Several nights later Jessica and Tucker were on another night out with her friends Chloe, Sue and Jenny. They were at the same bar that they had frequented the night that Tucker had first come to Home. No one on the planet had any memory of Dawn or the fact that they had been so close to being destroyed. Everyone just went along as if nothing had happened because to them that was the truth. Everything that had happened while Dawn had been in the past had been wiped away from existence, all the terror and panic that many had experienced had simply ebbed away. It was like the day that Dawn had appeared had been reset.
Jessica was wearing the same outfit that she had worn when Tucker had first seen her just over a month ago. She was wearing her dress with her matching yellow shoes. The dress itself was very short and it showed off her legs, it was definitely something that she couldn’t wear during the cooler months. It was also one of the few times that Tucker had seen Jessica wear closed toed shoes besides her uniforms. He admitted that she looked very nice in the dress and he gave him fond memories of when he first saw her. She was by far the most beautiful woman he had ever seen and he couldn’t help but look at her long legs. He thought that they looked perfect and he could see that Jessica took great care with them. Her skin was flawless and there was not a single unwanted hair on either legs.
Tucker was sitting at the outdoor bar getting a drink and looking up as Jessica was drinking her barrel size drink. She was drinking gallons with a single gulp and it would only be a couple of moments before the drink was finished. He was happy that he was on Home and that he was surrounded by so many kind and generous people. The women had not made him feel alienated at all; they acted like they had been friends for years and it made him feel accepted. He could hear the women talking about the missions that they had taken part in over the last couple of days. Sue had been to a world that was endless expanses of jungle and she had to use her multiplication powers to be able to map a large area in almost no time at all. Chloe spoke that she recently went to a planet that was roughly the size of Home and she had stretched herself until she completely encircled the entire planet. She thought that she could of kept going but due to time she had to stop herself. Much like Sue it seemed that Chloe’s abilities were almost limitless. She could literally stretch herself as much as she wanted to and there seemed to be no strain to it for her. And since her skin was like rubber it meant that any energy bullet would just bounce off her and no blade could cut her. Also from time to time she liked to stretch herself so that she could be taller than everyone else but she never tried to beat Jessica. Even she thought that was too tall.
Jessica told the girls that she and Tucker had visited a planet the other day that was much like Earth was back in the last Ice Age. There were some warm parts to the planet but the rest was frozen over. There was still life on the planet although there was no sentient life. During the mission both Tucker and Jessica had to wear artic clothing. Jessica’s VSC device would have kept them warm but if it failed on them for any reason at least they wouldn’t have frozen to death. Tucker also made the mistake of throwing a snowball at Jessica, although it wasn’t enough to cause her any discomfort she responded by rolling up what’s called an Agent Snape snowball. To her it was a normal size snowball but to normal people it was more like a snow boulder. She allowed Tucker to run away and she would throw these snow boulders at him. If one of them did hit him it would most likely crush him to death but Jessica was very careful. She always made sure that the snow boulders landed a safe distance away from him so that he wasn’t crushed. There was no malice or anger with what they were doing. It was all fun and games to them and as long as the work was done no one else seemed to mind. Jessica had once made a snowman that was as tall as her while she had been on a previous visit to the planet and due to the icy temperatures the snowman stood for several months before the snow build up on it caused it to collapse.
The girls were still chatting and Jessica took a big sip out of her drink. Her drink was the size of a barrel and she could drink gallons with a single gulp. Normally for a giantess it would be insanely expensive to go out and have a drink but thanks to Park Incorporated and several bar owners she was able to afford all the drinks she wanted. The drinks were similar to alcoholic drinks on Earth but because of Jessica’s accelerated healing ability she only rarely got drunk and that was probably a good thing. A one hundred and twenty plus foot drunk giantess walking down a street was a recipe for disaster, thankfully for the inhabitants of the city Jessica knew when enough was enough and she would never allow herself to be completely drunk. Sue and Chloe were beginning to get drunk themselves but they didn’t become stupid when they were drunk. Instead they just giggled a lot and had to make frequent visits to the restroom.
