Author's Note: An accident shrinks a thirty five year old man to just over three feet tall.
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Suzanne and I spent another chaste night in bed, but I did snuggle against her a few times and she didn't push me away. In the morning she got me dressed in a little girl's outfit and with a wig on. We were eating breakfast when the contractors arrived and Suzanne was busy giving instructions. Arilla was there, but she was definitely out of sorts, answering only 'yes' or 'no' to either Maria or Suzanne's questions. Suzanne was dressed in a halter and snug white shorts. She had a baseball cap on with a long single braid hanging down her back and sandals on her feet. She looked good enough to eat and I was prepared to do so on a moment's notice. I've had a constant erection since I watched her put that outfit on.
When we were driving away, she said, "We're going to stop at that store Arilla used to pick out some play clothes for you."
Oops, I thought, "Now that could present a sticky problem."
When we opened the door to the clothing store, Jenny stepped up to meet us. She looked at me and I sort of shook my head 'no'. She welcomed us and Suzanne said, "I'd like some play clothes for my daughter."
"My name is Jenny, why don't you tell me what you're looking for." Suzanne and Jenny walked around the store picking out clothing to take to the dressing room.
When we were walking toward the dressing room Jenny leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Wow, your mom is a big gal, isn't she?" All I could do was grin and nod my head 'yes'.
Inside the dressing room, when it looked like Jenny would stay, Suzanne said, "Thanks Jenny, we'll call you if we need you."
We picked out some shorts and tank tops that were sort of gender neutral and then called in Jenny. Suzanne said, "Would you bring in a couple of those caps you have on the far wall. My daughter has had to have her head shaved so I'd like something she could wear without the wig. Would you pick out a couple of bathing suits and sandals and bring them too."
I had veto power on the hat and sandals, but when Jenney held up a bathing suit with a short skirt, I shook my head 'no', but Suzanne overruled me. Jenny grinned and said, "Oh, you'll look cute in this one, honey."
When we were out of the store Suzanne said, "For some reason I think there's more to the story with you and that store, but it's none of my business. It may be some day, just not now. I promised you a day of play for the two of us and that's what we're going to do."
I said, "Yes boss." When she looked at me I couldn't keep a straight face.
"Alright, alright, so I like to take charge. I said we're going to have fun today and damn it, we're going to have fun." This time it was her turn to grin.
We talked about what we missed growing up. It turned out that Suzanne had a very protected childhood. While mine hadn't been a bed of roses at least I'd done some things so she followed my suggestions. When she brought up going swimming, I said, "Then it's the public beach for us." At the beach we walked into the women's bath house like any number of mothers and daughters. Suzanne watched the women put their clothes in the basket the attendant gave them and then did likewise. I managed to put my own one piece suit on shielded by Suzanne and then watched the parade of naked women around me get into their suits. I even forgot to watch Suzanne.
We walked out on the beach and she said, "I've never been in a women's public bath house before."
"Neither have I."
"I noticed you were engrossed in scoping everyone out."
"OK, OK, next time I'll keep my eyes on you."
We had a good time and Suzanne was like a kid. Since I looked like a youngster, when she played it looked like she was a mother showing her child a good time. I pinched her bottom a couple of times and she dunked me. When she found out I was a pretty good swimmer she walked into deeper water and launched me into the air. Once she got me high enough that I made a fair to middling jack-knife before I hit the water. Some people around us applauded and we took a small bow.
She told me later she'd been to exotic beaches all over the world, but always with people who focused on how they looked and the beaches weren't full of people like here. There were outside showers to wash the sand off before going in the bath house. Suzanne again covered for me with her body while I changed. She was struggling to get the wet bottoms of her suit off over her hips, so I stepped up to help.
A woman nearby said, "Isn't that sweet, your little girl wants to help her mother."
Suzanne looked at me and I said, "I told you I'd keep my eyes on you. I was just trying to help."
Next I talked her into buying bleacher seats for a Sox game. She said, "I never sat in the bleachers before. Whenever someone invited me to a game we always had seats in one of those private boxes."
"That's not baseball. You have to get down where the crowds are into the game. We had a couple of hot dogs and then Suzanne bought a beer and sweet talked the vendor out of an extra cup and gave me some. I couldn't keep quiet and was up screaming with the crowd and Suzanne got into it herself.
The guy on the other side of her said, "Hey lady, you're lucky, your little girl already knows her baseball. I can't get my daughter to even come to a game. Maybe your daughter could talk to her."
When the batter hit a high flyer toward the bleachers I kept my eye on it. When it started to drop it was headed right for Suzanne. I jumped up on the seat to try and get it. Suzanne looked up, saw the ball and made a beautiful one handed catch. She got a loud round of applause from our seatmates and I was leading the cheering section. She got red in the face, but I knew she was enjoying it. Throughout the rest of the game and as we were leaving the stadium, people were saying, "Great catch. They could use you out on the field."
We finished the day with pizza at Pino's. I had promised her the best pizza she'd ever tasted. We were seated at a table and Pino himself was tending bar. I told Suzanne to order one of Mama's special pizza's with everything on it and ask for the 'house blend' red wine.
She said, "What's mama's special?"
"Pino would like to streamline production and freeze the pizza's, but Mama insists on making them like she did in the old country and baking them on bricks. It takes longer, but they're great."
"And the 'house blend' red wine?"
"Actually Pino calls it 'Dago Red' and makes it himself in the basement. Years ago when I first got out of the Army I used to tend bar here."
Suzanne proclaimed it the best pizza she'd ever eaten and I saw her eyes pop open the first time she tasted the 'house blend' wine. Later when Pino stopped by our table to see how everything was she really praised everything.
Pino was beaming when he looked at me and said to Suzanne, "Do you mind if I ask you if your last name is Jones? Your daughter reminds me of a good friend of mine."