My Little Brother

I found myself skipping down to the lab. I was in a good mood for some reason, which I shouldn't be considering where I have to be in the next half hour. If you were guess high school, then ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! When the doors opened Chase was flipping through a book and Adam was, oh that's gross, he smelling his shoes.

I wrapped my arms around Chase's waist and placed my cheek against his back "Hey there cutie."

Chase jumps but turns around to face me, my arms still around him "You scared me."

"Sorry," I fake pout "I won't do it again."

Chase starts to laugh "What's gotten you in a good mood?"

"Yeah, I'm not quite sure. Maybe it's because I'm with you."

My bionic boyfriend, wow, try saying that five times fast, pecked my forehead before we heard Adam sniff his shoe again.

"Aw, smells like something died in here!" Adam exclaimed "Whoa something did die in here!" I backed away as Adam's shoes came into my vision "Guys look at this!"

Adam then shoves his shoe into Chase's face "No," Chase went back to his book.

"Well at least tell me if this is fur or mold," Adam shoves his shoe towards Chase again and Chase pulls away.

"No," was his reply again.

Adam puts his shoe back on but his foot goes completely through it by ripping the seam by the toe area. Okay, I knew he was strong but why destroy his own shoe?

"Adam, what did you do to your shoe?"

"I guess I don't know my own strength. The same thing happened yesterday with my underwear. Oh that reminds me," Adam pulled out the elastic band and puts in on Chase's head. I take another step back "I got you a new head band for gym class."

Chase throws it off his head and stares angrily at his older brother. He walks over to his book bag and both Adam and I follow him "Man, Mr. Davenport warned us about this. As we get older, our chips have to be recalibrated to adjust to our growth."

Adam starts to laugh "Oh then yours will never have to be adjusted. 'Cause your body doesn't grow! Get it?" Chase continues to ignore him "I'm saying you're small!"

"I get it," Chase snaps "When Mr. Davenport gets back, and he can recalibrate your super strength. Toss me my back pack."

And boy did he; Chase's back pack went through the steel doors and there was a huge hole where Davenport's logo was supposed to be.

"Or we could do it now," Chase replied "Get in your capsule."

"But I like being ridiculously strong," Adam tried to tell us "I'm like King Kong without the little lady in his hand." He then held out his hand to Chase "Go ahead Chase. Jump in."

Chase shook his head "Go," he pointed to Adam's capsule before rolling his eyes at me for Adam's stupidity.

"Fine," Adam huffed.

"Alright let's see," Chase said over the controls "Adam's size parameters; six one, a hundred and seventy five pounds,"

"Make it a hundred and eighty," Adam patted his stomach "Had a big breakfast."

"Since your strength is intensified I'm going to dial it back from an eight to a six," Chase explained before typing in on the controls.

"Hold on, you can adjust my strength?" Adam's voice vibrated through his capsule. Chase nodded "Well don't dial me down, dial me a ten!"

"No way," Chase said "That would be like giving a stick of dynamites to a…well you." He pressed more buttons before Adam's capsule vibrated and flashed a couple of times.

"There, done, now hurry," Chase said and grabbed my hand "We're going to be late for school."

I hiked my back pack up further on my shoulder before being tugged out of the room. We heard Adam say something about being right there and not have something to do…whatever that means in Adam's foreign language.

Chase insisted that when we got to school, I would eat breakfast with him and Adam. I reluctantly said yes but only because I love him. I'd rather eat on the other side and away from Adam's constant versions of his ABC's through farting and burping. Keep my breakfast down if you know what I mean.

We found a table up front and Chase pulled out his chair "Man, I always get the wobbly chair," he complained.

Adam looked down "Here, let me fix it, hold my tray." But Adam didn't fix the chair, oh no, he broke it! He broke a metal chair! In front of the whole cafeteria! My eyes widened as he placed it on the table and everyone was looking at us.

