(Subplot) Fun Sized Melanie

Melanie hadn't even had time to process what she had just witnessed happen to Leilani, or worry about what chaos might ensue at the rest of the meeting , when she appeared at her next job. She was a bit surprised by the person greeting her, who didn't fit her usual client profile. It was a young woman - late teens to early twenties - pretty and almost infantalised looking with pigtails, glasses and expensive but somehow childish looking clothing. She reminded Mel slightly of a young, bespectacled Britney Spears and had a similar accent, which told Melanie that she was probably still in America this time.

"WOAH! I didn't think this would actually work! You just appeared out of freaking nowhere. And you're HOT!"

"Hello Mistress, I'm Melanie. What would you like me to do for you?" Mel asked tentatively.

"You can cut the genie in a bottle crap for a start babe, I want us to be friends. And I want you to act exactly how you would normally!"

"Thank you! Then my friends call me Mel!" the naked woman reacted, with pleasant surprise.

"Awesome, Mel it is then! I'm Harper. I don't know how much they tell you before you come here, but you're going to be staying over at mine until tomorrow. Think of it like a kind of slumber party!"

"Okay, that sounds fun!" Melanie smiled. Finally it seemed like this was a job that might not be totally awful. From the size of this girls bedroom and how expensive everything looked she probably came from a very wealthy family. Perhaps she had so much money to spare she could afford to effectively rent a friend for the night "I love your room Harper. It's so big!"

"Oh yeah?" Harper grinned wickedly "Well I'm glad you like that, 'cos it's about to get a LOT bigger for you Mel I COMMAND you to shrink to six inches in height, NOW!"

Mel, compelled to react naturally to everything that happened to her here, let out a surprised squeal as she suddenly felt herself hurtling towards the ground of an already spacious room that had suddenly grown vastly bigger. Proportionately, she was still exactly the same as before, but now she was about eye level with the anime action figures Harper seemed to collect. It was terrifying, and Mel yelped again as a pair of giant shoes came stomping towards her. Harper crouched down and lowered her hand in front of the shrunken girl.

"Climb aboard, Mel!"

Melanie reluctantly stepped onto the now giant girl's hand and was raised up until she was staring into Harper's huge face. The girl was grinning ear to ear with excitement.

"Oh my freaking God you are SOOOOO CUUUUUTE like this! I'm telling you Mel, this should be your default height it suits you perfectly!"

"So I guess you are keeping me this tall all night?" Mel asked nervously.

"I mean, I might make you a li'l smaller later if the mood takes me. But basically yeah" Harper smiled "Now, I think you would be even cuter if your voice was high pitched. You know, like when someone gets shrunk in a cartoon. Can you do that for me Mel?"

"What, you mean like this?" Melanie squeaked.

"Oh that's perfect! Now say "Gee Harper, you really cut me down to size!"

"Gee Harper, you really cur me down to size!" Melanie repeated in her new default shrunken voice,

"This is seriously going to be the best night ever, Mel." Harper seemed beside herself with joy "I hope you weren't planning on getting any sleep!"