, and then turned away again, pretending to not have heard of me. "I said, I know what you want for your birthday"

"There's no way you could possibly figure it out" Jen said, slowly, as if I had startled her. She hesistated before walking back to me, looking up at me, making eye contact. "I've never told anyone..."

"I know..." I said, letting out a long sigh. "...but I think I know... and..."

"And what?" Jen said, snapping suddenly. I sure as hell didn't want to blurt out what I thought without being 100% positive at this point.

"And... I don't know... I..." I said, stammering to find the words as she stared at me with both confusion and anger in her beautiful eyes.

"Well?" she said, tapping her foot, looking up at me. It almost looked like she was ready to come across some great breakthrough, whether it would be of elation, anger, or shame, I had no idea.
"What do you think I want?"

"Well... geez... I can't tell you when you're making me so nervous" I said at last and got up from the ground, distancing myself from her. She backed away as if she didn't expect me to do this and suddenly appeared frightened.

"Huh?" she gasped.

"It's just... I've tried to get close to you and let you into my life..." I said, looking down at her frightened figure on the ground as she seemed to await my every word, "...and I don't know, you want to keep as much about yourself secret as possible and it just gets to me after a while... Jen, I really care about you and... I just want to give you what you want for your birthday, because I'm your friend and because I care, and I always will care... but I guess... if you don't want to tell me... that's fine"

I stared to walk away. I really didn't want to, but it felt like the right thing to do. Suddenly I heard screaming from behind me.

"WAIT!!"

I turned back.

"PLEASE COME BACK!!" Jen screamed, nearly crying, "I'll tell you...please come back... don't leave me alone..."

And so I walked back, needing no further convincing. Jen signaled for me to come closer so I did. She was about to speak and then stopped.

"I... I just can't do this..." she said, turning away from me, holding back tears, "it's just too embarassing... can't you please respect that and just leave it be?"

I frowned when I realized she was right. I was putting too much pressure on her. That's not what good friends do.

"Okay Jen, I'll..."

"I want to be bigger!" she blurted out.

"Wh-What?" I gasped.

"Y-Yeah..." she said, as if she was afraid to hear herself speak, "I want to be big... y'know, not HUGE... but your height... normal height"

"Jen, I..."

"No, let me finish" Jen said, "I'm just tired of being this size... and maybe it's not because I feel like a toy or whatever... it's just... frustrating, I want to know what it's like... to be... big"

"Jen..." I said, as she holed up in the corner, burying her face in her knees. "Are you okay?"

She continued sobbing.

"Jen?" I said, and then said the only thing I could think of, and it was from my heart, "Jen, I'd do anything to grant you that wish... if it'd make you happy"

Jen looked up at me and said, "do you... do you mean that?"

"Yes" I said, "yes I do... honestly I don't care what size you are, but if you want to be bigger, that's fine, and I'd love to help you... but... I..."

"What?"

"I don't know that I can..." I said finally, biting my lip. I looked down at her for several seconds, expecting some kind of reaction. Perhaps dissapointment, anger, embarassment, but instead, she said something... something I didn't expect.

"Um, actually... you CAN help me"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well..." she said, and took a deep breath, "y'know how I'm a fairy right?"

"Yeah?"

"I uh... there is one magic power that I possess... but..."

"What is it?" I said, getting curious. Something about the prospect of magic always intrigued me.

"Well... there is one way..." Jen said, speaking slowly and methodically, "...one way... to... enlarge me..."

"Okay great, let's do it!" I said.

"It's not that easy..." Jen said, turning away from me slightly.

"Tell me" I said.

"You're sure?" Jen said, looking at me.

"Tell me" I repeated.

"Ugh, okay..." Jen said, her eyes now failing to make contact with mine as she spoke, "I can be enlarged... but..."

"But?"

"Someone... else... has to take my place" Jen said.

"I... don't understand" I said, although part of me did.

"Bobby... in order for me to grow... you... would have to shrink..." Jen explained, "you'd have to become... fairy sized"

"F-Fairy sized" I said, taken aback by what she had said.