"Adam!" Chase scolded through his clenched jaw. He turned to face the table next to us "Budget cuts, am I right? The evidence is all around us people." He then proceeded to scowl at his brother "You maxed out your super strength, didn't you?"

Adam scoffed "Of course I did. Look at who you're talking to."

Chase sighed "This is so dangerous! You can't control your strength and it could cause a ton of glitches. We have to change you back now."

"Calm down," Adam said to him "You're overreacting."

Adam placed his tray on the table but the legs caved underneath it, making everything on the table, plus the table top, to come crashing down. I placed my hand over my mouth at the sound of it. Everyone turned to look at what happened.

"Okay you can dial me down to a nine," Adam said and Chase and I locked eyes.

As we walked back into the lab, we found the door to Adam's capsule all the way across the room "I can't believe you maxed out your strength after I specifically told you not to," Chase scolded, which was really fitting because Adam is just a child underneath all that muscle.

"In my defense, you telling me what to do is like a monkey telling a hedgehog what to do. It's ridiculous! But it would make an awesome buddy cop movie!"

Chase sighed "Can we please just get this over with? I got to get back to school. It's karaoke day in Latin class and I'm singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He then began to sing it in Latin and Adam groaned.

Adam turned to me "Katie, how much is Chase paying you to be his girlfriend?"

I scoffed "Don't hate Adam. It doesn't suit you."

Chase rolled his eyes at Adam before telling him to get in his capsule. He then began pressing more buttons "Alright, reducing super strength in three, two, one."

"And we have lift off," I muttered as the Adam's capsule lit up and started to flash.

"Alright we should probably test it out to make sure you're back to normal. Come here."

I watched as Chase explained what that big container near Leo's desk was. The same one Mr. Davenport tried to climb into when his memory was erased to make him think he was a toddler.

"Think you can break it?"

"Sure," Adam joked "Stand still while I smash it over your head."

"No with your hand."

Adam snapped his fingers "Not as fun but okay."

He tried to break it but it didn't work. He tried it again and groaned "I'm back to normal. Now I'm only a hundred times stronger than you. Guess I'm going to have to hit you more often to make up for it."

Chase shook his head "You really don't have to,"

"Oh that's sweet but I really do," Adam patted him on the shoulder.

It turned into a battle of yes and no before Adam started running after Chase. I laughed as I followed my boys out of the lab and back to school.

When we got back to school, the hallways were empty meaning class had already started. Eh, what's one more absence going to do?

Chase and I walked in with Adam trailing behind us "Hey Chase, when you zapped me, I think you took a little bit of weight off." I looked back to find Adam's arms raised out and his clothes a little too big for his body. Huh, that's weird.

"Adam," Chase told him "That's impossible. It doesn't work like that." He walked over to the water fountain while I stared at Adam. Is it just me or is Adam shrinking?

Chase went on about how everything worked but was ignored by both of us. When he stopped talking I got his attention "Um, Chase, I think something went terribly wrong." My boyfriend turned his head to find Adam's clothes on the ground.

"Adam?"

"I'm down here!" Adam had shrunk into his shoe "Told you I was losing weight."

"Aww," I cooed "He's adorable! Can we keep him?" I joked.

"I can't believe this is happening," Chase muttered to himself while lying on the ground. I settled for sitting on my knees.

"Chase what's going on?" Adam asked from his shoe.

Was it bad that I wanted to keep Adam like this forever? He's just so cute this way…and I mean baby cute, not cute as in I find him attractive…because I don't.

"I-I guess I was in such a rush to recalibrate your chip, I accidentally forgot to re-enter the size parameters which caused a glitch."

"I'm two inches tall and naked and oh my god, in front of Katie too! Look away woman! Look away!" I giggled before Adam spoke again "Do something!"

There is no way I can take him seriously like this! I mean he's so adorable with his mouse like voice and small appearance!

