----- The week after recovery

I was back to work by now only to give my two weeks notice on Monday. Nobody wanted to see me leave and I couldn't blame them; I'd miss them all too. Yo wanted to keep in touch and of course that would be no problem. I invited everyone to come see me sing on Fridays forever.

Cindy seemed to be down in the dumps whenever she left for work but was all perky and happy otherwise. We worked on recordings a lot, trying to get everything right. Wednesday night she came with me to help me find a new guitar. I couldn't find one to my satisfaction, so I'm still looking.

Thursday night it was more practice with Sharon. We were starting to gel. I think we still needed work but it was a start. She and Julie were snickering over some event that happened in the office that they wouldn't tell me about until after our practice session.

Some guy had been arguing with the boss over a contract or something like that. He wasn't very big, being about Sharon's size which would put him about five feet one inch tall and only about up to Julie's stomach.

This little (that's a relative term) guy started getting loud. Sharon had asked him to be civil but he yelled obscenities back at her too. This, of course, upset Sharon. How could anyone do such a thing to such a nice gal? Inconceivable. Julie thought so too so she confronted the guy.

She had apparently got real close to him to where she couldn't even see him under her boobs. He pushed her. She then grabbed him at the elbows and lifted him up so they were eye to eye.

"Don't you ever yell your filth to my friend again. Understand?"

It must have been pretty intense. Certainly too tense for the guy -- his pants turned dark around his crotch as his bladder let loose.

Julie dropped the loser and he ran away. Everyone at the office was talking about the incident the rest of the day.

"I hope you washed your hands after that, Julie.", I said.

"You better believe I did."

"Are you ok?"

"Sure. He's the one that's not."

"I mean, your state of mind. You weren't too angry, were you?"

"I was furious, Sam. But don't worry, I was in control. In fact, better. I was enjoying it."

"I hope you don't enjoy that sort of thing too much."

"Why? Are you afraid of me doing that to you?"

"No."

"Really? What would you do in that situation?"

"I wouldn't piss myself, that's for sure. I'd fart."

"You'd what?"

"You know how bad that smells. You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?"

"No, I wouldn't. I don't think I'll be picking on you, Sam."

"Besides, I know how to do this.", I said as I found that spot where she was ticklish.

"Ah ha ha. That's no fair. Ha, ha, ha."

"See? I have nothing to be afraid of with you."

"Okay. Ha, ha. Okay. You win. Stop."

"Oh, Sam. You're bad.", Sharon said.

"Sorry. I can't let her get the best of me. Tell me though, what the hell was that guy arguing about?"

"Some stupid business thing. I think he was mad because we reported him to the credit bureaus."

"You probably won't be getting his business again."

"It's ok. We don't want it. He was like six months over due on payments."

"Wow, Miss Julie. You're my hero.", Cindy said.

"Mine too.", Sharon echoed.

"I guess you did good, kiddo.", I told her. "I'm proud of you."

"You are, Sam?"

"Absolutely."

Her smile was a mile wide upon hearing this. Julie was getting more sure of herself and becoming comfortable with her size. Except for bumping into the top of doorways, that is. I wanted to do something nice for her -- something long overdue.

"You're coming out with me Saturday."

"Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

"A restaurant?"

"No. Stop guessing. You'll find out soon enough, Julie."

Sharon and Cindy were looking at each other. They were wondering too.

Our treatment sessions Tuesday and Friday were uneventful. This was the last regular week. The group was too close to just up and end things, so we all set a date a month from the last day plus one when we would get together again; that would put it on a Saturday. I offered my house for the get together.

Friday at Mike's was a first for me -- I sang a song that I had written -- and also a first for Julie. My new song was about Julie. We kept her from hearing it when we practiced so this was a big surprise for her.

     Julie, Julie, Julie.
     You're towering great big cutie.
     Come closer, kiss me, make my life complete.

     Julie, Julie, Julie.
     You have such great beauty.
     Since you came back to me everything's upbeat.

     ...

There's a few more verses I won't bore you with, but you get the idea. For me, this was really sticking my neck out. Performing is one thing. But performing your own song is another. Sometimes I think that it's stupid. If anyone else had thought that I'd have been devastated. But I pushed myself and perform it anyway. The rewards were too great.

I had planned this with Sharon and Cindy -- they wouldn't let me back out. And that's what friends do: push each other to excel. Right? And I was going to push Tee into getting herself back on track too.

And speaking of tracks, we submitted the song, which we had recorded earlier that week, to the internet song service. There people could download it to their devices; only they would have to know it was there and we hadn't told anyone yet. We also submitted two more songs we recorded. We weren't expecting anything great, but it was good to finally say, "We did it."

So, Teagan was there. It was great to see that she was getting out and we had a little chat after the performance.

"You two were good tonight."

"Thanks, Tee. Are you having fun?"

