Skyler's Ring 2
by Otaru_grower
Apart from having the strangest dream about being abducted by aliens he had ever had, Skyler felt refreshed and extremely hungry.
The boys finished off a bunch of cereal and granola bars while Lou lit up a cigarette and scratched his muscular armpit.
"So Parker, you're getting a ride from Skyler's dad. I am gonna give Jordan a ride to school on my chopper this morning." He puffed.
"I get to ride on a motorcycle! No way! That's so cool!" Jordan was definitely excited.
"Yeah just don't tell your aunt. She might freak. You ready little man?"
"Yeah. You sure you don't mind?" Jordan asked Parker.
"Nah. I've ridden on it before. Are you still working on the car?" Parker asked.
"Yep. Wanna help me fix it after school?"
"Uh..I have to rehearse for the play today."
"I need to start teaching you about cars and bikes soon if you're gonna be workin with me down at the shop, buddy." Lou puffed and scratched his chest hair under his wife beater. His badass tattoos stood out as symbols of "don't fuck with me" all over the place. But the boys were not nearly old enough to work. They were in junior high but already Lou was planning Parker's future. It grated Parker but it made Jordan jealous. He would give anything for Lou to teach him all that neat stuff.
Skyler and Parker ran out the door and before he knew it, Jordan was wearing a motorcycle helmet for the first time. He loved it! The groan of the engine, the rip of it, the zipping down the street, holding on to a big, strong man. There was something about that last part he especially enjoyed and he clung onto Lou because he was wanting to stay on balance, and didn't want to fall, but even after the motorcycle stopped he knew he could hold onto the man all day. Jordan loved being around him.
Meanwhile, Skyler and Parker had gone next door to find Skyler's dad on the couch in his underwear, with a couch filled with snack foods and dinner plates and dishes not put away that Skyler knew he would be putting away later.
"Dad."
"Wha-?"
"You're giving us a ride to school today."
"Oh, can't you take the bus?" his dad whined.
"Uh no, because it already left and you said you'd take us so uh..."
"Yeah okay, let me finish this level first," Adam said, glazed look on his eye.
"Dad, seriously we're going to be late."
"So? It's just school, trust me you won't even remember it when you grow up."
"Dad. Seriously. Be serious. Please?"
His dad Adam just laughed to himself. The more serious Skyler was the more amusing he found it.
"Dad. Get up and get dressed." Something unexplainable feeling happened and Adam immediately complied.
"Okay."
Adam went and got some clothes on. Adam was tall and muscular, in good shape but notoriously lazy. He sat back down on the couch.
"What? I got dressed." He went back to his video game."Oh, I got him!"
Parker just looked at Skyler's dad like he was nuts. His dad and Skyler's dad got along but they were polar opposites.
"Dad, give us a ride to school." Something again went over him. Like a wave of slightly gray tinted glass that washed over everything that only he could see. Some kind of black and white movie colored Jello filled the room for a half a second.
"Okay. Here we go." Adam said, with the kids following him outside.
"Did...did you see that?" Skyler asked them.
"See what?" Parker asked.
"N-nothing. Nothing."
Skyler couldn't shake the weird feeling he had all day. He tried to concentrate but all he could think about was the ring. He tried to get it off all day. It wouldn't come off.
He came home to his dad and the house was still a mess. His father was sitting on the couch. Skyler put his backpack in his room and came out again. He started collecting empty chip bags and cans of beer and throwing them away.
"Hey thanks, buddy." Adam said, watching the screen. "Oh hey, it's time for My Little Pony."
Skyler groaned.
"Come on, Skyler, you know you want to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with me. Come on, bud. Plop down."
Skyler felt defeated and he glumly put his chin on his arm, elbow on couch.
"Did you...look for a job today at all?"
"Sky-ler," his dad said rolling his eyes, as if Skyler had just said something embarrassing.
"No I mean, I just hope that you are looking. Cause money won't last forever and-"
"Skyler, don't worry. I got everything under control. You worry too much. I'm your dad and I'll always take care of you." Adam stopped and slapped his knee. "I fucking love this cartoon."
"Is this a bill for water? It says they're going to shut water off soon."
"Don't worry. Your dad's got everything taken care of."
"Just once I wish you'd talk to me like I was an adult." No sooner had Skyler said it than a gray Jello filled the room for a split second, making everything waver.
"Well the truth is, I sold some pot recently, so we're going to do fine with bills. Just don't tell anyone, bud. I trust you."