Tucker continued to sit at the bar while he waited for his drink, he watched as Chloe walked over to him and he noticed that she had the figure of Jenny in her hand. Both women smiled as they walked up to him and he couldn’t help but smile back. He wasn’t being antisocial by sitting by himself. He was just waiting for his drink and due to the level of customers the bar had they were sadly taking some time to complete his drink. He expected Chloe to sit down next to Tucker but instead she just placed Jenny on the bar very close to where he was sitting. He then watched as she walked towards the restroom and then he looked down at Jenny. After spending so much time with Jessica he had felt tiny but now that it was him and Jenny he felt like a giant. She gave him a pleasant smile and she held a tiny drink in her hand. It was scaled down for her and to Tucker Jenny was the opposite of Jessica size wise. He saw her curl her long blond hair as she looked up at him.
“Hi Tucker,” said Jenny in a upbeat voice. She didn’t mind the fact that she had to look up at him. She looked up at everyone else on Home so it made no difference to her.
“Oh hi,” replied Tucker. He was struggling to remember her name. “Jenny is it?”
“Give this guy a prize.” She giggled at her own little joke and Tucker only thought that it was polite to giggle a little back. “So Jessica tells me that you had a bad experience on one of the missions.”
“Yeah we had some trouble when we were on Doloria but thankfully the docs say that we’ll both be fine. I’m just glad that Sue and the others came when they did.” By now his drink had been placed by him but he didn’t get up straight away, he remained seated so that he could continue to speak to Jenny.
“Oh you poor thing. And I bet that Big Jess kissed all your boo boos better again.” She continued to giggle at him. “If she didn’t then I’m more than happy to kiss all of your boo boos away.”
“What?” At first he wasn’t sure of exactly what he had just heard and it took him a moment for him to realise that the tiny woman was flirting with him. He didn’t know how to react at first but all he could see was Jenny smiling up at him.
“You heard me big guy. Maybe later on we can hook up and get to know each other a little better. I know a great place where we can have a bit of alone time.”
He was surprised with how quickly Jenny was coming onto him. He didn’t think any woman would just cut to the chase like that and he couldn’t help but think about what would happen if he went with Jenny right now. He thought that Jessica might allow it but he felt that he would be betraying her in some way. He didn’t think that she would mind too much but he thought that it would be funny to go out with a woman who was only a few inches tall. He feared that he might accidentally crush her or cause her serious injury. He wondered if that’s what Jessica felt whenever she was around anyone. He couldn’t imagine exactly what Jenny had in mind with him.
The conversation had not gone unnoticed by Jessica. Although she was sitting some distance away from where Tucker and Jenny were talking she could see what was happening. Her hearing wasn’t good enough for her to hear exactly what was being said but she knew what her friend was like. She was a notorious man eater and it seemed that she had her next catch. She wasn’t a man eater in the literal sense but the fact that she could hook almost any man that she wanted to and she even had fun with some women from time to time. Despite her lack of size she was able to through partners at an almost impossible rate and it was due to the fact that they couldn’t keep up with her. Her tiny body was so full of energy that she never seemed to stop.
Jessica crossed her arms and glared over at Tucker and Jenny and Sue noticed the change in her friend’s mood and she could also see what was happening at the bar. She thought that Jenny was going to get her man as she normally did but as she looked at Jessica she couldn’t help but giggle.
“Look at that little pipsqueak chatting up Tucker,” said Jessica quietly. She was not liking what she could see and she continued to keep her arms and legs crossed. She made sure that her dress covered her panties, she didn’t want to be embarrassed. “Does she really think that he’ll fall for her charms?”
“Well you know Jenny,” replied Sue. She had been able to climb onto Jessica’s knee and they both watched the couple. “When she has her eyes on a man she won’t quit until she’s his.”
“She’s got another thing coming. Tucker’s too smart to fall for her charms.” As she continued to watch she could see Tucker smiling and it only seemed to annoy her even further. Sue looked up at her giant friend and she began to giggle again.
“Oh my dear Jess, is that a hint of jealousy I see?”
“What no.”
“You have a crush on Tucker don’t you.”
“Of course not. He’s just a friend.” She didn’t know whether she was trying to convince herself or Sue. “Why would you say something like that?”
“Oh no reason. Maybe it’s the fact that you’re jealous of Jenny chatting up your man. Or maybe it’s the fact that you’re blushing.”
