“I want to go in by myself Mommy…Don’t you think I’m old enough to go in all by myself?”
5 year old Gabby Ramirez said as she folded her arms and blew a puff of air out of her mouth, directing it up to move a stray tuft of hair away from her face.

“No I don’t think you are old enough at all” Gloria Ramirez answered her daughter with a matching arm fold. She tapped her flip flop clad foot on the hot concrete outside the locker room at Sullivan’s Pool, waiting for her daughter to go in the cut out doorway. “You don’t know who is in there so come with me”

“I want to do this by myself” Gabby whined.

“If you’re going to whine about it then we can go right back to the car and spend the day at home: You don’t have to go swimming at all” Gloria replied.

Just as Gabby was about to admit defeat; she saw one of her babysitter’s rounding the corner and coming toward them “Megan!” she yelled.

Megan Walsh was lost in her own world as she came up to the locker room. She heard her name and she looked up. “Oh Hello Gabby…Hello Mrs. Ramirez” she said as she popped the bright green earbuds out of her ears.

“Are you two coming to the pool for the day?” she asked. She pulled her iPod out of her waistband and twirled the earbud cord around it. She took off her sunglasses now that she was in the shade just before the door.

“Yes, if Gabby follows the rules and goes and gets changed” Gloria said.

“Well, I need to get changed so I’m going in” Megan offered.

“Can I go in with Megan Mommy…Please” Gabby asked.

Gloria sighed and said “Do you mind?”

Megan smiled “Of course not…she can come in with me; I’ll watch her”

Gloria bounced the pink Frozen backpack off her shin and handed it to Megan. She turned and headed for the row of chairs alongside the pool with a simple “Have fun girls”

Gabby looked up at Megan and smiled before she dashed into the locker room.

Megan followed her in and dropped her own bag onto the ground next to Gabby’s and stepped out of her black flip flops.

Gabby dug into the bag and pulled out her tiny bikini. It was bright pink with yellow polka dots on it.

She tossed it on the bench and sat down to unstrap her white sandals. She was having some trouble with them, so Megan got down on her knees to pull them off.

“Thanks Megan” Gabby said, and then she added “Wouldn’t it be cool if you could wear my swimsuit?”

Megan smiled as she stood back up “I don’t think your suit will quite fit me Gabs”

“Aww…but I could try yours on” she said as she quickly opened Megan’s backpack up and pulled out a blue bikini and a neon green and black one piece. “Ooo…you’ve got two”

Gabby only came up to Megan’s waist and as she held up the one piece, the bottom came almost down to her ankles.

“Nice try Gabby” Megan said as she took her suit from her hands and laid it out on the bench. “There’s no way I could ever fit into your little bikini”

“But what if you could?” she asked with a tilt of her head.

“Uh” Megan began but all words caught in her throat. She looked down at the small pink and yellow bikini and for some reason; she wondered what it would feel like if it did fit her.

Gabby stripped down and picked up the discarded green and black one piece again. She hastily put her legs through the holes and her arms under the straps behind Megan.

Megan’s left hand went toward the pink tie strap and she ran it through her fingers, feeling the spandex give when she pulled it slightly. She pursed her lips in thought.

Megan was a tall girl; 5’9”. She had curvy hips and thighs and was well endowed both upstairs and down. She curled her toes up against the rough concrete floor inside the locker room as she ran her right hand through her long strawberry blonde hair.

Megan bit her bottom lip and held it between her teeth. “What am I doing?” she said suddenly and let go of the bikini string. She turned and saw Gabby standing there in her huge swimsuit. “Gabby…come on; take that off and stop fooling around”

“I don’t want to take it off Megan” Gabby replied in a very serious tone. “I want it to fit”

Megan put her hand on Gabby’s shoulder and watched in a state of utter shock as she felt her hand began to lift upward on top of it. “Gabby?!”

Gabby just looked into Megan’s eyes with a serene look on her face as she began to grow taller. Her shoulders began to widen and broaden as her arms lengthened and filled in.
Her back spread outward as her hips shifted and her legs continued to elongate.

Gabby had grown several inches; she was now up to Megan’s breasts and she showed no intent of stopping. “What’s going on…what’s happening to you Gabby?” Megan said in haste.