"Yeah, its no big deal" Jen said, shrugging, "I shouldn't have even bothered telling you about it, just forget it"

I stared down at her and looked around. I felt dizzy, confused and nervous at the same time. I loved her... I wanted what's best for her ... but was I willing to do what she wanted?

"How... long...?" I started, "would I have to be.. your size?"

"Just a day or two, I swear" Jen said, "I just want to be big.. but... it's up to you, I won't make you do this"

I look at her with even more confusion. I didn't know what to do... my mind wanted nothing to do with it, but my heart... only cared for her, and if she had put up with being small for so long, surely, I could handle it for a day or two, right? I wasn't so sure, but I looked her in the eye, as best I could and said "I'll do it"

"You sure?" Jen asked.

"...I'm sure" I said, and picked her up slowly. "So how do we do this?"

"Let's... go somewhere quiet" Jen said, "we certainly don't want anyone seeing us"

"Okay, we'll go to the hideout" I said, and took her with me, all the while thinking about what I had just done. Maybe it'd be fun... to try something new. Who knows?

I walked us up the stairs to the hideout, when Jen asked again, "you're absolutely sure about this? I really don't want to pressure you"

"I-It's fine" I said, but still felt nervous. I was actually shaking a bit as I set her on the floor of an abadoned room.

"Okay.. it's actually pretty simple" Jen said. "All you have to do is wish for me to be big, and it should start automatically"

"Okay" I said, and closed my eyes, thinking strongly 'I wish Jen would be big'. I open my eyes quick and notice she's still the same, "Am I doing this right?"

"You have to really want it, Bobby" Jen said, "if any part of you has doubts, this won't work... you have to clear your mind, and really wish... wish hard..."

I gulped down my pride and closed my eyes again, for longer this time. I told my brain to shut up and I wished with my heart, 'I wish for Jen's happiness, I wish for her to feel and be as big as she wants to'.

I then opened my eyes and sighed.

"Nothing" I said.

Then something miraculous occured. There was a faint shine on the ground and she started growing. She grew and grew and I backed away sort of scared.

Within moments she had reached the height of a normal girl and stood right in front of me, absolutely breath taking. I wanted only to hold her and kiss her, and tell her how I feel... but before I could even get near her, I started to feel faint, but only for a moment. After that I looked at her again and she looked at me, without saying anything, until finally she broke the silence.

"Oh Bobby!!" Jen exclaimed, throwing her arms around me in an embrace and pulling me close to her, "I can't thank you enough for what you did for me... I... I..."

I sighed in some form of joy, but then felt myself slip away from her, as I slowly dwindled before her eyes, growing smaller and smaller as this falling sensation took me down, below her waist, then below her ankles, until finally I had completed my transformation and stood before her at only 3 inches high, and now the fragile form that I had once cradled in my hand was larger than life.

She looked down at me with a warm smile but still I felt afraid. I never expected it to feel so real... so threatening. Jen took a step towards me, but by instinct I backed away, utterly terrorfied.

"Bobby..." she whispered, and got down her knees. "I won't hurt you..."

I backed away still.

"Please... take my hand" she said, and put her hand down on the floor. Her hand appeared to be 20 feet wide. I gulped and stepped on, then looked up at her in fear.

She brought me closer to her face and I was actually stunned. From such a perspective, she was even more beautiful than before. Her 2 eyes were literally huge globes to me, and I could see every inch of detail within them, and her beautiful black hair hung in front of her like some kind of vineyard, but it didn't conceal her natural beauty.

"Bobby..." she said, "I.. I understand how scary this must be for you... and I..."

"HEY, WHO'S UP HERE?" a voice suddenly barked. I scampered behind Jen's finger, afraid.

"Oh shoot, who is that?" Jen asked, as footsteps neared our location.

"It sounds like campus police..." I said, "quick, hide me!"

"Hide you? But where?" Jen asked.

"I don't know, in your pocket, just get me out of sight, it's okay if they see you here, you're a regular height girl now" I said.

"Ok..." Jen said, with a nervous look on her face as she bit her lip. "I hope I don't hurt you"

She slowly let me slide off her hand into my pocket and I felt myself land in the corner of her pocket, my whole being turned sideways. It was quite cramped.

