The Amazon Butterfly Effect By Spitfire "What if a small woman could travel back in time and change a few little details? How different could things be? Not much? Me thinks not! Part 1 (Where It All Started...or Ended?) As I sat at the bar of Merriment Lounge someone from my past caught my eye. She recognized me also, walked over and sat down on the stool next to me. "Why if it isn't Becky Tyler!" I said. With a huge smile on her face, she replied, "Stevie Fisk, what has it been 20 years?" "Wow, now you're making me feel old Becky!" I said. She put her hand on my shoulder in a flirting way and said, "Well, you're certainly not any worse for wear Steve! I mean you're still quite the hunk!" I responded to her in kind, "You're not too bad yourself Becky! Your size always made guessing your age really difficult. You looked like a 10 year old when you were a junior in high school." Becky blushed as she said, "Oh, high school! You know the whole time we were next door neighbors; I had such a crush on you, Steve! You don't know how many times I used to fantasize that you were my boyfriend! You know you really broke my heart when you told me you were too old for me! I knew what you really meant. I was really just too much of a "runt" for you, huh?" Steve looked at her and said, "Well, to be honest, I'm just not all that attracted to little, petite girls. I'm 6'3" and I prefer women at least 5'10" or so. Small girls like you scare me Becky, I'm always afraid I'll hurt them and they feel like little girls to me. I mean, you're probably... what...4'8" tall? Becky quickly interrupted him and said, "4'10" thank you!" Steve chuckled and said, "Yeah, when you're as short as you are, I suppose every inch matters!" Becky was obviously a little miffed at his reply and quickly changed the subject. "So, Steve, I don't notice a ring on your finger, are you married?" Steve rolled his eyes and replied, "No, I'm divorced... twice...How about you?" Becky replied, "No, I'm single; I never did get married. After high school, I went to M.I.T. After graduating I got a job working for the government doing some pretty high level experiments. I've been doing some pretty important work and have little time for a social life." As the evening wore on we sat there and drank. I was feeling a little buzzed and Becky was looking better with every drink. She flirted with me the whole time and I could tell she wanted to go further. Around 2 a.m., as the bar was closing, I decided to make her dreams come true. She asked me if I wanted to go over to her place and I said, "Why not." After all it was probably 3 weeks since the divorce and I haven't had any for a month or so! So we caught a taxi to her house. I was pretty impressed! It was a lavish and plush looking home. Apparently Becky has been doing quite well for herself! We got out of the taxi and walked to the front door. As she walked up the stairs, I noticed that I was standing 2 steps below her and taller than her by an inch or so. We went into the house and it was really decked out. She told me to sit on the couch and make myself comfortable as she went into the kitchen. She returned with a couple of drinks, sat down next to me and kicked her shoes off. She looked up into my eyes and moved in to kiss me. She was so little, it felt as if I was trying to make out with a kid or something and I just got really weirded out. I pulled away at the last minute and said, "Becky, I'm sorry, I just can't do this. You're a really attractive woman, but I'm just not attracted to you." Becky's eyes started to well up as she said, "It's because I'm so much smaller than you, isn't it? Ashamed, I lowered my head and nodded "yes". Suddenly she stopped crying and went to the other side of the couch. Then after a few minutes of silence she said, "Let's just sit here and talk for a while then, you always were good company even though you always treated me like your little sister! I chuckled and asked, "So what do you want to talk about Becky?" She said, "Did you ever think of how drastically different the world could be if only we did a few little things were different? Did you ever see the movie "The Butterfly Effect"?" She was obviously getting into some deep stuff so I just nodded my head and said, "Yeah, I saw the movie and yeah, Sometimes..." She interrupted me and started telling me her whole life story, about how she didn't even go to the prom because no one would take her, how she didn't date in college and how she just immersed herself in her studies. She said, "I've been really lonely and a lot of the time I even bring my work home with me." I told her I did the same and that's probably why I was divorced twice. She acknowledged my answer and said, "Would you like to see what I've been working on?" I said "sure" and she took my hand and led me to her basement stairs. Once in the basement, I noticed it looked just like some evil scientist lab from some kind of high tech sci-fi movie. It was bright and sterile looking with lot of high tech machinery. "This is what I'd been working on," she said. I just nodded because I really didn't recognize anything in the room. It all looked like a bunch of equipment from an alien spacecraft for all I knew and I didn't have the first clue what purpose any of it served. The only thing that I even remotely recognized was a computer terminal. Even that looked more complicated than your average personal computer, that's for sure. Once again Becky started with the hypothetical talk, "Stevie, if you could go back into time and do things differently, would you?" Jokingly I answered, "Boy would I!" Becky stepped behind a computer terminal, started typing in commands and then said, "Me too." Then I saw a bright flash... Part 2 (The Second Time Around) I woke up to the morning sun shining in the window. I slowly opened my eyes. Then as I focused my eyes I realized I was lying in my bed...at my parent's house! It was all really disorienting. It couldn't be, could it? Okay this is really weird! My parents sold their house and moved to Florida! I looked down at my spider man sheets and quickly pulled them down. I sat up with a startle as I looked at myself. What the hell was going on here? I was in my 8 year old body! Okay, this was weird...Too damned weird! I heard my Mother calling me downstairs for breakfast. Everything was just as I had remembered. Every single minute detail was the same. Well this could really be fun, I thought. I ate breakfast and got ready for school. I stood on my tiptoes, kissed my Mom as she lowered her cheek to me and walked out the door. Wow, it had been a long time since I had to stand on my tiptoes to kiss my Mom, I thought! I had always been tall for my age but at 8 years old I was "only" 4'10". My Mom still towered over me by a good 9"or so. As I walked to the corner I heard that "all too familiar voice" from my past...it was Becky! I turned around and said, "Okay, Becky, this is fun for now, but how long are we going to go on with this?" Becky gave me a puzzled look and said, "Go on with what Stevie?" By the look on her innocent little face; I knew she didn't have a clue what I was talking about. Little 3'9" Becky, she was such a cute little girl. She always was pretty, it was such a darned shame she was so small. I went to school and every class seemed so easy to me, and why wouldn't it? I'd seen it all before. Finally the day was over and having annoyed all the teachers with my newfound genius in 3rd grade Math, English and Science, I felt pretty good! I walked to the bus stop and felt my all too familiar tag along standing next to me. Ever since Becky moved in next door, she has followed me around like a puppy. I sometimes felt bad for how I had treated her later in life, so I decided to humor her and actually treat her better this time around. Months went by and everyday I would wake up back in 1975. I felt like I was living in a bad re-make of the movie "Groundhog Day!" How long would this go on? Would I have to live my life all over again? If so, I may as well make the best of things! I remembered the things I had done, the things I had gotten in trouble for and I started to change a few things. I remember the day I broke my arm in Pop Warner football. On the day of that game I decided to go for a walk instead of playing. That way I wouldn't have to endure the pain of my broken arm and the numerous surgeries. As usual, my little tag along, Becky, was walking behind me. As we walked along, she suggested that we take a walk up along the local pond. I really don't know why she wanted to go there; it was kind of creepy. The pond had kind of a greenish tint to it and was coated with algae. Becky commented how gross it looked and how brave a person would have to be to swim in such water. This appealed to my sense of boyhood bravado as a dare. And of course, you know what a boy does when he is dared! I took off my clothes down to my underwear and jumped in. It was gross, but the cool water felt kind of good on the hot day. I told Becky to jump in also, but she refused. Normally, I never would have done this, but Becky dared me. As a rule, I never swam in this pond before because my parents told me not to. Then I remembered how many things my parents told me not to do and I always wished I had. This compiled with the dare was just too much for me to resist. Not to mention there was a sign on the pond, clearly marked and in bold letters NO SWIMMING. Clearly an open invitation for me to do so, I thought! For the duration of the afternoon I swam in the pond until I got water in my ear. This didn't seem like all that big of a deal, but it was getting kind of late, so I just got out, put my clothes on and then Becky and I started walking home. Once home, my Mother walked out onto the porch and asked me why I wasn't at the game. Then she noticed my pants were kind of wet. She asked me how they got wet and I really couldn't think of a good excuse other than telling her I was swimming. I didn't think she would notice. Then she sniffed and could obviously smell the putrid odor of the pond water on me. Then she put 2 and 2 together and said, "You didn't go swimming in that pond did you Steven?" Ut- oh, I knew she was pissed! She only calls me Steven when she's mad. "Becky, you need to run along home and Steven, you get in this house and get out of those wet clothes and get that stinking swamp water off of you!" I got a shower and my Mom told me to go to my room and stay there. The next morning, I felt kind of sick. My ear really hurt, but I didn't want to tell my Mom because she would know why it hurt. Then I would have to endure the lecture over why I should have listened to her. Probably the reason why my Mother told me not to swim in the pond and that was the fact there was a lot of bacteria in it. But, being a kid, that wasn't something I really thought of or worried about. The bacteria must have caused an infection in my middle ear. The pain in my ear was getting pretty bad and I noticed I had a fever when I woke up the next day. I told my Mom I was sick and she let me stay home. Then she commented on how I wouldn't have an earache if I had done as I was told to! After a few days, I wasn't getting any better and my Mom decided to take me to the doctor. She was pretty stressed about this because she would have to take my 2- year-old sister, Amy, along to the hospital. She couldn't get any sitters at the last minute. Once again she told me this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't gone swimming in the pond! Once at the hospital the nurse told my Mom I'd have to be admitted because I had more than just the symptoms of an earache. I never felt this sick before ever. I had an extremely high temperature, neck stiffness, a lot of pain in my joints and I was really out of it. Once at the hospital I was diagnosed with meningitis that was a complication of the infection I had in my inner ear. The doctor commented the infection was probably as a result of swimming in a place where the water wasn't clean or something. I could just hear my Mom thinking, "See, I told you so." Maybe I should have listened to her. I had never felt this bad in my life! Part 3 (Becky's Protector) It took months before I started to feel back to my old self again, but once I did, I started to take real advantage of my "little edge" I had as far as knowing what was going to happen. I started to use this to my advantage during my football games too. I remember every mistake I made, every pass I missed and every move I made and I changed to my advantage most of the time. There was no stopping me! I became the team captain. I never felt so popular and in control of my life. I took advantage of every piece of information I could remember. I even bet all my friends in school the Steelers would win the Super Bowl! I made a hundred bucks from that alone! Though everything was familiar, a few things did seem a little different at times. I remember always being the tallest kid in class. Heck I was even taller than Carrie Weaver, the girl that flunked two grades! I distinctly remember that, but for some reason I looked at her in the lunch line one day and she actually looked a little taller than me. I looked down at her feet and she was wearing sneakers. This type of situation continued. Like I said, I remember towering over everyone throughout school, yet I noticed all my classmates creeping up on me in size... The first few weeks of the summer, my little neighbor Becky, constantly tagged along behind me as I played with my friends. She constantly wanted to play football with us and I would always tell her she was too small and she would get hurt! Being the trooper, she settled for being my little cheerleader on the sidelines! I was kind of sad to see her go to camp. I kind of missed her cheering for me even though I was playing pretty lousy for some reason. It