I stayed quiet in the pocket of Nicole's back pack during the bus ride just listening to chit chat and laughter among the teenagers.
The bus arrived at school and the movement began again as Nicole walked to class.
The flap opened and I saw the pretty face of my sixteen year old stepdaughter looking down at me.
How's it going in there so far, she says. I give her the thumbs up. She smiles down at me and says, Stay hidden, I don't want to lose you, and closes the flap.
She puts the back pack down and I can tell we are in a classroom, I can't help but climb up and peak out of the flap. I jump as right in front of me is a pair of giant feet in flip flops. I can't see who they belong to, I can only see under the desk, I realize Nicole put her back pack under her chair so I am real close to the girl's feet at the desk behind Nicole.
The room gets dark as the lights turn off and I hear the teacher say they will be watching a movie today.

The movie has been playing for a while now so I just sat in the pocket of Nicole's back pack. All of a sudden the pocket pushed in on me pressing me against the wall of it, my breath was forces from my lungs, What the fuck was crushing me!
The pressure stopped and I could breathe again. I quickly climbed to the top to look out and was horrified to see a giant toe right over my head. It was the girl sitting behind Nicole, She was absentmindedly playing with Nicole's back pack with her feet whale watching the movie.

Then the girl's toe lifted the flap and in a panic I let go falling a short distance back into the pocket.
The sour smell of this girl's feet entered the pocket as she continued to play with the flap above me.
Then the toes disappeared, I felt relief, but then the pocket started to crush again. I was pushed in my gut from what I assume to be her big toe over and over again then she must have put her sole on the pocket as my whole body was being crushed . Please stop, please! I begged to myself, this girl could kill me and not even know it. The simple innocent movements of this girl could be my end and Nicole doesn't even know what is happening.
The crushing is relentless, it comes and goes, then she plays with the flap again, I look up and see two of the five giant toes enter the pocket. I crouch down as the toes almost touch the tip of my head.
The powerful toes move back and forth over and over again as the other toes start to crush me from outside of the pocket.

My body is getting a beating from an unaware giant girl and my stepdaughter sitting above me is unaware of this too.
I decide to get out as soon as those giant toes leave, I don't want, to but I am in danger in here.

The toes crush me a little more and I am praying this girl stops long enough for me to climb out.
The big and second toe comes down further bending the top lip of the pocket down with ease.
I am squished into the fetal position as the toes crush me into the bottom of the pocket, They then start to pinch me in between them. My arm gets caught between the girls giant smelly toes and is bent in an awkward position, It feels like it's going to break then she lets go, then her toes plunge forcefully down to the bottom of the pocket sliding against me. Thank god I wasn't under them I surely would have been crushed. But now I was standing and the top of her toes were against me my face being forced in between the big and second toe as she unknowingly was crushing me into the back of Nicole's back pack pocket.

I could hear the muffled sounds of the movie playing outside as this girl was playing with my life.
Just less than a week ago I would never have thought that I would be in this vulnerable position.
Her toes stopped moving but still pinned me against them, my face still in between her toes.
Suddenly the giant toes left, but I knew they would be back so I quickly climbed to the top of the pocket, slipped over the edge and lowered myself to the floor that was not to far down.
I looked over at the giant feet that had tortured me, the toes wiggled as if the girl was bored.
She moved her feet to the back pack again and I ran to the chair leg and watched as the giant feet played with the pocket again, pushing it and kneading it like pizza dough. Thank god I got out of there.

I looked around in the dark room at the sea of feet, some in flip flops, sneakers, flats, boys and girls although this class looked like it had more girls than boys.

I have to get Nicole's attention so she can put me in a safer place.

I walked over to Nicole's grey sneaker and decide to climb onto it. I decide to climb onto the toe section because it is the easiest part to reach.
I climb up onto the tip of Nicole's sneaker and reach the first of her pink laces, then her foot leaches forward like she is stretching. I am barely holding on to her bottom lace as I look up at her stretched out leg up to her white shorts and the bottom of her desk.
Her foot starts to move back and forth and I notice her feet are under the chair in front of her, suddenly her foot hits something, it's another foot and I am throne off her foot and landed on the sneaker she hit.
Sorry Keith, I hear Nicole say. A little ha ha comes from Keith.
My body slid down through the loop on the Nike sneaker and got tangled a bit. Then booming from above, Miss Keller my I go to the bathroom, Yes Keith you may.
God no! I say to myself as I desperately tried to get un tangled. The floor went by as a blur as he walked out of the class into the hall. My body was pointed toward the toe part looking up at the boy who was unaware of me hanging on to his sneaker laces for dear life.
As he walked I could smell his faint foot odor, then he entered the bathroom and I looked up as he stopped at the urinal and unzipped his jeans as I was almost untangled, I looked up again as he started to pee, his member was twice my size shooting his yellow stream down into the urinal.