"Miss?" I heard an officer say "what are you doing up here?"

"Oh uh..." she stammered, "uh, my crazy friend... John, he told me to meet him here... but heh, he's nowhere in sight"

"Well Miss, this is a resticted area..." the officer said, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave"

"Yes sir, I'm sorry sir" she said and walked out. As she walked, I was jerked back and forth by the rythm of her thighs.

"Hope you're okay down there" Jen whispered.

"I've been better" I muttered.

"Im so sorry, hold on, we're almost there"

"Almost where?" I asked, and then she slowly pulled me out of her pocket and revealed the Branford House. "Oh"

"Isn't it beautiful?" she said, but I could only stare ahead at the giantess who was holding me. I couldn't believe how breathtaking she now was. She always had this beauty in her, but now that I was tiny... I could see it so much better.

"Bobby..." she said, breaking the calm, "I'm... gonna call Sarah"

"Huh, why?" I said.

"That's not a problem, is it?" Jen asked.

"Well no..." I said nervously, although it kinda was, I had no idea how she'd react to seeing me fairy sized. "...but why..."

"I just need to take care of some stuff" Jen said, looking down at me with a slight frown, "Sarah will take care of you, I'm sure, but I will be back later and we'll switch sizes again, I promise"

"I'm just glad I could make you happy" I said, sitting back in her hand now and looking up at her. The surface of her palm felt realy smooth, yet soft. There were worse things in the world than sitting on it at that moment. She smiled and dialed Sarah's number.

"Hey Sarah?" she said, "Uh... hi, it's Jen again... uh... I need you to meet me at the Branford House as soon as possible... yes... it's important"

I sighed nervously, not really knowing what to expect. Here I had gone telling Jen not to worry about being small, but now I had been small for no more than 10 minutes and I was alrady afraid to be seen.

Sarah walked up the steps of the Branford House and looked at Jen with shock.

"Oh my.. you're... you're tall" she said and then got into her exciteable giddy mode as she ran up to Jen and embraced her. Jen, clenching me in her hand tightly made sure not to squish me in the hug.

"Hey, what's that in your hand?" Sarah asked.

"Uh... not what..." she chuckled nervously and began to open her hand, "more like who"

"Oh my god, Bobby!!" Sarah squealed, sounding more excited to see me little than she had been to see Jen big. "You're soooo cute!"


"Heh yeah..." I chuckled, looking up at Sarah, who also looked larger than life.

"Can I hold him?" Sarah beamed, looking down at me again, like a little kid who looked at a cat.

"Okay, just be..."

"Yay!" Sarah screamed and did something I wasn't expecting. She gripped me by the back of my shirt between 2 of her fingers and lifted me up into the air with my legs dangling. I screamed and looked straight down, only seeing Sarah and Jen's legs and a long way to the ground.

"HEY, BE CAREFUL WITH HIM!!" Jen shouted and Sarah apologized setting me down in her hand. "Do you think you could take care of him for a while?"

"I'd be glad to" Sarah smiled, in a playful voice. I looked up at her with fear. I really couldn't wait to be big again, but for Jen's sake, Id put up with this.

"Bobby, I'll be back as soon as I can, keep in touch, okay?" Jen said, as she walked off. I waved goodbye, and then looked back towards Sarah who wouldnt stop staring at me.

"what?"I said defensively.

"Well, you've done some pretty crazy things for girls..." she said, "but THIS..."

"Please... I don't want to talk about it..." I sighed.

"Oh c'mon" Sarah said, "you'll be fine... in the meantime I'll keep you in my purse"

"Your... purse?" I said, looking down to see her purse hanging from her shoulder.

"Yeah, just until I think of something more fun" she said.

"Okay... just please be careful with me... I'm not a toy" I said, finally able to understand Jen's pain.

"Of course you're not a toy" Sarah said, and then lifted me again without warning, "now down comes the rocket ship!"

"Sarah!" I groaned as she placed me in her purse.

"Okay okay, I'm sorry" Sarah said, but I couldn't see her at this point. I was already in her purse.

I leaned up against a lipstick that now stood taller than me and sighed.

"Happy birthday, Jen..." I thought to myself.
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