It was true what Sue was saying. Jessica quickly took an oversized mirror out from her bag and saw that she was indeed blushing. She didn’t know what to feel right now, either jealousy or embarrassment. She had considered Tucker to be just a friend but she knew that there was something deep within herself that wanted it to be more than that. She had only known him for a short amount of time but she had developed feelings for him although she had not shown it to anyone.
“I’m not blushing,” lied Jessica. She was still trying to fool both herself and Sue but it didn’t seem to be working. “It’s just really warm out here tonight.”
“Yeah sure it is Jess.” She continued to laugh. The thought that Jessica had a crush on Tucker was very amusing to her. “That’s why everyone else is wearing coats and jackets. Funny clothes to wear when it’s so warm.” She tapped her foot on Jessica’s knee in a playful manner. “Maybe everyone here isn’t as resistant to the coldness as you. Or it could be that you have a crush on Tucker.”
“I do not.” She looked down quite angrily at Sue but she saw her friend continue to giggle at her. She wasn’t angry with her friend, she was just annoyed that Jenny was flirting with Tucker like she did with the other men she wanted.
“You totally do Jess, don’t try and kid yourself. I saw how concerned you were after your mission on Doloria. And I heard about you took him for a little picnic the other day. I’ve known you for too long Jessica Snape. The only other men you’ve ever taken on picnics were the ones you liked to make out with.”
“That is so untrue. I just wanted to thank him for not revealing anything to the Dolorians.” She sighed and her expression changed. “He could have given away secrets that could have jeopardised everything that the company does. He would have saved himself a lot of trouble and pain if had just told them what they wanted to know but he didn’t. For that I’ll forever be thankful and if a picnic is enough to show my gratitude then so be it.”
“So you didn’t kiss him on your picnic.”
“Err well…” Although the picnic had gone differently than it had done previously it still ended with the game of Hide And Seek and the following kiss. Everything else about the picnic had gone differently, their conversations had been completely different and there had been nothing to interrupt them.
“You did didn’t you?” It seemed that everything that Sue was saying was true and Jessica couldn’t deny it. She didn’t want to admit yet that Tucker was winning her over and it would cure the loneliness that she had been suffering since the death of her last husband.
That was another factor of Jessica’s abilities that she saw as a curse. She was large enough to protect any of her friends, families and lovers from but there was one thing that she was powerless to protect them from. The one thing that Jessica couldn’t protect her loved ones from was time. Although the people of Home had health care that was far beyond anything on Earth they were still mortal beings and eventually every man and woman on the planet would die. They had the technology to extend a person’s life but they could not make a person live forever. Even Jessica with her slow aging abilities she too would eventually die but not before every living thing currently on Home. She would look around and everyone she saw she knew that she was going to outlive them. It wasn’t too far off for a person to live to a hundred years on Home, Jessica knew that she had around three millennia before she would die of old age. She knew that she would watch thousands of loved ones grow old and die in that time. She also didn’t know how it would affect her memory. There were parts of her early childhood that she was beginning to forget. She had been able to remember them some years before but as the memories were getting older they were starting to slip from her mind. Another reason why she kept her pictures of her loved ones was that if she didn’t have pictures of them she would slowly forget their faces. Sadly she didn’t have any pictures of her mother and since it had been over two hundred years since she had died over that time her face had been slowly fading out of Jessica’s memory. She would only see her face now in dreams but she would instantly forget it the moment she woke up. She still had a very good memory of events of her life but she knew that as the centuries began to add up slowly and slowly she would forget.
“Ok so I kissed him,” admitted Jessica. “It doesn’t mean that I want to have sex with him, he’s just a very good friend and I wanted to show him how much his sacrifice had meant to me.”
“I bet you made him play hide and seek for it first.” Sue was still grinning as she watched Jessica blush even more. “Oh Jess you’re so predictable. And you know what happens after you’ve played hide and seek with a man.”
“Not necessarily.” She knew what Sue was talking about and she wanted to nip that bud as soon as possible. “I’ve played hide and seek with a few different men.”
“And how many of them ended up in your panties?” She saw as the embarrassment continued to show on Jessica’s face. She knew that practically every man that Jessica had ever played hide and seek with normally ended up being a lover or a husband. She saw nothing wrong with that but she found it funny that Jessica was trying to deny it. She didn’t know whether her friend had been in denial or that she had never clocked the two together. “Got you there my little friend.”
