Here's another installment. I had originally planned on posting this with the first one, but needed to make a few tweaks first. Future updates won't be quite this quick. Anyway, these first two posts go through some character development, but I promise that things will get a lot more interesting soon
The summer seemed to fly by. Since I was almost always in the field or back in the lab doing testing during the day our schedules didn’t really match up, but I still managed to swing by Rae’s office on a regular basis to say hello. We had been working at the firm together for two years by this point, but we never really talked much until now. Even with though our conversations were brief, we got to know each other pretty well and started a decent “work friendship.”
Secretly, I was hoping that our work friendship would eventually blossom into something more, but I honestly was too damn timid to ever let her know how I felt. Not yet anyway. Besides the fact that she was drop dead gorgeous, she was a couple years older than me, already out of college, and had a “real” engineering job where I was just an intern scheduled to graduate at the end of next year. I guess you could say I was a little intimidated; especially since after her surgery she was no longer the cute, short brunette she was when she started.
This inevitably brought another question to my mind: Had she continued to grow throughout the summer? She said that the doctors told her she would keep growing for a few months after the procedure, but I really had no way to tell. She was sitting at her desk whenever I visited her office and I was never able to get a good enough look at her when she was arriving or leaving work since we had different schedules. One thing I did notice was that she had obviously started working out. She had a fairly average build at the start of the summer, but over the course of a couple months I could clearly see that she was starting to develop some definition in her arms. Although she was sitting down, she just looked fitter. Was this another step in her plan? If it was, I was definitely excited about it.
Before I knew it, school was back in session. This meant less time working at the office and less opportunities to see Rae. Finally, with finals week approaching, I decided to take some time off work in order to devote to my studies at the start of December. Before I left I made sure to wrap up any loose ends with the projects I had been working on and, of course, to drop in and say hi to Rae. I hadn’t really seen her since school started in September, so I was excited to stop by. I offered a quick knock and poked my head in. She wasn’t there. Since I hadn’t stopped by for so long I was pretty bummed out. After finals week I was looking at a month-long Christmas break, so I was most-likely wouldn’t have another chance to see her until mid-January.
As I stood for a moment in the doorway of her empty office, my mind started to wander off on a little mental math exercise. “Five months…” I thought quietly to myself. “If Rae was 5’4” at the start of July and continued growing about ½ inch every month or so, as she seemed to be at the start of Summer, then by now she’d be…” Just then I saw a shadow on the opposite wall.
“Hey, stranger! Haven’t seen you around in awhile!” I heard a voice say from the doorway behind me. I wheeled around to see Rae’s radiant smile. She immediately wrapped me up in a tight hug, and I could feel her toned body against mine for a brief second. To my surprise, and slight disappointment, she seemed to be about the same height as she was when she came back from her surgery at the start of June. She was wearing 3-inch heels on that day, which put her at 5’6½”. Assuming she was wearing her heels again, it looked like her growth spurt had been short-lived.
“I just wanted to swing by and say hello before I leave for finals week and Christmas vacation,” I smiled back.
“Awww, well I’m glad you did!” she said as she walked through the doorway and stood by her desk. “I missed seeing you after classes started back up.”
“Yeah, school gets kinda busy…” I said trying to conceal my inner excitement that she said she had missed me being around. I knew I had really missed seeing her, so it was nice to hear that the feelings were mutual, even if they were to a much smaller degree. “I’ll be back after the holidays though!” I added.
She smiled and looked down to arrange some of the files on her desk. Feeling a slight lull in the conversation, I wanted to keep things going for a little while and said the first thing that came to my mind. “Well, it looks like your post-surgery growth spurt is done.”
Rae looked up from her scattered files with a puzzled look. I immediately realized how blunt my comment was and quickly began thinking of ways to backtrack.
“What makes you say that?” she asked.
“Well… you’re the same height now as you were when you came back,” I explained remembering that was wearing 3-inch heels that day, and was logically assuming that she was wearing them again. “You were wearing your new shoes, remember?” I added.
She cocked her head to the side and raised her eyebrows slightly. “Wow, she even looks gorgeous when she’s confused,” I thought to myself. Then the realization hit me. She was actually 5’4” at the start of July… so she should have actually been around 5’7” while wearing her heels. Either she had shrunk back down a little or…
“I outgrew those shoes last month,” she beamed. “All I have right now are these cheap flats. I didn’t want to spend too much money on new shoes for awhile since I am a growing girl after all!” she said as she raised the cuffs of her pants off the floor to reveal a pair of inexpensive, but stylish slip-ons.
She let go of her pant leg and stretched up to her full height and started giggling. “I would probably tower over you now if I still had a pair of heels that fit!” She jokingly stood up on her tip toes to add the extra couple inches for effect. I felt my cheeks start to flush a little in a mixture of embarrassment and utter desire and wonder. Our eyes met, and I was in a trance as I gazed slightly upward. It was hard to keep my composure but I forced myself to come to my senses.
“So you’re actually 5’6½”!” I said, unable to hide my excitement.
“Yep!” she beamed back, “Six-foot here I come!”
“You don’t think you’ve leveled off yet with the growth spurt?” I asked.
“Well, the doctors thought it was going to last only a few months, but they think it might keep going for a bit since I’ve been really good about my diet and exercise,” she explained. “I’ve been trying to eat right and I usually hit the gym a few times a week after work. It’s really convenient since we have a gym right next to the office. Between the growth spurt and some of my intense workouts, I’ve been eating like a horse too,” she giggled. “I guess a growing girl’s gotta eat!” she said with a small bicep flex.
“Wow, well you do look really great!” was all I managed say, as I imagined what she’d look like if he hit the six-foot mark. Although she had really toned up her body, her cheeks were still round and “kissable.” It was hard to tell with the sweater she was wearing, but her figure had a sharp taper at the waist and her stomach looked completely flat, a sharp contrast to the two full breasts that seemed to completely defy gravity above her midsection. I had to fight not to get stuck in another trance as I surveyed her perfectly-shaped body. She seemed to notice and took a step back as if to give me a better look. She had definitely been growing in all the right places!
“Anyway…” I said awkwardly while trying not to stare, “I had better get going,” I said and flashed a quick smile. “See you in a month or so!”
To my surprise, walked over and engulfed me in another tight hug. Underneath her soft sweater I could feel her muscles bunch up as she drew me into her tight embrace. She may have been flexing as I caught a playful gleam in her eyes.
