I was spent. Sixty minutes on the treadmill after a year of being a complete couch-potato. Sweat drenched my gym clothes, and I grabbed a towel provided by the club. I hadn’t even mopped my brow when her voice cut through me.
”Was that the last towel? Are you serious?”
I knew her; everybody knew her. The Queen Bee. Physical perfection, or at least as close as possible to it. Also mean, snarky and somebody to avoid; especially for somebody like me. I turned around, and saw her scowl and wrinkle her nose. It was as if my very existence offended her.
”Sorry.” I didn’t know what else to say. Certa
I was spent. Sixty minutes on the treadmill after a year of being a complete couch-potato. Sweat drenched my gym clothes, and I grabbed a towel provided by the club. I hadn’t even mopped my brow when her voice cut through me.
”Was that the last towel? Are you serious?”
I knew her; everybody knew her. The Queen Bee. Physical perfection, or at least as close as possible to it. Also mean, snarky and somebody to avoid; especially for somebody like me. I turned around, and saw her scowl and wrinkle her nose. It was as if my very existence offended her.
”Sorry.” I didn’t know what else to say. Certa
Marylin looked down at her legs, and frowned ever so slightly. She pointed at a tiny run in her nylons, and said, “I don’t know why I wear these. I mean, it’s inevitable that they’re gonna get ripped during the day.” She sighed. “I should just switch to tights, but oh well.” Silence hung over me for several seconds. ”I’m not even sure how they got torn or when. They’re so delicate, pretty much anything can rip them. Any little thing ... any puny, insignificant thing can do it.” She nudged me with her toe. “Go ahead, little thing, See if you can rip them.” I stared up at Marilyn, as she gazed down at me with her smirk. My hands looked so small as I grasped the nylon . . . actually, they were so small. The material was thick, substantial in my grasp. I knew what nylon felt like, but at this size it was far too strong. With both hands, I pulled and pulled. I couldn’t rip them. Could barely pull the taut material. Marilyn purred, “Well almost any puny
My entire body was in his massive hand. He held me, chuckling as he turned me to and fro. I was a doll ... a little, plastic windup doll. My arms and legs dangled lamely. No matter how hard I tried to move or scream, I could not. The curse had transported my mind into this cheap little toy.
He held a gem suspended from a golden chain in front of me. “Does the dolly want this?”
The amulet. It was the only way to reverse the transformation. All I had to do was touch it. I couldn’t.
Chuckling, he dropped it on the tabletop, and then wound the key on my back. Gears and bands brought energy, movement to my limbs.
He
She grinned, or did she? Maybe it was an inward smile that only she knew. Pleasure, amusement, fondness: these were emotions all kept within her thoughts, and not verbalized or even really thought about. They just were. Nobody else could truly guess what she felt, not even him.
This time she smiled ... made sure it was visible. It seemed to reassure him, even as he tried to maintain a comfortable balance on her fingertip.
To make him small enough, or her big enough to easily accommodate him was possible, but what was the fun in that? The little thing ... person ... he was a person, she scolded herself internally. The little person w
”Why bless your heart. You thought I invited you over for dinner. Oh no, sugar … I invited you over to be dinner.” My cries came out as mere clucks. ”Oh sweety, you can squawk all you want. Ain’t nobody gonna guess you used to be a person. No, to everyone else, you’re just an ordinary regular chicken.” She stepped closer to loom over me. “Just think, everything you were before don’t mean nothing. Cause in a few days you’re gonna end up on the dinner table. Some city weirdo who will be me and my boyfriend’s dinner… “
There’s something so right in an already big woman getting even bigger. She‘s so tall and athletic. Broad and thick framed … very, very strong. And she is loud. Beyond her stature and build, she stands out because she is full of life and energy. Some would describe her as obnoxious and crude. She wouldn’t be offended by that description. In fact, she’d proudly take that as a compliment. This is the kind of woman who will eagerly grab a bottle of growth formula, and down it like a beer. The contents rolling down her throat in audible, visible “GULPS”. Once the growth formula is gone, she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand, and then lets loose a massive belch. With a smirk, she tips the bottle over her chest, so that a few drops of residue drip into her deep cleavage. Her hands go to her stomach, where a deep gurgle rumbles beneath the thick muscle. ”Oh fuck yeah … I can feel it working already!”
Genies fascinate me to no end. Possessing such fantastic power where they can alter reality with a blink or even a mere thought. How tragic this power cannot be used for their benefit though. Even with abilities that rival a god, they find themselves enslaved to any person who holds their bottle or lamp. Eternally cursed to grant the wishes of others, but never themselves. It’s no wonder they delight in twisting their master’s desires whenever possible. Whatever power that cursed a genie to this never ending condemnation never would have conceived of my wish though… To stand face-to-face with a beautiful genie. Her mischievous expression as she believes she knows what my wish will be, and already is prepared to ruin it. ”I wish you were free with all your powers intact.” Her eyes go wide. Mouth agape. 3,000 years of granting wishes, and she never heard this. Like the person who cursed her, she too never imagined this possibility. For the first time, she has no intention