“Oh shut up about it.” This statement had been more out of annoyance rather than anger or contempt. Sue knew that Jessica didn’t mean it as an insult and instead she just laughed at her overgrown friend.
“Ok I’ll shut up about it but you know I’m right.”
Jessica ignored Sue’s last comment and continued to look at Jenny flirting with Tucker and much to her horror he seemed to be falling for it. She tried not to imagine what would happen if the pair actually hooked up. It wasn’t Jenny’s health that she was worried about, it was Tucker’s. She remembered what happened to many of Jenny’s former partners, she was very strong for her size and most of them couldn’t keep up with her. Even Jessica didn’t know whether she could keep up with Jenny, even with the unimaginable size difference between the pair. They were just lucky that Home had eradicated all Sexually Transmitted Diseases some centuries ago so Jenny had no chance of catching one or transmitting it to someone else.
After another few minutes Jessica noticed Chloe return from the rest room and she walked back to where Jessica was sitting but the reunion would be short lived. As Jessica looked at the time she realised that it was late and she had a very busy morning. She had an extremely important mission to complete tomorrow along with training a few junior agents. It had been some years since she was assigned her own junior agent but she could still train a group of them during training sessions. She was famous for being gentle with but she was strict as well. She didn’t wouldn’t give any of them a pass until she was satisfied that they deserved it. The last thing she wanted to do was to approve a junior agent if they were not ready for field exercises. Many of her former trainees remembered her fondly and even when they became full agents they would still come to her for advice whenever they needed it. She was definitely a more pleasant trainer then some of the other agents. Never once did she raise her voice to any of the trainees and she would also talk to them in a gentle sweet voice. If any were intimidated by her size she always made sure that she made herself as unintimidating as possible. There was even one junior agent who had a fear of heights and Jessica had helped him to overcome the fear and become a great agent. It was especially useful for him since his ability was to fly. He had wings like a bird and if he had been on Earth he would have been mistaken for an angel.
“Sorry girls I’ve gotta call it a night,” said Jessica still trying to hide her blushing. “Tucker and I have a busy day tomorrow and a girl needs her beauty sleep.”
“You’re not just saying that because Jenny’s about to reel in Tucker?” replied Chloe. Much like Sue, Chloe had noticed that Jessica was taking a particular liking to Tucker.
“No seriously I have an important mission and Tucker has been requested by Professor Trump.” At first it did seem to be a lie but it was in fact the truth. Jessica’s mission in the morning was extremely important and could lead to several more developments for the people of Home. She looked down at Chloe and gave him a smile. “Can you do me a solid and tell Tucker that we need to leave. I don’t want to shout over to him or just pick him up, you know men and their pride.”
“Sure big girl.”
Chloe did as she was asked when she walked over to Tucker and told him that it was time to leave. He did take a moment to finish his drink before walking back over to Jessica. He took a quick look at Jenny while he walked away and he heard her tell him to call her. He thought about what it would be like to have a relationship with someone who could fit into the palm of his hand. He wondered how Jessica was able to have relationships with men who were so much smaller than her. He knew that someone like her couldn’t be single her entire life and he highly doubted that she was a virgin. He did wave goodbye to Jenny before he had left her and she had given him a pleasant smile and wave back. He did like blondes but he had a thing for brunettes.
As soon as he reached Jessica she gently picked him up and rested him in her hand. By now he was not scared to be carried by a giantess. He had gotten used to it by now and he didn’t mind that his life was in her hands. He trusted her completely and she had given him no reason not to trust her.
As they both said their goodbyes Jessica stood up to her full height and began to walk away from the bar. A few people watched her leave but most of them just carried on with their drinks. They had seen her so often that they didn’t consider her an oddity, to them she was just a normal person who happened to be taller than everyone else. From time to time she would still have people ask her for autographs or a picture and she had yet to refuse one. She even had her own fan club who would send her fan mail and she would sometimes meet them if the members gathered in one place. Many of the agents had their own fan clubs but hers had the most members. She thought that many of them would only like her for her body but there were an equal amount of women as much men. The club had been going for almost as long as she became a giantess and she remembered one touching story from a few years back. One of the members of her fan club had be a short sixteen year old girl who had been teased for her lack of height. She reminded Jessica very much of herself before she was injected with the Jones serum. After an inspirational visit and conversation with Jessica the girl miraculously began to grow. When she stopped growing two years later she was six and a half feet tall and no one ever called her short again.
