It worked!

William had, once again, successfully talked his way out of something. In this case, he was able to reason with Naomi not to punish his children for his and Mary’s shortsightedness. That might sound great at first… but it was at the expense of him taking their place the next business day in her high heel. The family spent the night together in a locked box on Naomi’s shelf. They huddled together and sobbed quietly until they fell asleep, wondering what they ever did to deserve this. Even Sasha was cuddling and embracing her parents.

Things abruptly changed the next morning when the lock box was opened, and light shined in on them.

“Good morning!” Naomi said, her minty fresh breath wafting over them. “Come here, you,” she smiled and pinched William between her two fingers and stepped away from the lock box keeping the rest of the family imprisoned within.

William landed with a thud on the sole of Naomi’s high heel shoe. It smelled exactly how he expected it to smell; a mixture of leather and scented lotion. William got his bearings, sat up, and looked around anxiously. He knew what he had agreed to, but only now was the full magnitude of what was going to happen starting to hit him.

“Get comfy, Will!” chirped a cheerful Naomi, “We have a lot of work to do today!”

William looked up at the giant woman smiling down at him. She rose to her full height and lifted her foot high above him. The pads of her toes and wrinkles of her sole looked soft and inviting, but William knew that looks were deceiving and he could easily get pulped beneath her sole or toes if he were in a bad spot.

William spoke up, “Let me get beneath your arch so, uh, you can feel me better.” He knew that Naomi’s high arch was probably the safest place to be. It was to his advantage to be there, but he framed it as a favor to his giant boss.

“Good idea!” said Naomi as her toes zoomed past him. “I definitely want to feel you down there,” she said grinning, “so hop to it!”

William climbed the slope of the giant shoe and laid in the safest spot he could find as her toes settled in place below. William looked up and saw the giant heel and sole hanging above him. His breathing became rushed and he started to panic. He was sweating profusely as he anticipated what was to come. The longer Naomi hovered her sole ominously over him, the more William psyched himself out. But it did give him the opportunity to study every line and wrinkle on his boss’s foot. Had the circumstances been different, it would have been an amazing sight.

“Ready?” the giant woman asked, ready to lower her foot onto her tiny assistant. Naomi was looking over her shoulder at the tiny person cowering in her shoe, watching for his response. William’s eyes were closed tight in anticipation. Naomi watched his quivering body nod anxiously and it brought a tiny smile to her face. He was scared, he had never been under Naomi’s foot before; he had only briefly spent some time between her toes. This was going to be a lot different.

But when William didn’t feel anything happening, he opened his eyes to see Naomi looking directly at him; she was waiting for him to acknowledge her. She smiled wickedly and winked at him. Then she dropped her heel suddenly, stopping just before her sole would have touched him. When William saw the massive sky of flesh descending upon him, he tensed up, closed his eyes, and let out a loud whimper.

“Haha!” the giant belted out in laughter “That scare ya?” she asked.

His heart was pounding, and his stomach was sick with panic. When he opened his eyes and realized she was teasing him, he let out a half-broken sigh of relief, even if it was to be short-lived.

“Honestly, I’m glad you’re scared Will,” the giantess teased. “Hopefully, this will teach you to never EVER double cross me again!”

“Please…” William whimpered, “please don’t make me go through with this and I promise, I will NEVER do anything against your wishes again.” Naomi never said he and Mary couldn’t leave Littleton, but he knew that she expected Mary to rampage again.

“Will, the only reason I haven’t crushed you, like I would any other employee of mine, is because I have grown to like you. And I’ve even become fond of Mary as well,” Naomi sneered. “I broke my basic rule for you: never fall in love with, or feel sorry for, tinies. I did both of those things for you, Will! And now you’ve gone and broke my heart, and you’re gonna pay the price!”

“I- I’m-, I had no idea you felt that way… I’m, I’m so sorry.” William felt a twinge of guilt for betraying her trust like that.