Chase debated something in his head before going to the lost and found while I stayed behind to make sure Adam didn't go anywhere…highly unlikely he would considering how tiny he is and naked. While he was gone, I had to bite my lips from cooing at his adorableness.

Chase came back and placed Adam in his locker "Really Chase? A purple ninja outfit? You know purple's not my color."

"It was from the lost and found. There were only two action figures. This and Power Girl, and you do not have the legs to work that skirt."

"Just hurry up and fix this," Adam squeaked "I can't stand being smaller than you."

"You know I've been smaller than you my entire life," Chase complained "Now you know what it's like. Do you remember all the names you called me?"

I placed my hand on his shoulder for some slight comfort. And it seemed to help a little bit…well before Adam went on a naming streak.

"Not all of them but I remember there was Tiny Pants Magoo, Micro-man, Tiny Boy, Ant Boy, Little Woman."

Chase placed his thermos lid over Adam who yelled to let him out. Chase smiled before letting Adam see the light again.

"Hey, what did you do that for?"

"I wanted you to see what it was like to be picked on by someone larger than you." Chase replied "But since I'm a nice guy, now I'll take you home to fix you."

"Thank you Chase," Adam told him "It's really big of you and I don't get to say that very often."

"You just can't stop yourself, can you?"

"I'll try, um, you're hugely small. No, can't do it."

Chase smirked "You know what? Forget home. We're gonna have a little fun."

"Can we dress him up as Power Girl? That would be hilarious."

Chase laughed before take tiny Adam out of his locker "You know that new tarantula in the science lab?"

"Oh, yeah, Harvey, he's great!" Adam said dangling from Chase's fingers.

"Well let's see how great he is when he gets a surprise visit from a purple ninja."

Adam started to squirm as Chase put him in his pants pocket.

"Are you sure that's a great idea Chase," I asked him "You know it could be dangerous for Adam if the spider gets spooked, right?"

"He'll be fine Katie," Chase dismissed and I rolled my eyes at the back of his head. Boys are dumb.

Chase was back at the water fountain talking to his pants pocket when I walked up to him "Alright Adam, time for a water fountain germ bath." He searched his pockets "Adam? Oh no, Adam?" He began shaking his leg and when two girls walked past, I wondered what ridiculous lie he was going to pull out of his arm pits next "New internet dance craze. Look it up."

Leo walked by and Chase jumped yelling his name.

"Sup?"

"I need your help. I accidentally shrunk Adam and he's gone."

"I got your back," Leo said "You were with me, we were kayaking, no questions asked."

Chase and I sighed in defeat "No! He was in my pocket but he fell out. We lost him…"

"You mean YOU lost him," I interrupted before he could put part of the blame on me

Chase glared at me and I put my hands up in surrender "I lost him."

"They'll never buy it. Stick to the kayak."

Chase then began to panic as I looked around on the floor "I don't know where he is. He could be anywhere."

Both boys began to look around with me before Leo pointed him out "Guys, I think I just saw a little purple ninja dive into that book bag. And there's something I'll never say again."

"Yup, that's Adam all right."

I just stood there as Leo and Chase rushed over trying to get to the book bag. The girl who owned it suddenly got up and ran after them. I slowly followed them into the gym knowing they would get in trouble somehow.

Chase tackled the girl's book bag away from her and began pulling her books out.

"Sorry ma'am. Random bag search, there's been a rash of crouton theft at the salad bar. We're not saying it's you but we're all thinking it."

"Aha!" Chase cried "I got him," he whispered to us before crashing into Principal Perry wearing horrendous clothing from the eighties.

"Dude," Perry cried "You almost spilled my third lunch."

"Right," Chase said "Sorry."

Hey, wait a minute. How come Principal Perry isn't wearing her ugly pant suits? And why is she eating a third lunch? Is there some new school policy where the Principal has to eat with the students or something?

