This season our school's theater is putting on Footloose. I like being part of the stage crew since I get to be part of the show without getting in front of lots of people. Right now we are putting the finishing touches on the set. My hands are covered in spots of paint. Alice walks around the corner. She is the stage manager. "Looking good," she states, putting her hand lightly on my arm. I have suspected that she might have a crush on me. Alice touches me every chance she gets and is always complementing me. I think she is cute, but I never have had the guts to ask her out. Plus, I still have a big crush on Megan, and it almost would feel like cheating to go out with another girl.
"I think the costumes should have been delivered by the laundry company. Will you go to the loading dock and check?" Alice asks. "Just leave the basket in front of the dressing rooms."
"Sure," I respond as I hop down from the ladder. I go to the bathroom to wash my hands before heading to the loading dock. Sure enough there are two linen carts on wheels, one with the girl's clothes and one with the boy's. I push them aross the hall into the theater.
As I am depositing them by the dressing rooms Megan comes out of the girls room. She accidentally bumps into me. "Oops, sorry Ethan,"she calls as she walks around the corner. I hear a whirring sound and realize that Megan bumped into the pocket where I had left the shrink ray. Quickly I pull it out in an effort to turn it off. Before I can do anything the beam of light shoots out and hits me in the leg. I drop the device in panic and it slides under the prop table.
Suddenly I start to shrink rapidly. The motion makes me dizzy and momentarily disorients me. When the my downward descent stops, it takes me a second to realize that I am....
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