Just as he finished I got myself free as he walked over to the sink to wash his hands and I flew off his sneaker and went sliding across the floor hitting the wall behind the trash can, I got knocked out, for how long, I don't know. I woke up with a throbbing head.
I have to find Nicole, I should have just stayed on Keith's sneaker and he would have been back with Nicole by now.

I know I am in a boy's bathroom but that's it I have no idea where to find Nicole.
I start to make my way out rubbing my aching head. I crawl on my belly under the door and stand up looking at the empty hall. The I hear it, The movie playing! I run down the hall keeping my body close to the wall, getting closer toward the sound of the movie coming from a nearby classroom.

I slide under the door into the dark classroom scanning the floor for those grey sneakers with pink laces.

I looked around but didn't see Nicole's sneakers, But this was the right place, the same movie was playing. I looked up at the clock, 11:30. Oh shit, I must have been knocked out for a while, I was in the right classroom but a different period and school will be out for the summer in fifteen minutes.
I have a feeling I am fucked unless I show myself to someone, But that could be even worse.

I think if I can carefully make my way quickly around the classroom maybe I can find one of my daughters friends I can trust.
I run carefully to the back of the room and look at all the feet, I scurry around the chairs looking up at the giants to hopefully see a familiar face, but no luck so far.
Then I came to a pair of brown ugg boots, looking up I see the girl has on a mini dress, I continue looking up past her desk and to her face. It's Sara! The girl that was there when Nicole opened up her Birthday present that was ME! So she knows about me, but I do remember she was a little rough with me, but she never held a tiny person before. I have to take the chance, Shit! The movie is ending, I have to get out of sight fast before the lights turn back on. I don't see a back pack but I see she has those boots that have little pouches on the side for a cell phone or whatever. The Velcro flap is open!
I have to somehow get in there. Her leg is very close to the leg of the chair, so I try to shimmy up the thin metal chair leg, It's not easy but I did it, just high enough to drop myself into the little pouch in her boot. I jumped and as luck would have it I made it inside.
The lights came on and I felt the giantess start to move, her leg rubbed against the chair slightly crushing me and knocking the Velcro flap down locking me in. But I felt safe.

I was jostled with each step as Sara took. I had to figure out a way to get her attention, so she can call Nicole, She must be worried sick. I think it would be safer to just sit in here quiet until Sara gets home.
I don't want to risk her finding me with some of her classmates around.

Sara must have been walking home from school as she carried me effortlessly to her home.
She walked in her house shutting the door behind her. Hi mom, Sara called out. Oh Hi honey her mother Cindy said. How was your last day of school, Cindy said. Great! Sara said.

So that is where my boots were, Cindy says to Sara. Sorry mom I borrowed them, te he, Sara said.
Why do you insist on wearing those boots in the summer? Cindy asks Sara.
I like them mom, they go good with my mini dress and they are so soft and comfy inside, Sara told her mother.
But Sara don't they make your feet sweat a lot? Cindy says. Yeh, a little, Sara says.
Just put them back in my closet when you're done with them please, Cindy says.
Sara starts to walk away when her mother calls her, Sara......... Sara(louder), SARA! Um , What, Sara says.
I'm going out shopping with some of the girls in a little while so Amber's mom is going to drive you to Nicole's slumber party ok. And turn those ear buds down, you'll go deff!,Sara's mother says. Sure mom, then turns them back up and heads for her bedroom.

I have to get Sara's attention before she shuts me in her mother's closet, I start yelling but she doesn't hear me. I am just bounced around as Sara walks up the stairs.
The boot starts to move and I hear the scraping sound as Sara's foot pulls out of the boot. I hear the closet door shut leaving me trapped in the boot pouch for who knows how long.
I reach up and try to break the Velcro bond that keeps me trapped in here, but its no use I am staying in here till someone gets me out. I feel so bad for Nicole, she must be so upset that I am lost.
My world is still quiet, I can hear distant voices coming from down stairs as they go about their business unaware of me stuck inside this boot.
I find myself a little sleepy, and doze off.

Suddenly I hear someone enter the room and walking around, I don't know if I should try to yell out or not, I wish I knew who was out there.

