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[center][b]Zac Wilson[/b] | [b]Kelly Brown[/b][/center]
Zac woke up from his nighttime nap, reaching over to Kelly so that he might pluck a kiss on her cheek. However, when he whiffed, Zac realized that Kelly was no longer in the bed they shared at the Wayward Center. When he sat up in the bed, Zac’s back ached due to the quality of bed he had just slept in. While by no means was Zac ungrateful for the free housing that the Wayward Center offered, nothing compared to the bed that they had back at their apartment.

Once Zac had shaken off the morning grogginess, he began his search for where Kelly was. He finally saw that one of the bathroom doors were slightly propped open. “Is everything alright?” Zac asked as he knocked on the door.

“Um, kind of.” Kelly replied, the tone of her voice further revealed her uncertainty of her situation.

“Do you mind if I come in?”

Zac only heard silence from his girlfriend for the next couple of seconds. However, Zac finally heard a sigh. “Sure, but don’t get freaked out.”

“What could freak me...” Zac began, but his words suddenly cut off when he entered into the bathroom. Kelly had been a girl of average height, around five foot six inches. However, now she stood at least two inches above him. Zac quickly glanced down at his wrist, making sure he still had the power-nullifying band on, which he did.

“Don’t worry, I grew. You didn’t shrink.” Kelly pointed at her clothes, which obviously did not fit her now taller frame. Neither did the cuffs of her scrubs pants reach her ankles, nor did the shirt cover the lower section of her stomach.

“God,” She said, leaning over the sink, “not only is this going to take a bit out of my wardrobe, but also my wallet. This must be karma for the things I said to Aubrey.”

Zac wrapped his arms around Kelly, moving his head towards hers and plucking a kiss on her cheek. Even though she knew that her boyfriend was meaning well, she could still feel his body shake as he reached over to kiss her.

“It would only be karma if you would have waked up and found out that you had Aubrey’s exact proportions. Then you could truly say it is karma.” Zac gave a little laugh as he finished his statement.

Kelly turned her head towards her boyfriend, cracking a small smile on her face. “You know, that’s very true. At least I won’t be receiving the type of questions she would have gotten.”

There was suddenly several knocks on the door, even though the door was open. Alice walked in, even before Zac or Kelly had a chance to respond.

“Well, we just finished cleaning your costum...” Alice said, but she cut herself off in mid-word when he saw Kelly’s plight. “Well,” she said, rubbing her chin with the hand that was not carrying their costumes, “It was a good thing we had you stay here over night.”

“You could say that again.” Kelly said in response. She could not imagine how they would have handled this situation if they were back in Albany. At least here they would not have to prepare for unexpected visitors, especially those who had seen the YouTube video in which she was recorded reverting into her wasp-form. “Well, looks like you can trash my costume, although I wouldn’t be that grieved about it being destroyed. A leotard! Seriously?”

“You know what?” Alice suddenly said, “I think I know the one person who could help you out. Let me give him a quick call on the telephone.”

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Kelly looked over her shoulder, examining herself in a mirror that was placed behind her. Everyone says that the color black made people seem thinner than she really were, but as Kelly saw it, it was not working for her. But maybe that was because she was in a skin-tight superhero costume. Nevertheless, Kelly knew one thing: after she had molted and devoured all that food, her height change was not the only side effect. She was definitely curvier. Even though some girls might happily welcome that change, Kelly just did not think that was who she was. While she by no means looked like a model, Kelly just felt that being six foot two, having super strength, and having wasp characteristics just did not accurately represent her. She did not want to be judged by her appearance, but by her personality and her intelligence. Unfortunately, our society sometimes too quickly judges a book by its cover.

“Everything alright, Ms. Brown?” Mr. Giuseppe said in response to Kelly being so quite. “Is it the costume?”

“Oh, no,” Kelly quickly replied, “The costume is fine. Much better than my other one.” Her costume was entirely black, except for longs gloves and boots (without high heels, of course. Who can do superheroics in heels?), which were colored with a yellow tint that matched her skin color better than her old costume. There was also a patch of that same yellow color on her shoulders and it continued down the front of her torso until it ended in a “U” shape, similar to a wasp’s abdomen. In addition to this, there were also dark grey serrated stripes on her torso, overlapping with the yellow section.

“On the contrary,” Mr. Giuseppe replied, “Both your and your boyfriend’s costumes were well crafted pieces are art. Not quite as fine as my work, but still quality none the least. That’s why I insisted on your boyfriend fitting into it while he’s here. But one question. Have you two practiced with your powers at all?”

“Not really.”

“Then I better step back right about now.” Just as he stepped back, Zac exited from the dressing room. However, he forgot how swift he was as he started to jog back to where Kelly and Mr. Giuseppe were standing, resulting in him slamming straight into his girlfriend (although she was able to hold her ground and stop Zac). Once he had realized what had just happened, he quickly turned his back to his girlfriend.

“I know, I know. Your eyes are up here. It’s not my fault you’re now almost a whole foot taller than me.”

Kelly bent over Zac’s shoulder and placed a kiss on his check. “Don’t worry. I’m not the spiteful type of girlfriend. You would make a wonderful side-kick.”

Zac immediately turned his head towards his girlfriend after he heard that last remark.

“How come I have to be the sidekick?”