We talked over coffee. I watched her get taller. Slowly. You had to really pay attention to catch it, but she was still stretching out more and more. Maybe a full foot taller, I realized!
We talked some more, and she was clearly noticing something weird happening. A seven foot six lanky brunette now sat in front of me. Her clothes were clearly poorly fitting. I couldn't hide my wide eyes any longer. "Michelle..." I whispered. "You're taller."
She whispered back, "What do you mean?"
"Well, look!" I pointed, looking around to see if anybody else had noticed, which she did too with some nervousness before glancing down and gasping.
"Holy... what the hell?" She gaped. And then looked at me with a "duh" expression on her face. "We need to go." She grabbed her purse off the table and stood up. A couple people turned to look at the silly tall girl wearing clothes way too short for her body. As she stood up, her face went white as a sheet.
"Uh..." I feigned shock, because I knew full well what had happened. And without a word we quickly exited the coffee shop. Back out on the street, she looked down at me. Just like I had requested, I was now staring up at the base of Michelle's longer neck. She was the same size but taller. She stared down at me in clear bemusement.
"How did you fucking do that?" I blurted, keeping my act going.
"Hell if I know!" She answered back. "S-Should we... like... go to the hospital or something?"
I wished she'd just think it was some weird and sudden growth spurt. "Do you know what happened to you?"
"I've... I've been on this weird diet." She said, suddenly, as if realizing. "I guess it gave me a growth spurt." She blinked at her own words, as if realizing how incredibly dumb that sounded, but shrugged. "That must me it."
"Damn." I blinked. "That's some diet. How about we get you some new clothes? The mall isn't far from here."
"Aw, man. I'd love to, but I don't have the cash to..."
"Don't worry!" I wished I had a couple hundred in my wallet. "It's on me!"
"What?!" She reeled back, hand on her hip. "Seriously?"
"Yeah!" I stared up at my new goddess and sighed happily inside. "It's not every day you just spurt up, and I doubt you want to look like a goof."
"Awww...." She said, genuinely touched. "That's so sweet of you, Joe!"