“Fuck you, Will! I didn’t even feel anything for my other assistant, what was her name, Sandra? And she worked for me for 7 god damned years! But then you two came along; you had some great ideas and even Mary was willing to be a giantess like me. I thought you guys didn’t hate me like the rest of the human race does. I thought you guys didn’t despise me because of my size. I thought you guys genuinely liked me. But then I found out you’re just like everybody else…”

“Naomi, I’m sorry…” sighed William. He didn’t realize that Naomi was so emotional.

“It’s okay Will,” Naomi paused and smiled, “I’ve forgiven you.”

William looked up in surprise, “You- you have?” He began to breathe normally as a rush of calm came over him. “So, you weren’t really going to wear me in your shoe all day? It was just a joke?”

“What?” she asked in surprise, “Hell no, William, you’re still going in my shoe all day. Just because I’ve forgiven you doesn’t mean that you get off scot free! That wouldn’t make sense, would it now? You still have to be punished.”

William’s heart nearly dropped into his stomach; he had just been on a rollercoaster of emotions in the last 5 minutes. First, thinking that he was going to get stepped on, then, thinking it was all just a joke, and then finding out it really was going to happen! His mind and body were exhausted, and Naomi hadn’t even started yet!

“Ready Will? For real this time?” asked Naomi, lowering her sole painstakingly slow. William closed his eyes and tensed up again, preparing for untold amounts of pressure.

“Haha, this is fun!” chuckled Naomi as she stopped her foot yet again.

William opened his eyes to see the sky of flesh of her sole hovering above him, albeit much closer now. He couldn’t see his boss’s face anymore but could hear her laughing and giggling. Her skin was so close that William could see tiny droplets of moisture beginning to form, and the smell of peaches started to fill the air. William was too scared to even be mad at her.

“Okay, I’m just kidding after all…” smirked Naomi, lifting her foot away from William.

“Really?” asked William in surprise, “for real this time-,”

“Nah,” Naomi smirked, “I’m just messing with ya.”

Naomi finally lowered her foot all the way into the high heel. Her sole completely engulfed Williams one-inch body. Her foot trapped Williams legs first and then continued to consume him like a steam roller until his screams were muffled by her soft skin. Her heel settled and the bulbous flesh squashed flat under her immense weight, causing a minor weight distribution by William’s head.

“Sorry I lied, my tiny assistant!” said Naomi softly. “Was that mean of me?” she smiled devilishly. “Now you know how I feel when I am lied to!”

William couldn’t hear the giant’s voice; it was too muffled inside her heel. The weight was enormous, he was sure that his body was going to pop any second. He was afraid there was no way he would survive this! A sudden panic of claustrophobia came over him as he tried to move but couldn’t. His arms, legs, and head were pinned; he couldn’t adjust them to a more comfortable position.

Fortunately, Naomi’s high arches left some room for William to breathe without suffocating. But conversely, her foot still sealed shut any air or light from the outside world. The best William could do was breathe in the musty air that was forming as her foot started to perspire. Her sole was incredibly warm, causing William to sweat as well.

“Hold on, Will!” said Naomi.

Just when William thought he couldn’t take it anymore, Naomi stood up, increasing the crushing weight of her body on him. This was much worse! William swore he could hear faint cracking as her flesh thrust itself on his skull and torso.

Naomi wiggled her other foot into its own high heel and took her first step with William in her shoe. The pressure was briefly lifted off William, literally, and he felt his body swing through the air, causing his blood to rush to his head. That came to a halt when he abruptly stopped, and the weight of Naomi’s foot came crashing back down on him. William was screaming, not from pain, but rather, from pure fear. He realized that Naomi had just taken a step. A measly step! This was, by far, the scariest thing he had ever experienced in his life.

“Okay, now that that’s taken care of!” she said enthusiastically clapping her hands together, walking over to the Harington family that was still stuck in the lock box on her shelf. They could not see what happened but could hear everything. Naomi peered inside with a slight smile. Mary said nothing. She knew where her husband was, and she did not want to join him or get any of them in any more trouble. Max, however, was a much different story.

“What did you do with my dad?” he shouted, “You giant bitch!”

“Whoa!” chuckled Naomi, “Such immature behavior for a kid whose dad is taking his punishment for him. Max, your dad is doing you a favor,” she leaned closer, causing max to cower back in fear, “and I think I’d appreciate that a little more if I were you.”

