“So; are you excited for your first date Claire?” Adalyn Roberts asked her 12 year old sister as she came down the stairs.
Claire smiled nervously “Do I look okay?” she asked her 21 year old sister. “You look fabulous” Adalyn told her little sister.
Claire had on black flats, black leggings, a black skirt and a multi colored striped shirt. Her long and very straight dark blonde hair came down over her shoulders and half way down her back.
Adalyn checked Claire’s very light make-up that their Mom had allowed her to wear along with her earrings and the choker necklace she was wearing “Perfect!” she declared. “Your guy Sean isn’t going to know what to say when he sees you”
“Thanks Addy” Claire replied blushing slightly.
“So you two are meeting at Arlington 16 and then Sean’s dad is picking you up after the movie right?”
“Yeah” Claire replied.
“Just checking; after I drop you off, I’m coming back and changing and getting ready for my own date. Mike will be here at 7”
“You and Mike have been dating forever, what are you so nervous about tonight?” Claire asked looking up at Adalyn. Claire was just 5’2” while Addy was a tall girl at 5’8”.
“It’s only been 18 months and I’m not nervous; just letting you know I wouldn’t be available to pick up back up” Adalyn replied. She slipped her feet into a pair of beat up old sneakers to go with her jeans and an old t-shirt. She pulled her long brown hair up into a messy bun on top of her head “Ready?”
“Yes” Claire replied simply and followed her older sister out to her car.
Adalyn climbed behind the wheel as Claire got into the passenger seat. She flipped down the mirror and checked her face one more time to make sure there was nothing out of place.
“I told you…you look great” Adalyn told Claire as they backed out.
The drove on for a few minutes with Claire gazing out the window, a shadow of a smile on her mouth. “Are you nervous?” Adalyn asked.
Claire blushed “Yeah…just a bit, I guess, I mean; I’ve never been on a “date” before” she bobbed her head as she spoke.
“You’ll be just fine and you know what?” Adalyn said smiling mischievously.
“What?” Claire asked skeptically.
“I can guarantee he’s more nervous than you are; guys always are: pressure’s on them…” Adalyn laughed.
Claire laughed nervously and played with her hair; pushing it behind her ears again.
“He’s got to pay and buy you popcorn and something to drink and hold the door for you and make sure you like the movie and let you pick where you sit and never complain even once” Adalyn laughed, remembering some of her early dates when she was around her sister’s age.
“So when does dating not make you feel like you’re going to throw up?” Claire asked.
“Never” Adalyn said succinctly. “I mean, after a few dates, you generally know if it’s worth a few more. That’s tip number 1: If after 3 dates you feel nothing; move on”
“Got it” Claire responded.
“I don’t know…you get to know somebody and get comfortable like me and Mike are now and it’s good, no real nerves but first dates are always a crap shoot”
Claire picked at a piece of fuzz on her black legging “I just wish I could be at that point”
“Don’t go wishing your life away. Sometimes I wish I could go back and have dates like the one you’re going to go on tonight…so simple and carefree” Adalyn responded as they waited at the light to turn into the movie theater parking lot.
Claire picked at her leggings a bit more vigorously and ran her tongue over her braces to deal with her nerves. “I wish we could swap places then” Claire thought “You could be the 12 year old and I could be 21…all we’d have to do is flip numbers” She giggled and Adalyn looked over at her younger sister.
“What’s so funny?” she asked.
“Nothing…just thinking” Claire said with a shrug.
“Well don’t worry about this is all I’m trying to say…Oop” Adalyn’s hand flew to her mouth. The last word had come out much higher pitched than her usual voice “What’s up with my voice there?” she asked rhetorically as the light changed.
Adalyn lifted her foot off the brake and in the split second it hovered in the air before touching the gas; it began to change.
Adalyn’s foot began to shrink down slightly smaller and much narrower. Her beat up sneaker began to change as well. It split along the top and spread out and away, transforming into a cream colored flat.
