The following afternoon Alicia was inside a store that sold some of the latest fashion clothes. This was probably her favourite store in the mall and she even considered it to be her second home. Today she hadn’t actually gone in there to buy anything; instead she waited outside on of the changing rooms with about half a dozen shopping bags by her feet. She was waiting patiently but her friend had been inside the changing room for several minutes trying on a large variety of clothes. But as the minutes went by several of the articles of clothes were thrown over the top of the changing room door and Alicia would catch it and put them back on the hangers.

  “There’re all too small,” said a female voice from the changing room with some distress.

  “Don’t worry about it Jess there’s bound to be something that fits,” replied Alicia trying to reassure her friend. She didn’t have to wait long for the door to open and the towering figure of Jessica stepped forward. She was wearing a pair of long black trousers that to her own astonishment seemed to be just long enough for her unthinkably long legs. She also wore a light top that also seemed to be large enough to cover her breasts and still be long enough to cover her torso. She was also barefoot since she had been changing her clothes “There you go Jess, told you that there would be something in there that fitted.”

  “I don’t know,” answered Jessica with some concern. “I think these would be best for sitting around the house than actually going out anywhere.”

  “Nonsense you look great.” She stood there admiring Jessica’s body, she was a little jealous that Jessica was now even more beautiful than her but she also couldn’t be happier. If anyone deserved to be beautiful it was Jessica, although she had been mocked and ridiculed for her appearance it did nothing to dent the marvellous woman inside. “Now I do have a couple of more things for you to try on before we start looking for shoes.” She then looked down at Jessica’s feet and then looked back up to her face. “I saw the cutest pair of sandals that would suit you perfectly.”

  “Do you really think I should wear open toed shoes?” She tried to look down at her own feet but her breasts got in the way of her view. It was something that she was going to have to get use to so she lifted her foot up a little so that she could get a better view of it. She still didn’t like how big her feet had gotten and she even thought that they were too long for how tall she was. “I don’t exactly have the smallest feet in the world right now?”

  “Yeah you totally should,” answered Alicia with a smile before she looked down at Jessica’s feet again. “You can’t have such perfect feet like those and hide them away from everyone. You got to show everyone just how perfect they are and when you wear those sandals you’ll be basically shouting ‘Hey people these are my perfect feet look at them and admire them.’ People will take notice believe me.” When she had said her little quote she had tried to put on a bit of a macho voice so that it would be humorous to her extremely tall friend.

  Jessica couldn’t help but giggle at what Alicia had said. No matter how bad things would look Alicia could always make her see the good side of it. She remembered once when Shelly and the popular girls had absolutely humiliated Jessica and Alicia took her to get herself cleaned up before going out for tasty treats. It would never cover the humiliation she had suffered but it did definitely make her feel better. She thought that as long as she had Alicia she would never truly fall into despair.

  “Thanks Alicia,” said Jessica with a smile. “You always seem to know what just to say.” She bent down so that she could give Alicia a hug. Although it still felt awkward it was a feeling that the pair was beginning to get used to.

  A few minutes later Jessica had finished trying all the clothes and eventually put on the clothes that she originally entered the store in. The company could only provide her with a brown set of overalls with a plain pair of black shoes. For the moment it was all they really had that would fit her but that was the reason why she had come shopping. She felt like she was a mechanic of some sort and that the clothes really didn’t suit her. Alicia thought that it hid her beautiful figure but at least she was only going to be wearing it for a short time. The company had given her a lot of credit so that she could go out and buy some clothes since it was their serum that had caused her growth spurt. There was a limit to how much Jessica could spend; the company wouldn’t allow her to just run around spending a lot of money very expensive clothes that she didn’t necessarily need. They accepted that she would need some nice clothes for if she wanted to go out at a night along with her standard clothes. One advantage that most clothes stores had was that they had the technology to alter the size of clothes almost instantly. Normally a store wouldn’t dream of stocking clothes in Jessica’s size but with a few pushes of a button a pair of trousers could be stretched or widened to fit the customer. It was technology that the planet Earth wouldn’t see for a good few years.

  It still felt strange for Jessica when she went to pay for her clothes. The clerk behind the counter stared up in amazement at her. The clerk had seen her numerous times before over the years but she couldn’t get over just how much Jessica had changed. It was also the fact that the Clerk had never seen anyone as tall as Jessica. A few times she had seen a woman who was close to six and a half feet tall but not one who was almost seven foot. She also couldn’t take her eyes of Jessica’s breasts. She thought that there was no way that they were real, she was curious to know which surgeon had done the operation but for now she kept that to herself. She just scanned through the clothes and began to put them into bags. It only took her a few moments to scan everything and it was time for Jessica to pay for her goods.