"I suppose so."

"I told you that you'd have fun."

"I need something to drink."

"They don't serve alcohol here."

"I know."

"Just stay away from their dark brew: Puff the Magic Dragon."

"Why?"

"It'll make your knees turn green."

"Ew. It will?"

"He's kidding, Tee. That's just Sam's stupid humor.", Sharon told her.

"Yeah, I get it. I'm starting to get used to that."

"Uh, oh.", I said. "She's onto me."

"We all are."

I shrugged. When we went to mingle Sharon asked me, "What're we going to do with her tonight?"

"I don't know. What do you propose?"

"I figured we could take her home then I'd come back with you."

"That's fine. You're staying over then?"

"I planned on it. You're not going to invite Tee over for the night, are you?"

"I don't think so. You want me to ask?"

"No. Let's just take her home. I mean what if she finds out?"

"Finds out what?"

"It wouldn't be good if she knew we were sleeping together."

"I think she already suspects."

"Is she upset about it?"

"I don't really know. I wouldn't worry about it."

"She's my friend. I don't want to hurt her. Maybe we should cool it."

"If you really think so."

"I don't know, Sam."

"You can still come over. Jill is spending the night. She'd love to have you."

"I'd love it too. Maybe it would be a good thing to spend some time with Jill."

"Whatever you want, Sharon. We'll probably have to tell Tee some time."

"Ok, but later."

"Sure."

Sharon was acting a little weird but it was all about Teagan. I didn't want to upset Tee either so we decided not to sleep together, at least for a little while.

That night Cindy and I ganged up on Julie in bed. Feeling good about her song, she wanted me to be the center of attention that night but Cindy and I had other ideas. We both took the same leg, kissing and licking, then we would suddenly stop and go to the other leg. We worked our way up then we took turns on Julie's clit. Mental note: measure that thing again. I think it's still growing.

We ended up with me fucking Julie at the same time as Julie fucking Cindy. I had a hold of Cindy around her chest. Say what you will about having a hand full of overflowing big tits; little ones still feel great in your hands too. Julie was going crazy and both Cindy and I were along for the ride.

We had a great nights rest. Julie was certainly feeling good about Friday. But Saturday would bring more surprises for her.


----- Saturday

Late morning I left Erin, Jill, Sharon, Cindy, and Fred behind as I took Julie with me in the car. Julie had no idea where we were going which made the surprise all the more ... surprising. Anyway, we arrived.

"Well, here we are."

"Here? This is a parking lot, Sam."

"Yep. What do you see?"

"Cars."

"Exactly."

"You really have gone nuts. Are you still feeling ok?"

"Come with me.", I said getting out of the car. She had a hard time un-pretzeling herself from the confines of my car, but finally emerged unscathed.

"There.", I said, pointing. "What do you see now?"

"A car dealership."

"Yep. That it is."

"Oh my God, Sam. Are you going to get a new car?"

"No. You are."

"I can't afford a new car."

"I have a signing bonus from my new job. It'll make a good downpayment. The monthlies then will be a piece of cake for you."

"Sam, I can't believe you're doing this."

"You need it."

"What kind of car?"

"One that fits. Let's go."

As we walked into the dealership everyone stared. I mean everyone. People stopped talking and the place went silent.

"We'd like to look at some new cars.", I said to no one in particular. A brave soul -- or perhaps a really hard up or hard nosed salesman -- came up to us.

"So, what're you looking for?"

"Maybe a truck or SUV. Something big."

"Of course you are. Come with me. I'll check the computer and see what we have. What were you looking to spend?"

We went through the motions. I'm sure I must have seemed like some kid to this guy; but a knowledgeable one. He tried every trick in the book, but I had been through this before.

"We'll that's ok. We're looking to get something soon but it can wait."

"If you buy a car today I can guarantee you the best deal."

"I'm looking for a place that will give us a good deal every day."

"Well, that's us."

"Good. We'll come back tomorrow."

"No, no, no. That's ok. No need to. How about I get you the keys to try this nice SUV we saw on the screen? This sucker is huge. You'll love it."

We finally got our chance to test drive some of the vehicles. It turns out the salesman had fun riding with Julie doing the driving. What he thought of the two of us who knows. I'm sure he was just aching to ask us questions but was afraid of losing a sale.

In the end we decided on a nice mid-sized SUV. The driver seat had more room than the bigger one with four rows of seats. And this mid-sized one was loaded too.

He did the 'make us wait forever' thing but in the end I was able to get a pretty decent deal. That poor salesman didn't know what to make of me doing the negotiating. After another hour or two we had a new SUV and three years of car payments. Julie was ecstatic.

"Sam, this car is so nice."

"You'll have to drive home without me unless we leave my car here."

"That's ok. Can I take it to show Mom?"

"It's your car. You can do whatever you want with it."

"I can't wait to show everyone."