Gabby didn’t reply; she merely smiled as she continued growing taller and older.

As her face neared, Megan saw that it was changing too. The little girl look was fading quickly; replaced by larger and more mature features. Her mouth widened and her lips grew fuller. Her nose grew longer and broader as her cheeks rose up to become highly defined.
Her eyes narrowed at first as her face changed before they seemed to expand out again with dark lashes and fuller brows that accentuated the deep brown color of her eyes and her tan skin.

Her black hair raced down her back as both grew. Additional hair came down her shoulders and onto her chest, where she was rapidly developing into a young woman and filling out Megan’s swimsuit.

Her hips flared and her legs defined and grew curvy as they grew long. The suit tightened across her rear and pulled back as it expanded and rounded. Gabby looked down and flexed her toes on her longer feet, watching as her legs continued to develop.

Megan watched all this as Gabby continued to get taller. Soon, Gabby was just an inch or two shorter than her when she stopped growing. With a final roll of her shoulders and a crick of her neck, Gabby said in a mature voice “Well: What do you think?”

Megan fought for words “What? What do I think? Are you crazy…what the hell just happened to you?” as she looked the 18 year old Gabby in the eye.

Gabby smiled; innocently at first but with a touch of devilish glee “I told you that I wanted to fit into this suit, and now I do”

Gabby ran her hands down the front of the suit, taking in the spandex tightness against her flat stomach. She gave the crotch a slight tug to adjust herself in the now tight one piece.

Megan’s mouth fell open, “But…but you’re my age now; how can that be?”

“It’s easy; don’t deny that earlier you were thinking about fitting into my little kid’s suit” Gabby looked at Megan with a glare that cut right through her. “Admit it…you want to go back to fitting into a suit like that”

Megan swallowed hard and shook her head vigorously back and forth “No…no way”

“Come on” Gabby said as she tilted her head. “You’re blushing so you know I’m right”

“No” Megan protested quickly but her mind betrayed her and a thought shot through “Pick it up…”

Megan was still in her shorts and t-shirt and she took a step back from the confident and older Gabby.

“What do you have to lose?” Gabby asked and pointed to the pink and yellow garment on the bench below them.

“Um…if what happened to you happens to me but in reverse; I’d say I have like 13 years to lose!”

“It could be fun for you” Gabby teased.

“No: I just graduated High School last month…why would I want to go back to before I started Kindergarten” Megan protested. “You need to take my suit off and put your own on”

Gabby smiled and stretched out her leg and foot. With her toes, she hooked the strap on Megan’s flip flops and dragged them back closer to her one by one.

“What are you doing with my shoes?” she asked.

Gabby slipped her feet into them and said simply “Wearing them; there’s no way my feet can fit into those small little sandals I wore in here. But yours can…”

Megan looked at the white sandals sitting cockeyed on the ground below the pink and yellow child’s bikini.

“Go on…” Gabby said softly behind her. “I don't want to go back; but you can now. We can swap ages; you can be the little girl who got to come to the pool with her babysitter and her babysitter’s Mom”

Megan spun to face Gabby “But…I don’t want to be five again…” she said faintly and not very convincingly.

Gabby cocked her head and gave Megan a cynical look “I don’t believe you”

Megan’s eyes darted to the floor, avoiding Gabby’s piercing gaze. “It’s okay to want this Megan…if you put on the suit, it’ll be like you are supposed to be five to everyone else. Just you and I will know the truth and we’ll never tell”

A small smile began to come over Megan’s face. She let out a small laugh and shook her head “I can’t believe I’m actually considering doing this”

“But it feels right doesn’t it” Gabby said convincingly.

Megan swallowed and grabbed the bottom of her shirt. She lifted it off in a single sweeping movement. “What am I doing?” she said as she unhooked her bra from behind her back. Her massive breasts swung free as she dropped the bra to the ground.

She began to wiggle her hips, moving her shorts down her hips and thighs with each twist and turn. Finally she hooked her thumbs beneath the waistband of her panties and took them to the floor.

“I’m giving this up” she said as she clutched her breasts. She brought them together and squeezed them.

“They’ll be back in about 10 years” Gabby said.

Megan let out a puff of air in a loud burst before she laughed “Let’s do this” she said with a nod.