  “That’s one hundred and fifty credits please,” said the Clerk still looking up to Jessica. “How will you be paying?”

  “Retinal please,” replied Jessica with a small grin

  Moments later the Clerk lifted up a small webcam like device that Jessica still had to bend down to get a proper view of it. The camera quickly scanned Jessica’s left eye and it only took a couple of seconds for the transaction to go through. On Home instead of having credit cards that were susceptible to fraud they had bank accounts that would only be accessed by retinal scans. This was the most secure form of payment on Home because it was extremely difficult to duplicate someone’s retinal scans no matter how much fraudsters tried. There was always cold hard cash but because Jessica didn’t receive the physical money she had to do it this way. The company had transferred the funds to her account and informed her bank about her change and the updated retinols. If someone had insufficient funds then the transaction would be cancelled much like a credit card.

  A little bit of time later Jessica had stepped out of the mall’s restrooms but she had taken off jumpsuit and instead wore a pair of jeans with a pink top that helped cover her breasts. She didn’t want to give everyone too much cleavage, it was one thing that still embarrassed her a little about her new body. One thing that she had been dreading was buying bras, before she didn’t have to worry about them too much but now it was an essential. Her nipples would poke through her shirts otherwise and it made her feel that little bit more insecure. It had been a little struggle to find bras that properly fitted her new frame but after much searching they found a few pairs that fitted her very well but not perfectly. Finding panties wasn’t too much of a problem, she was still quite slim so that didn’t cause too many problems. She was still wearing the same shoes however since she had not done any shoe shopping yet.

  Alicia had been waiting outside for her and when the two met up they began to walk towards the shoe store where Alicia had seen the sandals. During their walk they pasted the food court and they did not notice Shelly sitting at one of the tables with Bobby and a couple of her friends who were also popular girls. She and Bobby had been a couple for a couple of years and they were pretty much into each other at this moment in time so they did not notice Jessica and Alicia either. But the moment would soon come when they realised what had actually happened to Jessica.

  “Hey isn’t that Alicia Jackson over there?” asked one of the popular girls pointing towards Jessica and Alicia.

  Shelly stopped paying attention at Bobby for a moment and turned them to Alicia and Jessica. She recognised Alicia immediately but she hadn’t recognised Jessica. She had not been informed of her transformation so she didn’t recognise the now towering Jessica at all. She had no idea of anyone who was close to seven feet tall and figured that she must of come from out of the area.

  “Whose that with freakishly tall, balloon titted girl with her?” asked Shelly looking at the pair. She took a good long look at Jessica but she still couldn’t recognise her. It was only when she got a view of her face did she recognise that it was Jessica. Even though she didn’t have any zits and she no longer wore her glasses there was no fooling the popular girl? “Oh my God it’s Jessica Snape.”

  “What?” replied Bobby as he stared at Jessica. “That’s Jessica Snape but she’s so tall, she’s so…”

  “Don’t say it.” She had snapped at Bobby pretty much ending sentence for him.

  Shelly knew that Bobby was going to say that Jessica looked sexy and attractive now. Even she was feeling a little intimidated by Jessica and that was just seeing her from a distance. She dreaded to think of how she would feel if they were ever up close to each other unless she brought her down a peg. She hated the way how Jessica seemed to be enjoying herself and was now more attractive than her. Already in her mind she was thinking of some way of bringing Jessica down.

  “What the fuck happened to her?” asked the other Popular Girl.

  “I heard she was going to be an agent,” replied the other Popular Girl. “Maybe her power is now to be tall and sexy?”

  “You know she has a super hard crush on you Bobby.” She looked directly at Bobby but she wanted to look at Jessica again “I remember seeing her year book and she drew a heart around picture. What a dork actually thinking that you would actual date her.”

  “Actually that’s not such a bad idea,” replied Shelly with a villainous smile.

  “What you want me to date her?” asked Bobby in shock. He couldn’t believe that he had actually heard this from his own girlfriend. “I’d have to get a step ladder just to be able to kiss her.”

  “Don’t be an idiot Bobby of course I don’t want you to date her.” She had snapped at him once again and he quickly fell silent. He knew what she was like when she was annoyed so he thought that it would be best that he not irritate her any further. Her villainous smile quickly returned as she looked around at him and the other two girls. “I have an idea.”

