Joel watched his little... well, YOUNGER cousin out of the corner of his eye as he got out the video game console. Daniel was TALL. The formerly shrimpy twelve year old nerd had to be taller than Joel's dad, even. Joel stared a little as the kid stretched his arms above his head with a crack and plopped his big feet up on the coffee table. He hadn't grown again, right?
Joel watched Daniel's feet as he pushed the game system's power button and snagged two controllers. He didn't SEE them sliding further across the coffee table. He didn't think his cousin's toes were stretching out even further from his heels. Maybe the Gro-Tall had stopped.
Daniel's hands looked HUGE when Joel handed him a controller, his fingers stretched out way past his own and looked like they could wrap all the way around the controller. Joel took in Daniel's dubious expression as he messed around with the (to him) tiny device. Playing video games was probably tricky when it was so easy to mash the wrong buttons. Still, this HAD been Daniel's idea.
Joel climbed back onto the couch and carefully sidled up next to his cousin, plopping his own feet down around the middle of Daniel's shins. It looked more like he was sitting next to his dad, but he KNEW his dad didn't have legs that long. Looking to the side, he was about eye level with his cousin's CHIN when they were sitting side by side. It was so weird that just a little while ago this giant had been shorter than him!
"You okay?" Daniel cocked an eyebrow and WOW his voice had for sure gotten deeper. Not a lot, maybe, but Joel knew his cousin's voice had been higher than his own before and now it was at least a little bit lower. Had that stuff done more than make him taller? Was it still changing him?
"Hey," Daniel nudged him, and Joel grabbed onto his larger cousin's side to keep from falling over. Daniel blushed; he must not have meant to do that. Maybe he was a bit clumsy now.
"Uh, sorry," Joel grinned. "Got distracted. Let's play!"
"Yeah!" Daniel cheered, voice cracking slightly, as he fumbled with his controller.
For a few minutes, the living room was filled with the sound of Joel's character absolutely WRECKING Daniel's. Eventually though, Joel had to ask.
"So, um... how tall ARE you anyway?" He asked as casually as he could, careful to keep watching the screen. He felt his cousin tense up next to him for a second.