Kelly woke up later, lying in the palm of her younger sister, Megan.
"Did you have a good, long nap, sister dear?" Megan spoke, poking Kelly in the stomach.
Each collision Kelly had with her sister's giant fingers sent more pain towards her midsection. Kelly cried out in pain.
"Oh, does it hurt?" Megan asked, unconcerned.
She poked more forcefully again and heard her shrunken sister's cries of agony before placing her on her nightstand.
Kelly breathed laboriously, her every breath very painful. Finally, after about a minute, Kelly spoke.
"Why...are you...doing...this...to...me?" she gasped out.
"Because I can," Megan replied matter-of-factly.
"But...I was...never...that mean...to you."
"Well, what about that time I needed your help with school? I was having trouble with a few kids that wouldn't stop making fun of me. I walked up to you and do you know what you told me?"
Kelly shook her head.
"You told me that you didn't have time for someone like me. That I should just learn to accept my place in this world as a loser. That really hurt, Kelly."
"Well," Kelly responded. "In my defense, I was on my period at the time."
Megan stared down at her older sister for a moment, blank-faced.
"Okay, I don't even know what that means."
"Or, how about this," Megan continued, starting to choke up. "How about for the last two years all I've wanted is to get closer to you? But all you've done is ignore me or talk mean to me."
Megan wiped a few tears from her face, sniffling.
"All I want is to have a sister - someone to talk to or to watch crappy movies with on a Friday night. Is that so much to ask for?"
"I guess not," Kelly replied, realizing for the first time just how much she had neglected her younger sister since she had started going to high school. "I'm sorry for the way I treated you ... about how I talked to you and stuff like that. I promise to do better in the future."
"And I'm sorry I hurt you," Megan replied, referring to her sister's bruised midsection.
"I'll be okay in a few days," Kelly said, trying to stand up.
Megan saw her older sister struggling to stand, so she placed her hand next to her 13-inch body for support.
"Thank you," Kelly gasped, as she stood upright, still clutching her midsection. "So, what do you say you return me to my former height?"
"How do I know that you'll treat me any better?"
"You have my word."
"Well," Megan replied. "Okay..."
She picked up the device and adjusted the settings...