As Jessica walked down the street she was always cautious with where she was placing her huge feet and that she didn’t accidentally walk through any wires or knock over any signs. The cars around her were too high up for her to have to worry about them. On a few occasions there were a few near misses but those were from drivers who were flying below the recommended safe altitude. Tucker was comfortable in Jessica’s hand and he was disappointed that they had to leave so early. He looked up at Jessica and tapped the palm of her hand so that she could get her attention. It worked immediately when Jessica looked down at him.
“What is it Tucker?” asked Jessica. She was more concentrating on where she was going. One careless mistake could cause a disaster and she wanted to avoid it as much as possible. She looked back up to where she was going but she was still listening to him.
“Why did we leave so early?” replied Tucker. He had enjoyed talking to Jenny and he thought that if the conversation had gone for a minute longer both of them would have had some fun that night. “Jenny was chatting me up and if you don’t mind me saying it has been a while since I’ve been with a woman like that.”
“Come on you’re like hundreds of times her size.” She didn’t like what she was hearing and her jealousy was beginning to grow.
“I know but you know what they say ‘Love comes in all shapes and sizes’.” He began to laugh a little and it only made Jessica become even more jealous.
“You know that you won’t be her first, or her twenty first.” She hoped that she had been saying the right thing. She didn’t want to call her friend a whore.
“Most likely but it still would have been fun.” He paused for a moment as he continued to look up at Jessica. She was still concentrating on where she was going and she had to step over a parked car. If she had not been careful she would have accidentally crushed it and it would have been hard to deny that she had done it. “Why did we have to leave early?” He felt that he needed to ask the question again since he did not have his answer before.
“I have an important mission in the morning and I don’t wanna oversleep. After everything that’s happened recently I really don’t want to make any more mistakes.”
“Oh cool where are we going this time. Are we going to a planet with giant mushrooms? Or maybe one where everyone stands on their heads?”
“I’m sorry Tucker but only I can go this time. It’s far too dangerous for you to go.”
“What are their hostile aliens because if they try anything they can meet my friends Donny and Frank.” He lifted his fists up in front of him and he hoped that this little joke would make Jessica smile but she didn’t laugh. She was too busy concentrating and her jealousy had yet to subside.
“It’s not that Tucker. I’m going to a planet that has no atmosphere and is completely lifeless. The company wants to test some recently terraforming technology and since I’m one of their most trusted agents they want me and a few others to install the equipment. If the test is successful then a brand new settlement could be opened up for us.”
“Terraforming?” He had heard the word before but he couldn’t quite click on what it meant. He felt silly because he couldn’t remember but he was sure that Jessica would fill in the blanks of his memory.
“You know terraforming. We’ll be creating an artificial atmosphere so that can support life and it is a highly delicate process. One wrong move and it could potentially destroy the planet. Thankfully we’ve picked a planet that has no potential of life so that nothing living is destroyed.”
“So if you’re going on your mission what’ll happen to me?”
“Don’t worry about that. You’ll be having a pleasant conversation with Professor Trump. He’s a Professor who studies your planet and keeps a record of its history and culture.”
“Wait there are people here who actually study Earth?” He was amazed with this information and he wanted to hear more.
“Oh yes there are several top Professors who keep records of everything to do with your home planet. Whenever an agent goes to Earth the data collected is relayed back to them and they compile it and study it. Professor Trump has wanted to see you ever since you first came to Home but his work has kept him occupied. But now you and he have the perfect opportunity to speak. He’s never actually met a member of your species and I’m sure that you’ll have a lot to talk about.”
Tucker thought about seeing this Professor. He still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that the Earth was studied like that. He felt that he personally had been spied upon by these so called professors but he had to admit that it would be interesting to actually meet him. He thought that it would be like a palaeontologist actually meeting a dinosaur. He wondered what kind of questions he would be asked but he didn’t know all that much on all the world’s cultures. He hoped that he didn’t have to explain an Aborigine funeral or anything like that. If they asked him about football then he would be their man.