Addy tapped her left foot against the floor as it too began to change, quickly matching the ones that were occurring to her right foot. Under the ends of the shoes, her toes shrank down along with her nails. The polish on them changing from a deep burgundy color to bright blue.
Adalyn completed her turn and pulled in; her fingers wrapped around the steering wheel now began to shrink down thinner and smaller and her nail polish there went through a similar change in coloring with a few chips and nicks taken out around the edges of her paler and skinner fingers.
Claire coughed and cleared her throat smiling a nervous smile all the while. She licked her lips and could feel her ears burning hot from her nerves. She would never have guessed that her ears were changing shape and size. They grew slightly larger and the earrings in them went from simple sapphire colored studs to larger gold hoops.
The hair that she had spent so much time and effort on now began to get messy again. Kinks popped up and waves came into her dark blonde hair, like she had put no effort into at all.
Her black flats began to change on the floor into a pair of scuffed up old black Converse sneakers. Her feet felt warmer as socks came onto her previously bare toes which were growing and puffing out wider and longer; the bright blue polish fading away and being replaced by black.
Claire lifted her toes up against the hard shell ends of her sneakers, unaware that she was even wearing them now.
“I think we’re a few minutes early” Adalyn said looking at the clock on the dash “Might as well park until you see Sean get here”
“Okay” Claire replied as her sister put the car in park but left it running.
Adalyn sat back and let out a long exhale suddenly feeling a bit nervous herself “I hope he gets here soon” she thought quickly followed by “What am I thinking that for?”
Adalyn looked around quickly and nervously. Her heart was beating fast in her chest and her cheeks and ears felt like they were on fire all of a sudden. She looked at her sister who looked very calm and yet there was something different about her that Addy couldn’t quite put her finger on.
“She looks so grown up over there…must be the make-up” she thought as Claire began to grow in her seat.
Four full inches made their way onto Claire’s thin frame taking her height up to 5’6”. Her legs slid out longer as her back elongated and her chest widened. Unger her leggings, her hips began to spread along with her ass and her thighs began to plump up and grow round and full.
Claire’s calves stretched out the already tight fabric as they grew longer and more muscular, taking on a curve that had never existed before.
Claire could tell Adalyn was looking at her; she could feel her eyes on her so she turned to look at her big sister. As she turned her head, Adalyn dropped her gaze to her lap.
Claire looked at her sister furrowing her brow in mild confusion; something was right but she couldn’t quite place it. Adalyn though looked smaller somehow in her seat; not as tall as she had when they got into the car and there was something about her face that seemed different.
Adalyn pressed her shoulders back against her seat as she shrank down 4 inches to 5’4”. Her chest and back began to contract and pull inward as her legs shrank up shorter and they started to thin and trim down under her old pair of jeans. Curves that she had taken for granted the last nine years began to dissipate and disappear with her claves turning skinny and straight and her thighs started to deflate down much thinner than before.
Adalyn’s messy brown hair began to straighten out and the knot she had tied her bun into started to unwind and uncork itself out. Her hair glistened as if doted on for hours and it hung down into Addy’s field of vision as she looked down into her lap.
Adalyn moved her hands off the wheel and into her lap and once she saw them, confusion kicked into high gear in her mind “What’s going on with my hands? Those don’t look like MY hands…when would I have put on Claire’s blue nail polish?”
“Um…” Adalyn said beginning to look up. Her eyes looked upon Claire’s face and she was shocked “Claire?! Is that you?!”
Claire saw the shock on her sister’s face as it came up and around to meet her eyes. As she heard her big sister’s voice ask her question full of surprise, Claire felt her mouth simply drop open in shock at seeing her sister’s face.
“Addy?! What happened to your face?!”
“What are you…what happened to my face? What happened to YOUR face?” Adalyn retorted.
Both girls swung forward and flipped down the visors simultaneously and opened the mirrors on them.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
They both screamed out at the top of their lungs.