The closet door opens and I hear someone moving hangers around, Ahh, This will go good with my jeans. It was Sara's mother ,Cindy!
I can hear her mumbling to herself and feel the boot move a little, Jesus Sara your feet stunk up my friggen boots, Cindy said to herself.
I decide to call out to her, Cindy........ I still hear noises of what sounds like shoes being moved around, I yell louder, CINDY!
All goes quiet and I hear Cindy say, What the hell? I call out again Cindy it's me Billy, Nicole's dad.
Billy? Cindy says. Yes I am in the boot pouch, I need your help!
I hear the loud tearing of the Velcro pouch as Cindy opens it up then looks down at me with her pretty face.
How the hell did you end up there? Did Sara take you form Nicole? I'll kick her ass if she did, Cindy said.
No, no, She didn't, she kind of saved me and doesn't even know it, I said.

I told her the whole story of how I ended up in here, It's my own fault I should have just stayed put, I told her. She just sat on her bed listening to me still in her boot pouch. Billy, Cindy said, If you stayed put you may have been crushed by that girl's foot, you did the right thing by getting out of Nicole's backpack. And Nicole should be more careful with you, Cindy added,

Here lit me get you out of there, Cindy says. I'm just going to tilt the boot and you can just crawl out.
Cindy tilted the giant boot onto its side and I crawled out on to her huge bed.
She then threw the boot on the floor, damn these stink, I don't know why my daughter likes to wear them in the summer, Cindy says with a scrunched up nose. Fashion Cindy, fashion, I said and we both laughed.
Cindy, I need to get back to Nicole, she must be going crazy looking for me, I say.
Um, I have to leave soon, I am going shopping, um........ let me think, Cindy says.
I can call Nicole and Pam can come get you, Cindy said. No, Pam is working till 6:00 and she is picking up pizza for the party on her way home. I said.
Shit it's only 12:30, Cindy said.
Tell you what, I can call Nicole and tell her you are ok and I can send you back home with Sara, she is going to the party anyway, but I will be out and Amber's mom is picking Sara up around 5:00 or so.

That sounds fine, I say.
Well, not really Billy Cindy says. Um, I mean, Sara is my daughter and all but I don't trust her with you, she can be a little, well , Mean..... or controlling.
I looked up at Cindy a little confused. Why do you think that? I say.
Can't be any worse than Pam , I blurted out with out thinking. What, did Pam hurt you? Cindy says looking concerned.
Um, No, Just our relationship was a mess that's all, I said covering for Pam, I don't know why though.
I wish there was a way to get you to Nicole with out Sara knowing, Cindy says.
I could hide in her backpack if she is bringing it with her tonight, I say. No, I won't be here to hide you in it and if I put you in there now she will surely find you when she is packing her stuff in it, Cindy said.

Then Cindy looks down at the boot lying on the floor, Um, I can put you back in that pouch in the boot and If I tell Sara she can wear them I bet she will, I don't think she will even look in the pouch, That is the only thing I can think of, Cindy said.
Well, If that is the only way, I'll try it, I said.
I will call Nicole and tell her where to find you and explain why I didn't want Sara to know.
But if Sara doesn't wear the boots you will just have to stay in there for the night, I won't be back till late, and as it is I will be leaving soon so you could be in there for hours before you get to Pam's, Cindy said.
It's up to you if you want to take that chance, she said.
What if Sara finds me? I said.
I don't know what she'll do, she may be fine or she could hurt you, I just don't know, Cindy said.

Maybe you should just stay here and I can drive you back tomorrow, Cindy said.
I can't do that, Today is Nicole's Birthday, I have to be with her, I said.
Ok, The boot it is then, Cindy says.
What is Nicole's cell number? Cindy asked. I told her and she called Nicole.

"yes Nicole, I will send him with Sara and Amber...... No problem,,,, No they don't know .I'm not sure I trust Sara, she can get rough sometimes so I will hide Billy in the pouch of the boot.
If she decides to wear something else on her feet I will bring Billy over tomorrow ok. You're very welcome, and Happy Birthday! Bye.
Cindy hung up and I was so relieved that Nicole would not be worried. Thank you Cindy, I owe you a big one, I say.
It's no problem, really, Cindy says. Just be careful.
Ok, I have to get going, Cindy says. Before I put you in the boot can you help me with something real quick? she says.
Sure, I say. I don't know what shoes to ware with these as she hold up a pair of jeans still on the hanger.
Sneakers, ankle boots, flats, heels? She says.
Well I would have to see the jeans on you first, It's hard to picture with those yoga you have on, I say.
Ha ha , Ok, I'll change first, Can I pick you up and put you on the floor? You can check out my shoes , Cindy said.
Sure, I said.
I stood up on her bed as her giant hand slowly came at me, her soft palm pressed against my back as the giant digits closed around me pinning my arms at my side then lifting me up. She didn't put me down right away, she lifted me up to her face and just looked at me for a minute with her big blue eyes, You're so cute, I know you don't like being tiny, but you are cute like this, Cindy said with a giggle.
Aww, thank you, I say pretending to be bashful.

