[ WP ] As you reach certain milestones in your life , you are allowed to get certain `` upgrades '' for your body . These can range anywhere from an increase of 10 IQ points to angel wings to hardened bones .

Early on the morning of her twenty first birthday, the doorbell rang. Everyone in the apartment had been out late the previous night and was still in bed. Jessica was the only one to hear it, and she knew what it was. The package with her milestone genie bottle had arrived. She sat up, put on a pair of jeans, and went downstairs to the door. 
 
 There it was, in iridescent silver packaging, containing a translucent, ruby colored crystalline bottle. Just like the ones she had received on her 5th, 13th, and eighteenth birthdays. As she held it in her hands, she thought of her prior milestone wishes. 
 
 On her fifth birthday, she had wasted her wish on a new front tooth to replace the one that had just fallen out. She didn ’ t realize that it would have grown back on its own. On her thirteenth birthday, she had wished for elf ears, which she still had and enjoyed enormously, always adorning them with the cutest earrings to make sure everyone noticed them. On her eighteenth birthday, she wished for usable wings, both because of their beauty and because she had many friends who could fly now, and wanted to have the power and enjoyment they derived from it. It had not disappointed her. It was especially wonderful on last year ’ s trip to the Grand Canyon, where the aerial views were astonishingly breathtaking. 
 
 She had thought a long time about what she would like to wish for this year, and had finally come to a decision. She wanted big breasts. Although her pixie-like figure matched well with her wings and elf ears, she felt as if she never really got the attention of men as much as she ’ d like and after having watched a number of infomercials about modern breast enhancement techniques, she concluded that it was because of her cup size. The medical solutions were too expensive on her student budget, so she would save her money and ask the milestone genie to grant her large breasts. 
 
 She wanted to make the wish and undergo the change as soon as possible. She and her roommates planned on going out for brunch this morning, and she wanted to impress them all with her new buxom beauty. Following the instructions in the package, she rubbed the bottle and softly chanted the necessary incantations. The bottle lit up and a smooth male voice said “ Congratulations! It ’ s your twenty first birthday. Thanks to the generosity of our glorious leaders and corporate sponsors, today you have been granted the body enhancement of your choice. How may I be of assistance today? ” 
 
 “ Dear genie, oh genie. Please grant me, on this my twenty first birthday, very large breasts. ” 
 
 The voice emanated from the bottle again “ Your wish is my command. It shall be granted. This bottle contains a small tablet. Swallow this tablet with a full glass of water. The changes you requested will become effective within the next hour. 
 
 Jessica didn ’ t wait for the message to end. She pried open the bottle ’ s pill compartment, put the pill in her mouth, and washed it down with diet cola. Then she went back to her room and turned on the television, anxiously awaiting the results. 
 
 Within five minutes, her breasts were about one inch larger. By the first commercial break, they had doubled in size. That was about the amount of change she had hoped for, and she stood admiring her profile in the mirror. She would have to buy some new bras and shirts. A little expensive, but she would make it work, she decided. It would be fun to refresh her wardrobe a bit. By the twenty minute mark, they had doubled in size again, to about the size of basketballs. This was more than she had bargained for. She read over the genie bottle instruction brochure again to see if there was some way to halt the process. As she did so, her breasts had grown to the size of beach balls. Five minutes later, they were the size of pilates balance balls and were starting to block her view. 
 
 She had to hold the instruction brochure at arm ’ s length to find the customer service number. She found her phone and dialed it with one hand. 
 
 A recording of soft music and a pleasant female voice was on the line “ Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line and we will be with you shortly. Our glorious leaders and corporate sponsors are so pleased to provide you with the very best in milestone body enhancement technology. Your tax dollars and generous support makes it possible. Please consider a donation to Milestone Partners. We will be with you shortly… ” 
 
 Jessica ’ s breasts were now equal in diameter to her height. She could no longer hold them up. Resting on them like two gigantic pillows, she struggled to keep the phone to her ear. Finally, a human voice was on the line. “ Millenial Partners. Please hold… ” Jessica pressed the mute button briefly and screamed out her frustration. 
 
 Her roommate, Claire had heard and was standing outside the door “ Jess, are you ok? ” 
 
 The customer service agent was back on the phone. With the phone still muted, Jessica shouted “ Yeah, I ’ m good ” and pushed the lock on the door. She unmuted the phone and half-whispered her situation to the agent. 
 
 “ Oh, honey! ” said the agent with a sweet Southern drawl. “ You did get yourself in a little fix there didn ’ t ya? You know you ’ re not supposed to take those pills out until the genie ’ s done talking and the thing pops open. They just aren ’ t ready yet. ” She paused and Jessica though she could hear a faint chuckle in the background. Were they actually laughing at her? 
 
 “ OK, sweetheart. Here ’ s what you got ta do. On the other side of the bottle, there ’ s a little button. Press that and there ’ s another pill. Take that and those boobs of yours will shrink back down to size in no time. Now that means you ’ re not going to get an enhancement this year, but at least you ’ ll get out of your predicament. ” 
 
 Jessica did as the woman suggested and as soon as she was able to, laid back on her bed waiting for the reversal process to complete. She was utterly humiliated, not only by the botched enhancement procedure, but by her own desire to have larger breasts in the first place. Why was everyone so hung up on enhancements anyway? Wasn ’ t it already amazing enough to he human, to be alive, to live in a beautiful and complex world, and to be here with each other? Their glorious leaders and corporate sponsors could go enhance themselves to death as far as she was concerned. She was done with it. 
 
 That morning at brunch, as she and Claire sat with their friends at the Sunnyside Café, Claire asked, “ So Jessica, you ’ re twenty one. What enhancement are you going for this year? ” 
 
 Jessica smirked and took a sip of her mimosa. “ I already got it this morning. It ’ s self esteem. ” 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

