Ryan was headed to the gym, still quite surprised by what the basketball jocks had told him. A group of the jocks, led by Troy of course, told Ryan that they wanted to make him an honorary basketball player! They even gave him the red version of the basketball uniform, which he was wearing proudly! He headed to the gym, as the jocks had invited to teach him a bit of how to play!
He walked into the gym, seeing most of the basketball team, also in uniform, sitting together on the benches and chatting. Chad said, "Hey, Ryan's here!" and he, Troy and the rest of the team jogged over to Ryan, welcoming him in, exchanging greetings and pleasantries. Ryan then said, "So when do we start?" and Troy said, "Well before we do that, you have to stay hydrated! C'mon! I'll get you a bottle!" and Ryan followed Troy to the benches where dozens of water bottles and several water coolers were waiting.
Troy handed Ryan one of the bottles, and Ryan said, "Thanks!" before taking a hearty swig from the bottle. Ryan was quite surprised by how sweet this Gatorade was, not expecting it to be that sweet. That, and it had a strong blueberry flavor. Heck, it tasted more like a rich blueberry juice than anything! Regardless, Ryan set the bottle down and started jogging to the middle of the court, but after a few steps, each step seemed to be getting a little harder.
"Phew, I must be getting out of shape!" Ryan said as he turned around, feeling oddly heavier. He also noticed that the other guys weren't following him, but were instead watching closely. Ryan said "Wait, what's..." but cut himself off as he looked at his hand, seeing dark blue color spread down his forearm until his whole hand was blue! He looked down, only to see a big blue wobbly belly that was swelling bigger. He didn't even notice until now that his jersey was riding up! His shorts were also feeling tight as his butt and legs swelled, too.
"Wait, what's happening to me?" Ryan said, but he merely saw coy smiles from all of the other jocks as he quickly realized that he fell into some kind of trap. As it turned out...