My Best Friend Stopped Growing at Age Eight and Everyone Said He’d Never Find L0ve – Except Me

Their faces changed.

Their voices deepened.

Noah stayed almost exactly the same size.

Eventually, they diagnosed him with an extremely rare growth disorder that affected his bones and hormone response.

His mind developed normally.

His body did not.

By middle school, strangers assumed he was eight.

By high school, they assumed I was babysitting him.