'4 feet...4...no...this isn't happening...' My mind scrambled, like static on a screen, before giving up entirely. Weightlessly, I fell forward, face first into Alexis's soft stomach. I held back tears and huffed loudly, trying to stop my body's visceral reaction to the absurdity surrounding me.
"C'mon honey, it's okay, I was just kidding." Alexis's arms immediately wrapped around my head, burying it into her navel. "I'm surprised you're taking it so hard, you're usually excited when I tease you."
She was right, I used to love her playful torts. I wanted so hard to tell her what was happening to me, but whatever it was seemed to be rewriting history. My entire paper trail, at that very moment, probably listed my height at 4 feet even, and if I started to flip out about it, I'd probably end up in an asylum. Until I could figure out a way to stop it, I'd have to keep it all a secret.
I reluctantly pulled my head away. "Oh, no, it's not you Alex, I guess I'm just shaken up over the whole job situation. Come on, let's go lay down cuddle a bit, it'll take my mind off of it."
Alexis smiled and ruffled my hair, "Whatever you say, Joey."
***
Nothing after that freak accident truly reassured me, but being cuddled up against Alexis came close. Her arms stretched around me and pulled me into her soft breasts. The rising and falling of her breath gently rocked my head, and for a moment I honestly felt like I could get some good rest, but the apprehension swirling in my mind refused to allow me to let go.
Alexis had already fallen asleep. I nestled closer to her warm body. Would she still find me attractive like this? She had given me a kiss before we had laid down. Was it as passionate as last night's? If nothing is changing about the world except my size, then her love for me should stay the same right? Then again, she had been treating me more diminutively since the storm...
'Jesus, Alexis, please don't abandon me...I need you...' I hadn't meant to say the words out loud, but they came out in a broken whisper regardless.
Alexis moaned in her sleep and tightened her grip around me. Hopefully I was just being silly...
***
The next morning...