This choice: Mariam keeps growing like a weed. • Go Back...Chapter #5Mariam keeps growing like a weed. by: Newbie1706   Mariam loved towering over everyone. She would go for long walks on her own just to see how she compared with other people and things. Doors were now annoyances, since she had to crouch down every time she had to go through one. Few places had 8' doors, where she just had to bend down slightly to get through.
Obviously, she didn't fit into cars anymore, so she had to walk to any place she wanted to go to.
One day, Mariam decided to go to the gymnasium where she used to train. Not for practise, but rather to compare her new height with the other girls training there at the moment.
As she was walking down the street, she noticed how she had to look down to read the street signs. Cars driving past her were much lower than her hips. Many people walking past her didn't reach much further than her hips, and she enjoyed it. The feeling of being so much bigger than anyone else was intoxicating. Eventually, she reached the gymnasium, and after crawling through a few doors, she was inside the court.
A standard volleyball net for women's volleyball is 7'4". Mariam laughed to herself when she saw that she was more than head and shoulders taller than the net.
"Good luck trying to get the ball past me", she thought as she picked up a volleyball. She simply palmed it in her right hand like it was a softball.
She walked past the basketball court, and noticed that she was about one head taller than the hoop.
"Hmmm... I must be going through another growth spurt. I wonder how tall I am already?" she thought as she walked past. She knew that this would only be temporary. Soon she will have to look down to the hoop.
As the weeks passed, everyone noticed her growth continuing. Soon, she hit 13'. A little more than twice as tall as Zeinab. Her legs were so long that most people could walk between them with no hassle. This made Zeinab feel even smaller, even though she is probably in the top 5% of tall girls in the world.
Another thing happened that no-one expected: Mariam found love. His name was Peter, and he was 5'11. Average, by most accounts, but different because he loved her sincerely.
Months passed, and at the age of 20, Mariam measured 15' tall. Three times as tall as her mother. Her inseam alone measured 10', a height that she was at less than a year before.
This wasn't without its own set of challenges. All of the houses became too small for her, and she would even feel mildly claustrophobic when she was inside any structure. She and her family eventually moved in at one of her uncle's farms. While her family stayed in the house at the farm, she got the barn. Luckily, it wasn't far from town, and her relationship with Peter flourished.
She decided to return to the gymnasium for a compare session. The volleyball net was now just above her knee. She had to bend down to reach the 10' basketball hoop. She was now just 5 feet shy of the roof.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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