The Tale of my Shrinking

Ten

It had been silent since Aiden opened up to me about his mother and the meeting. I felt bad clearly he wasn't close to his mother, and she only had one thing on her mind. Money; I guess most of the time it's the root of the causes. I ended up dozing off with the sway of movement and darkness.

When I opened my eyes and looked around and saw that I was on a bed, finally something that was soft and not a hard surface. I didn't see Aiden anywhere, so I stretched out on the bed. I exhaled deeply within the comforts of the soft fabric; I could almost forget everything I've been through. I heard a creaking of a door and suddenly became alert waiting and hoping it was Aiden. Luckily for me it was Aiden he was loosening his tie and took his coat off and threw it on the floor, than he looked at me with a harden glare. I mean I knew he didn't like me and I was okay with that, but right now his glare seemed angry. "Don't you have anyone looking for you right now?" The question that I didn't have an answer for, Did anyone care that I was missing; to put it simply, no. I didn't want Aiden to know that, "Not at the moment, but I'm sure within the days they'll notice I'm missing." Thats a lie and I always lied when it came to my family.

Aiden had opened a bottle of wine and was drinking from it and looked like he was angry. I didn't know if I should try and comfort him or just leave him alone to deal with his pity. I decided a different approach I would take, "Aiden can I have some wine at least?" I didn't think he heard me, but then he got up and after a few seconds he brought a small lid from a water bottle filled with wine. The cap was placed down on the bed and I knew it would require some effort on my part to get some wine. Aiden didn't bother coming back to sit on the bed, rather he went to the desk and turned away. I was able to get some wine to drink, in all honestly, I did not know how the wine would affect me at my current height.

After drinking I knew I was reaching my limit, I knew with my science background that if I ever got to my normal height I could study the changes of the shrinkage in the body at a more cellular level. Aiden didn't fill the cap full with wine and now looking at it; it was empty. I lay my body on the comfort of the bed, feeling more comfortable at least for now that I was on a soft bed. Aiden went and grabbed another bottle of wine and continued to drink. I was starting to get a little worried for Aiden, something must of happened to cause him to try and drink his problems away. "Did something happen to you today?" I directed it towards Aiden but it looked like he was not going to show any acknowledgment anything I was saying or so I thought.

I could tell he was drunk just by the way he was slurring his words and almost ready to cry, "She promised she would show up this time, but she didn't even have the manners to let me know." I had a feeling he was talking about his mother, he turned the desk chair around so I could see him and I knew the moment I saw him he was drunk and on the verge of crying. Even though I've seen him around the years since I've worked for his father's company he always seemed confident; heck some people were scared of Aiden, and that was understandable. Right now seeing him, he looked broken and lonely and I was never good with emotions, I learned the only way to make it in the world was to be tough not to be weak. But I had to try and comfort Aiden, I couldn't let him cry; I mean after all he is trying to help me. "Maybe something came up and she's just running late." Silence was followed for a few seconds and he was just staring off into the ceiling, "No, I looked at the news she was at some party with another random guy." I guessed that's where Aiden get's his partying from. Aiden closed his eyes and from that moment on I knew he was an emotional drunk.

For about the last ten minutes or so Aiden was sobbing and I've just been listening. I learned that his mother never showed up to any of his school events while he was growing up and decided to not even show up to his college graduation. In a way we were sort of alike with our family issues, "Aiden, you have your father and from the sounds of it your mother seems toxic." Since I've been talking to him, he had been silent not saying anything or acknowledging me; but he got up and made his way towards me. He bent down and pressed his hands on the bed making me stumble, at the moment I was afraid of Aiden, he was clearly intoxicated and I felt so small in the situation. I closed my eyes not wanting to see what Aiden would do to me. "My father is so much worst always wanting perfection from me to succeed." I gulped and opened my eyes slowly. "Are you afraid of me Alina?" I nodded my head slowly, hoping he didn't see how afraid I was and weak I was at the moment. "I'm leaving for the night. Just know Alina I would never ever hurt you." Just like that he was gone and I could feel my heart beating fast in my chest.