Adalyn looked in the mirror and saw the face of a girl, not the face of the young woman she was and expected to see in the reflection. Her nose was tiny and thin and upturned at the end; her cheeks were high and round and shiny; her lips were thin and coated in shiny lip gloss. As she stared, she watched her eyes narrow and get smaller, her eye lashes thin and her eyebrows lighten and trim down as well.
Adalyn looked at her little sister in panic only to watch her sister’s nose widen and broaden and grow larger on her rapidly maturing face next to her.
Adalyn turned back when she felt a twist and a twinge inside her mouth. She bared her teeth and saw that she was once again wearing braces! “Oh shit!” she said. She recognized the face in the mirror now; it was her own from 9 years earlier.
“What the?!” Adalyn said as she looked down at herself. She seemed smaller and skinnier and her chest didn’t look nearly as large as she was used to “Where’re my boobs?!” she said as she slapped at her flattening chest hard.
“Oh My God” Claire said still looking in the mirror. She could barely recognize the face she was seeing. Her hands came up and she pressed them into her cheeks as they streamlined out. She dragged her fingers down, still pressing to her changing mouth, chin and jawline. Her braces vanished in a blink of an eye leaving behind nothing but perfectly straight white teeth.
Her nose grew and broadened, her eyes widened and her lashes thickened even as her eyebrows thickened and lengthened out on her wider forehead “I look like” she paused unable to verbalize what she was thinking “I look like an adult!”
As her body continued to grow, her leggings suddenly popped and changed into a pair of loose sweat pants “Holy Shit!” she yelled, her voice pitching deeper. Her nice top changed into an old t-shirt with a slight stain on it. A faded Rolling Stones logo was on the front of the shirt and she watched in awe as it rose up and out, bending and dipping as the body behind it changed and she grew a full set of womanly breasts.
Adalyn’s jeans rose up her skinny legs changing into a cream colored skirt that came to the tops of her bony knees. Her old t-shirt now changed into a nice v necked green top and a lightweight cream colored sweater appeared on her rounder shoulders and skinny arms. She felt her breasts still growing smaller on her chest and could feel her bra changing in tandem with them until a 34A was all that was needed to cover them up.
“Addy I…ADDY!” Claire looked over to the driver’s seat and saw an unmistakably preteen girl sitting there behind the wheel; dressed very nicely with her hair done and very light make-up on her young face.
Adalyn heard her name yelled out which forced her to look up and away from her diminishing body. “What…Claire?! Oh My God Claire You’re…” she couldn’t verbalize what she was seeing. Her little sister was now for all intents and purposes her big sister. Adalyn saw an adult woman sitting in the passenger seat where her little sister should be.
The face was familiar yet different and Adalyn knew it was what Claire would look like when she got older; which she obviously did in a big hurry. “Claire?! You look like you’re…you’re my age now”
“And you look like you’re my age now Addy…what happened? You look like a kid again”
“I think I AM a kid again Claire. What’re gonna do?” Addy said in her higher voice, a bit whiny.
“I don’t know but you’re all dressed up now and I’m dressed like a slob; it looks like you’re the one getting driven to her first date; not me” Claire said.
“What’re you talking about?!” Addy cried. She looked at her outfit and saw that, yes, she was dressed up for a date. She had on a gold necklace with a crescent moon that hung down between her barely existent breasts. She put her legs out strait and lifted her feet so she could see that she was now wearing a new pair of flats, no creases of lines or scuff marks on them. “What about Mike?” she asked.
“I don’t know…maybe I need to go home and get ready for my date with him” Claire winked.
“This is no time for jokes Claire; this is serious! I’m 12 again and you must be 21” Addy said.
“One way to find out” Claire said. She picked up the small pink wallet and phone combo case sitting in the cup holder between them.
Adalyn leaned over, the seat belt catching her short as it was now riding higher on her body. She unbuckled it and felt her heart beating in anticipation of what she would see when her sister opened the flap.