Do you have a girlfriend? She asked. Well no, but I do have a date tomorrow night with a girl I met, I said.
Oh, nice! How, .... Um ..... what will you do on your date? She asked.
She is picking me up, literally, I laughed at my own joke, and we are going to her place to watch a movie, I said.

How would you get, um you know.... Romantic, I could feel her hands getting sweaty around me as she asked me these questions. I'm sorry, It's none of my business, Cindy said.
It's just I think you could still make a woman happy even at your size, her grip tightened around me a little.
Probably, I said. But I would rather be normal size.
Oh yah, of course, Here let me put you down and I'll change, Cindy said.
Her giant hand gently lowered me to her bedroom floor, she opened her hand and I stumbled and landed flat on my back on the soft carpet in between her sneakers and looked up at the 42 year old giantess in her yoga pants and tang top as she stood to her full height. For her age she was gorges!
O , I'm sorry are you ok, she said giggling. Ha ha, yes I'm fine, I said still laying on my back.
I must be quite the sight to you from down there, she said. Yes I said, as I turned my head to the side noticing how the sneaker effortlessly crushed the fibers of the carpet next to me.
I stood up and she said, lets see how tall you are compared to me, stand up against my foot.

I thought this was weird, I mean HELLO, It's obvious I'm tiny, but oh well I'll humor her.
I walked a few steps over to her sneaker and stood an inch or so from it, I was almost up to the ankle.
The giant powerful woman looks down at me and said, Wow! You look so cool standing next to me.

Glad you think so, I yelled up to her.
I want to see how tall you are without me having my sneakers on, she said.
Why? I said. But before I knew it she kicked off her sneakers almost hitting me with them and then took off her white cotton ankle socks then placed her bare foot right next to me. She thought her daughter's feet smelled, hers I'm sure were not much better.
Ok, stand up against it, she ordered. I pressed my little body against the inside of her foot, as I touched her foot I heard a soft moan from far above. There, I said I just come up to your ankle bone.
Um,... would you,... um can you touch my feet again? It just felt amazing to have such a tiny person touch them, Cindy said.
I sighed, Sure, I said. I started to kind of rub the side and top of her foot, Oh wow!, Cindy said, That feels so weird and awesome at the same time having your little hands touching my foot, I love that feeling . Oh I'm sorry Billy, they must stink, she said not even moving them hoping I would say it was ok.
I craned my neck looking up at her, Oh god they are awful , I say in a joking manner. No shah, Really? They can't be that bad, Cindy says with a laugh. Oh yes, I say fake coughing and then start to laugh.
You little wise ass, she says. Oh, please Cindy, get them stinkers away, I said laughing.
He he you little shit, I'll show you stinky feet, she says laughing at me.
Her right foot lifts up and she knocks me on my back with her big toe then her foot hovers over me like a giant space craft and she starts to lower it down on me. Her bare foot makes contact with my body and starts to push me down into the carpet. My face was under her sweaty toes, the rest of my body was under the ball of her foot. How do they smell now , she says laughing. She thinks she is joking around with me but I no longer feel that way as the air is forced from my lungs.
Maybe these stinky feet should crush you, she says as she puts a little more pressure on me apparently not realizing a little to her is a lot to me! I panic a little as it's getting very hard to breath under the immense weight.
Just as it was getting hard to breath she lifted her giant foot off of me.
That will teach you for being a wise ass, she said as she walked over to her bed to get the cloths she will change into.
I catch my breath and sit up then stand up. I see the indent of my body and her foot in the carpet.
Are you ok? I didn't crush the wittle wise ass did I? She said laughing.
You almost did, I told her, then I let out a little laugh, no use getting mad at the woman that is trying to help me.
I have to change so turn around, she says making twirling motions with her finger.
I turned around and just walked over to her closet to look at her shoes. She was done by the time I reached the closet. She put on various footwear and told me to choose a pair that looked good with her jeans.
The ankle boots, I say. They look good with your outfit.
Ok, Thanks, Cindy says twirling around me in her ankle boots to model them for me.

Ok, I have to go, I am running late, Sara is out with Amber and should be back soon, you will have to stay in that boot pouch till Amber's mom comes over to pick the girls up and that will be your ticket to get to Nicole.. IF Sara wears the boots.