might have been my imagination, but I didn't seem to be the football star I was a few months before. I mean, before I used to be able to toss most of my friends around, but now they were getting close to my size and strength. I just didn't feel like myself. I felt kind of weak. Something strange was afoot here! It was almost as if I had stopped growing or something. My suspicions were confirmed on the week before school. As every child knows, this is when you get new school clothes. Every year my Mother would comment on how much I had grown that year. Every year but his one that is! I remember all my clothes being tight on me just before that school year yet; I fit into the exact same size in all of my clothes! My Mother said she was going to buy them a little big because I'd grow into them before Christmas when I'd get some new ones. First day of school...Okay, big shock! As I walked to the bus stop I heard Becky's voice calling me. My jaw dropped as I turned around to see she had grown several inches taller over the summer! She was still considerably shorter than me, but I seem to remember Becky being a lot smaller than me that year but for some reason. Nothing seemed to be the way I remember it anymore! I actually commented on how she had gotten bigger and she told me her parents were really surprised too! They couldn't wait to measure her. She stood on her tip toes and said, "I'm almost as big as you now Stevie!" Though she was far from being tall as me it made me a little nervous. After all, I always remembered her being much smaller and after all she was one year younger than me! As we walked to the bus Becky said, "Well, aren't you gonna guess?" "Guess what Becky?" I asked. "Why, how tall I am of course!" I didn't really want to talk about this so I just told her I didn't know. "I'm 4'2" tall now!" she said with a big grin. "How tall are you Stevie, about 4'3"?" Her lack of knowledge of size kind of irritated me and I replied, "I'm about 5 feet tall." Just then Carrie Weaver interrupted me, "There's no way you're 5 feet tall shorty! I'm 5'2" and you don't even come up to my nose!" With that I retracted my statement and said, "Umm, well I'm more like 4'10" and that's almost 5' tall! Carrie started to argue with me and I agreed with her just to avoid the confrontation. Ordinarily I wouldn't have backed down, but I felt a little intimidated by her since she was so much taller than me. I seem to remember Carrie's slight growth spurt and also remember being the SAME height as her in 4th grade not being towered over her by 4"! Just then Becky asked another question I really didn't want to answer, "How tall were you when you were my age Stevie were you the same size as me?" I simply ignored her...Then Carrie Weaver looked down at Becky and said, "What are you doing hanging around with a 2nd grader anyway Stevie? Can't you find anyone your own size to like you? With that Becky kicked Carrie right in the shins and said, "He's my boyfriend and I'm a 3rd grader for your information, you big dummy!" Carrie immediately bent over holding her shin and then pushed Becky down to the ground. As she fell, she twisted and hit her face on the sign pole. She fell very hard and made an awful sound as she hit her head on the pole. I saw Becky lying on the ground knocked out and I ran to the house by the bus stop to call 911. The lady at the house also called the police and told them what happened. The bus had come before the ambulance had gotten there, but I wasn't going to leave Becky. Soon she came to, but she was groggy. The paramedics said she probably had a concussion. The woman from the house told Carrie not to go anywhere until the police got there. Finally the police arrived. They wanted me too make a statement. Then they dropped me off at school and took Carrie to the station where they called her parents. I should have been bigger than Carrie! If I were, none of this would have happened! She certainly wouldn't have said anything to me that's for sure. Once in class, I had to endure the teacher (Miss Farley) commenting on how big everyone had gotten over the summer. She even made it a point to measure everyone. She thought it would be fun to make a chart of how tall everyone was! Aside from Carrie, I was still the tallest in class, but not by much. My friend Tommy was 4'8 «". This was all about to change over the next few months. After school I visited Becky in the hospital and was talking to her Mom. Her Mom was maybe an inch or so taller than me. It was obvious this is where Becky got her size. Her Mom told me she was going to be all right but she would have to stay in the hospital a few days. I told Becky I was sorry I couldn't stop Carrie from shoving her and Becky said, "That's okay Stevie, Carrie is a lot bigger than you and probably stronger too! I couldn't expect you to protect me from her!" I was kind of shocked at her comment. It was almost as if she was rubbing in the fact Carrie was so much bigger than me! To top this off, I could almost swear she said it with a little gleam in her eye... Part 4 (Boo-bitiery Gland?) Over the next few months I noticed a few of the other kids were gradually getting taller; yet I was still staying the same size. By Christmas vacation, which was supposed to be my growth/ new school clothes milestone, I still hadn't grown an inch taller...In fact; my clothes were still a little big on me. I knew this without anyone having to confirm the fact, yet Miss Farley had to measure everyone just before Christmas break. My friend Tommy was now the same size as me...4'10"! Most of my classmates had also gotten a little taller. For the first time I could remember I wasn't the tallest anymore! I know this wasn't how it was the first time around! What was worse, Holly Pickett wore a pair of platforms to class and she was actually taller than both of us! Holly Pickett was tall for a girl, but she was NEVER taller than me, platforms or not! I even noticed Becky was getting a little taller as we walked with each other to and from the bus stop. I didn't dare even mention the fact though. She had to have grown an additional 2" by Christmas! Christmas day came and I opened all my presents. My Mother told me to try on my new clothes and I could see the disappointment in her face. All the clothes were too big for me! She frowned and said, "I bought the same size as when the school year started and most of your stuff fits you now." What she didn't take into affect was the fact she laundered them several times. Surely they must have shrunk a little so they did in fact fit me better now. The rest of the day, my Mother sulked because she figured she'd have to return the clothes she bought me and she didn't want to fight the traffic and the crowds of people on the day after Christmas! I dreaded it more and more as the day went by. I knew we would have to participate in our family's time honored tradition of caroling...I just felt too tired to go walking around the whole neighborhood and standing around singing half of the night. I was continuing to feel kind of weak and I had a lot less energy than the average 9-year-old kid. Finally, 6:00 pm came. My parents wrapped my little sister up to go to the Tyler's house where Mrs. Tyler would watch her as we caroled. Then Mom, Dad and I got dressed in our winter clothes and went outside into the cold winter air. The first house naturally was our neighbor's, the Tyler's. Once again, things definitely weren't as I remembered them to be...As they should have been. As we went up to the Tyler's front porch and started caroling, Becky came out to take the baby out of my Mom's arms and into the house. On her way in the house, my Mom stopped her and gave Becky a few instructions about the baby. My eyes nearly popped out of the sockets! I was standing on the step below Becky and she was taller than me! Not by much, but still taller. I don't EVER remember her being anywhere near this close to me in height! She stood there with a big grin on her face. As I was standing there trying to concentrate on what I was going to sing, I saw Becky put her hand on top of her head and then bring it straight out and over mine. Then her eyes lit up and she got a huge smile on her face. To make matters worse, as we were leaving my parents commented to little Mrs. Tyler on how tall Becky was getting! I really didn't need to hear how impressed they were with how tall Becky was getting, especially when my parents were obviously disappointed I couldn't fit into my new clothes because I hadn't grown. Once back home, my Mother looked at me with a concerned look on her face. As we looked at some pictures of last Christmas, she started to notice how much chubbier my face looked, yet I was noticeably thinner now compared to then. She told me we were going to the doctors as soon as she could get me an appointment. Once at the doctors I underwent several tests that involved taking a lot of blood and other fluids from my body. After I endured the various tests, the doctor told my Mom that he had a hunch he knew what was wrong with me. A few days later, my Mom got a call from the doctor. I could tell by her face she was obviously stressed. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but it was obviously something serious. She hung up the phone and walked over to my Dad. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "The doctor said Stevie has hypopituitarism." My Dad looked at her and said, "What the hell is that?" Then my Mom told me to go upstairs because she and my Father had to talk. I walked upstairs but sneaked back down to eavesdrop on their conversation. "The doctor said Stevie has hypopituitarism", my Mother repeated. He has problems with his pituitary gland as a result of his bout with meningitis earlier this year. My Father was a big construction worker and wasn't too savvy on medical terms, so he asked, "So what's this boobitiery gland do?" My Mother said, "Pituitary gland honey, and it regulates growth. The doctor said Stevie's pituitary gland has shut down due to the meningitis and it is stunting his growth." My Dad's face went ghostly white as he said, "You mean he isn't going to get any bigger?" My Mom embraced him and started to cry. Then she said, "There may be some hope, the doctors said there is some new research with growth hormone therapy, but it's pretty expensive; Not only that there's only a 50/50 chance that the treatments will actually help him to grow. He does however need the treatments or else he could have some serious health issues." My Dad was obviously disappointed and visibly worried. He was always proud of the fact I was bigger than other kids and played football so well. He was a big strong guy, about 6'2 and my Mom was an athletic looking woman who stood about 5'8" or so. They considered themselves to be kind of tall and it was devastating for him to think that he would have a son that most likely wouldn't even crack 5'tall! Even though I asked several times, my parents didn't discuss what was wrong with me. It wasn't until I was taken to a growth specialist for my first treatment that my condition was explained to me. The doctor explained it was a possibility I wouldn't get any bigger and then it sunk in and hit me kind of hard. He also said I may feel weak and have some adverse symptoms such as lack of body hair and some other really gross stuff I didn't even want to think of; this on top of having to take various hormones and medications for the rest of my life. Possibly the worst for me was when the doctor told me I would have the look of a child even through my teen years. I remembered the way I used to look at Becky and feel sorry for her because she was so under-developed as a teen. At least now she would have someone to talk to about this problem; someone that had a lot in common with her. It was after that; I really started to worry about being so small in an adult world. It was great to be the tallest kid in school, but even the tallest 8th grader is a short in the real, adult world! I was constantly comparing myself with other kids and how they were getting bigger and I definitely WASN'T. To make matters worse, by the time spring came around, I noticed how I didn't have to look down at Becky that much anymore as we talked. I didn't even want to comment on this. She seemed to notice it too, but didn't comment either. She only smiled...The absence of comments went on until a few days before the last day of school. As we stood at the bus stop, Becky looked at me and smiled. "Why are you grinning at me Becky?" I asked. "Cause I'm taller than you now Stevie" she said giggling. I looked up at her slightly to meet her eyes and confirmed what she was saying. I quickly looked down to the ground to see her standing on a different section of the sidewalk that was an inch or so higher. Relieved I said, "That's because you're standing on a higher part of the sidewalk, Becky." She stepped down off that section and onto the one I was on. Once she did this, she was still able to look me into the eye. This seriously un- nerved me! I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that I'd be eye to eye with of all people...Becky! Part 5 (Camp Summer Hell) What was I to expect though? I mean Becky was 4'10" after all. I just don't remember her being that size when she was 9 years old! I guess I didn't pay that much attention because I was always so much bigger than her...was being the cognitive word here...Even though I was no longer tall; I'd become obsessed with height. To be a little more accurate, I became obsessed with females height. I never remembered thinking about it so much before. I often looked at the Guinness Book of world records and was fascinated by the giantess Sandy Allen. The only reason I could think of for my obsession with height was probably due to my own lack of it. I constantly measured myself and