  Several minutes later Jessica was standing right next to a kiosk while she waited for Alicia to return to her. Alicia had quickly gone to the restroom herself and Jessica was keeping an eye on all the bags of clothes and shoes. She had decided to purchase the sandals after she had tried them on and agreed that they indeed suited her. She had bought a few other pairs of shoes as well for various different occasions. She noticed a few people staring up at her when they walked past her, they tried to be subtle about it but a few were staring at her with their mouths open. She tried to ignore them but she thought that she would have to get used to it. She thought that she was going to be this height for the rest of her life so it meant that she would attract attention to her. A few who had been staring at her she even waved at them that made them feel embarrassed. As she watched them dart away she would giggle a little to herself.

  Alicia was taking longer than Jessica had expected but she didn’t mind waiting. Alicia had done so much for her recently. She thought that someone like Alicia would never even consider being friends with her let alone do all the things that she had done for her. She couldn’t ask for a better friend.

  She was in world of her own and at first she didn’t notice Bobby walk up to her. He had walked very slowly and he wasn’t even sure of what he was doing was even right. He also seemed to be intimidated by her, he had seen her from a distance but seeing her up close was something completely different. He could see just how tall she was and normally he wouldn’t even talk to a girl who was taller than him. His nervousness was only overshadowed by his fear of Shelly. He remembered what she would do if he didn’t do what she wanted and it was only the sex that made him stay with her. He couldn’t help but marvel at Jessica’s height and it took him a moment or two to actually buck up the courage to speak to her.

  “Err hi,” said Bobby nervously. This seemed to snap Jessica out of her little fantasy world and she looked down at him with some shock.

  “Bobby?” replied Jessica in surprise. She had not expected to see him at all and to her it was almost like her fantasy was becoming a reality. She tried to smile at him and she couldn’t see his nervousness. “I’m sorry I didn’t see you there.”

  “That’s alright.” He paused for a moment as he had to lift his courage up once again to speak. “I see that you’ve changed recently.”

  “Yeah I’m a late bloomer.” She didn’t really want to say that it was the Jones serum and she wanted to keep it quiet. “I hope you like the new me.”

  “Yeah I do a lot. Even before you bloomed I always admired you and now you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.”

  “Really?” This caused her to blush even more and she was struggling to hide it. “You think I’m really beautiful?”

  “Sure you’re a lot better looking than any of the other girls I’ve seen.” He rubbed the back of his neck due to his nervousness but once again Jessica didn’t seem to notice. She was too engrossed by the fact that he was talking to her. “Listen I was just wondering… Would you like to go out on a date with me? I know it’s a little sudden but I wanted to be the first to ask you before someone else beat me to it.”

  “What?” She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The boy she’d been dreaming about through most of her school life was actually asking her out on a date. Below his notice she pinched herself on the arm to see if she were dreaming and for once much to her relief she felt pain. “Y-yeah sure I’d love to g-g-go out with y-y-you.” She was stuttering so bad that it was hard to make out what she was saying. It was like her dreams were coming true, first she had gone from being a short geeky girl to a tall beautiful woman and now her biggest crush was asking her out on a date. It almost seemed to be too good to be true as she tried to keep herself from fainting.

  “Great I’ll pick you up tonight around eight?”

  “Y-yes that’s fine but do you know where I live?”

  “Yeah I know. I have an idea for a great night and right now I can’t think of anyone else I’d prefer to spend it with.” He did not expect Jessica to bend down and give him a hug. It had caught him completely by surprise but it was also her softness that had caught him off guard. He had never hugged a girl taller than him before but he could feel her warmth and a flash of anxiety swept his body before subsiding. The hug only lasted a couple of seconds before Jessica stood herself up straight and he could see her blushing. “Wow that was something else.”

  “Sorry about that I guess I kinda just let myself go there.” Her smile was probably bigger than it ever had been before. It disappeared momentarily after she realised that there could be one problem. “But what about Shelly? Aren’t you two still a couple?”

  “Well me and Shelly have kinda broken up.” He was having to think quickly on his feet. He had not expected her to ask about Shelly. He was still dating her but for this to work he had to make Jessica believe that they had ended their relationship. “Yeah well you know that she could be a little bitchy at times. Well I finally had enough of her attitude and I wanted to be with someone who was nice.” He looked up into her eyes. He wanted to make sure that she thought that he was being genuine. “Someone like you.”

  As soon as he saw Jessica’s eyes begin to well up he realised that she had bought his little lie. He knew that she was going to be a little emotional about him asking her out but he didn’t expect her to actually begin to cry. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Shelly sitting down on a bench some distance behind Jessica. She had watched everything that had been happening and although she couldn’t hear what they were talking about from what she had seen everything seemed to have gone to plan. She gave Bobby a quick nod and he understood what it meant.