Claire’s long and elegant fingers, topped with black nail polish guided the zipper back and flipped open the wallet. Both of them gasped at the sight of the woman with dark blonde hair on the driver’s license photo ‘Claire Margret Roberts DOB 8-8-95 HT 5’6” WT 135 EYES GREEN HAIR BLONDE’
“But…” Adalyn said. She ran her fingers through her slick hair over her ears which were no longer even pierced.
“Oh shit” Claire said as she looked over her sister’s shoulder. A car had pulled into the next spot and the driver was looking into their car curiously.
“What?” Addy turned and looked over her shoulder at the strange look on the middle aged man’s face.
He got out shaking his head and walked towards the front doors.
“Change me seats Addy” Claire said opening up her door and hoping out, her larger feet hit the concrete
And she was halfway around the car before it hit her how differently her body was moving. She stopped suddenly when she saw Adalyn barreling around the car toward her.
Both hit the brakes and stood up straight “You’re taller than me too now! This sucks!” Adalyn said as she realized she now had to look up at Claire.
Claire shrugged and sidestepped her sister and headed for the driver’s seat.
Addy piled in and closed the door behind her, now seated in the opposite seat “This means I can’t even drive now”
“But I can” Claire said as she got behind the wheel.
“AND it means I’m back in the seventh grade! Grrrrrr! This sucks!” Addy added.
“So if you’re back in my grade, does that mean that I’m the college senior now?” Claire asked.
“Um…apparently so…” Addy said folding her arms over her chest and huffing.
“So…” Claire began.
“What do we do now?”
“Well if Sean shows up, then I guess you go out on your date with him” Claire said.
A clear picture of Sean Porter came into Adalyn’s mind and her heart beat faster with nerves about her first date with him and how cute he was and how jealous other girls in her class were that she was going out with him “What is going on inside my head?” she mumbled.
“Am I actually looking forward to my date with Sean?” Adalyn asked herself.
“I can barely remember what he looks like but I’m seeing Michael clearly now” Claire answered.
They turned to each other; the shock of what both had just admitted registering in their brains.
A blue SUV pulled up the curb and Adalyn immediately knew it was Sean and his Dad. “He’s here!” she said excitedly, surprising both of them.
“Um…go get him there tiger” Claire said giggling.
The SUV pulled away and 12 year old Sean Porter walked over and stood near the front doors, the wind blowing his slicked down hair slightly off to the side. He had on a pair of khaki pants and a nice dark blue button down shirt.
“How do I look?” Adalyn asked her now big sister.
“You look great; have fun” Claire said.
“Thanks!” Addy said opening the door and stepping out.
Sean saw her and smiled immediately. Adalyn smiled and bounded up the row and across the lane to the front of the theater.
“Hey Addy! You look really nice” Sean said as she got close.
“Thanks; so do you” Adalyn replied.
“You ready; our movie starts in about 20 minutes” Sean informed her.
Adalyn blushed “yeah, let’s go get our tickets”
Sean held the door open for her. She held her arms down at her sides to keep her skirt down as the wind picked up suddenly. She glanced over her shoulder and saw her old car, now Claire’s car begin to pull away.
“What the fuck just happened and why are we both so okay with it?” Claire asked herself as she drove off. “This is fucking crazy! I’m fucking driving! I’m 21! And Addy’s 12! What.The.Fuck!”
She drove home in a daze but quickly found herself sitting in the driveway.
Claire got out and made sure to grab her wallet and phone. She was curious about what she’d find once she walked back through the door and into her house “Will mine and Addy’s rooms be flipped?”
She stopped inside the door and looked at the family picture on the wall “I’ll be God Damned…” she said seeing the new look of their family confirmed in the photo. She smiled and ran her finger over the pint sized brunette sitting on her Dad’s lap while she recognized herself standing behind him now; older and bigger than her sister, especially in a picture that had been taken 3 years earlier when they would have been 18 and 9.
Upstairs, Claire opened the first door on the left, the room that had been hers and saw it painted bright yellow with a green A over the twin bed. Little girl clothes were scattered around and she knew that it now belonged to her little sister.