Skyler blinked. He had suspected it but the fact that his dad was admitting it was really weird.
"Oh. Okay. So how was your day?"
"It was good. I mainly watch porn all day while you're at school."
Skyler blinked. Okay, he was not imagining this. He looked around him to make sure he wasn't part of some kind of practical joke. He looked incredibly weirded out but his dad sat there, oblivious. He sat for several minutes as his dad watched My Little Pony.
"So uh...what kind of job would you want to try to get when you're done selling uh..pot?"
"Well Skyler, the economy is trashed right now. I mean, I was working in the factory but all the factory jobs went out of town. I don't really feel like trying to do anything new. I tried for a while but I just got discouraged and I'm not getting laid, so I get depressed. Sitting at home has just sort of made me feel better. You know, like I don't have any responsibilities like I used to. It's just kind of a nice vacation. I guess eventually I'll try and get something but for now I'm just taking it easy."
Skyler blinked. This was...weird. He was not imagining this.
"Oh," he said, quietly. "Sorry."
"Yeah, it's not your fault. You're the best part of my life, little dude. I just need to get laid more, you know what I mean!?"
"I guess."
"Oh right, you're still a virgin."
"I'm 12."
"Yeah, but you'll be in high school soon. God, you should have seen the last woman I banged. She was so fuckin' hot. God damn, she was fucking stacked, man."
Skyler suddenly realized that his father was doing the exact thing he had asked him to, and was talking to him like an adult. But this was the last thing he wanted his dad talking to him about.
"Can you go into the kitchen and get me something to eat?"
"You're a big boy. You can do it yourself," Adam smiled.
"Dad, I wish you would go get me something to eat." This time the wave wasn't as gray. It was more of just a pulse that echoed for a split second.
"Yeah, sure." His father complied, going into the kitchen where he made some pasta. Skyler walked into the kitchen, somewhat in a daze. "Okay, sport. I'm gonna go back to watching TV." Adam rubbed his son's hair. Skyler ate his pasta.
Either my dad is putting me on or whatever I want him to do he's actually going to do!
He remembered the dream and went over the little he remembered. He ran up to the upstairs bathroom.
Inside the bathroom was a full way mirror and the bathroom sink mirror. Skyler took off his shirt and stared at himself.
"Can I change other things?" he wondered out loud. "I wish the towel rack would turn blue." Nothing happened. He experimented further. "I wish the soap would turn into liquid." Nothing happened. "I wish the toothbrush would fly across the room." Nothing. He narrowed his eyes. "I wish...I had...a big freckle on right hand."
He didn't have any such freckles. As he watched, a slight ripple went out, and before he knew it, a freckle appeared on his hand. Skyler exhaled, realizing he'd been holding his breath. "I wish the freckle on my right hand was gone." Ripple. The freckle disappeared.
He tried calling Parker, but his dad Lou answered instead.
"Parker can't talk right now, Skyler."
"Oh, um. Do you know when I can talk to him?"
"In a couple days. He's grounded."
"What?"
"Yeah, I know you kids went through my dad's old stuff. It's not your fault. I told Parker I didn't want him going through there."
Crap! How did he know?
"How-"
"Because I'm a parent and I know when my kid is doing something he shouldn't be. You don't know what that's like, because, well-"
Skyler rolled his eyes.
"Okay, uh...sorry."
"It's cool. Just don't go through other people's shit. It's rude." Parker's dad hung up. Skyler was on his own. He thought of calling Jordan but then stopped himself. Maybe he just needed to experiment more. He loved his dad immensely but...what if this thing worked more? What if he could get his dad to do anything? What else could he try?
"Dad?"
"Hey, son. Wanna watch TV with me? Come on, let's find something good." His father flipped past all the news channels. "Hey look, Adventure Time!"
"Dad, I wish that you would take me camping this weekend."
"Okay, son. I know you've been wanting to do that."
"Really?"
"Yeah, totally. It'll be a lot of fun. Just you and me."
"Maybe Parker and his dad can come, too?"
"Maybe, but his dad is probably going to be busy."
"Don't bet on it." Skyler smiled. His dad nodded and arched an eyebrow, then went back to watching television.
Skyler ran back to the upstairs bathroom. "Okay. I can try something else now. What do I wish for. I know..." His reflection smiled back at him. "I wish I was taller. I wish I was as tall as my dad!"
At first, nothing happened. Skyler was telling himself the ring's abilities must be limited when his stomach growled and before he knew it his body was tumbling downstairs.
"Dad, I need food!"
