This choice: They stay the same size overnight, and go to school • Go Back...Chapter #5Just a Normal School Day, Right? by: citywalker   The next morning, they all woke up about the same time, still excited about their growth. Janet had already left for work, so she didn't get to see her new giant sons. Each of them tried to find clothes to wear for school, with little success. Kyle was able to squeeze into his formerly baggy basketball jersey (now skin tight) and shorts, which on him now looked like the "short shorts" from footage of old basketball games. Craig had an over-sized sweatshirt he rarely wore before that now left his midriff showing, and a pair of baggy jeans which he quickly turned into cutoffs. They felt tight as hell, but was the only solution he could think of. Clay couldn't find any clothes that he could make work, so he took his bed sheets and made a toga, which fit him nicely. They each had to go barefoot, as none of their shoes even came close to fitting.
The three of them then started walking to school (it was only a half mile away). Cars would suddenly slam on their brakes as the bewildered drivers saw the giant teen boys walking along the sidewalk. This even caused a car to wreck into a tree as its driver stared at them, forgetting to stop. Other students walking to school gave them distance, scared, and too stunned to speak. One girl even ran away, screaming.
"What do you think, Craig," Clay asked, "isn't this pretty cool?"
"Yeah, we're the kings of the school now!" Craig responded.
"I dunno, guys," Kyle said, "people seem to be afraid of us. One of them might call the cops or something."
"For what?" Clay asked. "We haven't done anything wrong. There's no law against being tall."
"Yeah, but we're not just tall," Kyle shot back. "We're freakin' giants!"
As they got to the school building, they saw two of their friends who were their age, Patrick and Andrew, talking to each other by the bus stop. Patrick was a scrawny Japanese-American boy, who even at 15 was only 4' 11". He had shaggy black hair, and was wearing a short sleeve button up shirt with a white t-shirt underneath it and khaki cargo shorts. Andrew was formerly the tallest of their group of friends, at 6 foot even. He played center on the basketball team with Kyle. He had spiky brown hair, pale skin and a thick build, and was wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
Clay called out to them, "Hey, guys, do you notice something different about us?"
Patrick and Andrew turned to look at the three of them, and their mouths dropped open. "Craig?" Andrew said. "Clay? Kyle? Is that you?"
"None other," Craig responded. "What do you think?"
Patrick was dumbfounded. "How...? What...?"
The three boys quickly summed up what happened last night. "Whoa, cool!" Patrick said. "So it just happened? No reason?"
"None that we can think of," Kyle said. "Maybe it was something we ate."
The rest of the school day was equally as interesting. Word quickly spread among the students and teachers about the three boys, and everyone was talking about them, at the lockers, in the cafeteria, in the teachers lounge, and even whispers during classes. Most of their teachers tried to ignore it and teach their normal lesson plan, but each of them noticed lots of stares coming their way throughout the day. Clay and Craig loved the attention, while Kyle, being a little shyer, was uncomfortable, but got used to it.
At the end of the day, Craig and Clay went home, inviting Patrick to come with them, while Kyle and Andrew had to stay for a basketball game, luckily a home game. Even before the team got to the gym, the coach had made a few adjustments. Kyle, a former bench-warmer, was now the starting center, and Andrew shifted over to forward. The opposing team took one look at Kyle as they came out for their warm-ups, and stood frozen in their tracks. During the game, Kyle had ten blocks, twelve rebounds and scored 30 points, but also shared the ball with his teammates, earning eleven assists, the first quadruple-double in school history. Their team ended up dominating the game, winning 72-36 (with 26 of the opposing team's points scored in the fourth quarter, after Kyle was finally taken out of the game).
As the game ended, Kyle's team rallied around him, all giving him five and slapping his back. Kyle was pleased with himself. Maybe this whole growth issue was a good thing after all. | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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