After most of the students had left, Jack decided to take a look around the school. Maybe he could show his muscles off to some more people or help someone. Jack walked through the schoolyard and into the school building.
Once inside, Jack began to look around, but he found that the school was pretty much deserted. There wasn't much going on in terms of extracurricular activities. Suddenly, Jack hear grunts, yells, and slams coming from somewhere else. Curious, Jack followed the noises until he found himself in front of the school gymnasium. There was a sign on the door that read "Wrestling Tryouts Today!". Interested, Jack pushed the door open and walked in.
The stench of manly sweat hit Jack's nose as he spotted the wrestling mat on the far side of the gym. Most of the biggest guys in school were crowded around the mat, waiting for their chance to show off their moves. Even though he had never wrestled before, Jack clearly outmatched the wrestlers in both muscle and height (the new muscle in his legs had brought his height up to an intimidating 6'). Thinking that wrestling might be something he would be good at, Jack headed towards the mat.
Most of the wrestlers ignored Jack, as they were too focused on the action in the center of the ring as a tiger and a lion were going at it, so Jack went to talk to Coach Jenkins, the wrestling coach. Coach Jenkins was a rather muscular boar who knew everything there was to know about wrestling.
Jack walked up to Coach Jenkins and tapped him on the shoulder. Coach Jenkins turned around and saw Jack making his eyes nearly bug out of his head.
"Wow, you certainly are big, kid!" Coach Jenkins explained. Jack figured Coach Jenkins had never really seen him before, as he had never done anything wrestling related. "Have you come to tryout?"
"Yeah," Jack said nervously. He was beginning to have second thoughts about wrestling, now realizing that being big might not be the only thing necessary.
"Well then, put this on, and be back out here in five minutes," Coach Jenkins said as he tossed a wrestling singlet at Jack. Jack caught it in midair and went into the boys locker room.
Five minutes later, Jack walked back into the gymnasium wearing the wrestling singlet. It was a little uncomfortable, but he knew he looked good in it, as the elastic material clearly defined his huge muscles even when he was standing still.
Jack walked back up to Coach Jenkins. "I'm ready to wrestle," Jack said, having found a new spark of confidence.
Coach smiled. "Good. You'll be wrestling Will over there," he said.
Jack walked onto the mat and faced his opponent. Will was an extremely muscular bull (probably the second-most muscular there, besides Jack) who was known for his short temper. He was the best wrestler on the team, having led their school to the state finals the previous year, and he bullied Jack on occasion.
Coach Jenkins blew his whistle, signaling the match to begin. Will charged blindly at Jack, putting in as much power as possible. Jack, using his lightning fast reflexes, dodged the charge and caused Will to barrel past him. Coach and the other wrestlers were astonished that someone as big as Jack could move that gracefully!
Jack quickly turned around, and before Will could react, he jumped onto Will's back, sending the bull plowing to the ground with great force. Jack held Will to the ground with his mighty grip until Will tapped the ground. Coach blew his whistle again. "Jack is the winner!" he shouted. The other wrestlers all cheered wildly for Jack. He had taken down their best wrestler in one move! Jack blushed slightly, but felt proud.
Others wrestled for a bit until Coach Jenkins told them that the tryouts were over. He read over the list of names and, not surprisingly, Jack made the wrestling team. Coach told them all of the usual stuff like eating right before dismissing them all so they could go home. Jack felt good as the other praised his wrestling moves. He felt like he was finally being accepted.
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