Claire laughed as she went to the next door down and saw that it was filled with college nursing textbooks, a laptop, a queen sized bed and a stack of printed out emails addressed to Claire Roberts. “Unbelievable” she said shaking her head and pulling off her t-shirt.
“Holy Shit” she said looking at her pale skin, large breasts and white 36C breasts “I’m fucking huge!” She grabbed her breasts and hefted them up and down while laughing.
She undid her bra, shook her head and took down the baggy sweatpants. She kicked off her socks and wiggled her black painted toes before taking off her panties “Hey now” she said taking in her new body before heading to the shower to get ready for her date with Mike.
Out of the shower and wrapped in a towel, Claire went to the sink to brush her teeth. She laughed out loud long and hard when she stuck her toothbrush into her mouth and didn’t hit extra metal on them. “Your problem now…or should I say again little sister” she did a little dance in the bathroom in her excitement. “Can’t believe how different my body is…” she stated feeling all the extra movement going on with her dance.
As she brushed her teeth and then her hair, she kept stealing glances down at her boobs and laughing “Grow up Claire…you grew up physically and mentally but you still can’t get over being big in the chest all of a sudden”
She made her way back to her room. She knew that Mike was taking her out to one of the nicest restaurants in town tonight in celebration of him getting his first real job. He had graduated college a few months earlier and had still been working his retail job until he was hired by a banking firm a few days earlier.
“What’s inside…?” she said as she opened up her closet “Holy shit; I’m a shoe fiend” she said looking at the floor and seeing dozens of pairs of shoes there.
She saw that she had a nice black cocktail dress and knew she would wear that tonight. She put on black panties but saw that the dress had a built in bra for her as she slipped into it. She adjusted and looked in the mirror “Holy hips!” she said running her hands down her sides enjoying her new curvy figure along with turning sideways to admire that view as well.
She messed with her hair which was thicker and a bit shorter than it had been before putting on make-up with a skilled hand and going back to pick out a pair of heels. She decided on a pair of black peep toe sling back heels to complete her look.
She had just slipped them on her larger feet when her phone went off “Hey” she said in a sing song tone when she saw Mike’s name pop up.
“Hey babe; I’ll be there in a few minutes…you all ready?” Mike asked her.
“I am!” she said. She was excited and nervous all at once, yet strangely comfortable and at ease. Memories of her time with Mike came streaming into her mind and yet, she knew that she had never even been on a date before too. “See you in a few minutes” she said before blowing him a kiss and saying bye.
Addy’s nerves were on full alert as she walked through the doors at the movie theater. “Thank You” she said as she passed her date by and stopped inside. Sean smiled, his cheeks a shade of bright red that matched Addy’s color perfectly.
“Yeah, you’re welcome” Sean mumbled as he made his way to the ticket window to buy their seats. “My Dad gave me enough money so we could have some snacks; do you want some popcorn?”
“Sure! That’d be great” Addy replied as they went to the snack counter.
“Two large popcorns please” Sean asked the teenaged girl behind the counter.
“Sure” she furrowed her brow and smiled “Do you want some drinks too?”
“Oh yeah!” Sean blushed even harder now as he turned to Addy.
“Dr. Pepper please” she replied shyly.
“Two Dr. Peppers too please” Sean said. He turned sheepishly to Addy.
“Thanks” she said smiling at him “He’s as nervous as I am” she thought to herself. Memories of dating were no longer with her she realized. “I know I’ve been out on a lot of dates through high school and college but…” she thought “…I can’t remember them at all. I really am 12 again!”
Addy walked up and grabbed her popcorn and drink and her own straw and napkins as he was already walking away “Boys…he’ll learn” the girl behind the counter said softly to Addy with a knowing smile.
Sean did hold the door for her again at their screen and once inside asked “Where do you want to sit?”
The theater wasn’t crowded at all yet so she pointed down a few rows “Let’s stay on the end”
Sean let her in first and took the seat next to her. She heard him sigh heavily as he sat down “Thank you again for asking me to come with you tonight” she told him in her sweetest sounding voice.
