Gaining his senses Chad looked up into the face of his ten-year-old cousin. Austin looked down at him with a mixture of concern, excitement, and recognition.

“C-Chad? What happen? How did you get in my mouth?”

Chad tried to answer but his voice was too small to be heard over the loud game. Austin suddenly realized this and quickly paused the game. He then lifted Chad closer so he could hear his tiny voice.

As best he could, Chad explained as best he could what had happened and how he came to end up in Austin’s mouth. As Austin listened he couldn’t help but think that it was so Cool to hold his inch tall cousin. It reminded him of that Indian in the Cupboard movie that was on last week.

When Chad had finished Austin, asked, “So, what are we going to do about this?”

“I don’t know!” Chad yelled up “I can’t go home like this!”

“Dad will be home in a bit, maybe I can show you to him and—“

“NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! He’s still pissed off at me! I don’t want him to see me!”

“Well, maybe you could, you know, hang out with me. Maybe you’ll grow back.”

Chad thought for a moment. He was never really close with Austin, though he was an okay kid. He looked up into his huge Anticipating eyes, the last thing he wanted to do was disapoint a 10 year old that litterly held his life in the palm of his hand.

"Alright!" he finally said.

"Cool!" Austin said smileing. "So, you want to watch me play?"

"Sure!"

For the next few hours Chad hung out with Austin, watching him play his video game. But as it got late it became clear that he wasn't growing back anytime soon. As Chad instructed, Austin called Chad's Mom letting her know that Chad would be spending the night. Chad hoped he'd be normal size by then. When it was time for bed Austin asked "Where do you want to sleep? You can sleep in my bed or in one of my socks."