Eric decided his best bet was to wait until he could get this giant teenager’s attention when she wasn’t surrounded by other people. Although it made sense to stay in the same city as the Transformation Resort, making a scene in a crowded cab in transit to the airport was not the way to calmly resolve this situation.
So he stayed there, secured in this girl’s giant shoelaces, as she sat through the cab ride. He waited as they got out at the airport and waited in the security line. He waited as the family waited at the gate and then as they boarded. Once they got on the plane he finally discovered their destination: Cleveland. Well, there were probably worse places.
A few minutes into the plane ride, the giant girl decided to remove her sneakers. Eric couldn’t blame her, of course, but he was certain she’d spot him. Instead, she just used her feet to kick off her shoes and didn’t even look down. With her attention elsewhere, Eric decided to stretch his legs himself, and so he peeled himself out from her shoelace and walked around a bit. He gave some thought to walking up and down the plane to try to find a better person to stow away with, but decided that the plane was yet another place where he should avoid being discovered. Instead, he climbed up the giant girl’s backpack, stowed securely under the seat in front of her, and jumped into a pocket. No longer so tightly squeezed in, Eric was much more comfortable and took a doze for the rest of the flight.
He woke up upon landing, as the girl picked up the giant backpack, with him in it, and carried him home. Once he was sure he was in her bedroom, he climbed out to see where he was.
It was a normal teenage girl’s room, just impossibly huge. No one was there, so the girl must be in another room or something. He thought about where to get her attention. Although it was tempting to try to climb the bed or a dresser, even if he could do that at a quarter-inch tall, it wouldn’t necessarily guarantee he’d be found. Better to stay on the backpack, which she would almost certainly need to use for school the next day.
As it turned out, he didn’t need to wait that long. The giantess came back into the room a few minutes later and began unpacking her suitcases from the trip. This gave Eric time to check her out a little more carefully: she was blonde, with an athletic frame, and pretty tall for her age. She was still wearing the same tank top and yoga pants she wore at the resort and on the flight.
Evidently wanting to clean out the backpack from all the vacation gear inside, the giant girl next turned to him. It was now or never. Eric jumped up and down, screaming, hoping he’d somehow get her attention.
She saw him immediately, and her jaw dropped. She leaned in for a closer view, then reached out and gingerly picked him up with two fingers. Sitting back up, she brought him to her face.
Eric stared into her bright blue eyes, regretting having ever done this. She was so big. So powerful. To him she was a goddess.