“I’m just happy you said yes” he admitted making Addy blush again.
They chatted before the movie started and both began to feel more comfortable. Addy knew they shared a couple of classes together so they talked about teachers and homework and other kids in their grade until the previews began.
Addy put her elbow up on the arm rest between them and laid her hand out hoping he would hold it. She glanced over and saw him peeking at her. They both smiled and her heart nearly burst when he put her hand in his to watch the movie.
Claire made her way downstairs just as she saw headlights pulling into the drive. Not even stopping, she just headed outside with her purse over her shoulder to Mike car; her high heels clacking all the way.
She got in the passenger much more ladylike than she had ever sat down before and leaned over immediately for their kiss “Hey” she said as they closed in.
“You look awesome tonight” Mike told her once their lips unlocked.
“You too” she told him seeing his black suit and tie. She sat back in the passenger seat and a brief vision of what she had looked like the last time she had sat on this side of a car passed quickly through her mind. She adjusted the bottom hem of her skirt on her full thighs though to distract her mind as they began to talk about their days like they had known each other for years.
They pulled up to the front of DeValle’s and the valet came out for their car. Mike came around and escorted Claire from her seat offering up his arm to lead her inside. They were seated immediately and ordered a bottle of red wine.
“I swear you just get more beautiful every day and that’s saying something because I have always thought you were the most gorgeous woman on the planet” Mike told her.
Claire blushed “You’re in quite the mood tonight aren’t you?” she teased.
“I am” Mike admitted. “It’s a night for celebration and I couldn’t be happier but as long as I’m with you; I’ll always be happy”
“Aww” Claire replied. She crossed her ankles beneath the table and leaned forward “You always have known how to treat a lady”
“I was taught well by my Dad and Brother and especially my Mom and Sister”
“Yeah, I wouldn’t want to make either of them mad” Claire laughed.
They chatted freely and had steak and pasta along with their wine, truly enjoying their evening.
“You know my little sister Addy is off on her first date tonight?” Claire said in their conversation.
“Wow” Mike replied. “Yeah I guess 12 is old enough…I think I was 14 when I went on my first date”
“I dropped her off at the movie theater earlier today. She and her little boyfriend were so cute together!” Claire declared. “I was 13 when I was allowed to go to the movies with a boy; my parents are so much easier on the baby of the family” she laughed.
“I remember I also took my date to the McDonalds in front of the theater; Allison McCourty” Mike said with a faint smile “I was always a big spender on dates”
Claire laughed “Oh yes. I got popcorn and junior mints and a Diet Coke if I recall while we watched some God awful Transformers movie”
“Did he hold your hand?” Mike teased her reaching out for her hand across the table.
“He did” Claire said remembering an event clearly in her head. “Whatever happened to Allison McCourty?”
“I have no idea” Mike replied. “Her family moved away in 10th grade” he shrugged “Guess I need to go stalk her on social media and see if she’s cuter than you”
Claire laughed “Then I’ll go look up Josh Mitchell and see if he’s cuter than you are”
The movie was good Addy had to admit. She had never really been a fan of the Marvel Universe movies, but this one seemed more exciting to her and no matter if she was 12 or 21, she still thought Chris Evans was hot.
As the lights came up, Addy looked over at Sean “That was awesome” she said.
“I know right; it was so cool!” Sean said.
They grabbed their empty containers and went out into the lobby. Sean looked nervous again and he cleared his throat before saying “You know maybe we could, you know, do this again sometime…if that’s okay with you”
Addy smiled and blushed, her heart racing once again. “I’d like that” she said. “I had a really nice time tonight”
“Me too” Sean said.
“Hey” Addy said “Before we go out and find your Dad…”
Sean turned and Addy quickly went in and kissed him on the cheek.
Sean blushed and smiled and stared at the floor.
“Thanks for asking me out again” Addy said swaying a bit back in forth in her own nervousness.
