Johnny chuckled quietly to himself.
“You want to grow right now, don’t you?” Kevin asked knowingly.
Johnny’s mind screamed, “YES!” as his face beamed with a widening smile.
“Alright,” Kevin thought, “Get ready.”
Johnny could barely contain his anticipation when suddenly, he felt it. He looked down and sure enough, his body was growing once again. He could feel all of his limbs stretching long. His whole body was enlarging. In a matter of seconds, he was already five feet tall and was still growing. All of his little boy clothes were feeling tighter and tighter on his body. Even his shoes were getting cramp.
“How’s that feel?” Kevin asked.
Johnny vibrated with excitement in his seat. “Keep going mister! I want to be even taller than mommy! I can’t wait to see her face when we get home.”
“Sure thing little buddy.”
Johnny’s growth continued and both of them were enjoying every minute of it. Johnny was awed by the sensation of his growth. “I’m going to be bigger than mom!”
He grew another six inches in his seat. His body slowly rose along the back of his seat. His head creped passed the head rest. His feet were now firmly on the floor with his knees jammed into the back of the front seat. Johnny watched in delight as his knees rose higher and higher in the air. His entire body continued to enlarge, forcing his seatbelt to lengthen around him. He was now at least a foot taller than any of his friends. “I must be even bigger than Lucas, and he’s the biggest guy in my class.”
“Was the biggest guy in your class.”
“Oh yeah!” Johnny thought with sudden realization, “I’m the biggest kid in my class now!”
Johnny was still inching larger. His butt quickly filled the bucket of his seat, forcing him to readjust. He could feel how small the car was getting. The feeling of being larger invigorated Johnny more and more by the second. He barely noticed that he was now eye level with his mom in the front seat. But Kevin did. “You may want to duck down a bit little buddy. Otherwise, your mom’s going to see you before you get home.”
Johnny realized a half second later exactly what Kevin was talking about. His head was only inches from the roof of the car. He could clearly see his mother’s eyes in the rear view mirror. But he was too late. Her eyes twitched in his direction. Johnny felt a wave a fear go through his nearly six foot frame. “You’d better sit down young man if you know what’s good for you!”
Johnny quickly ducked down into his seat, forcing his knees into his chest and causing a distinct ripping sound in his pants.
“Wow! You’re mom thought you were standing up in the car!”
“I know! I thought she figured it out!” Johnny thought with an edge of apprehension, “And I think I split my pants. When I moved down in my seat, I could hear them rip.”
“I didn’t even think about your clothes getting smaller this whole time. I’m so sorry about that Johnny.”
“Nah. It’s ok. I kind of like it. Getting big is awesome!” Johnny rubbed his growing hands along his smooth, lengthening shin. His growth finally slowed to a halt, but Johnny hadn’t noticed.
Johnny beamed. “I feel like my brother. All big and important. He’s in high school you know, and I want to be just like him when I grow up.”
Kevin paused. “You have a brother?”
Johnny clutched his thick arms around his long legs, pulling them tighter to his chest. Even though he was six feet tall, he was still an eight year old boy. “Oh yeah. He’s so popular in school. He’s a wrestler, a really good one. He must be like twenty or something.”
“You mean seventeen?”
“Huh?”
“You said he was in high school, right? What grade is he in?”
“Oh, um…” Johnny’s thoughts all shot out in a blur to Kevin. A million arrows, all barely formed thoughts struck Kevin’s mind, nearly toppling him over. Kevin realized this meant that Johnny must be thinking really hard about the answer. “He’s a junior. Yep. Junior. I remember him saying that just the other day.”
Kevin had a moment of realization, thinking of his new found power.“Ok. That means he is probably about sixteen or seventeen.”
“Really?! I thought he was so much older than that.” Johnny said in amazement.
“And just out of curiosity,” Kevin began wryly.”How tall is your brother?”
The same psychic blur hit Kevin as Johnny rocked in his seat. “Gosh! He’s taller than dad. Dylan’s huge!”
Kevin smirked to himself. “Alright, so how tall is your dad?”
“Six feet.”
Kevin was shocked. “Wait. How did you know that so fast?”
“Cuz mister, he always reminds me. He’s always saying how big he is and if I ever want to grow up to be a real man, I’ll do as he says.”
Kevin laughed to himself. “And your brother is taller than him?”
Johnny nodded to himself. “Yep!”
Kevin waited anxiously for Johnny to connect the dots. Then suddenly, “Oh my gosh!” Kevin said out loud.
“What’s wrong dear?” his mother asked as she turned the wheel.
The same face-sized grin spread across Johnny’s face like wild fire. “Nu-nothing momma.” Johnny hunched even lower in his seat, even though that was nearly impossible. He was too big now. Besides, what if he ripped more of his clothes? His maroon red t-shirt was barely hanging on as it is, and his khakis had already ripped in one place.
“How tall am I!?” Kevin screamed in his mind with pure excitement.
“Six feet tall, big guy.”
Johnny gasped. “I’m—I’m—I’m as tall as--!”
Johnny could barely catch his breath. His chest heaved into his knees sharply, although he barely felt it. “That’s right,” Kevin concluded, “You are just as tall as dad and are almost as tall as your big brother.”
Johnny’s heart began to race. He couldn’t contain his excitement anymore. And he didn’t have to, because…
“We’re home.”
“We’re home!?" Johnny's mind began to swirl. "Am I ready? Am I big enough? Should momma see me like this? I need you mister! What do I do!?”
Kevin did not expect this sudden panic from Johnny. Especially after how excited he’s been. Johnny’s mom shuts off the car and gets out. What’s Kevin going to do?
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