From the corner of my eye, I spotted Adam on Principal Perry's chicken sandwich. Well that's just unfortunate. Perry covered Adam with the top half of her sandwich bun before picking it up in attempt to eat it.

"Adam get out of there!" Chase called out.

I watched as Chase leaped forward to grab it but Perry kept a firm grip on her lunch "Braver men than you have tried to take my food before, they ain't men now."

Chase pulled the sandwich out of her hands "I will not let you eat my brother."

Perry scoffed "You vegetarians make me sick! It's a turkey, not your brother. Now give me back that bird, hippie!"

Both had a wrestling match over it before Bree came in "Drop the burger Terry!"

"How about I drop you girlie?"

"I have a feeling you might say that," Bree said "which is why I brought in the big guns."

Apparently the big gun was Principal Perry's own mother who scolded her in front of the entire lunch room. It was really enjoyable to watch her squirm under her mother's scolding. When Chase went for the sandwich, Perry's mom slapped his hand away.

"Hands off troll," she said "I apologize for her causing so much trouble."

"She's not really the principal."

"And you're not really a child so stop acting like one," She scolded her daughter who stomped and groaned like one. Still acting like a little kid, Perry's mom told her to apologize and she reluctantly did so. I bit my lip and smiled at the scene.

"I'm going to take her home and give her a good talking to."

"I think that is a great idea," Bree replied smiling.

Principal Perry's mom grabbed her by the ear and pulled her out of the gym. She then threw the sandwich in the trash bin. Chase and Leo screamed before picking up the bin and hauling it out of the room. Bree looked to me for answers.

"Long story short: Chase shrunk Adam on accident, they lost Adam who was in Principal Perry's sandwich which is now in the trash bin and now they have to look through it to find your missing brother," I took a deep breath "And now I should follow them to make sure they find him. See you!"

I decided to keep my distance when Chase and Leo sifted through the day old trash. You couldn't pay me enough to go through that! The smell alone was unbelievably gross; a couple times I almost wanted to vomit.

Soon they found him and put tiny Adam in his capsule "He was curled up inside of a burrito," Chase said and I cooed at the thought of little Adam in a ball. Chase and Leo wiped off their hands and Chase got down to work "Adam's size parameters; six one, a hundred and seventy five pounds, strength level six, clothing? Yes please." Chase hit enter and Adam was once again at his full growth.

Adam stepped out of his capsule "Chase I just had the most awesome dream. I was a tiny ninja in a land of butt giants!"

"No, Adam, that wasn't a dream. I made a mistake and shrunk you."

"That's right," Leo put his two cents in "and I had nothing to do with it. For once Leo is a part of the solution to a problem he didn't create! Yes!"

I smiled as Leo left the lab.

"Wow, I think I finally understand what if feels like to be the smaller brother," Adam said. Wow, he understands something? Did Chase add a few more brain cells too?

Chase sighed in relief "Finally! So does this mean you're not going to make short jokes at my expense anymore?"

"I'm sorry. Can you keep up? I can't hear you down there."

And there he goes again…

"You just cannot help yourself, can you?"

"I'm just kidding," Adam said "I don't think you're that small. And for turning me back to normal, I got you a gift. Okay close your eyes." Adam pulled out the action figure ninja costume that he wore all day "It's a tiny ninja costume! Oh don't worry about the size, you'll grow into it," and sat it on Chase's shoulder.

Adam walked out of the lab and I walked up to Chase who was glaring past me.

"Well everything's back to normal now," I said taking the tiny outfit off his shoulder and placed my chin there "I wouldn't get too worked up about it. He wouldn't be Adam without his jokes and you know it."

"Maybe," Chase intertwined our hands together "But he makes them all the time. It gets annoying."

I placed a kiss on his jaw "At least you're not the shortest person in this house. You're taller than Leo."

"And you," Chase smirked.

"Hey! I may be short but I can still kick your butt."

He kissed my lips before smirking "I wouldn't doubt that."