"Let's go home. You can take everyone out this afternoon."

She was very happy, and that's an understatement. It was her first new car. It was silver, and the seats were leather and smelled really nice. They were heated too. And there were all kinds of electronic gizmos. I wanted to read the owners manual. Julie couldn't understand why. Sheesh, girls. The best part: she could fit inside in relative comfort.

We all piled in and went to see Mom. Mom even came for a ride. That was eight of us and we all fit -- three in each of the back two seats and two up front. That would be Julie driving and Mom in the passenger seat. Jill would have been riding there, but of course, Mom had preference. She was so proud of Julie.

During Saturday and Sunday Julie made every excuse she could think of to use the new SUV. I wish I could have gone out with her on every trip but I wanted to make use of the time with Sharon for singing. We did get out to look at more guitars on Saturday night. Julie drove.

I was thankful for Sharon staying over Friday night. I wanted to get over to see Teagan but Fred took her home. I'd be seeing Tee plenty the coming week.


----- Teagan's first week of treatment

The new clinical trial sessions for treatment of Borgford's disease were now on Mondays and Thursdays. I had a full car bringing Jill, Cindy and Tee with me. We were all excited, except Teagan; she was nervous.

"Relax, Tee. You'll like it."

"You're very sure about that, aren't your?"

"Only if you like getting stuck with needles, Tee.", Cindy said. Damn, Cindy. Don't scare her away. But it turned out to be ok -- Tee was cool with needles.

Jill and Tee pretty much talked the whole ride over. I was happy that Teagan was getting back into the swing of things, but damn, that girl can talk.

We arrived. Tee went through getting all the paperwork complete, had interviews, and an initial physical which included measuring her height: three feet one inch tall. A bit depressing, but at least she was over three feet tall.

Cindy and I did our things. We were the first ones to get stuck this day and could have left early too but we both stuck around and met all the new people in the group and waited for the big group session at the end. Unlike when Cindy and I went through, there were more guys this time: four guys and three gals.

All were in their early twenties, although one of the girls -- Ava -- was nineteen. She was three feet ten inches tall and Emma (or just Emm to her friends) the tallest in the group, was only four foot two. There was, of course Teagan. Yes, this group was shorter than ours.

The guys included Jacob, three eleven, the tallest of the guys, Alex and Matthew (Matt), both of them three six, and Caleb was three foot three inches tall. Tee was the smallest. I felt a little bad for her.

To Tee's credit, she wasted no time in introducing herself to the others. Cindy and I got acquainted with all of them too. They had lots of questions. Especially Matt. He seemed to want my answers most of all. I guess he just wasn't too interested in what Cindy had to say. Chauvinist.

Right before the big group end session that they always have, Jill came out to meet everyone. They were amazed at her size. Ha, wait until they meet Julie. Jill took interest in Caleb immediately. He was the smallest guy Jill had yet known. I can only imagine what was going through her head.

Cindy and I recounted our stories and warned everyone to stay healthy lest the meds would't be able to do their thing. I also invited them to Mike's on Fridays.

All in all I think it went great. On the ride home I asked Tee about it.

"You were right, Sam. It was pretty cool to meet everyone. But I'm still the smallest. This sucks."

"Sorry, Tee. But you all might still shrink.", I said.

"They mentioned we all might lose and inch or two until the meds kick in. With my luck it'll be at least a couple."

"Cheer up, Tee. What did you think of the guys there?"

"Eh. They're ok."

"Which one do you like best?"

"I don't know. What are you trying to do? Fix me up with one of them?"

"Not really. But they seem ok to me. You could do worse."

"Ugh. I don't need a matchmaker."

"Ok, ok. I'll leave it alone. What did you think of the doctors?"

"They were ok. Everything was ok, Sam. I'm just tired."

"I guess it's been a long day. Most of the time the sessions won't last this long."

"That's a good thing. So, what did you think of the girls?"

"That would be Ava and Emm. They're fine."

"I think they're both taller than you, Sam.", she giggled.

"Yes, they are. I bet you find that pretty funny."

"Sorry. I need to ignore that sort of thing. I'm trying to be more sensitive."

"I used to be taller than Cindy. We're the same size now."

"You still shrunk? Even on the meds?"

"I told you that you need to take care of yourself."

"You didn't take care of yourself?"

"He got sick, Tee. Remember? He had pneumonia.", Cindy said.

"I lost a whole five inches, Tee."

"That was your fault.", Cindy said.

Tee wasn't laughing anymore.

"It's alright, Tee. It probably won't be the last time that happens.", I said.

"So, even with the treatment you can still shrink?"

"If you abuse your health, sure. Promise me you'll take care of yourself. Ok?"

"Yeah. I will."

"I was taller than all of the people in your group before I caught pneumonia."

"You're still taller than me."

"You should't judge people by their stature."

