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Niki looked at her phone “Damn! I’m late. I’ve got to get over to Haley. ‘tell ‘ya what…” she took a piece of paper out of her bag and scribbled on it. “Here’s my number. I’ll be off around five or six. Tell her we’re going on a data and I’ll call when I can come over and pick you up.”
“Ok.. She’ll probably freak, but …”
“It’ll be good for all of us. We’ll just talk or something. This isn’t a hook-up.”
“Yeah - sure.. ok”
Niki pushed the paper part under her tray and got up to leave. ‘I can’t believe I look like this tiny to Haley’, she thought as she looked down at Adam. “See ya later and think of what you’d like to do!”
Sigrún was still on the phone over in the corner. Niki tapped her on the shoulder and indicated she was leaving.
A few minutes Sigrūn came back to the table. “So much to do - this may go more than a week. I’ll be spending all afternoon and tonight trying to sort out this mess. I was hoping to spend some time with Haley.. maybe tomorrow we can meet her.
Adam interrupted “Sigs..?”
She sat down and picked up her milkshake.. “Now the food’s cold and the milkshake’s melted…”
“Sigs?” He finally had her attention “Sorry - so much on my mind. How was Niki? You two seemed to hit it off..”
“Well, about that.” There was something in his tone of voice that made her nervous. She put down her milkshake and looked directly at him.
“I’d like to go out with her. Nothing formal, just go out together once and see what happens.”
Sigrún’s face went paler than usual. “No way! I’m supported to be taking care of you. She has no idea…”
“I have an idea of what I need. It’ll only be a few hours. It’s just my chance to talk to someone else face to face. It’s been so long..”
“But I don’t know anything about her. She might …”
“I trust her Sigs.. I really trust you. Can you trust my trust?”
She sighed..
“Here’s her number” he said pointing to the sheet “she’ll call between five and six, but if you want to talk to her first.
She had a sinking feeling, sighed and nodded.
Adam tried to make small talk, but her mind was somewhere else. She quietly finished her lunch, then put him in her handbag for the trip to the motel. She dropped him off at his travel case and sat down at the desk. Soon she was absorbed. Adam went back to writing and time passed.
Around five she texted Niki’s phone with the motel name and room number. Fifteen minutes later a text came back - ‘ on my way. 15m’
A knock on the door and Niki smiled up at the taller woman. “I’m here for my date.”
The two giantesses walked towards a table with Adam’s travel case. “Hi Niki!”
“There’s a whole list of do’s and don’ts, but he knows them as well as me. The only thing you’ll need is the traveling restroom.” She handed Niki a little box about four inches on a side. It had a little door and a ‘this side up’ notice on top. “Don’t worry too much about which way it’s pointed when you carry it. Everything seals.”
“I guess I’ll be doing the driving..” Niki said looking down at Adam. “How do we do this?”
Adam spoke up before Sigrún could talk “Pick me up and I’ll ride in your bag if there’s enough room.”
“It’s a mess.. let me look..” she unzipped it and did a bit of hasty re-arranging. “I didn’t realize I’d have a guest. I’I moved things over to one side. I’ve got spare undies that’ll go over here, and.. let’s see. I think that’ll do.” She turned back to Adam and bent down. “Just how does this work? Do you step onto my hand or do I grab you, or …”
Sigrún interrupted “you don’t have any experience with someone that tiny. I’d suggest putting your hand flat on the table and letting him climb on. Right Adam?”
“That’ll work…”
Adam watched as the unfamiliar giant hand approached and laid down on the table next to him. So similar and so different. He stepped up onto her fingers and stood on her palm. It was warm, a bit moist and shaking slightly. “Bend up some fingers or your thumb and I can hold on. Just go slow when you move me.”
She took a deep breath and raised her thumb. Adam held on and rose up and over towards her handbag. “Hang on and we’ll go in.”
Her hand went into the far side of the handbag. “‘there enough room for you?”
He stepped on her fingers and fell backwards onto a soft pile. She peered in. Those are my spare undies and socks. ‘hope they’re soft enough.”
The bag smelled like leather, hand-cream, female sweat and a bit of perfume. On one side was a huge hairbrush with stands of her hair. “just make sure that brush doesn’t roll back on me.”
Sigrún cringed but didn’t say anything.
“It’s wedged in there pretty tight. Ready?”
“May as well.. see you later Sigs!”
“Be careful you too. When will you be back?”
“If it goes past nine I’ll text..” Niki carefully slung the handbag over one shoulder and picked up the little restroom box. “Thank you!”
Sigrūn closed the door and sighed. She had a pile of work, but it was hard getting motivated.