thought of how many girls in my class were taller or would be taller in a few year...months even. One day I saw a glimmer of hope only to have it quickly dashed. I measured myself with my Dad's tape measure in the garage. I made a mark against the doorway and measured it. I held one end with my foot and stretched the tape to the mark. The tape read 60". I finally grew! I thought. I measured it several times and came up with the same 60". I ran into the house and excitedly told my Mom. She smiled and said, "That's great sweetie." With the tape measure in hand I pulled her out to the garage and proudly showed her the mark on the wall. Then I showed her as I once again measured the mark. My Mother confirmed that the tape read 60". Then just as I was about to put it away, she noticed the tape. She asked me to see the tape. She pulled it out a little bit and frowned. I could tell she had something to tell me, but didn't want to. "Stevie, this is the tape your Dad broke. He snapped an inch and _ off the tip and then he put it back together until he could get a new one. See, it starts from 2"... My heart sunk and I started crying. My Mother pulled me close to her and I could feel her crying too. Then she told me that she had something she really had to tell me. I told her I knew what she was going to say...Nothing more was needed; I had to accept the fact it was very doubtful I'd ever grow taller. I was glad to see the end of the school year. I was no longer the tallest kid in class. I was merely average now. It was disheartening and I didn't even want to think of how it would be by next year. As I sat in my room reading, I thought how everyone would keep growing over the summer and I'd be the same little old me...These thoughts were replaced when my Mother came into my room with the phone. It was Becky. She wanted to know if I was still going to play football this year. I told her I wasn't going to because I wanted to do some other stuff. I didn't want to tell her the real reason was because I'd probably get my butt flattened by the bigger guys. Then she suggested that since I wasn't going to play football, then I should go to the summer camp with her. I really couldn't think of an excuse not to and so she quickly came to the conclusion that I was going to. Then she asked me to put my Mom on the phone. I could tell by their conversation that she was trying to convince my Mother to let me go. And again by the conversation, I could tell, she had convinced my Mother. "You know what, Becky; it would be good for Stevie to go to camp. It might be fun for him. Well it was settled. I was going to camp, without really saying I wanted to. Gee, I don't remember Becky doing anything like this before. She was almost...MANIPULATIVE? A few weeks later: Camp Summer Hell... The first day at summer camp confirmed my thoughts of how much it would suck! As I sat next to Becky on the bus, I noticed subtle changes in her. I noticed how her hands looked as if they had gotten bigger. They weren't just bigger; her fingers were also fatter. They were much bigger than mine. She saw me looking at her hand and looked at mine. Then she smiled and put hers on top of it. Even though her hand looked bigger than mine, it shocked me when Becky actually put hers over mine and proved it! I always thought of Becky as a small, slight girl. She seemed a little bigger and bigger boned now for some reason. Even her voice sounded different. It seemed a little deeper, almost huskier. He face also seemed thicker, fuller or something. If I didn't know better, I'd say she wasn't just a little different than I remember; she was a lot different! After we arrived at Camp Kookamunga, I got off the bus and noticed most of the kids my age were the same size, but I stood out a little as being kind of skinny and looked a little younger than most. The counselor thought I was a few years younger and just tall for my age. At one time that was the case, but not now. In fact they thought I was Becky's brother because I hung around her so much when we first arrived. They even asked me a question that totally devastated me. "Is Becky your older sister?" I just got a really sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I knew why they would think that. I mean, though we were the same height, I looked as young as her if not younger. Not only that, she looked bigger than me as if she was older than me. In spite of that fact, I still wouldn't be embarrassed by questions like this caused by Becky hanging around me all of the time, I was starting to miss her already. It really worried me when I found out the girls were separated from the boys for the most part. That meant I would see a lot less of Becky. She was almost like a safety blanket as I knew none of the other children there and worried about making friends with kids my age. She was always nice to me even though she teased me a little about my size. Needless to say I wasn't enjoying summer camp all that much. My skinniness was a fair indicator of what a bad athlete I had become when compared to other boys my age. To make matters worse, I was still kind of weak due to my gland problem. I was the last kid picked most of the time and seldom saw Becky as they kept the boys and the girls in separate play areas and activities. I did catch glimpses of her from time to time and she started to really look different. If I didn't know better, I'd say she had gotten taller. I felt a warm feeling inside. I could feel my ears start to turn red and my heart started to race. Her arms and legs were fuller and even looked longer. Her face didn't look thin and childlike anymore. It was fuller too and gave her an older look. As I watched her from across the dining hall, I noticed her face was kind of scrunched up like she was in pain or something. Then I noticed when she pulled her foot out of her shoe and she started rubbing it. Then she had a lot of difficulty putting it back in like her shoes were way too small. Then she caught a glance of me and looked over to me with a smile. Her jaw even looked a little different. I couldn't put my finger on it, but she was changing...She walked over to me and I could have sworn she was taller. I stood on my tiptoes slightly so I'd measure up to her as she stood talking to me and prayed she wouldn't notice. I don't think she noticed because she stood on her tip toes and made the comment, "I'm almost taller than you now Stevie!" Then she went back down on her feet and chuckled. We talked for a few minutes and then she told me that she had to go. She had to go back and talk with her counselor about getting her some new shoes or something because hers were too little for her feet. Although they looked several sizes bigger than mine; I asked her if she wanted to try mine on to see if they would fit her because I had another pair of shoes I brought with me to wear. She smiled and told me thanks. Right there, I took my shoes off and scooted them over to her for her to put on. I really noticed I was shorter than her then! I was hoping she would just think it was because she had shoes on and I didn't. She took both of her shoes off with a sigh of relief and tried to put mine on. The key word here...tried! She wiggled her foot back and forth and pushed her foot against the floor to no avail. My shoes wouldn't fit her feet either! She looked at me and said, "Your shoes are even smaller on my feet than these Stevie. I think I'll just wear mine until I can get another pair. I really appreciate it though." Then she gave me a kiss on the forehead barely standing on her tiptoes! I put my shoes back on my feet and they were a little loose and felt as if they had been stretched out. As she walked over to her counselor, I just stood there in disbelief of what had just happened. Finally the hell of summer camp had ended. I was looking forward to the trip back home even if it was on a long bus ride. As we were filed onto the bus, I noticed Becky walking towards me. I wasn't quite ready for what I saw, but I was seeing it nonetheless...I had to look up at her and she was standing on the level parking lot next to me barefoot! She was at least an inch taller than me as I was looking straight at her chubby cheeks instead of her eyes! She also noticed the fact she was looking down at me for us to see eye to eye. She wasn't standing on a higher part of the sidewalk; she wasn't wearing platforms, heels or anything else; she was bare foot! Even worse, I was wearing running shoes that had about a _" sole, which meant I was actually even shorter had I been bare foot like her! She smiled and though I expected her to comment, she didn't say a word about her new size advantage over me. Instead she just asked me if I had fun. Even though it wasn't true, I forced a smile and told her "Yeah it was okay, but I kind of missed you." Having heard that she got a really big smile on her face. Then she said, "Yeah, I had fun and missed you too and I can't wait to get back home to go shopping. All of my clothes are getting too small and tight on me. Especially my shoes, they won't even fit on my feet anymore!" "Look I ripped them trying to put them on this morning!" she said as she held up them up for me to see. Then we got on the bus and she sat next to me and kind of pushed against me. It was a little intimidating because she pushed me across the seat rather effortlessly. If I wasn't feeling self- conscious before I was really feeling self-conscious now. To make matters worse, I could feel her looking me up and down and noticed that her feet were the same size as mine. This may not have been all that weird, but I still had my shoes on! I noticed as we sat pretty much in the same position, her leg rose higher than mine and further forward than mine against the seat in front of us, yet we were sitting eye to eye. Her arms even extended further down her leg than mine did. She had to realize she was much bigger than me, yet she made no comment about it. I mean Becky wasn't just a little bigger than me; she was bigger than me ALL OVER... Part 6 (My New Girlfriend) The ride seemed much longer because there wasn't much conversation between us; mostly due to the fact I didn't feel like talking to her and risking her bringing up the subject of our new differences in height. I was really glad to see the bus pulling into the parking lot and our parents standing there waiting on us. Becky got up and off the bus with me following. She walked over to her Mom who was standing next to my Mom. Immediately I saw Mrs. Tyler's eyes grow bigger as her daughter walked up to and the same size she was barefoot! Like I said, Becky's mom was maybe an inch or so taller than me and she was wearing a pair of shoes. My Mother put her arm around me and took my suitcase as I walked up to all of them. Becky's mom was making over how big she had gotten. My Mother was a little less enthusiastic. I figured it was because she was trying to make me feel better about Becky being taller than me now. It was either than or maybe she was ashamed because her son was being towered over a girl a year younger than him? Yeah, she was bigger than me all right; there was no denying it. Becky wasn't just going to let me off so easy, though. Just knowing she was taller apparently wasn't good enough! She asked her mom if they could go over to my house so we could play when we all got back home. Her Mother smiled and said it would be all right. Becky could see my nervousness over her being bigger than me, especially in front of my parents. I was avoiding standing near her and would try to lean against something or sit down whenever she got around me. Finally she asked me if I wanted to go up into my room and play Atari. I reluctantly said yes. So we went up into my room and as I set up the game, she stood next to me...close to me...uncomfortably close to me. Just as I looked up from connecting the game, she grabbed my chin and kissed me. It was an innocent, first kiss, but nonetheless, it startled me enough to push her away from me! She looked at me with a hurt look in her eyes and asked, "What's wrong Stevie? Don't you like me anymore now that I'm taller than you?" In an effort to regain some dignity, I replied, "You're not that much taller than me Becky, it's just that we're friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend!" Becky persisted and said, "No, I think it's just that I'm so much bigger than you now and you're afraid of me." I once again protested as I looked her in the nose and said, "You're not that much bigger than me Becky and I'm certainly not afraid of you!" Becky said, "I'm at least 2 inches taller than you. Tell you what, I'll bet I'm at least 2" taller than you. The counselors measured me at 5' tall. And you told me last year you were 4'10" tall and I'm pretty sure you haven't grown since!" I was feeling really embarrassed and told her I was 5' tall now too. After a few arguments back and forth Becky finally said, "I'll make you a deal, if I'm not at least 2" taller than you, I'll admit you are right...BUT if I'm at least 2" taller, you have to be my boyfriend." This deal seemed to be my way out. I'd use the tape measure I used with my Mom to measure me. That way, I'd be 5" tall! We went into the garage and I stood against the wall as she easily made a mark above my head. Then I measured with the tape..."See, I'm 60" tall or 5' Becky, now just drop it okay?" Becky gave me a puzzled look and said, "Umm, gee, I guess you're right. Then she said, "It looks like we're both 5' tall, but I know I'm taller than you; I mean you have to look up at me now. Maybe I've gotten taller too, measure me now." Reluctantly I told her "okay". As she backed up to the wall, I noticed her head was at least 2' above my mark. As I measured her I had to stand on my tiptoes to put the mark above her head as she looked forward and smirked. She stepped away and