  “I’ll see you later tonight then,” said Bobby still looking up at her. He could see her wiping the tears from her eyes. “Just be sure that you’re ready for a night of fun.” And with that he turned around and walked away from her. She was still standing there completely awestruck with what had just happened. All she could think about doing was waving slowly at him while the reality of what had just happened was still sinking in.

  Only a few moments later Alicia walked back to her after finishing in the restrooms. She had been longer than she expected but when she finally reached Jessica she saw that she had a huge grin on her face and once again seemed to be in her own world. She could also see that she was blushing and she more or less knew that something had happened while she had been away. The only time she had ever seen Jessica like this was when she was admiring Bobby from a distance.

  “Jessica?” asked Alicia but this didn’t seem to get through to her statuesque friend. “Jessica.” Her friend still didn’t respond and she was in her own world again. Alicia had to resort to clicking her fingers right in front of Jessica’s face and it caused her to snap back into reality.

  “Huh?” replied Jessica as reality began to sink in. She looked down at Alicia who was almost having to look directly up at her. “W-what is it?”

  “You were daydreaming again Jess.” She put her hands on her side and smiled up at Jessica. “You weren’t thinking about Bobby again were you?”

  “More than that Alicia.” Her smile grew as she was bursting from excitement. “He actually asked me out on a date.” Her excitement was boiling over and she began to giggle like a school girl. It was one of the best things to ever happen to her and she still thought that she was dreaming somehow. She knew that the old Jessica would never have stood a chance but the new and improved Jessica had finally caught her man.

  “No way.” Alicia was in disbelief. She didn’t think that Bobby would actually offer to date her. She knew how tight a grip Shelly had on him but at the same time she couldn’t be happier for her. Jessica was seemingly going to have the man of her dreams but there was something in her mind that struck it as being odd. She didn’t want to say anything so that it didn’t dampen Jessica’s mood.

  “Yeah way. He’s picking me up tonight at eight. She quietly screamed in excitement. “I can’t believe this is actually happening. I finally get to go out with Bobby Macclesfield the hottest boy in school. It’s like I’ve been granted my lifelong wish. I think my life’s finally turning around.”

  “Wait what time is it now?”

  “Err.” Jessica looked at her wristwatch. It wasn’t like one from Earth, this one had holographic hands although the face still had a pretty design. “Three thirty why?”

  “Then we don’t have much time to finish shopping and then fix you up for your big date.” Alicia had a smile on her face as she thought about what she was going to do for Jessica. She was a talented beautician and she had already decided if her modelling career never took off she had a skill to fall back on.

  “But he’s not going to pick me up for like another four and a half hours.”

  “I think that might just be enough time.” Her grin did not lighten at all and Jessica knew that something wondrous was on the horizon for her.

  Faster than Jessica thought possible she and Alicia finished the rest of their shopping. Before leaving they had picked up several more items of clothing that were large enough to fit Jessica’s new frame. But before she had time to fully settle into a store she was taken to another by Alicia who always seemed to be hurrying her very tall friend. Under normal circumstances Jessica would begin to get annoyed but because she knew that Alicia had something special planned she didn’t mind. She was also tallying up how many times Alicia had been there to help her and she vowed to herself that she would pay it back to her no matter what it took.

  Less than an hour after being asked out on the date by Bobby Jessica found herself back at her home. Her father David was working late that day and most likely he would not be there to see her leave. But before they had gotten to Jessica’s home she and Alicia quickly stopped at Alicia’s home so that they could pick up a suitcase like carrier full of beauty products. For Alicia it was very heavy but when Jessica picked it up she discovered that it was surprisingly light. She figured that her new size gave her some strength, she wasn’t strong enough to lift a car or break a wall down but she was definitely stronger than the average girl.

  As soon as they got to Jessica’s home Jessica took a quick shower but even that seemed to be strange for her. She was taller than the shower head and had to squat down just so she could fit in the shower. It was the first time she had bathed herself since her growth spurt and she felt very dirty. She remembered what it was like showering when she was normal but now she thought that she would have to get used to showering in her new taller body.

  As soon as she was finished Alicia did not allow her to get changed. She was only allowed to wear her new pair of black bra and panties so that Alicia could work her magic. Jessica was sat down on a small chair in her kitchen while Alicia began to curly her hair. She used a hair curler that was more advanced than any curler on Earth. It was cold to the touch but would instantly heat up when in contact with hair. She was used to using it on her own hair and she was glad that she was finally using it on Jessica. She had always wanted to curl Jessica’s hair but before it had been difficult, her hair had been thin and short so there was not much she could do with it.