Sean was beaming as they walked through the lobby. Adalyn had forgotten how it felt to be taller than the boys but as they walked, she realized that even in flats, she was about 2 inches taller than Sean.
They hit the double doors at the same time and went into the breezy parking lot. An SUV flashed its lights “There’s my Dad” Sean said as they headed out across the parking lot.
“Hello” Addy heard as she opened up the back passenger side door.
“Hello Mr. Porter” she replied as she got in. Sean had gone around the car to sit in the back with her.
“Oh…I get to be in full chauffeur mode tonight huh” He said as he looked at his son in the rear view mirror “So cool”
“Hey Dad” Sean said buckling in.
“How was the movie?”
“It was really good” Sean replied.
“Did you like it too Adalyn?”
“Yes sir I did” Addy replied.
“You can call me Jim” He replied.
“Okay” Addy said very self-conscious of calling an adult by his first name.
Adalyn looked out the side window as she left the parking lot for the first time since changing into the girl she now was. “You live over on Grant right?”
“Yes sir; 68…it’s a white house…third on the left from the stop sign” Addy replied.
“I’m sure I can find it” Jim Porter replied.
Sean and Addy smiled at each other in the back seat but were too nervous to talk now in front of his Dad. Finally Addy asked “Did you finish up your report for Mrs. Walsh’s class?”
“Yeah…I had Nebraska how about you?”
“I did mine on Arizona” Addy replied slicking her hair back over her ear for the millionth time that night.
It was only a five minute drive to Adalyn’s house. “Thank you for driving me home Mr. Porter” Addy said getting out.
“No problem Adalyn” He looked at Sean “Would you like to walk her up to her house son?”
“Oh! Um yeah…can I uh walk you up?” Sean asked unbuckling hastily.
“I’d like that” Addy said as she got out.
Sean came around and walked with her up to the garage door. She flipped up the security pad and pushed in the code “Thanks for being a gentleman on our date” she said with a wink and a smile.
“I had a lot of fun tonight Addy” Sean said “I’ll see you on Monday okay”
“Okay” Addy replied.
Sean jogged back to his Dad’s car, the smile on his face was unmistakable. Addy watched him go before she went inside and reclosed the door behind her.
The house was empty; their parents were out of town but Claire should be home at any time now. Adalyn stepped into the kitchen and slipped out of her cream colored flats. She went to the sink to get some water and was surprised at how different the sink looked to her “Higher duh” she said remembering she had lost 4 inches in height since she left.
“Everything looks bigger” she said as she walked around the table. She stopped in the hall in front of the family picture that now showed her sitting on her Dad’s lap and smiling a gap toothed smile. She knew she shouldn’t have eaten the popcorn because of her braces but she didn’t care; she’d brush extra hard to get all the kernels out and she’d been careful to keep them all towards the back of her mouth.
Addy went upstairs and just knew that her bedroom would now be the first door and not the second. She stopped inside and in a moment of pure panic thought “This is my life! These are my clothes! This is my stuff! I’m 12 again!” before calming back down after a few deep breaths.
“I had so much fun tonight though” she thought and could still feel her little kiss on Sean’s cheek. It still sent butterflies up in her stomach.
She took off her skirt and top and sweater and looked at her tiny bra “Don’t fill em up like I used to” she thought as she grabbed an extra-large t-shirt out of a drawer and put it on letting it fall to the middle of her thighs.
She was brushing her teeth when she heard Mike’s car in the driveway.
Claire got out as Mike shut off the car, smoothing out her dress and grabbing her purse. The two of them walked up to the house still laughing and carrying on their conversation.
Claire had grown 4 inches that day to 5’6” and was wearing heels but she still had to look up to her 6’2” boyfriend; she had to admit that she liked it. Even at 5’2” she was as tall if not taller than almost all the boys in her grade; including Sean Porter.
She smirked at the thought as she came inside, Mike a step behind her.
“Hey Claire” Addy said from the top of the steps “Oh…Hi Mike” she added seeing her former boyfriend behind her sister.
