As he drove to Brian's house, Sean couldn't decide if he was nervous or excited. Brian was a good six inches shorter than Sean, but since Sean had never given him crap about it, he hoped that Brian wouldn't be too mean with the whole shrink thing. The idea of someone else being able to reduce Sean down to the size of a bug wasn't comfortable, but Brian was a good guy. He'd graduated two years before Sean, and he'd still stayed in contact during college. Sean hoped he would be cool, and they could have fun messing around.
Sean arrived at Brian's studio apartment, and they moved into the living room. Sean often stayed at Brian's house instead of his own, since things were pretty crowded with Sean's three little brothers and little sister. Sean had gotten permission to stay a while with Brian, at least until he got the shrinking thing figured out. He was sure Brian would be safer than his little brothers.
"Hey, do you mind if I crash here for a while?" Sean asked.
"Sure," Brian said. "Want a coke?"
Sean nodded, and Brian tossed him a cold can of coke from his fridge. "So," Brian said. "How long is a while?"
"Uh, I don't know, a week. Maybe two or three, actually. Is that gonna bother you?"
Brian shrugged. "You'll need to clear out if I get a date. Wouldn't want you cramping my style."
Sean snorted. Brian hadn't been on a date in more than a year. The guy was super nervous around women.
"Or I can just hide in your desk drawer, or something," Sean said, shrugging.
Brian shot him a "am I missing some sort of joke?" look. Sean laughed. "Dude, you'll never believe this. I got into that experiment. You know, the one where they pay me to do weird tests and write about them."
"Yeah, I remember. Sounded pretty sketchy to me."
"It's easy money," Sean said. "And actually, it's really cool." Sean hesitated, feeling nervous again. He knew Brian was nice, but this guy could still keep him shrunk forever if he wanted to. He didn't like how much power Brian was about to have over him.
"Hey, you okay?" Brian asked.
Sean nodded. "Look, just, uh... promise me you won't do anything mean, okay?"
"Okay, really, what's going on?"
Sean gulped. "See, the experiment is, if someone says the word 'Shrink,' then I'll shrink. And if someone says grow, then I'll grow. Only it has to be someone else, it can't be me."
"No way," Brian said. "That's not possible. Seriously, they tried to tell you--"
"Just watch. Say Shrink," Sean said.
Brian frowned. "Shrink." Sean felt his body tingle, and he lost six inches. He had to hold up his pants to keep them from sagging down the couch.
"Dude! That is so weird!" Brian shivered. "So if I say shrink again, will you shrink more?"
Sean dropped another foot, making him lose his breath. He shivered--his shirt now felt like a dress over him.
"M-maybe lay off the 'S' word?" Sean asked.
"Oh, sorry man. But really, this is trippy. You look like a hobbit!"
"Yeah." Sean's voice felt faint. He knew he had to trust someone for this experiment, but he still hated the fact that he had no control over how big or small he was now.
"Uh... you look freaked out. Are you okay?" Brian asked.
Sean gave a weak nod.
"I can fix you by saying Grow, right?" Sean grew another six inches.
"Yeah," Sean said. "Two more times, and I'll be back to normal."
"Okay. Grow, grow." Sean felt his clothes press up against his skin again, and he sighed in relief. He leaned his head back against the couch, feeling exhausted.
"Hey, really, are you doing alright?" Brian asked.
"Yeah. It's just making me a bit nervous that I don't have any control over this, you know?"
"Well, if it makes you feel better, I promise I won't shrink you without your permission." Sean abruptly dropped six inches in height, and Brian cursed under his breath. "Sorry, I'll have to be careful. Grow."
Sean laughed as he returned to normal. He could tell Brian meant his promise, and that was a weight off his chest. "Thanks man."
"Sure," Brian said. "We're still gonna have some fun with this, right?"
"Oh definitely," Sean said, laughing. "The doctor wants me to live at different heights, and blog about it. I just wanted to do that here, because... well, my little brothers... they really like action figures, and when they found out they could make me six inches tall--"
"Hey, say no more. I'm happy to experiment with you on this. It's my spring break too, so I've got the next two weeks off of school." Brian cleared his throat. "So how do you want to do this? I bet we'll need to hit up a thrift store and get you a bunch of different sizes of clothes, right? Or do you just want to stay here and make it work?"
Sean frowned,. Different clothes did sound like a good idea, but he was excited to try out being different sizes, especially since Brian had promised to say "shrink" or "grow" whenever Sean wanted. He decided to...
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