"What the heck... Emily, you have something hanging off your butt." Jack never thought that he would have ever been so happy to hear such a seemingly irrelevant sentence. "What do you mean?" Listening to her friend, the student Jack had been attached to for much more time than he cared for turned around completely to give her friend a full look as to what she had noticed. "It looks like some sort of bug, but it's like completely stuck to your butt." The second of the two girls brought her dainty fingers to Jack and grabbed his right arm, pulling it right off of the student Emily's shorts with little trouble. Emily turned around and gasped at what she saw. "What in the world, is that what that feeling was earlier?" she thought aloud. Exasperated, the two girls continued to examine Jack as they moved him around to get a full view of his tiny body. Jack had a lot of trouble speaking considering he was absolutely exhausted, but he managed to get out a whimper that took the girls aback.
"I-I'm no.. bug.." he uttered. The girls looked at each other. "Abby, did you hear that? Am I hallucinating or are you on board too?" Emily said, slowly turning her head to face her friend. The one named Abby blankly looked at her and slowly nodded in agreement, having also heard the thing speak up. "Uh," Emily spoke, "are you a person? Like, are you actually alive or are you just a figment of my imagination?" she asked. The girls waited for a minute, raising Jack closer to their heads when he was hardly able to speak. "I'm very real," he huffed, "My name's Jack. I'm a student here, a senior. Can you help me?" The girls gasped again, trying to remain as quiet as they possibly could as their class was getting ready to begin. After they managed to calm down enough, Emily spoke to Jack. "Yes, we can help. First of all, though, we'll need to talk to you about some things. Since we can't do it now, we'll have to do it after class. We have lunch after this. Since I don't think you want to be my personal cushion again, I think you'd be safe in my purse." This sounded like a plan to Jack, who only wanted to sleep after going through so much. Emily opened her handbag and gently placed Jack next to her phone and keys. The minute Jack touched the bottom of the purse, he was out. Emily gave a shy smile and closed her purse, getting back to class.
An hour later, Jack was awoken by the purse shuffling around. He groaned as he sorely sat up, figuring that the class was over and he was on his way to talking with Emily and her friend. A few moments were spent trying to maintain his balance in the purse as, on the outside, Emily and Abby were walking to the cafeteria. When they arrived, Emily sat down at her table while Abby went over to grab her and her friend's lunches from the lunch ladies. Jack felt himself sliding as the purse was sat on its side, the top opening up as Emily tried bringing Jack out softly. He landed on the table with a soft thud and was quickly picked up by Emily, her keeping him on the palm of her hand as she began to speak.
"This is crazy, I can't believe something like this would ever be possible. Jack, was it? I hope you're okay, I didn't mean to have any of what happened happen," Emily rambled, her guilt speeding up her talk. Jack chuckled. "It's okay, I can't imagine it was intentional. I mean, who would ever think to check their chair for a tiny person, right? Anyways, I'm just glad your friend caught me and you guys were willing to talk to me." Emily smiled. "Well, it's our pleasure. It's not every day something like this happens, so being courteous comes naturally." Jack smiled in return, he was beginning to like Emily. Soon enough, Abby came in and joined the two. Having not gotten that great of a view of her while she was picking him off of Emily, Jack looked over Abby. She looked to be a little bit older than Emily, but not by much. She was taller with a little thicker physique and features, curly black hair, dark brown eyes, and peachy skin. "Hey, how's everything going over here?" she asked. Emily told her of the introduction she had with Jack and Abby gave him a nervous wave as she blushed. Jack chuckled to himself. "Thanks for saving me," he said. Abby waved him off. "It's no big deal, I was actually just looking out for Emily there, I was a little confused why there was some bug on her butt." The girls laughed and Jack rolled his eyes. From there, the three continued with casual conversation for the next fifteen minutes, getting to know each other, and even drawing the explanation for Jack's short stature out from him.
"A shrink ray, huh?" Emily said. "Can we see it?" Jack shook his head. "No, I don't think so, at least not right now. I don't think it would be the wisest decision to bring something like that out at a time like this. Perhaps after school once I get back to normal I'll be able to, if you guys are willing to wait until then," he continued. The girls looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, that works for us," Emily put in. "Cool, sounds like a plan. Should we meet out here at the end of the day, or is there somewhere else you'd rather go to?" Jack asked. "Well, wouldn't you just stay with us until then? It seems pretty inconvenient and dangerous for someone of your size to be wandering the halls on your own," Emily replied. Jack sighed. He supposed that was a good point, but he wanted some time to be able and grow back himself somewhere private. But they seemed to be trustworthy enough to stay with, so Jack obliged.
"Great!" Emily smiled. From then until the end of lunch, the three continued to chat with each other about Jack's size and other various topics similar. At the end of lunch, Emily put Jack back in her purse and went to her next class along with Abby. There, she brought Jack out of her purse onto her desk. "We won't be doing too much this period, should just be a lecture and notes," she explained. "I was hoping you could help me have a little fun to get through this and get to the end of the day." Jack shrugged. "What did you have in mind?"
What did Emily have in mind?
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