“Hey Addy; how was your big date?” Mike asked enthusiastically.
She dipped her head sideways and smiled thinking on her night “It was good; we had fun”
“That’s great” Claire said as she balanced against the bannister taking off her shoes. “Was the movie good?”
“Yeah it was” she replied flipping her head the other direction.
“We’ll have to go check it out then” Mike said.
“Congratulations on your new job” Addy said stepping down a step.
“Thank you very much; that means a lot to me coming from you” Mike replied.
“Hey; I think I’m just going to head straight to bed okay” Claire said spinning on her bare feet towards her boyfriend.
“Yeah I’m tired too; I’ll text you tomorrow morning okay”
“Sounds great” Claire said as they came together for a good night kiss.
Several seconds later, they broke apart “Talk to you later…love you” Mike said.
“Love you too” Claire replied as he headed out the door.
She turned and looked up the stairs at her little sister. She smiled and looked with anticipation at what Adalyn might say next.
“So how was your date?” was all she asked, folding her arms over her chest.
“Good; how was yours?” Claire said stepping up two stairs bringing them closer together.
“It was great, I said I had a good time”
“But…” Claire said as she came up to the step in front of her sister so they were the same height.
Addy stepped back and let Claire the rest of the way up. Her heels in her hand, she was now two inches taller and nine years older than Adalyn; her former big sister.
“But what?” Addy asked.
“But how are you doing with this?” she asked.
“Um…surprisingly okay” she bit her bottom lip “How about you? I mean, you did suddenly become an adult today while sitting in a parking lot”
Claire laughed. She looked over Addy’s shoulder into her old room; Addy’s current room.
Adalyn turned and giggled “Yeah, I guess we switched rooms in all of this too; crazy huh”
“Yeah, did you happen to see the picture in the hallway?” Claire asked.
“Yes I did; I think we’re the only two people who realize anything is different; everybody else thinks this is how we’ve always been” Adalyn said.
“I know it’s crazy but, you’re right” Claire admitted “For some reason, we switched places today and nobody else is freaked out about it”
“Look at you! You can really fill out that dress sis” Addy said with a shy giggle.
Claire looked down and poked herself in the right breast making both of them laugh harder. She looked at her little sister, seeing the metal of her braces glint in the light as she laughed freely.
“Come into my room with me” Claire said heading down to the next door with Addy following.
“I, um, like what you did to the place” Adalyn said inside what used to be her room.
Claire smiled and dropped her heels with a thump on the floor. She kicked them toward the closet door “Can you unzip me please?”
Addy came over and touching her sister’s soft skin, pulled the zipper down in the back of her black dress, freeing her body. “Thank you” she said shimming her hips to taking the dress down.
Standing in just her panties, Claire saw Addy blush looking at her big sister “Hey; you know what you’re going to look like when you get back to this age so you really don’t have to worry about that”
Adalyn nodded “But why did we change?” she asked “Why are you now my big sister?”
Claire knew the truth of her wish but she didn’t mention it. She smiled and asked as she put on a big t-shirt “What if we could change back? What if we could just say a wish and you know…poof! We’re back to our original ages just like we were this morning”
“Well…” Adalyn dropped her chin and dug her big toe into the carpet “If it’s all the same to you Claire…” she looked up at her big sister “I don’t mind it here”
“Really?” Claire said putting her hands on her hips.
“Yeah…” Addy flipped her hair out of her face “I kind of like being 12 again as crazy that might sound to you”
“Well I’m not going to say I’m disappointed in becoming 21 because honestly I’m not” Claire said taking a seat on the edge of her bed.
Addy sat down next to her. She would never admit that she had been thinking and wishing in her head that they could switch places back when Claire mentioned it in the car as they turned into the parking lot “I think you’ll do a great job being my big sister”
Claire patted her little sister on the knee “Thanks…I had a good example; even if we’re the only ones who know about it” while Addy just smiled up at her big sister.