"What? You just ate."
"I need food now dad! I wish you would help me." Before he knew it his father was in the kitchen.
"What do you want, son?"
"We have a chicken. Here, make it."
"Will do, son."
This is so great! Oh my god, I need food! I need it now!
Skyler wolfed down a box of crackers. He got out the eggs. "Here, make these too. All of them. Scrambled." Skyler had never been this hungry before in his life! He knew he needed food and needed it now! He started eating sandwiches, putting together 5 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and he moaned from pleasure.
"Boy son, you are really hungry!"
"I'm a growing boy! That reminds me!" Skyler ran up next to his father. He was a little taller! He could tell! Maybe by a couple inches. Skyler went back to eating immediately. He scarfed down all the bananas, and raisins, then ate the eggs, while the chicken baked in the oven. He scarfed them down while his father watched.
"This is not normal. Are you okay?" His father asked, sounding freaked out.
"I wish you would think this is all normal!"
His father blinked. "Course, you're a normal boy and all. Just growing."
Skyler finished the eggs and followed them up with juice, some leftoever salad, more snack crackers, some hummus, more sandwiches using up the last of the deli meats. Finally, the chicken was ready!
"I think I'll have some, too." his father said.
"No! I need it! In fact, go to the store and get more food. A BUNCH MORE. Here, take the keys. I wish you would go now because you love me."
"Sure son, whatever makes you happy." He rubbed his son's hair. "Hey. You're taller. By about 4 inches. But...but that's normal."
Skyler ordered a pizza while his dad was out and paid for it using his dad's emergency stash. By the time his dad got home he was finishing an entire large pizza with everything.
"MFOODMMMPH!" His father set up a party vegetable plate, a hummus plate, a sushi platter, and Skyler proceeded to eat all of them. He paused to drink more water and got up as his father was making more eggs as he directed him to.
"Dad!"
"Yeah, son?"
"I'm as tall as your chest, now!"
"Yeah? And?" Skyler laughed out loud. He measured himself. He had grown a full foot, from 4'9" to 5'9"! He couldn't even fit into his shirt anymore! It was barely covering his abdomen. His dad was 6'5". He had growing yet to do!
Ecstatic, his hunger assailed him. He was so hungry! He ate more eggs, a dozen more, then ate all the fruit, and started getting his dad going on the potatoes. Then after the potatoes, he ate cornbread, a bunch of gardenburgers, spaghetti and meatballs, a protein shake of yogurt, fruit, and protein powder that his dad was originally going to eat himself, and by this time Skyler realized he was up to his dad's chin. Childlike glee escaped from him as he laughed and stretched his new legs out. Luckily he was wearing shorts and his torso was still pretty thin. In fact, his entire body was thin. He had only grown taller. He was now the tallest 7th grader in his entire school, he was pretty sure.
What followed was an hour more of eating anything he could find. He opened up cans of olives, jars of cherries, canned corn, black beans, he didn't even wait for his dad to cook them, he just instinctively consumed. He excused himself to go to the bathroom and told his dad to pull more food for him so he could start eating by the time he got back. He took the longest dump he'd ever taken and the longest piss...an adult sized shit and piss, he thought embarrassed. Then got up and looked at himself in the mirror over the sink. He barely fit into his shirt now. He removed it. His arms had grown much longer but they were still gangly. But still, he was so tall! He loved it. He loved it so much! He felt himself all over, marveling at his new height. He went downstairs and his dad was putting some graham crackers out which he picked up and immediately started scarfing when he realized he was looking at his dad at eye level! It was the first time in his life that had happened and it was so fast, so soon. He was now 12 years old but 6'5". He felt on top of the world and his heart was racing!
"Still hungry, son?"
"A little but I think you should go to the store again tomorrow."
"I can do that. Boy, you sure packed away a lot tonight. I hope this was a one time thing. You really ate a lot of groceries. Man!"
"But it's totally normal. From now on just believe everything I tell you without question. Okay?"
"Sure thing, son. Hey, I'm gonna go watch a porn in the living room. Do you mind going up to your room?"
"Um. Actually I'm gonna go next door, I think."
"To Parker's? Sure thing, son. Just be home by 10."
"From now on I can stay out as late as I want. I mean, I'm as tall as you now. So I don't need a curfew. Okay, dad?" His dad smiled.
"Sure thing. Go have fun, son."
"Oh, I will dad. I will," Skyler said, having to duck through the front screen door for the first time as he left to go next door.
The night was far from over...