"I know. I know."

I dropped her off, then I drove Jill to her house and Cindy and I went home.

"What do you think of the new group, Sam?"

"They're a lot like our group. More boys than girls but that's just chance."

"They were smaller than all of us."

"So?"

"Do you think that's just chance too? Maybe it's a trend?"

"What? Like the later you get it the smaller you get?"

"Maybe the virus is getting stronger?"

"I don't know. We'll ask the doctors next time. It's probably is just pure chance."

"I'm sure you're right."

"What did you think of the new people in the group?"

"Pretty much what you said."

"I'm sure we'll get to know them better as time goes on."

And yes, everyone was more familiar for Thursday's session. Matt said he really wanted to come see me play at Mike's on Friday but couldn't make it. Ava wanted to come but wasn't sure she'd make it either. Tee would be the only one from the new group who committed to being there. We sort of twisted her arm about it but if she really wanted to I'm sure she'd have bowed out.

As it turned out, Ava did make it out on Friday. She sat with Tee and Cindy. I can imagine what they were telling her about me. Michele also showed up, but more about that later. Fred took Tee home that night and it was another end to a long week.

Next week I'd be starting the new job. But first, I would say goodbye to all my old friends at work.


----- Michele

So, also this week, Michele had started working her new job with us. I was at the office for a short while Monday and so was able to welcome Michele to the company. She was definitely excited -- much like Julie with her new car. Unfortunately this would be my last week there.

On Tuesday Michele's workgroup all had lunch together. She invited me along and I accepted, even though I'm not really part of that group. They mostly do web apps; I do native apps. But I knew everyone and it was nice to get out. They used this as an unofficial farewell to me from that particular group.

Michele was interested in hearing all about the people at her new job from me. It was also at that luncheon that Michele invited me out to dinner. She wanted to show her appreciation for helping her get the new job. I figured what the hell, I wouldn't be seeing her anymore, at least not at work, so we set a date for Wednesday night.

I told Cindy about it that night.

"Uh, oh.", was her response.

"What's wrong?"

"She wants in on you."

"Aw, not you too. You've been talking with Gail, haven't you?"

"About Michele? No."

"Why would you say that, then? She just wants to thank me for helping her get her new job."

"I hope so."

"Well, so what? It's not like we'll be working together. What do you care? Are you jealous?"

"No. I don't want you to get hurt."

"You really think that could happen?"

"I don't know."

"Give Michele a little more credit. You know her."

"I saw how she looked at you before."

"Ok. Let's say we do hook up. Like you and I. Would you be upset?"

"I'll have to think about that."

"Oh, Cindy. Whatever happens, it won't affect what I have with you."

"Well, I'll still have Julie."

"You'll still have me too."

"Ok, Sam. Just be careful."

"Don't worry. I'll be telling Julie about it when she gets back."

"What if Julie doesn't want you to go?"

"Then I won't go."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"You and Julie have such a unique relationship."

"That's the truth."

And Julie, of course, had no problems with it. It was a nice supper Thursday night that I had with Michele. We ate at an Italian restaurant called Luigi's. It turns out she loves Italian food and goes to this little restaurant often enough that the staff knows her by name. We talked of work. We talked of our treatment group and the new one with Tee. We talked of a bunch of other things. I came to find out that the guy that gave her the virus was none other than Jacob Tiswell. That's the Jacob in Tee's group. She made me promise not to tell him about her, especially her new job. "No problem.", I assured her.

It made me wonder about the girl that I caught the virus from. I had narrowed it down to three because that was the only three people I could have possibly received it from. Of the three I had my suspicions who it was though. We didn't talk about it but I was thinking about this more and more and wondered how that person was getting along. I made a mental note to call some of my friends from college and see how they were doing.

One consolation about being small is that you don't need to eat very much. Although the restaurant didn't really permit people doing this, they still let Michele and I order kids meals. It helped that they took a liking to her long ago. I doubt I could have pulled that one off alone. We did get big deserts -- cheese cake and apple pie a la mode. Guess who got the pie a la mode.

Contrary to Gail and Cindy's fears, the most salacious thing to happen that night was that we kissed goodbye. I had to get up on my toes to kiss her, but she was only about six inches taller; not a couple of feet taller. We promised to keep in touch, and true to that promise Michele came to Mike's that Friday night to see me.

I invited her over to the house with us Friday night but she had other plans and so it was just Erin, Julie, Jill, Cindy, and I back home. Oh yeah, we all rode in one car; a certain brand new, silver SUV. Fred took Sharon and Tee back home again. It was a far cry from some of the Friday parties we've had in the past. The weekend was also a fairly quiet one.

Sharon came over Saturday to practice with Tee. Not much to say. Things were going well.

Cindy and I had our fun with Julie that weekend. She was still high from her new car and nothing could have upset her in the state of mind she was in. Life was good.