Without wanting to get into a tough situation again, Jack went on the rest of his day normally without much else interesting going on. Once back at his dorm, he set his things down next to his desk and opened up his laptop to get to work on some homework. About fifteen minutes into it, Jack received a text message from Brigette. It read: "Jack! You and I are going out to the beach tomorrow. It'll be a bit of a drive, but it will definitely be worth it. I'll be by your dorm at 10 to pick you up, be ready!" Jack sighed and smiled. Brigette had always been spontaneous, so it wasn't much of a surprise to hear that she had come up with some plan on the spot to get him out with her. Though he had two classes the following day, Jack decided to just skip them and go with his long time friend instead.
In the morning, Jack awoke to his alarm going off and went off for a shower first thing. He returned to his dorm, changing into his bathing suit, throwing a casual T-shirt over his chest, then proceeded out the door with a bag of his belongings. Having become so accustomed to bringing most of his personal devices on him the past week, Jack habitually put his shrink ray in the bag without giving it any thought. When the time came, Brigette slid alongside the curb of Jack's dorm where he excitedly hopped in and the two immediately began conversing.
"It's been so long!" Brigette exclaimed. "How's college, what have you been up to?" Jack went in-depth with his answer before asking his friend the same thing as she drove away. Brigette shrugged. "It's been going as well as it can. Nothing to complain about really. It's been unfortunate being so far away from my friends, but I'm meeting almost all of them within the next week or two, which is nice. Speaking of which, I'm happy you were able to make it out with me, I wasn't interrupting anything was I?"
"Well," Jack said, "I did have a pair of classes today, but it honestly doesn't matter that I'm here with you. The slides for the lecture should be posted online, so I shouldn't have a problem catching up when I get home." Brigette shook her head. "Jack, come on. I'm sure you'd rather have been out here with me than in class, but what's more important?" Jack huffed and the two argued about Jack having ditched class to go to the beach for another ten minutes before conversation switched to nostalgia and that carried them until they made it to the beach. Once there, Jack grabbed his things and a few of Brigette's and the two quickly found a spot, despite the beach having been practically filled with people. "All right, you stay here with the things, I'm going to change," Brigette directed. Jack nodded in understanding and set down a pair of beach towels for the both of them as Brigette did as she said.
While she was changing, Jack reached into his bag to grab a snack he brought with him when he felt something blunt instead. Wondering what it could have been, he grabbed it with force and brought it out of his bag. Curiosity turned to surprise, however, when it was revealed that the thing Jack had grabbed was his shrink ray. He opened his hand carefully, hoping that he hadn't squeezed one of the activation buttons, but one of them slowly decompressed as he let go, notifying him that he was about to shrink. "Shit.." Jack uttered under his breath. Then, in an instant, the 6' tall Jack had plummeted in size. He shook his head, trying to quickly reduce the dizzying effects of having shrunk, then began to scan his surroundings. Nothing had changed at his and Brigette's area, other than of course he himself. Jack was now in awe about how many other people were at the beach because of how small he was in comparison to them. Then, he turned around and saw his giant friend bouncing his way.
What happens to Jack next?
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