I looked straight into Alex's eyes, trying my best not to break down,"How long do you think I'll stay this way?"
The giant teenager seemed lost in his own thoughts, just studying me for a moment. Fear flooded his face as his eyes widened and he gasped,"Oh my god. Max, get over here, now," Alex ordered his brother, panicking.
"What do you-" Max started, looking into Alex's hand and straight at me. He froze in horror, the same look of terror forming onto his smaller face,"Is he-?"
"I think he is. Get the ruler," He walked into the living room with Max, his hand seeming a bit larger than before. My stomach twisted, fear eventually creeping onto my face as well. Was- was I shrinking? I was already three inches tall, how much more did I shrink?
Alex brought his index finger of his other hand beside me. I helped myself up using his finger as support, noticing how big it was. I swallowed hard, fearing how big I actually was now. Max placed the ruler behind me, measuring my height,"H-half an inch tall," He stammered, stunned at how much smaller I had gotten. Max had always looked up to me, like I was his second brother. It was hard for him to look down at my pitiful size.
There I just stood in Alex's hand, looking up at the two giants for answers. It didn't look like I was getting any. I sighed, mindlessly leaning back into his index finger. I heaved myself up, sitting on it like it was a bench. Alex smiled at my action. It was probably really funny for him to see me sit on his finger like that. Honestly, I didn't care. I was hungry and tired.
Max finally remembered about the pizza, handing me the tiny piece in a small ripped patch of paper towel. I grinned up at him, even bigger than before,"Thanks, bud," I said a little louder, knowing at my size it'd be hard for him to even hear me. Thankfully he did, and he picked up the towering ruler without breaking a sweat. The full height of the ruler was roughly the size of a house, and watching Max lift it made me feel even smaller and weaker than I actually was.
"So, just in case mom and dad come back from their trip early, we should probably let you sleep in our rooms," Alex started, elbowing Max when he caught his attention wandering somewhere else,"Who're you gonna stay with tonight? I don't mind who you pick- I just think you should have a say in what happens."
laying his head on Alex's shoulder, Max annoyed his older brother,"I just wanna go to sleep soon," He complained, Alex shoving him off with an angry glare.
I didn't know who to choose; Alex would be careful with me, but I hated when people acted way to friendly to me. He was treating me like I was a toddler. On the other hand, Max was a bit impulsive, but at least he would treat me like I was seventeen.
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