  When Alicia had finished with Jessica’s hair it was incredibly curly and full of volume. She wanted to see herself in the mirror but Alicia would not allow it. She didn’t want her to see herself until her work was done. Almost immediately after finishing Jessica’s hair Alicia moved to her fingernails. Although they were already well trimmed she still filed them down a little more smoothed them out. Next she painted them a light pink colour which had been picked by Jessica herself. While she had been doing her nails she still couldn’t believe how long Jessica’s hands were. It almost seemed like they had been stretched but they still remained beautiful.

  When Alicia was done with Jessica’s fingernails she went down to her feet. She removed any dry skin off her soles and the process tickled Jessica a little. She giggled as Alicia went over her soles with the skin remover and she almost kicked her by accident. She hadn’t gotten used to how large her feet were now and all she could do was apologise. Her toenails were also filed and painted the same light pink colour so that they matched her finger nails.

  The next thing Jessica had to do was get changed into her new clothes. That afternoon she had bought a beautiful black dress that had a skirt that went down to her knees. It made her breasts a little less obvious but that was a task in itself. She now had the largest pair of breasts that she had ever seen, if she had seen them on anyone else she would immediately think that they were fake but she knew that hers were real. She also strapped the new pair of sandals that Alicia had picked out for her. They were black strapped sandals that laced up around her ankles and even she admitted that they looked perfect on her. Although her toes were long she didn’t consider them to be freakish or hideous, like the rest of her she could only think of them as being perfect.

  The last thing Alicia had to do was put makeup on Jessica. Although Jessica was already very pretty without the makeup Alicia told her that she would be absolutely gorgeous with the makeup. Jessica had never worn makeup properly before. She had once tried to put makeup on herself to try and hide her zit but the results were less than successful. Alicia was well experienced with applying makeup and she knew exactly how much to use. She knew that too much makeup would do more harm than good.

  Jessica was sitting on the chair with her eyes closed as Alicia applied mascara around her eyelashes. She applied some lipstick on Jessica’s soft warm lips and then brushed a little on her cheeks so that they would get the right look.

  The entire process had taken a few hours but when Jessica saw herself in the mirror she found that it had all been worth it. She almost didn’t recognise the woman staring back at her. She thought that she was staring at a profession model until she filly realised that it she was looking at herself. Alicia was standing just behind her with a huge grin. She was happy with her work and the next thing she saw was Jessica turning towards her and smiling with her pearly white teeth.

  “I look fabulous,” said Jessica as she bent down to hug Alicia. “I don’t know how to thank you.”

  “It’s nothing Jess,” replied Alicia happy with herself. “Just think of this as my thanks for all the years of you helping me with my homework.” She expected the hug to finish but the next thing she felt was Jessica’s soft smooth lips come into contact with her cheek for a moment.

  “Thank you Alicia for everything.”

  The hug ended a few short moments later and there was a small smudge of lipstick on Alicia’s cheek and she didn’t wipe it off. She just stood there speechless for the moment as a flood of emotions overtook her. She was still staring up at Jessica but it seemed almost unreal. Everything had been happening so fast that it had left her dumbstruck. She saw Jessica feel a little embarrassed about herself and she shrank away from her.

  “I’m sorry Alicia I shouldn’t have,” said Jessica taking a couple of steps back.

  “Don’t be silly Jess,” replied Alicia trying to be as reassuring as she could. “We’ve been best friends for years. There’s nothing you could do to make me uncomfortable.”

  Jessica’s expression changed instantly to a smile once again. Although the kiss hadn’t been much for Jessica it meant something a lot more to Alicia. Ever since she had seen Jessica’s new body she was experiencing feelings that she had been repressing but seeing her friend so tall and sexy had opened Pandora’s Box. Despite her looks she had never had a boyfriend even though she had been asked out a lot. Deep down she thought that she was looking for the right man but the fact was she was actually looking out for the right woman and that woman was standing in front of her. The kiss had increased her heart rate and sent her hormones into overdrive.

  “He’ll be here in a few minutes,” said Jessica still smiling. She was imagining what was going to happen that night. The thoughts excited her and much like Alicia she was experiencing new sensations that she had never felt before.

  “I better make a move then,” replied Alicia slowly making her way to the front door. “Just remember if you’re going to do it at least have protection. You’re a little young to be starting a family.”

  “Alicia! You know I’m not that kind of woman.” She pushed up her breasts a little. “He has to work for it first.”

  Alicia departed with a smile but her thoughts were still on Jessica. Not only was it attraction but there was also worry. She didn’t want to see Jessica getting hurt, she had seen her sad too many times and all she wished was that she would have the happiness that she deserved. She had been through too much to live the rest of her life with sadness and depression. But only minutes after she left Jessica heard a knocking on the door.