measured the mark. "62 «" tall! Wow I did grow again; I'm even taller than I thought!" Then she looked down at the tape and noticed 2" missing from it. She looked at me and knew she had caught me trying to trick her. Then she said, "Okay, so maybe I'm not 62 «" tall but you're not 60" either! If you subtract the 2" that's missing it makes you 58" tall and me 60 «" tall. That's exactly 2 «" taller than you. "Well, it looks like I've got myself a boyfriend", she said with a smile and then kissed me. I protested, but then she said, "A bet's a bet shorty!" Those words were like a knife through the heart to me, imagine Becky calling ME shorty! It was bad enough I had to suffer the indignity of being shorter than Becky, but now I had to spend more time with her. More time meant more time to satisfy her curiosities like, "My muscles looks like they're bigger than yours, and I wonder they are? Do you want to arm wrestle?" In order to save whatever dignity remained for a man in my position, I'd immediately change the subject! What was even worse, it seemed as if I was quickly loosing ground I felt more and more like her kid brother instead of her boyfriend. That was until we were back in school that is. She made sure I did everything a grade school boyfriend was expected to do. I walked her to class and carried her books even though she was bigger than me and could probably have carried them easier! "That's what a boyfriend is supposed to do", she'd say. Here I was "going steady" with a 4th grader. It wouldn't have been so bad; I mean an average 4th grader would have at least been shorter than me. But I was quickly realizing that Becky wasn't your average 4th grader and was now even taller than most of my classmates. This height thing was really starting to bother me, yet fascinate me at the same time. Going to school used to be fun, but it was quickly becoming less and less enjoyable. I was no longer the tallest, no longer even average. I was almost the shortest kid in class. Heather Verde was still shorter than me at least. Part 7 (Girls who Are Tall Get Taller...) Over the next few months I noticed my classmates growing even taller than me. I might have been able to deal with this had I not been "forced" to hang around Becky so much. As much as my classmates were growing, Becky seemed to be growing even faster, by leaps and bounds! She also started noticing her vision getting blurry. She told her Mom about it and her Mom thought that maybe she needed glasses. She was taken to an eye doctor and given a prescription for glasses. The whole time Becky was steadily getting taller. She wasn't' just taller, she was getting heavier, wore glasses and towered over me! Not exactly my dream girl, but none of the girls in my class seemed that interested in me. It felt good to have at least one girl interested in me. All but one was almost Becky's size now and they all were interested in the guys more their size or even bigger guys in higher grades. I started to feel as if I was going with someone in a higher grade too. Becky was starting tom make me feel like a kid compared to her. I noticed that whenever we talked, I had to look up slightly to see her lips and way up to look her in the eyes! This was only a few months after summer camp. She had to be at least 5" or so taller than me now. Like I said, she was growing by leaps and bounds and I was feeling even more like a little kid a few months later. I would see our reflection in the bus door and I noticed that I could see Rebecca's head above mine as she stood behind me, as always, with the same sly smile on her face. Becky was tall; I could almost swear she was the same size as my Mom. I didn't want to mention it but it often "popped up" so to speak. As we were watching cartoons one Saturday an episode of "Schoolhouse Rock" came on...and we unpacked our adjectives as the tune went. There's a particular part where a small boy is standing next to a girl who is taller than him...As the girl grew and the boy shrank...Girls who are tall get taller, boys who are small get smaller. Till one of them is the smallest and one of them is the tallest of them all...She smiled down at me and said, "That's kind of like us isn't it Steven?" This is what she now called me. She said it wouldn't make me feel so small if I were to be called an adult name. In reality it did very little. If the facts be known, I would have felt much better had I been my normal height and still called Stevie. Naturally since she called me by an adult name, I had to do the same with her...After I felt her nudge me as if to provoke an answer, I replied, "No Rebecca, you're not that much taller than me. It's not like I'm shrinking and you're really not growing that much!" This answer resulted in Becky having to prove me different. "Well, I think I'm growing a lot. The top of your head barely even comes up to my shoulders now and I've caught you more than a few times looking straight at my boobies!" I knew she said this to get a reaction out of me and she did! Then she continued, "I noticed even noticed the funny look your Mom has been giving me. I think I'm tall enough to look her in the eye now, even. I might even be taller than her." I told Rebecca that she wasn't that tall and she said, "I guess you'll just have to measure me, then won't you Steven." With this she grabbed my hand and led me out to the garage where the marks for our height were. I noticed her head was considerably higher than the mark I had made after summer camp. She stood against the wall and said, "Remember to subtract 2" from the measurement Steven." She said sheepishly. I couldn't mark the top of her head, even standing on my tiptoes, so I got a small stepladder. As I stood on the first step I noticed I was still too short to reach over the top of her head. I could see Becky's chest rising up and down quickly as she tried to hold back her laugh as I stepped onto the second step. I told her to move away so I could measure her mark. While standing on the ladder I felt some semblance of normality. She put her foot against the wall to hold the tape, stretched it out and handed it to me. She watched as I lined up the rule to her mark. "Seventy- one inches!" she squealed. Then she realized that 2" had to be subtracted and her smile lessened but was still smiling. That makes me 69" tall or 5'9". Isn't your Mom 5'8" Steven? Wow, I'm taller than your Mom now!" She said. I could hardly believe that little 4'10" tall Becky was now 5'9" tall. I remember saying to her that I preferred women who were about 5'9" tall or so. The main reason was because these women were tall enough to be considered tall, yet even in the tallest of heels; they would still be tall and yet still shorter than me. I guess my new preference would have been 4'4" now? My lofty girlfriend Rebecca was nowhere near the squat height of 4'4". So my choices were to either keep the ultimate of 5'9" in my head or adopt a new one of 4'4". Since finding a full grown woman who was 4'4" tall would be extremely difficult, that combined with the fact I was really starting to like looking at tall women, I decided to keep the ultimate of 5'9" in my head. It wasn't as if I had a choice. It was beginning to feel as if Becky owned me now anyways! I became her boyfriend on the bet, but actually enjoyed being with her. It felt "safe"... I didn't want to say that, but it did. I thought I'd be intimidated and embarrassed by her size, but it was comforting having her around. Part 8 (Bad Dreams...Real and Otherwise) A few days later she was complaining to her Mom about excruciating headaches. He Mother started to get worried and took her to a specialist. After some tests it was discovered that she also had a disorder of the pituitary gland due to a cyst that had most likely been as a result of her concussion. She had to undergo some surgery and radiation treatments immediately or else she could have died. It took a few months for her to recover from this and she, like me would have to take medications for the rest of her life to regulate her growth hormone levels. Becky was going to have to stay in the hospital for quite some time and go through hours of therapy. Due to the level of seriousness of her condition, Becky would not only have to take medications and hormones just like me for the rest of her life, but she had to be put on steroids. The doctors said she would need to take them to repair some of the damage to her body caused by her overactive pituitary glands and other organs. As a kid, I knew little of this medicine called steroids until I looked them up at the library. All I could find out about them is they were used on race horses to make them bigger, faster and stronger. This is just what I needed! I already felt like a wimpy, little kid compared to her, now Becky was going to get even bigger and stronger. I really didn't want to know this. In fact I thought the results would be immediate and was almost afraid to visit her. That night I had kind of a bad dream. I dreamt I was even smaller than I was now, maybe about 3' tall if that. I was running in the yard and Becky came up to me. She was even bigger than she is now. As she was walking towards me she lifted her huge, muscular legs and smashed my Dad's new truck. Then she let out a really mean sounding laugh and walked over to me. I wasn't even knee high to her! She bent over and picked me up with her huge hands and sat me on the roof of our house. "NOW I CAN LOOK YOU IN THE EYE WHEN I TALK TO YOU MY LITTLE ONE!" she said in a deep echoed voice fitting a giantess. From a distance, we could see Carrie Weaver walking up the streets. Becky told me to wait there while she went back to her house to take more steroids. After she walked away Carrie walked up to our house and she was maybe half Becky's size, but nonetheless much bigger than HER present size too. As soon as she saw me on the roof, she started to make fun of me. Just then I saw a huge shadow cover our house and both of us. Then I felt the ground tremble. It was Becky! She had more muscles and was even bigger than she was before. Our house only came up to her waist! Now Carrie barely came halfway up to her knee! She picked Carrie up and started squeezing her! I could see blood coming out of her mouth. Then she took her with one hand around her waist and with the other hand; she started slapping her around like a rag doll. "That's for pushing me down and hurting me!" She roared. Then she slammed her down onto our driveway and said, "And that's for making fun of my boyfriend!" I woke up shaking. The vision of Carrie's bloody and beaten body after being slammed onto our driveway scared the crap out of me! That was the most horrid scene I can remember ever seeing. I'm not all that fond of Carrie, but I pray Becky never does this to her! The next day I visited Rebecca after school. I asked her how she was feeling. She didn't look like she was doing really well. Her eyes were swollen and blackened from the operation to take out the cyst. She had gauze and bandages wrapped around her head and over her nose. She was in obvious pain, yet managed to smile at me. She tried to talk and told her not to because the doctors wanted her to be still. Rebecca didn't look to be in any shape to pick up anyone and I felt really guilty. As I was standing there, Becky's Mom walked in. My first thought was to ask her is there was anything more done to Carrie. Mrs. Tyler sadly shook her head no and said that she was getting off on a technicality. I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to show my anger because I was afraid it would upset Rebecca. She must have been too out of it to hear the conversation because she seemed unscathed. I went over to her bedside and promised her I'd visit her as often as I could. At first I visited her everyday, but she had little time for me when I did. I was starting to feel a little neglected so while she was in the hospital, I started to spend more time with my little sister. Amy was now 4 years old and such a little brat. She always competed with me for my parent's attention and I noticed she was getting it since the doctors told my parents, "Your daughter is a healthy child and much like everyone else in your family, will most likely be taller than average." The words "taller than average" really stood out in my head. This bratty little kid was getting all of the attention, especially my Dad's. In spite of this, she was passing the time I used to spend with Rebecca prior to her surgery. It was almost fun even. I was comfortable playing with a small child that was maybe navel high to me, but I realized that she would one day start to grow taller than me too. I didn't really like the thought of having my little sister one day tower over me. In the pit of my stomach, I knew one day this would happen. My solution to this would be to start now and be a little nicer to her...this turned out to be a wise choice! Part 9 (Hand Me Downs??? NOT!) Two years go by: Well, it was that time of year again. The time I've come to dread...time for school clothes. I haven't really needed to buy any since well, you know...Anyways my Mom still bought me clothes so I'd stay with the current styles anyway. My sister Amy was another story, however. As I said before, it's a good thing I was nice to my "little" sister. She had the normal growth pattern from our family and was the tallest in her class just like I was before the accident. Just 2 short years ago, her head came up to my navel. Now she's 6 years old, stands 4'4" tall and comes up to my shoulder. My Mom was making over how tall she was getting and how she would probably grown up to be a tall fashion model. She was going to be tall all right. I remember being her age and being maybe about 4'4" tall. If she continues to grow normally, she should be my size or even taller in a few years. As we stood in the