“Sit down, Max!” chided Mary.

“Well, I’ve got some things to take care of today,” said Naomi resuming her full stance. “and you guys are going to come with me.”

“What!?” yelled Sasha, finally speaking up for once. “You told us that we could have this day to ourselves to recuperate after being in your slippers! You already have my stupid dad, why do you need us?” Sasha was back to her old self, it seemed.

“Yeah, well, you were in my slippers for a grand total of 5 minutes, kid. Get real.” Naomi rolled her eyes. “Besides, you guys look fine to me,” she said smiling sweetly. “And I need you because this directly involves you guys too! You get to be a part of my workday.”

“But you said-,” whined Sasha.

“I lied!” blurted Naomi, “Okay? Geez, get over it.” Naomi sighed exasperatingly and shook her head in mock annoyance. Before anyone else in the family could say anything, Naomi slammed the lock box shut. The sound hurt their tiny ears as the vibration rattled their skulls. Naomi set the box in her purse and swung her purse over her shoulder.

She smiled softly to herself and took a step towards the door. William was once again smashed into the doughy arch of his titanic boss’s sole. As her weight swung and shifted, William could hear tiny, almost inaudible, snaps and cracks. He was certain it was either his skull, his ribs, or his back as he felt his tiny body starting to give out. Either way, he breathed in a panic. The air he breathed was moist and it smelled like combination of sweat, leather, and peaches. He couldn’t escape it.

BOOM…

Naomi’s foot lifted and landed with another massive thud. Each step caused William to slide further toward the ball of her foot as the gap between her sole and insole increased when she lifted her foot, only to be slammed down again. One the one hand, William was glad to be further away from her crushing heel flesh, he was pretty positive he could not survive being under it for very long. But on the flip side, the pad of the ball of her foot was where most of her weight shifted just before taking a step. Either way, it would be hell being underneath either one.

BOOM…

William was starting to get sick and dizzy from the G-forces of riding in her giant shoe. He felt like he was going to puke, but he held it down as hard as possible, not wanting to anger Naomi.

BOOM…

Things only became more difficult as her foot started to sweat even more. William’s body was getting drenched in the foot sweat from her sole. His clothes and skin were soaking up every drop and he couldn’t help but get some in his mouth, especially when he tried to breathe.

BOOM…

Between the claustrophobia, the dizziness, and the smell, William went crazy and struggled against her rubbery sole as hard as he could in an attempt to get out.

“Ahh, now I can feel you, Will!” Naomi nodded her head with a smile as she felt her tiny assistant wiggling and squirming against her foot. “You tickle a little bit, but it feels good!” she added, “In fact, really good!” she laughed, thinking about his situation. “Almost like a little massage! Maybe you become a professional masseuse! Would you like that, Will?” she asked in a teasing voice.

But William could barely hear her. Sound was so muffled in the increasingly smelly shoe. He could only hear the booms of her footsteps and the creaking from her high heel as it shifted and groaned under her massive weight.

Naomi had walked out of her office, down the hall, and outside the main doors of her building. She managed to stay in her designated ‘giants only’ path and didn’t step on or squash anybody. She felt very proud of herself. She had been feeling a little off lately and wasn’t feeling super motivated to keep to those arbitrary rules set between her and the little people of the world. She knew that if she went rogue that they would attack her relentlessly like when she first became a giant. And although it wouldn’t kill her, it would be annoying to the point that it would not be worth it.

Naomi owned several tiny districts, and multiple tiny cities. And the tinies kept growing at an alarming rate. Naomi looked across the horizon, she could see for miles and miles the suburbs and tiny neighborhoods that belonged in her districts. Further away were the various tall skyscrapers where multiple tiny people worked in order to care for the day to day needs of their city… well, the buildings were tall to the tinies at least! And of course, there were various government buildings that tended to Naomi’s needs and requests.

“So where should I start today?” Naomi wondered out loud, “I have so much to do!” Feeling a small tickle from under her foot made her laugh, “Oh yes, that’s right, I should take care of that issue with the Harrington’s first.”