“You’re ready” Gabby said.

Megan smiled, now satisfied with her decision “Yeah…I want to do this; I mean, how many people get to be a kid again”

“You do” Gabby replied.

“You bet your ass I do” Meagan said as she picked up the tiny bikini top. She managed to get it over her head and she pulled her long blonde hair out from behind it, but there was no way it was going to go down far enough to cover her chest. The two flat triangles merely lay at the top of her boobs with the strings dangling down.

“Uh…this could be an issue” Megan said as she patted the fabric against her chest.
“Um…” Gabby said as Megan picked up the tiny bottoms.

“Here goes…” Megan said with a hopeful and childlike smile as she put her feet into the leg holes. She started to pull them up and managed to get the bottoms to slightly above her knees before they could go no further. “Dang…it isn’t going to work” she said as she looked down at her exposed thighs and mid-section.

She looked at Gabby and pouted “It’s not going to…” but as she spoke, she realized that Gabby was growing again “…work…?”  

Gabby simply smiled as she saw what was really happening. Megan had just shrunk her first inch down and they were now the same size, but only for a moment. Gabby looked Megan directly in the eye and smiled and nodded. “Bye-bye little Megan” she whispered.

It hit Megan then that Gabby was only getting taller in relation to her; she was shrinking. Megan’s eyes shifted slightly upward as she became shorter than Gabby. “Am I…Is it working?!” she cried out; her hands coming up to her face, her arms locked close to her sides.

“Mm-hmm” Gabby reassured her as she dropped another inch shorter.

“Yea” Megan called out “Oh I can’t wait to be little again…oop” she finished as she saw the bikini top shift slightly downward “I think I’m losing them” she added as she grabbed her breasts.

With a slight shudder, her shoulders came in and her back diminished in size, taking her chest along as well. Her breasts began to decrease in size and her hips started to straighten up as her legs got shorter.

Her thighs began to trim and she tugged the bikini bottoms up another inch or two as her ass diminished in size.

Megan was now only up to Gabby’s chin as her hair began to thin and get redder in hue. Freckles broke out across her face as her cheeks became rounder and her nose became smaller. Gabby watched as Megan’s face became more immature and childlike below her.

Megan tugged on the bikini top as her breasts continued to get smaller and smaller. Her chest also continued to shrink as she got shorter. With some amount of effort, Megan pulled the bottom up to begin covering herself although it still wasn’t covering her backside.

“I can’t believe it’s working Gabby! How awesome is this?” Megan said in a higher voice. “This feels so…great!” her hands came to her mouth as the last word was spoken in an even higher voice.

The last of Megan’s breasts disappeared and the bikini top hung free as she dropped even more height and age. Her bottom flattened and her hips straightened out and she pulled the bottoms now all the way up. They were still very snug as Megan re-entered her single digits.

“You’re almost all the way there” Gabby reassured her as Megan looked all around. She looked up at Gabby and down at her shrinking feet and the much closer floor. She looked at her sides and her legs as they continued to get smaller.

Baby fat came back onto her stomach and her thighs and her face lost all sign of any maturity. “I’m little again” she proclaimed proudly and she threw her hands straight up into the air.

“Yes you are” Gabby said. She stepped forward and leaned down. She quickly tied the bikini straps around Megan’s back as Megan bounced with energy.

“Yeah…this is so cool” Megan said as she slipped her feet into the small white sandals. She dug into the Frozen backpack and pulled out an Olaf towel. “Let’s go swimming” she yelled and ran out the door.

“Oh Hey Megan….slow down” Gloria Ramirez yelled out to her.

Megan stopped and spun towards her name. Mrs. Ramirez looked huge to her, everything looked huge to her. “What?” she asked innocently. She saw Gabby walking slowly towards the row of chairs now with a wide smile and large, round sunglasses covering her eyes and her old iPod on her hip.

Gabby sat down next to her Mom as Gloria said “You need to get your sunscreen on young lady”

Gabby slipped her feet out of the flip flops and put her long legs out in front of her on the lawn chair. She kicked back to work on her tan as Megan got slathered up with SPF 45.

Megan and Gabby’s eyes met and both smiled at the other.

Megan grabbed her toys and ran for the kiddie pool as Gabby shook her head “Kids…”