store, I watched as she kept trying on new clothes to see her new sizes, as she had recently outgrown her old clothes. My Mother spent around $300.00 on her clothes and barely spent $150.00 on mine. I started to get jealous and told my Mom, "Why can't she just wear some of my clothes Mom and then you buy me more new ones?" Amy got really mad at that statement and said, "I'm not wearing any of your hand me downs Steven! I'm a girl and I'm not going to wear boy's clothes! How would you like to wear my hand me downs when I get bigger than you?" I really didn't know what to say to her. I didn't realize that she figured out the fact she was eventually going to get to the point where she did grow bigger than me! I guess kids are smarter than you think...Amy was mad at me after that and wouldn't say a word to me in the car. She did however continue to un-nerve me. For most of the trip she just turned away from me and stared out the window. Then all of a sudden she looked over at me. Then she took her forefinger and thumb and then looked at me though the space as if I were that small. Then she slowly squeezed them together! By the look of satisfaction on her face afterwards, I figured I'd obviously shown quite a bit of fear. Once home she showed my Dad her new clothes. She told him how she wanted my Mom to buy her some platforms because the other girls at her school were wearing them. Just then my Mom butted into the conversation and said, "Yes, Amy Michelle, and I told you that you were too young to be wearing platforms, didn't I?" Amy's smile turned into a frown. Then it quickly turned into a smile when my Dad gently hugged her and said, "Maybe next year, Angel." ANGEL indeed! It was the first day of school, another day that filled me with dread. What was worse, I had to walk to the bus stop with Amy because she rode the same bus as me this year. As I walked up to the stop, I noticed that outside of Amy I was the shortest one standing there. As I was becoming more of an introvert due to being so much shorter than my classmates, especially the girls. The long list of adolescent females who towered over me now even included Heather Verde. No big deal, really, I'm getting used to it now. I mean it was bound to happen. I remember Heather as being a short girl, but she was taller than 4'10". Yeah, I was dealing with it, but I still felt depressed. I think I just missed Becky. Unfortunately she had just gotten out of the hospital only a few days beforehand and wouldn't be able to go to school for a couple more days. The only good thing about that is I would have certainly felt even smaller had she been here. But that didn't even seem that bad. Rebecca was the tallest girl around, even taller than most high school girls, yet it felt different around her. I didn't feel scared; maybe intimidated a little, but she almost made me feel safe. As I waited for the bus, a girl walked up to Amy and started talking to her. She looked to be maybe 4" or so taller than Amy so I figured this girl must have been in a higher grade and just talking to Amy because she was new or something. As they kept talking, I figured out I was wrong and they actually knew each other. No big deal that they knew each other, but then as I listened to them I heard her say how excited she was to be going to first grade. This is when I started to feel a slight burning feeling inside. I could feel myself getting warmer and I was almost compelled to go stand by her. I don't know why, it was like an uncontrollable urge to see if this girl was taller than me. I nonchalantly walked over to the two of them. Although I almost hoped the girl was taller than me; I was relieved she wasn't. She was close though and only because she was wearing platforms like my sister wanted. Had she not been wearing the platforms, she would have been closer to my little sister's height. As I stood there, I must not have realized I was staring at her. Suddenly the girl looked at me and then asked Amy, "Why is this kid looking at us Amy?" Just then Amy turned to look at me and said, "Oh, that little creep? That's my brother." Then she realized why I had walked over to them and knew why I was looking at her friend. Like I said, kids are a lot smarter than you think! She looked at her friend and said, "Debbie, do you know how tall you are?" Debbie answered, "I think I'm about 4'3" tall, Amy...why? Amy replied," I'm just curious" Then she remarked at what cool shoes Debbie was wearing. Then she said, "Could I try them on Debbie? Pretty Plea- a-ase? My Mom won't buy me platforms because she said I'm too young. I really want to know what it's like to feel taller like you." Debbie was obviously flattered by Amy's remark about her being tall and willingly slipped the platforms off her feet. I stood there dumbly watching Amy take her shoes off and put the platforms on her feet. As she stepped into one I saw her head rise but then go back down a little as she stepped into the other. Now that she had both of the shoes on her feet she stared at me with a mean look in her eye. She was still shorter than me. After all they were 4" platforms and she was "only" 4'4" tall. Though she was still shorter than me, it made me a little nervous to see her so close to being able to look me in the eye. Thankfully the bus came and I was able to break her stare. What a little wimp I was becoming! Intimidated by my still shorter, little sister! Geez! Part 10 (Hello Little Sister?) Another two years go by: Why not? Let's start off at my favorite part of the year? Once again it was time to buy school clothes for the next school year. Unfortunately, the "growth fairies" had been smiling down on my sweet, loving, little sister Amy. Over the past two years she had grown another 4" taller. It should have been comforting that although she'd gotten taller, at 4'8" she was still shorter than me...it wasn't. True, she was shorter than me, but she was only slightly shorter than me. This was the reality in my mind and I knew she was slowly creeping up to my height. Her "passion" for platforms didn't help this either. I knew that had she gotten them, my life would never be the same! Two years later and she was still begging my Mother to buy her a pair of platforms. Yet my Mom was unrelenting. She told Amy it was because she was worried that she would twist her ankles in them and her legs weren't strong enough to walk in them properly as she was still growing. Although she was disappointed, she still didn't pass up the opportunity to twist the knife in my side. While my Mother was looking at shirts, she stood up on her tiptoes and slowly rose up until I was looking up at her and said with her evil little smile, "I'm still growing." By the time Christmas came around, Amy had in fact grown at least another 2" taller. Whether or not I wanted to admit it, she and I were now the same height! Just to draw this to my attention to this and to drive the point home, Amy pulled a little trick on me. On Christmas morning I reached into my drawer and put on a shirt. It was a little tight on me, and I don't remember having a yellow one, but I put it on anyway figuring my Mom bought it at a garage sale or something for me to play in. Amy was already downstairs waiting on me to open the presents with her. We opened up our toys, games and stuff and then the clothes. The whole time Amy had a smirk on her face whenever I looked over at her. Then she walked over to me with one of her shirts. And said, "Yep, looks about the same size to me, maybe even a little too big." I argued that her clothes were still too small for me. She may have been almost as tall as me, but I was a boy and had a lot more muscle than she did. I told her that I'd never be able to squeeze into one of her teeny shirts. Just then she had a big grin on her face. Maybe she was grinning over my exaggeration, maybe she thought my defense was cute, I thought. But no! She quipped, "Well, they must not be too big for you Stevie because you're wearing one of my shirts now!" It couldn't be! I immediately looked over at my Mom and asked her, "Mom, this isn't one of Amy's shirts is it?" My Mom looked at the tag in the neck and said, "Ummm, Amy's right it is sweetie, I'm sorry, I must have put it in the wrong drawer or something. Then she said, "Wait, no, Amy must have put it in the wrong drawer because she put the laundry away last week." I could tell by the look on Amy's face she knew all along and did it on purpose. She did it just to drive home the point to me how she was growing and I wasn't...and it definitely wasn't a mistake! Just as Amy walked back to the other side of the room, my Dad said, "You have two more presents to open up behind the chair Amy." Amy got an excited look on her face and ran over to the chair. She unwrapped the first on and it had a pair of running shoes in it. Then she opened up the second one and got a big smile on her face. She slowly pulled a pair of platforms out of the box. She looked over at me and gleamed. Then she ran over to my Dad and said, "Thank you Daddy, oh, Thank you! I've wanted these platforms like the other girls are wearing for s-o-o-o long. Thank you s-o-o much!" With that she gave my Dad a hug and kiss. Amy grinned over me with a sly look. I wasn't going to leave the floor and risk standing by her for the rest of the day! A few hours later my Mom told us to pick out our favorite outfit and change into it and then she'd take our picture for Christmas. I reluctantly went up and changed into my new clothes and took my time, as I didn't want to face the inevitable. My Mother called me and told me to hurry up because she was going to have to go cook. I slowly walked down the stairs to see Amy impatiently waiting on me. She had on her new designer jeans and her...platforms. I came to the bottom of the stairs and she ran over to stand by me. "Take our picture Mom!" Amy yelled. As my Mom focused the camera, Amy smiled and said under her voice with out moving her mouth, "Smile, widdle brudder" With that, I just have a blank stare, but my Mom took the picture anyway. Then Mom told us to stand still for one more. I wasn't going to let Amy get away with her remark. After my Mom went into the kitchen I walked over to her as she sat on the couch watching TV. You'd better watch it Amy, I'm not your little brother. Just then she stood up, looked down at me and said, "Well, you look awful little to me...brother." "That's just because you have those platforms on." I said. Amy replied, "It shouldn't matter whether I have platforms on or not. You're 6 whole years older than me; you should be taller than me even if I was standing on a stepladder!" Your girlfriend is a lot taller than me, and she isn't even as old as you are...why aren't you tall like her...you little shrimp?" I definitely wasn't going to let Amy get away with that! I lost my cool and grabbed her. Then I wrestled her to the ground. We were wrestling around until finally I got on top of her and pinned her hands over her head. She gave up a little easier than I expected and let me keep them there for about 10 seconds. Then she got an evil smile on her face and said, "You'll really, really regret this when I'm bigger than you...widdle brudder!" I let her up and she knew that what she said scared me. After I let her up she started following me around. I asked her what she wanted and she replied, "Oh, I'm just trying to think of a good nickname I can call you when I'm this much taller than you in my bare feet. Maybe Shrimpy Stevie, Stevie Small, Stevie the Squirt?" I was really mad, almost in tears and I did the unthinkable...I ran out to my Mom and said, "Mom, Amy is calling me names!" My Mom almost chuckled but she sympathetically said, "What'd she call you Steven?" I told her "Shrimpy Stevie, Stevie Small and Stevie the Squirt?" Just then my Mom yelled, "Amy, get your little behind in here!" As my sister walked into the kitchen with her head down my Mom scolded her, "I don't ever want to hear you calling your brother those mean names ever again! Do you understand me Amy Michelle Fisk?" My sister nodded her head "yes". Then Mom said, "Good, now both of you go upstairs and change back into your play clothes, I don't want you messing up your new clothes." As we walked up the steps I heard my sister say under her breath, "Shrimpy, little cry baby!" How low had I sunk? Here I was a 14-year-old teen, nearly a man; brought near the brink of crying by my 8-year-old sister and even worse.I ran and told my Mom on her! Part 11 (Don't Mess With My Boyfriend!) The following summer: It took a while for me to recover from being punked out by my "little" sister. The truth be told, I don't think I truly got over it. It was months later and it still bothered me that I didn't stand up for myself better. Maybe if I had stood up to Amy, she wouldn't have been treating me like she has been since Christmas. What made matters worse; Amy was hitting an early growth spurt. It's common knowledge that girls mature faster than boys, but Amy was maturing even faster than the average 9-yearold girl. She was growing like a weed. It hasn't been more than a few months since the now infamous "Christmas Tattling Incident" and she's now taller than me without the platforms. Standing exactly 5' tall, the additional 2" seemed to loom even more over my head. She was proving me wrong about my body having more muscles than hers because she was a girl. As a result of good genetics, her body was filling out. I don't mean she was getting boobs or anything; she actually had decent muscle tone for a girl her age. I guess this is why I was becoming more submissive around her. After 7 years of virtually no change in size, I knew my body well. I knew how big I was and by obsessive and constant comparison, I knew how much bigger everyone around me was...and Amy was definitely bigger and made me feel as if I lived up to the