Tanner thoufht to himself for a bot as he stared at the mirror though... He never had an older brother, and now the Derrick was almost nine while he would have just turned eight, something popped in Tanner's mind. Why should I be an 8 year old just for one weekend. As much as he hated to admit it, he hated growing up. He didn't even wnat to be the oldest either; he envied Derrick, his now big brother.
"Tanner?" said Derrick, " What's on your mind?"
Tanner decided to make his decision "Well you see, as a teen, I had to deal with the stress of growing up and being big, and..."
He hugged his nrother and cried out "I'm not ready to grow up! I want to be little a little longer. In fact, why don't I remain your younger brother from no on." He calmed down and said. " I always thought of you as a "big brother" anyway, Derrick."
Derrick said " Well if that's what you want then let's use the Chroniac to alter reality so that you can have the bliss of a 2nd childhood with your BIG BROTHER. :)"
Tanner nodded and giggled. As Derrick placed in the settings, Tanner smiled excited at the thought of being the 8 year old he had become, giggling as if he always was one.
Soon Tanner's room became for suited for a second grader.
Derrick said,"Mommy and Daddy still have their memories so that we can have the weekend to ourselves."
Tanner said,"Good. Now waht are we waiting for, I want to play with my BIG BROTHER! :)"
Tanner was enjoying being the little brother, acting silly, being short, having to look up to someone, watching Spongebob Squarepants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Nick. His big brother was glad to be the oldest, even if it was only by 11 months.
Soon mom and dad came home, with the them at first dissettled with their 17 year old boy now an 8 year old, but quickly accepted it when they saw that Tanner was happy.
On Monday he would be voing to Peterson Elementary, as a 2nd grader with his 3rd grade Big brother. While he missed high school, he found that he preffered elementary school, it felt easy since he knew it, yet somehow, probably because of the Chroniac, his thinking process at school was that of an 8 year old, so he wasn't exactly top in class. But Tanner was okay with having to relearn what feels so familiar to him, besides his teacher, Mrs. Kim, was much nicer to him than his high school teachers were. He would get bullied at school, especially at recess, but that was fine since Derrick, because of 2nd and 3rd grade wlways sharing recess time, would always step in and defend his little brother. Tanner would also meet his new friends, as well as a girl at the age of 8 who he has a slight crush on due to his rewired 8 year old mind.
Tanner was glad to be an 8 year, he was glad that he made his decision, he was glad that Derrick was his BIG brother, because even in nis former teens, he always felt asmthough he was the little brother, a dream that came true. Tanner went on the bus home, seated with Derrick, feeling that life, was great. "I have the best big brother ever" he thought.