As the engine purred along, hauling the bulk of the RV, Nathan took a moment on the long straight to turn his attention to his newly-wed. Her long strawberry-blond hair hanging loose as it ran down past her shoulders as she dozed lightly. This was certainly a great day for him, just his wife and himself along this lonely road, ready to take in the sights and sounds of the country.
A few minutes later, and he found himself tugging the collar of his shirt lightly, trying to bleed away the heat building up in his chest.
‘Odd.’ He thought to himself. ‘The AC’s on and the window’s open, it shouldn’t be feeling so warm in here.’ He turned the AC on to a higher setting, hoping it wouldn’t discomfort Suzanne who shifted in her seat.
The itching in his ears and the dull ache on his tailbone didn’t help matters either, and as the minutes ticked by, covering almost a mile per minute as he kept the pace up, it slowly grew greater. Almost like they were being pulled slightly.
Looking at her again, he found himself wondering if Suzanne was a little bigger than he remembered, her blouse and skirt looked to be fitting tighter than he recalled them doing so before. And there appeared to be something off with her face, the nose being swollen it seemed to him.
And yet this was causing something to stir inside him, and he caught himself thinking if his clothes had managed to shrink somehow, given how tight the collar was becoming around his neck. And in his shoes, the sensations by his toes were fading somehow.
“Hmm? Honey? Where are we?” A soft voice asked him sleepily. Suzanne starting to stir awake slowly.
“From here? About an hour to the stop point.” Nathan answered softly, the feeling of discomfort and confusion fading slightly as he thought about her.
“Oh? You hit your head or something? In kinda looks swollen.”
“No, odd…” Nathan replied, as he turned to see that her own face was pushed out. Not by much, but enough to be noticed. “…but hey, what’s there to worry about?”
“I…guess...there isn't …really...” Suzanne murmured as she looked to the road ahead.