name "widdle brudder'. My mind quickly forgot how much bigger my sister was whenever a certain Amazon neighbor girl who called me her boyfriend was around. As big as Amy seemed, she was nowhere near a match for Rebecca. Rebecca had been taking the various medications, hormones and steroids for several years now. Even though the doctor recently deeded it unnecessary to prescribe her steroids anymore, they've made obvious and considerable improvements in more areas than intended. This was mostly due to the fact that after she was finished with physical therapy, Rebecca continued to work out. She said it made her feel good. It did a lot more than just make her "feel" good...Rebecca looked good too...re-e-e-ealy good! And for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what she ever saw in me. She was a totally hot looking woman and I looked like her much younger kid brother, not her "boyfriend" that was a year older. Even an average sized guy would look a little wimpy next to her, yet she was the cream dream fantasy of many a high school boy! I mean just the way she looked, a lot of the guys in high school even thought she was totally hot. Although most of the guys that thought she was hot were jocks; mostly because the guys that weren't that athletic were obviously intimidated by her. And truthfully, even if I were as big as some of them, I'd be too! Rebecca hadn't grown but maybe an additional «" since the procedure, but her body filled out years beyond her age and was more toned any girl or even woman I've ever seen for that matter. I used to admire the way my Mom was toned and athletic, but now Becky could easily put her to shame. Nearly every body part of hers outsized my Mother's by several inches. I could tell Rebecca had bigger arms, longer legs, and definitely larger thighs. She almost made my Mom look like a teen-age girl standing next to her instead of the other way around. Due to the medications she had to take, she also had some disadvantages to put up with. While the steroids and hormones made her have an unbelievable body for a 13-year- old girl, it also gave her things such as body hair to deal with. Starting at the age of 11, she had to shave her legs every day or else she'd...as she put it, "Start to look as if she was wearing leg warmers." She also had a lot of hair on various other places of her body and had to endure a constant regiment of waxing and shaving to keep from "looking like Big Foot" as she would so eloquently put it. She would say, I've already got the big feet, I don't need the hair too or else some hunter might shoot me mistaking me for a Sasquatch! I didn't like it when she talked about herself like that even if she was kidding. I would often tell her and she would just smile and tell me how sweet I was. Then she would try to make me face reality by showing me her size 12 « shoes. Then she would say, "You can't tell me I don't have big feet! I mean even for my height, I've got big feet! I bet you could probably even put your feet in my shoes with your shoes still on!" I would try to re-assure her that her feet were perfectly proportionally to her gorgeous, statuesque 5'10" frame. Regardless of how much she'd put herself down, I was always there to defend her whether she believed it or not. Maybe that's what she saw in me? I began to realize, that even though I was getting older and close to becoming a man, I was nothing like I was the first time around. If the truth were told, I was eerily like I remember Rebecca being. I was small and cute with a childlike appearance and kind of a nerdy bookworm that did extremely well in school. If that wasn't the spitting image of Rebecca, I don't know what is...scratch that, the spitting image of the OLD BECKY I should say. You might say I was seeing the good and bad side of being so small and being around bigger and more dominant girls. It was almost a shame Rebecca was more of a friend to me than Amy ever could even imagine being. I sometimes wished she had been my sister instead, but then again if she were my sister, she couldn't be my girlfriend. I felt as if she was more a part of our family than Amy ever was. Rebecca got along really well with my parents, mostly because, in spite of her size, she was a respectful and well- mannered girl. She even made it a habit of calling my parents Mom and Dad. This sickened my sister. She would say, "Becky, Why do you call MY parents Mom and Dad?" Becky would try to be nice, but it was really difficult with Amy. She would simply say, "I'm just getting in the habit now, because someday Steven and I are going to get married." This was my view of the two polar opposites, the good and bad. Naturally the good being my sweet, lovely Rebecca and the bad being my Super Bitch "little" sister Amy. But, just like any other story of the inevitable struggle between good and evil, this one was quickly unfolding before my very eyes with a predictable and classic outcome! As I came back from Becky's house, I walked up the steps and down the hallway towards my room. Suddenly I felt my collar tighten and I spun around with my feet flailing in the air. Then I felt the wall against the back of my head...and then slowly looked up into my sister's squinting and hateful glare. "Give me your allowance squirt or I'll pound you!" I grabbed her hand and tried to pry her fingers away from my collar, but surprisingly I wasn't able to! Maybe I shouldn't have been all that surprised. I'd noticed for months she looked more buff than me, I just didn't want to face she could have been stronger than me too! To make matters worse, she was wearing her new platforms. Her new platforms were even higher than the old ones she had. Her 5" platforms along with her already taller 5' tall body absolutely towered over me. I started to struggle even more but the leverage Amy had due to her longer limbs and loftier position were too much of a match for a 15 year old in an 8 year old's body! She literally picked me up and slammed me down to the floor. Then she pinned my arms over my head and held my shoulders down with her knees in a classic "schoolboy" pin. I don't think you heard what I said, I said, "GIVE ME YOUR ALLOWANCE, SQUIRT! And if so help me, if you tell Mom, I'll beat you up in front of a few of the guys in your grade just to show what a little pussy you are!" I still tried to struggle, but it was in vain. Amy was 2" taller and outweighed me by a good 15 lbs. I wasn't even a 90 lb. weakling; I was more an 85 lb. weekling. She was really hurting me and I knew I'd have bruises later on. I tried to hold back from crying, but couldn't and said, "O-o-o-ok-kk-kay, you win Amy, I'll give you my money." After saying that she let me up and stood in front of me, backing me up against the wall and then putting both of her hands over my head against the wall. I cowered under her arms and went over to my dresser. I pulled out $20.00 and brought it over to her as she stood watching me with her arms crossed over her chest. She snatched it from my hand and said, "Thanks, widdle brudder, you'd better get used to just handing me your allowance after you get it or else you'll have to start getting used to getting bruises...understand wimp. I was still kind of shaky from crying and stuttered, "Y-y-y-y-e-es" "Good, so we have an understanding now, widdle brudder?" I nodded my head "yes". Then she flicked me on the forehead and said as she was walking away, "I told you you'd regret pinning me on the floor that day didn't I?" The next day I was lying on the floor with a long sleeve shirt and jeans on. Ordinarily in the middle of summer I would have been wearing short pants and a t-shirt, but I didn't want my Mother to see the bruises and have to explain what happened. I was watching TV and then the doorbell rang. I slowly got up to answer it and stood on my tiptoes to look out the peephole. I saw the vision of my Amazon Goddess standing there in tube top and short shorts. She bent over, kissed my forehead, said "Hi, Sweetie" and walked in the house. She looked around and said, "So where's Mom and Dad?" "They went grocery shopping Becky, I replied. She looked over at the TV and asked me what I was watching. I told her I was watching Scooby Doo. She said, "The old one or the new one?" I replied, "The old one, the new one sucks!" With that she put her hands on her hips and stood in front of me and argued, "It does not suck! I like it even better than the old one." I argued back, "Yes, it does suck; it has that stupid Scrappy Doo in it!" Then Becky said, "Well, that's what I like about the new one.Scrappy Doo. He's so little and cute, he reminds me of you. You're little and cute and.then she reached out and started tickling me and said "Scrappy!" her tickling didn't get the result she expected. My ribs still hurt from Amy slamming me on the floor the night before. Instead of laughing, I screamed in pain, "O-w-w-w Becky, stop please!" She stopped immediately, looked at me with concern and said, "I'm so-o-o sorry Stevie. Did I hurt you?" I looked up into her eyes and she looked as if she was going to cry. "I couldn't lie to her because she knew me too well. I told her than Amy and I got in a fight last night. Immediately I could see fire shooting out of her eyes. "What did that little bitch do to you? Is that why you're wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants?" I nodded my head in shame. I heard her take a deep breath and then I felt her hot breath blow across the top of my head. Then I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye and a split second later I heard 3 thumps as her long legs went up the steps skipping a few on the way up! Before I could even figure out what was going on, Becky was at the top of the steps and storming down the hall. I heard the door to Amy's room slam open and Rebecca yell out, "Get up bitch! What the hell is your problem?" Then I heard Amy's attempt at a smartass remark, "I don't ha-ave a problem, you big slut, now get the **** out of my room!" With that I heard huge slam and a loud crash. I ran upstairs to see what was going on. Then I heard another slam. Amy's bed was thrown against the wall and Rebecca had Amy pinned against the wall...holding her by her pajama top over her head with one arm. I just stood there frozen, not knowing what to do. Rebecca pulled her away from the wall about a foot, slammed her hard against the wall again and said in a calm, yet forceful voice, "Look, you little bitch, I'll make this nice and clear for you so there won't be any future misunderstandings, ok?" Then she waited for an answer and again, pulled Amy a foot away from the wall and slammed her once more. With that Amy started to tear up and squeaked out in a quite different tone, "Uhhuh" Then Rebecca continued, "If you ever, EVER, so much as lay a pinkie finger on my little guy again, ever so much as say an unkind word to him, I will beat your ****ing head in! Do you understand me, you damned little bitch?" Even more timidly than before, Amy answered, "Yes, ma'am." Just then Rebecca saw me out of the corner of her eye and noticed the look of utter terror in my eyes! She let Amy drop to the floor and there was a look of serious understanding in Amy's eyes after that! Rebecca walked over to me and gently hugged me and said, "I'm sorry you had to see that, but somebody had to teach her a lesson, Steven." It wasn't like I was going to disagree with her! I had never had anyone, much less a girl stick up for me before! As I looked over at Amy shaking on the floor, I decided to get a little payback. I said, "Amy, can I get my allowance back now, please?" Amy jumped up and said, "S-s-s-s-ure S-s-s- tevie, ah-a-anything you s-s-say, big b-b- b-brother" Once again I saw fire in Rebecca's eyes and she started to bolt towards Amy again. Amy jumped into her closet and slammed the door behind her. Just then I grabbed her arm and yelled, "No, Rebecca, No, please!" Just then Rebecca stopped and looked down at me. I was holding onto her arm and my feet were dangling about 8" off the floor! She gently lowered me down to the floor. Then I looked up and said, "I think she's had enough Becky, she won't be bothering me anymore, will you Amy?" Amy peeked around out of the door and with the most timid little voice I've heard come out of her mouth in a long time, she said,"N-n-n-o". For what seemed like hours, I just stood there in admiration of my Rebecca. She barely broke a sweat and yet she left a path that looked as if a hurricane went through Amy's room. I knew that Rebecca was strong, all one had to do was to take one look at her. But the utter brute strength that had to be several times my own, the way she so easily picked Amy up and slammed her, absolutely amazed me. I would go as far to even say, "It turned me on...REALLY turned me on!" Part 12 ("Don't Worry Mom, I Didn't Hurt Your Little Boy!") After that day, I spent so many nights dreaming of Rebecca's body. I dreamed of how we would make love and how her big gorgeous body would feel on top of me. Would she crush me or would her weight be spread out enough over her long torso that she'd actually feel light? So many mornings I'd wake up creaming my under- roos. It was getting downright embarrassing and I didn't know what to do about it. Although, she exuded sex appeal, she seemed to still have the innocent soul of a child. Although sometimes when I thought of her I'd feel dirty, the image of her gorgeous body would overcome all of that. In spite of the fact she said I was her boyfriend and more than proved she loved me several times, I wondered why she chose me...why? Rebecca was probably more of a woman that most adult bodied men could handle. I felt as if she was "other worldly" and unobtainable. I mean when I sat and thought logically, what, I mean, how could I ever even satisfy a woman like Rebecca? I had the skinny, virtually hairless little