Looking around the room I found that everything seems more than a little off. The ceiling seemed just a bit higher, the couch a mite longer, and the chair I had been sitting in had its cushion up to the middle of my thigh instead of my knees as usual. As if that weren't enough to clue me in Alexis stood in front of me with a stern look on her face. I knew she was 5'8", she loved teasing me about it, but how could that explain me looking at her chin right now?
"Joe? Hello, Earth to Joe?" she called, and snapped her fingers sharply above my head. I dropped out of my daydreaming and looked her in the eyes, letting her know she had my full attention. "You know, maybe if you put half the effort into looking for a job as you did staring off into space you'd probably have another one by now."
"Come on babe, you know I'm trying my hardest," I explained, though ringing in my ears drowned out my own voice by the end. "My resume is tight and all my references are good, but these days people can look you up online so easily. I mean, you're six inches taller than me, and it can be rough for a 5'2" guy on the job market."
"Six inches? Five foot two? Have you been engaging in a bit of wishful thinking?" Alexis said while she suppressed a laugh. "Try eight inches, pipsqueak, you barely even break the five foot barrier." Again the ringing turned up, and Alexis said the same thing again with some slight differences. "Try ten inches, pipsqueak, you haven't quite broken the five foot barrier. Should we go get the measuring tape and find out if your dreams have come true though?"
I stood there, mouth agape, and looked up at Alexis as she shot higher in the sky. No, she wasn't growing, I thought, I must be getting smaller. But I remembered being taller just a few minutes ago, didn't I? After a moment's thought I reached a decision.
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