This choice: Wait for now and grow myself when I start playing • Go Back...Chapter #6Wait for now and grow myself when I start playing by: NVR   The game started and although it was a charity match, our rivals were taking it seriously and their size advantage predictably was making a difference. Poor Aims was skilled and agile, but the rivals were also good and she had nothing to compensate for it which left us defensively lacking, as there was not much she could do to guard against the players that were more than a head taller than her, while they had a 6'8'' freak playing center to block our attacking plays.
Kelly and Jill managed to get us some points but as things stood they were going to run us ragged, with the score already 20-8 by the time our coach told me to prepare to enter in Aimee's place and how my role would be to try and focus on stopping their top scorer, a 6'2'' girl that kept finding good spaces to get easy points.
I thought the other team would take it easy after the first quarter seeing the difference in skill, since they also had 3 girls on the bench compared to just me and to be fair, there was no tension in the air for the match. The little crowd that came to watch was just there for the fun of it and even the coach wasn't that angry at the result. But this also meant it was the perfect time for a little experiment, I aimed the remote at myself and fired just before standing up, and hid the remote under the bench not knowing where else to put it as I started to feel my body filling that oversized kit. I tried to keep it a bit longer than the first time I used it against my brother, although it was hard to calculate.
"Ok Tina, you're up.. what the" my coach did an obvious double take as I was now taller than her and still growing a bit. I gave her a calming gesture with my palm, trying to tell her that she shouldn't call timeout just yet because I wanted to test this taller body and rejoice in the fun that was checking the shocked faces of everyone that noticed. With the corner of my eye I saw Aimee outside of the court looking at me as if I was a ghost, and I felt a thrill running down my body. That was the best part of that remote for sure.
"Let's go team!" I encouraged Jill, Crystal, Kelly and Holly who also stopped for a second to see how I now towered over them and apparently was growing a bit more! They refocused on the game and I prayed I didn't overdo it because if my feet got too big for these shoes I would be struggling anyway, and if I grew too much I would be giving everyone the kind of show I didn't want to give.
The bad news was that with my brain used to play basketball at normal height I started with quite a bit of clumsiness, not even being able to dribble properly and conceding another 2 points from fumbling the ball as I got used to running and positioning my body properly, but the good news was everything else. I felt the growth stop and the clothes felt a bit tight but playing was doable, and once I got used to it, things were as fun as I expected.
I easily compensated the defensive frailities of my team because the rivals also noticed something was up and did their own pause to check that the smaller girl that made the bench earlier was no longer there which allowed me to steal the ball with ease, the slight lack of concentration from everyone else on the pitch gave me an additional edge to run the show, and because my growth was proportional to my body, not only I was able to deal with anyone from the rival team, but I was quite a bit stronger than them, even that 6'8'' girl they had on defense was hopeless against the new me, because her body was lanky and mine could easily shove her away. Last but not least, I had an air of confidence in myself that allowed me to quickly correct anything I did wrong and inspire my still stunned teammates, knowing as long as I had the device there was nothing these girls could do to stop me.
"If it wasn't so obvious I could even shrink them" I laughed to myself as I received a pass from Jill and, noticing how the rivals seemed busier blocking any pass avenues than trying to take the ball from me, casually ran and basically ignored the hapless 6'8'' girl attempt to defend as I made my first ever dunk. It was so easy! Again, the best part was seeing the disbelief in everyone's faces. For this one I loved how our captain looked with a mix of awe and utter jealousy.
With that action the first quarter ended 24-26, and I basked in the confused faces of everyone, even from the ref as we got back to our bench. At least the crowd didn't seem to care and were just happy to see a more balanced game.
"Care to explain?" was the first thing the coach said to me
"Yeah" Aimee added, looking up at someone that was basically as tall as her when the match started but now her eye line didn't reach my shoulders. I knew I had to at least explain to them something happened, but wasn't sure if I could get away with lying or should just show them the device and let them join in the fun.
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