body of an 8-year-old boy, all parts to scale. As unexpected as it sounds I was about to find out if I could satisfy this woman Rebecca. We had always kissed and hugged but after the little incident with Amy, I felt so close to Rebecca and basically built my whole world around her and what she wanted. I would spend hours thinking of sweet things to do for her like pick her flowers and brush her hair for her. She loved when I brushed her hair. She would lay her head on my lap as I slowly and carefully ran the brush through her thick hair. This usually led to her falling asleep on my lap, drooling...LOL As innocent as it started out, I felt Becky kiss me more passionately and encouraging me to rub her breasts and her crotch more often. I didn't know what was going on with her. I guess her hormones are starting to kick in or something? She is, after all 13 now and considered a teenager. She seems to act more mature than me. Maybe she acts that way because most people often mistake her for someone who is older due to her size. Our relationship is changing a lot. Just as I started to get used to and feel fairly comforted by her size and not so intimidated, she's started to enjoy a little playful intimidation and making me squirm in certain situations. There is little doubt who is the dominant one in this relationship and I'll give you the hint: It ain't the 85 lb. super lover stud...LOL I definitely feel as if she's almost assuming the role of the guy in the relationship or the dominant role if you will. Up until today, she was fairly subtle about the fact she was much bigger and stronger than me. We were at her house and her Mom had gotten called out to work. We were just sitting there watching a movie and then, I glanced down at her long legs. She was sitting with them crossed, which only emphasized just how long they really were. She caught me looking down at them and said, "I know I haven't shaved them in a couple of days..." I looked at her with a quizzical look. "I wasn't even thinking of that Rebecca." "What were you thinking of then?" She asked suspiciously. "Without hesitation I answered, "I was just admiring how long your legs were, especially compared to mine." She quipped, "Yeah, admiring how long the hair is on those long legs, weren't you?" Once again with the utmost sincerity I answered, "Truthfully, I didn't even notice they were that hairy. A little hair on your legs doesn't bother me. Actually, I think it's kind of a little erotic." She just gently shoved me across the couch and said, "You're weird!" Then a few minutes later, out of the blue, she looked down at me and grinned. It didn't seem to be the same innocent grin I'm used to, it looked lightly...mischievous. Then she leaned down and started kissing me. As we sat beside each other on her couch kissing, I felt Rebecca's long arm reach around my waist. Then she wrapped it around my stomach and pulled me onto her lap sideways. "There, now I don't have to bend my neck down so far now", she said smiling. Sitting on her lap made me uncomfortable. Even though I was small, I didn't like being treated like a child. She resumed kissing me and I could feel myself getting hard. Then I could feel her right leg spread a little. She twisted and folded my legs and then put them between hers. Then she clamped them together with just enough pressure that I couldn't move them. I was getting a little nervous over this. My legs were pinned between hers. Then I felt her grab my right arm and hold it under behind my back. With the other, she grabbed my left arm, and then held both of my wrists in her left hand. I stopped kissing her for a moment, but she didn't let me. She forced her lips onto mine and put her tongue into my mouth. Her bigger tongue just pushed mine right out of the way and she rolled it around in my mouth. She could sense I was still uncomfortable with this and then put her hand on my thigh. I was getting really nervous now and started to try to move my hands free. It was no use; she had her big hands clamped around them too tight. It seemed to excite her that I was struggling. I felt her hand slowly go up my thigh and then...she unzipped my zipper! I really tried to get loose then. I told her "no", she just answered with a sultry "yes" I said, please Becky, no." She looked down into my eyes forcefully and said, "YES!" I was really worried about Becky seeing me and feeling me down there. After a bad incident in the shower after gym, I found out just how much I looked like a little kid compared to the other guys in my class. I wasn't just little in general; I was little down there. To make matters worse, I had no hair at all. I felt just like a little boy standing around a bunch of older and bigger young men. How I felt about it was of no consequence to Rebecca. She was going to do what ever she wanted to do to me. Just then I felt her large right hand go in between my trembling stomach and the waistband of my underwear. Then she started stroking me. I was squirming, trying to get lose, but she was easily holding me where she wanted. She kept kissing me and probing my mouth with her tongue and it wasn't more than about 20 seconds before I came all over her hand. It was my first time and I felt as if I was going to pass out. Then to prolong my ecstasy and her dominance over me, she lightly stroked me after I came as I convulsed with every touch; unable to move unless she let me. Finally after what seemed like forever, she stopped and looked down at me with a smile. "Did you like that Steven?" she asked. I exhaled deeply and nodded my head "yes". "Good, because I liked doing that to you." She said sexily. I couldn't believe this 13-year-old girl could be so erotic and sexy. Had I known Rebecca was like this, I might have even gone out on a few dates with her in junior high! Just then she let go of my wrists and spread her legs to release the hold she had on mine. She put her hand underneath my t- shirt and rubbed in the cum from her hand onto me...massaging it into my skin...all over my stomach and chest. Then she grabbed my hand and guided it to her crotch. I could feel the dampness on the front of her jeans. "UNZIP ME," she whispered with a low raspy voice as she over exaggerated the syllables with her mouth movements. As soon as I unzipped her pants, she put her much larger hand over mine and guided in into her dripping wet womanhood. And I did say womanhood! Becky's crotch was nothing like mine. Hers felt like a woman's, not a child's. I guess you could say she had a full head of hair down there! I started to stroke her as she softly moaned and gyrated. A few seconds later, she said, "This isn't going to be enough, take my shorts off!" She rose her butt up so I could pull off her pants while she was sitting. Then she grabbed both of my shoulders and pushed down on me buckling my knees. Before I could even say a word, she grabbed my head with both hands, sliding one to the back and said commandingly, "Lick my pussy, Stevie!" I couldn't believe the way she was just holding me down, tossing me around like a rag doll and positioning me whatever way she wanted. She must have held a lot back whenever we wrestled around together to make me feel better or something? She grabbed my wrist and guided it between her legs as she told me to put my finger inside her. I did just as she instructed as I licked her with all I had. It felt so strange messing with a 13 year old, but what the hell, for all practical purposes I was a 14 year old and felt even younger. It was messing with my head a lot. Inside I had the feelings and desires of a man, yet I was trapped in a weak little boy's body. On the other hand Becky was an innocent 13-yearold girl and I felt kind lf sleazy being a man and having sex with her. Then again, on the other hand, she bore little resemblance to an innocent little girl! She was more passionate than any woman I'd ever been with. Possibly, if anything, she should have been the one feeling sleazy. I mean I'm sure I must have felt like a little kid to her and Becky was definitely a W-O-MA-N! It certainly wasn't as if I was raping her or taking advantage of her; if anything, she was the one taking advantage of me! I just tried to go with this experience and enjoy sensations I'd never thought possible. It felt really good to have sex again!!! After a few minutes of my expert tongue work and probing, I could feel her start to shake. Then it happened! I felt her fingers dig into the back of my head and she gyrated even faster and grind my face up and down her pussy. I could feel her juices gushing out of her and running down my face...down my chin and onto my chest. Then I felt her grab me by the hair gently to guide my eyes up to her starry gaze. "Stand up Steven," she said. When I stood up, she scooted across the couch, sat up on the armrest and slowly spread her legs. My mouth watered as I looked at her dripping wet womanhood. "Take your pants off and come here", she said as she took off her shirt revealing her breasts to me for the first time. Though I was a little self conscious, upon seeing this, I quickly dropped trou and without hesitation. Then she grabbed my hips and rammed me into her. I was nowhere near big enough to hurt her, but she was enjoying it...almost as much as I was! It was amazing, finally seeing her breasts and the way she moved me every which way she wanted. It took a while getting used to the fact I was able to look her in the eye now having sex with her. I almost felt normal again until realizing it was because she was sitting on the armrest. As if to reinforce that she was so much bigger, she rubbed the top of my foot with hers, which in turn made me glance down to see she was still able to barely touch the floor with her feet. Rebecca was big enough now that she could sit down while I was standing up to have sex! Once this sank into my head, I started to cum again and felt my legs buckle underneath of me. Then I could feel Becky's big hands grab my ass and hold me up. As I recovered from the brink of passing out once again, I looked into Becky's eyes. She laughed at my expression and stood up, still holding onto me, rubbing her breasts up my chest rising to my face, straightening up and then grinding her dripping crotch against the upper part of my stomach. Just then the phone rang. As I reached for it, Rebecca grabbed it and held it way over my head for a few rings and then politely and sweetly handed it to me with a smile on her face. I answered it and it was my Mother calling for me to come to dinner. As I stood talking to my Mom, Rebecca put one of her hands on her knee and stooped down to my level. As she looked into my eyes with a mischievous smile, she started rubbing my crotch with the palm of her other hand making it VERY difficult to speak to my Mom! All the while she was doing this; she exaggeratedly mouthed "O-o-o-o", pouting her lips. After I hung up I grabbed her big hand and tried to move it away. She resisted and I had to practically plead with her to move it. "Please, Rebecca, I have to hurry up and get dressed and go home to eat", I said. "Rebecca looked at me with a mocking look and said, "Oh, what's the matter? Little Mama's boy gonna run home cause the big neighbor girl was playing with him too rough?" Then she laughed really hard. She knew that would get under my skin. As usual my face was beet-red and really didn't know what to say to her to comeback. Then she said, "You think your Mom would mind if I came over too. My Mom's not here and I don't feel like cooking anything for myself?" I told her it shouldn't be a problem. As we walked into my house, my Mother already had dinner on ready and the table was set. Then she noticed Becky behind me, tickling and poking me. She said exasperatedly, "I guess I'll set the table for one more?" Rebecca smiled and said, "Yep, if ya don't mind...Mom!" My Mother told me to come out to the kitchen and get a plate and some silverware for Becky. As I walked by my Mom, she noticed an odd odor on me. She looked puzzled for a moment but she knew what the smell was; she just didn't expect it on me! She knew I must have been having sex. She definitely knew...I could see the look of disapproval on her face! She looked down at me sternly and said, "We're going to have a little talk later mister..." Needless to say, there wasn't much conversation during the meal. As it was Amy and Rebecca did not get along at all. After we were though eating, my Mother got up. I also started to get up to clear the dishes and Rebecca told me to sit down. Then she got up and cleared the dishes to take them out to the dishwasher. As my Mother stood there glaring at me, Rebecca loaded the dishes and then she walked up to my Mother and stood very close to her. I could tell she startled my Mother and she was slightly intimidated by her. Becky put her big hand on my Mom's forearm, wrapped her fingers around it and said, "Don't worry Mom; I didn't hurt your little boy!" I couldn't hear what she said, but I read her lips...Then she stared her down for a minute and I could see the hairs on the back of my Mom's neck stand on end. It seemed like she was staring her down for an hour and then as if nothing happened; she walked back into the dining room and sat next to me. Part 13 (Rebecca Finally Gets a Prom Date!) Another two years later: As Rebecca sauntered down the stairs in her beautiful prom dress; I noticed she was wearing heels. Not just any heels, mind you, but heels with platforms on them. They looked to be at least 5" heels with a 2" platform! As she neared the bottom of the steps and walked closer to me, she looked unbelievably tall! I asked her why she was wearing heels. Clearly she was more than tall enough in flats and didn't need to wear heels to look taller! Becky frowned down at me and said, "Just because you're such a shrimp that doesn't mean I have to look