Other Inflation

"Hey you!"

Usually people who didn't know my name and were calling for me approached me from behind.  This one, who was bold enough to go "hey you" to a complete stranger, shouted at me from the front.  She was about eighteen and... well, she was a tomboy, complete with short hair and baseball cap.  Aside from that, she was wearing sandals and a crop top and shorts in that same familiar, super-stretchy, spandex-like material.  They looked brand new.

I blinked. "Yes?"

She stopped in front of me. "Help me out.  You're some big expert, right?"

Terry smiles as he sees Tanya and her sister waiting near the door as he leaves work. The sky is dim and he looks down at the two five foot tall sisters. Their faces smile back at him and Tanya wraps a arm around him to give him a hug. Her long black ponytail dances across the top of his arm as he hugs her back and she says, “I have a surprise for you.”

Terry leans away to look at her, “Really? What is it?”

Tanya holds a finger to his lips, “Shhh you’ll see.”