“G-Girls!” I said sheepishly, knocking on the door gently. “Can I come in?”
There was a sudden hushed whisper and then nothing.
I gently pressed the door open and looked down to see a redhead cowering in the corner of a pretty simple office next to a potted plant. She was holding both of her friends in each hand. They had shrunken to mere inches tall while she was just a little bigger than a doll. They shook next to a potted plant and stared up at me pathetically.
“Mister!” The redhead squeaked. “You’ve gotta help us! We... we shrank!”
“We could shrink again any second!” The blonde pleaded. “Please!”
I carefully kneeled down, closed the door behind me with a soft click, and crawled towards the shrunken teens, staring at them in wonder.
“Mister!” The redhead squeaked again. “What are you doing?”
“Easy, now. Stay calm.” I leaned onto the floor and just stared, shocked at how small they were.
We stared at each other in equal discomfort and silence for a moment.
“Did you learn your lesson, girls?”
All three instantly stopped shaking and the two smaller girls clung to the larger one’s shirt in shock.
“Y-Yes!” They all squeaked in unison.
“We promise!” The asian stared in awe. “We promise, sir! Please! Make us big again!”
“We get it!” The blonde insisted, nodding frantically. “We get it! We were total bitches! Please, we can change! Please!”
The redhead nodded in shock, staring up at me in godlike wonder. “Y-Yeah, mister!”
“We promise! ... WE PROMISE! ... PLEASE! Please grow us back.”
I stared at each little face in turn and measured the sincerity as absolute. They were never going to forget this experience.
“Okay.” I whispered gently, “I believe you, girls. I’m going to leave the room, okay? When I do, my magic will wear off and you’ll turn back to your normal sizes. But if you ever make others feel small again, well, I could make this happen again.”
The trio stared and nodded in deep and solemn agreement.
“T-Thank you!” The redhead called, as I made for the door.
“We promise we can do better!” The asian sighed relief.
“We promise!” The blonde squeaked.
I carefully and quietly shut the door and leaned against the opposite wall, just making sure they were okay. I watched as three silhouettes rose in the shadow of the room I could see through the window in the door.
The three emerged, fully regrown, and still trembling they stared at me in shock and relief.
“T-Thank you.” The blonde said sheepishly. “I don’t know who you are or... or... whatever. But... we... we promise.”
“And keep this a secret.” I insisted, nodding.
“Yes!” they all reassured me frantically, terrified.
“Nobody will ever know!” The asian panted frantically, mortified.
I wished I would vanish in a dramatic puff of smoke and appear behind the mall. I giggled as I imagined their faces and hoped they really meant it.