Ready? Cindy asks me as she lowers her hand to me. Yes, I guess I have to be, I say.
She picks me up between her thumb and index finger and lowers me into the pouch.
Are you sure you want to do this? She asks. Yes, I say, I don't want to miss Nicole's Birthday. I'll take the chance.
Ok, Good luck Billy, she says and closes the flap. Um, Cindy, can you leave the flap open please? I say.
The Velcro tears open and Cindy is looking down at me, I can't leave it open, Sara could easily see you or you could fall out, It has to be shut tight, sorry, Cindy says with a pouty face.
Her giant finger shuts me in and soon I will be at the unaware mercy of her teenage daughter Sara.
I just sit down in the slightly cramped space waiting for Sara, I am getting worried about Sara finding me, I mean if her own mother doesn't trust her.... I don't know,... I wonder if I made the right decision.
I am bored, I think I have been in here for at least two hours. Just the smell of leather, swayed, and a slight foot smell is all that surrounds me.

I drifted off to sleep and was awakened hearing two girls laughter coming from a distance. Sara and Amber must be back.
I can hear them talking down stairs, I start to get nervous and try to get out but it's no use I can't budge the flap. I wasn't scared of Sara before Cindy warned me, but now I find myself sweating, just hoping I will make it to Nicole's in one piece.
I then hear the two voices getting closer, then they are in the room with me.
My body is bumped around the small space as I feel the boot lifting into the air. Like them, My mom called me and said I could have them, I hear Sara say. Wow those are cool, Amber says, Can I try them on? Sure, you can even ware then tonight if you want, Sara says.
I hear and feel the rubbing as Amber's foot glides into the boot right on the other side of the wall that separates me from her foot.
The giant girl walks around unaware of her tiny passenger being bumped around in the boot pouch.
I then hear a car horn beeping , The girls franticly get their stuff together as the car horn beeps again, jees mom I'm coming, Amber says.
I am tossed around as the girls run to the car.
Inside the car I hear Amber's mom, " Amber, Your dad fell off the ladder and hurt his leg, It's not serious but he can't drive. I need to go home and bring him to the hospital but your sister isn't home yet, I need to have you home, she's not old enough to stay by herself. I will drop Sara off at Nicole's, it's right on the way. I'm so sorry Amber, If we get back in time I will bring you to the party."
Aww, but mom Ashley is twelve she is old enough! Honey don't argue with me, It shouldn't take long.
Oh shit what am I going to do now! I can't just revile myself to this girl and Nicole will think I am ok and still at Sara's house if she sees Amber without the boots on.
I wonder if I should just yell for Sara but that could be worse. The car stops and Sara gets out, Bye, I hope your dad is ok, see you later,...... I hope, Sara says as she runs to Nicole's house.
The car stops and I feel my world moving again as Amber runs in the house to wait for her little sister.

I stay totally quiet as Amber goes about her business. I am hoping her mom and dad get home soon so Amber and I can get back to Nicole.
I hear the door open , Hey, I'm home, shouts Ashley. Amber tells Ashley the dad fell off the ladder story and that it's not serous and he just needs it looked at. Ok I hope he will be ok, Ashley says.
I thought you had a Birthday party to go to tonight? Ashley says . Not now, Mom says I have to watch you, Amber says in an annoyed tone.
I am twelve! I think I'll be fine, Ashley says. Well not according to mom, Amber says.
Lets go watch tv, Amber tells Ashley. They walk into the living room and turn on the tv.

So how was your last day of school Ashley? Amber asks. It was great Mrs. Crowley let up play soccer all day then we had ice cream, then after I got home mom let me go over to Steph's house and we played more soccer, it was so fun, now my feet are killing me, Ashley said as she kicked off her sneakers.
Well now there killing me! Amber said. Rub my feet pleeeeease, Ashley says. No!, get those disgusting smelly things away from me, Amber says. Smell them, cone on smell, Ashley says laughing.
Get those away from me, go wash your friggin feet!, Amber says a little mad.
When did you get new boots? Ashley says. They are not new, they are Sara's she is letting me wear them tonight but they are getting hot, Amber said as she pulled the boots off her feet.
I just sat quiet listening to the girls talk then Amber took off the boots, I felt her foot leave the boot and all was still again.

Those are neat, what is that little pouch on the side for, Ashley said. My heart started to beat faster as I heard the girls mention the pouch I was in.
Oh, I never noticed that, must be for a cell phone of something, Amber said.
I have to pee, grab the phone if it rings, Amber said as she got up and walked out of the room leaving the boots me and Ashley alone.
I don't know what to do, I can't let them find me. Then to my horror the Velcro starts to come un done, light pores in and I hear a gasp and as my eyes adjust I see a giant young face of what must be Ashley looking directly at me.