like a geek and wear flats with my prom dress!" With that she bent down to me and gave me an intimidating look. I slowly reached up and ever so carefully pinned the corsage onto her dress. With that Rebecca smiled at me as if to confirm she knew I was really intimidated by her and knew better than to make any further comments contrary to her views. Just then, her Mother said she wanted to get a few pictures and told me to stand next to Rebecca. She hesitated for a minute and then said, "Steven, This is a cheap camera and I can't fit both of you into the picture. Could you maybe stand up on the step and Becky could you stand by him?" Rebecca looked down at me and nodded her head. With this I stood up on the step. Becky's Mom said, "One more Stevie". I could feel my face redden a bit as I stepped back onto the next step. As I did, I noticed that the difference in our heights was completely reversed as still looked at least an inch taller even though I was standing on two steps above the level she was standing on! She would have even been an inch taller than my Dad in these shoes! As we walked out to the limo, I walked in front of her, leading her by the hand. If for no other reason than to try to bring some resemblance of tradition to this date! It's not everyday you see a couple with a height difference of 17" going to a dance together. What's even rarer is a couple with a 17" difference and the shorter one is the guy! I opened the door for her and took her hand as if to help her in the car...as if she needed help to get in the car! She could have picked me up and threw me over her shoulder to carry me as if I were a 10 lb. bag of potatoes just as effortlessly as she got into the car. Once in, I got in and sat beside her. I just sat there looking up into her eyes admiringly...thinking of how truly beautiful she looked in her dress. She looked down at me and slid her hand between my thighs and asked, "What's the matter, little guy, you need a booster seat?" I nudged against her as she chuckled over my dilemma. Unless she really wanted me to kiss her and leaned her head down towards me, I'd have to make an obvious move and stand up on my knees to reach her. It didn't look as if she was going to let me off and lean over, so I got up onto my knees, slowly stroked her cheek and kissed her. She smiled and said, "That's one of the things I like about you the most; when you really want something, you keep on trying until you get it don't you?" The limo pulled in front of the school and I could feel my heart in my throat. There was no place I'd rather be than by Rebecca's side, but I was a little embarrassed that I was so much smaller than her and feared the remarks and sneers she would have to endure. My worries were for naught. Not one word was uttered about us as we walked up the steps together and into the dance hall. Okay, one major step out of the way. The next big step is to dance with this towering Goddess out there on the floor. Should I go for a slow dance or fast dance with her? I already knew which she would prefer. I heard familiar intro to "I've been Waiting for a Girl like You." I looked up into Rebecca's eyes and asked her to dance. I led her out to the floor and ignored the stares. I pulled her close and I could feel her gently pull me in even tighter towards her. The top of my head was below breast level to her, but I was in heaven. I could feel her slowly and gently pushing me away with her arms on the top of my shoulders. I looked up to see why and I saw her face slowly leaning down towards mine...her eyes closed and her mouth open for a kiss. We kissed as the music played and then I felt her lift her head and pull me back in close to her. I could feel the vibration of her soft humming as the side of my head rested against the lower part of her chest. The dance ended way too soon and we stood there swaying with each other a few seconds after it ended. Then we went back to the table to sit down. When we sat down, I felt slightly awkward. One of the guys in my class was there with one of my soon-to-be ex-wives, Lisa. I laughed to myself. If this guy only knew what a bitch she could be he'd start running now...fast! I started to say something to her and then I realized; she didn't even know me! I knew her in another life and she was my prom date then. I had a COMPLETELY different life now. She had no part in this life I now led. As strange as it may sound, for the first time in my life, I felt that I was truly where I belonged. As I was lost in reflection, I felt a gentle nudge. "Come on babe, I wanna dance to this for you!" yelled Becky. We stood up and I realized the song playing was Def Leppard's "Photograph" Becky started dancing in front of me as I tried to keep in rhythm with her movements. She was amazing. Every guy in the place was looking at her, wishing they were standing where I was, but they weren't. And though I couldn't figure out why, this was my girl dancing. A few times she would sexily squat down to near eye level to tease me. She knew how badly I wanted to kiss her! I could see the mischievous look in her eye. She knew she was driving me absolutely crazy with her body and the way she was moving. When the song was over, we went back over to sit down at the table. Lisa was looking at both of us. I thought for sure she was going to say something, but she didn't. Rebecca noticed her looking at us and asked me, "Do you know that girl Steven?" I said with a smile on my face, "I have no idea who she is." Then Becky looked back at her and said defensively, "Then why is she looking at us then?" Again I smiled and replied, "Maybe she's jealous?" One more dance left. The last song... The theme for our dance..."Sharing the Night Together." Once again we danced close and slow and once again, it ended way too soon. The night went off without a hitch. No one made fun of us, none of the guys wanted to fight me and my date was the most beautiful and sexy women I had ever met, let alone been with! We walked out of the dance hall and as we got into the car, I could see Rebecca was smiling as if she were the Cheshire cat. She got in and pulled me close to her. Just then Rebecca looked at the chauffeur and said, "Driver, we're going to make a little detour before we go back home, if you don't mind." The driver waved in acknowledgement. As we drove along, the road we were on looked vaguely familiar. Then we pulled up to a house. This house looked vaguely familiar also. It was the house that Becky led me into after that night in the bar! She told the driver to wait there and told me to get out of the car. She got out and took my hand and pulled me around in front of her. I could feel her huge presence looming in back of me. This in conjunction with the memory of this house made the hairs on my neck stand on end. She told me to walk up the stairs as she handed me the keys. I remembered the night on the steps on the way to her house. With the 6" heels on, she was 6'3" tall and I was now 4'10"! I turned to see Rebecca giggling at me. This is when reality hit me. I thought I was the only one that remembered the way the world used to be. Apparently I wasn't! Becky knew all along. All these years she was playing along as if she didn't. I started to talk and she put her big finger to my mouth and told me to go into the house. Once in the house, she said, "Come on Steven; let's go down into the basement. Once in the basement, I recognized the machinery that she used on that night after meeting in the bar. Rebecca walked up to me and finally asked, "Do you remember the last time we were down here?" I nodded my head yes. Her smile grew and then she said, "You probably do. You probably have fond memories of what your life was like before I entered the picture once again, didn't you Steven?" She was about to unfold the whole plan and it was boggling my mind. "It might be your first time down here in quite a long time Steven, but I've been down here numerous times tweaking events of both of our lives until I got it right. I think I've finally gotten things the way I like them now...You see; the world isn't ever going to be the same as you remembered it and it's certainly not going to be manipulated just for your benefit. Everything happened for a reason. I've gone back and changed events so many times in order to bring us both to this perfect moment, my dear Steven. For instance, had you played football that day, you would have broken my arm again. That life wasn't ideal for either of us, now was it Steven? Then your life would have gone on pretty much the same. Had you not broken your arm and just continued the same, you would have gone about your life and eventually become a pro football star. Again, this life wouldn't have ideal for either of us. As a pro football player, you would have been hitting steroids pretty hard and you would have died by your 38th birthday. What would have been worse about that situation is that you still wouldn't have even noticed me. THAT my dear would have been unacceptable! So as we walked, I thought of the idea for you to swim in the pond. I knew you couldn't resist me daring you. It turned out even better than I expected though. I figured you'd have trouble swimming or something so I kept a rope handy. Then I could have saved your life, which would have made you eternally grateful to me. Well instead you jumped in and swam around with little effort. The length of time you were in that dirty pond water resulted in the earache. The earache led to the meningitis, which in turn messed up your pituitary gland. Your pituitary gland problems in turn stunted your growth. This again had to be done over a few times. If I waited too long, say your teen years, the damage would have deformed you, if I didn't wait long enough, you would have been even smaller than you are now. Your small played two roles in my plan actually. Your small size actually made it possible for me to get taller." I just stood there in total disbelief... She continued, "Had you grown at your normal rate, Carrie Weaver wouldn't have even thought of making fun of you or pushing me down to ground while you were standing there. Actually she didn't even do it that way the first time it happened. I had to pay her and tell her that I was doing it so you could impress your friends by defending me. That's the real reason my parents didn't press charges against her. I was worried that you'd try to stop her, beat her up or something, but you didn't even do that! After that I knew you'd be so-o-o easy to manipulate. You are a real wimp without your 6'3" frame to hide behind Steven! That fall resulted in my skull concussion, which in turn resulted in the tumor around MY pituitary gland. The tumor resulted in my growth, which would have not otherwise never happened. Had I not grown taller, you would have ignored me still because I was younger than you. Your little attraction with height wouldn't have been so obsessive and you would have been satisfied with. Truthfully, my growth wasn't an exact science. I had to fall about a dozen times until I finally hit my head in just the right place for the tumor to develop. The gland condition actually made my face fuller looking and not so childlike. It was actually the best thing that could have happened to me. Had I not grown at all, I would have been the same lonely woman you met in the Merriment that night. Although it was dangerous, the tumor was the only thing that could have given me that unexpected and considerable growth spurt of 12", to be more accurate, 11 3/4"! After all when you are short, every inch matters doesn't it? She remembered how I had said that to her once and so did I. Then she continued: And on top of that I was PRESCRIBED steroids. I was always so small, weak and mousy. I had always fantasized about being a tall and powerful woman and maybe even a little "dominant"? This was the perfect opportunity for me, for both of us. Just by the look on your face at the prom, I could tell you were never happier in your life. Once again she continued...The whole plan in turn enabled me to grow until I was the height of your ultimate woman also to give me your perspective of looking down at me while I have these heels on. It surprised me that after a while, you actually liked me being so much taller than you! You have to be pretty naive to think I didn't notice your little hard on sometimes when I'd wrestle around with you! I knew I had to be a certain size to push just the right buttons in your little head. I experimented with several time periods before I "let" the doctors discover my tumor. In one journey back though time, I waited considerably longer and was actually 6'3 just like you used to be. Unfortunately, I was kind of ugly because of the gigantism, though. You were more afraid of me than attracted to me! I also didn't wait long enough and then you would have gotten together with Heather Verde because she was the only other girl who would have given you attention...She also looked more like a woman instead of a little kid...unlike me. She would have treated you badly and you would have ended up an alcoholic. So whether you want to believe it or not, all of this was actually the best possible worlds for the both of us. I'm not going to tell you what the future is going to be like, but I promise you it will be the best possible future you could have by using the best possible variables available to you." Then she walked over to me and stood inches away from me, towering over me by 17" and said, So now that I've told you and you've been so good to me since taking you back to your childhood, I'll ask you the same question as I did that night...only once...and I want your honest answer. "Stevie, have you ever wanted to go back into time and do things differently?" I looked up admiringly into her eyes and said, "No Rebecca, I wouldn't change a thing ..."