They boys get a foot long sub each and a jumbo drink, then settle into a corner of the food court with their games.You might expect that the fat Sam would gobble the sandwich down faster than the skinny Jack but the two were pretty much a match. They had always been big eaters. When they entered high school they were both chubby kids just barely five feet. They both hit growth spurts in their sophomore years but Jack grew almost a foot and a half while Sam just added 8 inches. Sam kept growing out even when he stopped growing up and now the two boys were a big contrast. Underneath, they were alike as peas. They were nerds through and through and they both loved games and it seemed that they just couldn't play their games without eating something.
Jack stuffed the last quarter of the sandwich into his mouth and looked at Sam as he chewed the giant mouthful.
"Sam was pretty fat," he thought to himself. "When did that happen? They were always pretty much the same until recently. All of a sudden I'm a skinny scarecrow and Sam's the Pillsbury doughboy. I wouldn't want to be as fat as Sam, still it's better than scrawny. A strong wind could blow me away."
"Ready for something else?", He asked Sam who for some reason was only half way through his sandwich. "You sick?"
"Don't worry about me, skinny."
Lately Sam had begun to sense that Jack was feeling really bad about his weight. He'd begun to make some fun of his friend and secretly enjoyed the effect. First it upset him enough that he was making gaming mistakes when they competed and second is helped make up for Sam being so much shorter than Jack.
Jack huffed off and came back with
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