And suddenly she stopped. She waited almost a minute more, but she knew that it had stopped for good. Faye walked into the room.
"Thank you so much! I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't shown up." Mary hugged her taller sister, and she hugged back. "I'm gonna need a little more, though." Mary turned to where she had left the vials, but the box was gone. "Where did you put the box?"
"I hid it," Faye said. "And frankly, you look fine the way you are."
"Oh come on!" Mary slapped her arms to her sides. Then she felt her panties slip a little and tried to readjust them through her baggy shirt. "And for a minute I thought you were actually being nice."
"How could I not pass up a golden opportunity to teach you a lesson? Besides, if there's one thing these vials have done, it's proven that you're just as reckless and helpless as you've always been."
"Don't you start that with me!" Mary shouted, and her voice cracked. Then she realized for the first time that it had sounded a tad higher than it normally was. "What did you do?" Faye smiled sinisterly down at her. Mary dashed to the bathroom. The reflection she saw was a softer, rejuvenated face. Her frame was more petite, but still healthy. She looked like she was back in high school.
"I mixed the Age 16 vial in with the Growth vial," Faye explained. "I thought I'd enjoy being the older sister for once."
Mary was livid. She wished she had never allowed Faye to find her. At least she wouldn't have to worry about being seen in public at one inch tall. Five feet was puny, even for an sixteen-year-old. "You can't do this!" Mary yelled, slapping her sister on the chest repeatedly. "You can't do this!"
Faye grabbed her small arms. "I did. Now, the question is, are you going to learn your lesson, or are you going to have to live the last nine years of your life all over again?"