Alex looked up at the giant's face and a tear came to her eye. "I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. In my country, it is not respectable for a girl to ask a boy out. We wait until we are asked out. No boy at school ever asked me out. I thought you were cute and you were always so nice in class. I was hoping you would ask me out, but you never did." Looking down at the table, she said, "I spent every weekend at home alone."
Taken aback by this revelation, the giant sat back in his chair and pulled his hand back from Alex. Dumbfounded and feeling like an ass, he was silent for a few moments. Putting his hand up to cover his eyes, he said, "I'm sorry......for acting like such a lecherous pig.
She stood and walked over to him and put her hand on one of his fingers. Alex smiled for the first time since was separated from Missy in the garden. and said, "It's okay".
Uncovering his eyes, he quietly said, "But what happened to you? How did you get so small?"
Alex sat down on the table in front of the giant and related the story of how she accidently drank the growth hormone and its effect on her from adding too much sugar. Then she talked about her life since she had been miniaturized and how much she loved Missy, Joey and Mrs. Reynolds and how much they must be worried about her."
