“Jeremy, remember to be home by the time I get back from work.”
“Ah gee Mom. I’ll remember.” Jeremy had all he could do to contain himself. His neighbor Sam was taking him someplace special today.
“All right, honey. Have a good time.” Jeremy’s mom knew he looked forward to spending time with Sam. Jeremy had never had a dad in his life, which meant he really needed someone he could look up to and have as a father figure. Sam, at twenty six, fit the bill nicely. He was reliable and would look after her son while she worked to support the family.
Jeremy was already out the door and racing towards Sam’s place. He didn’t fit in with his high school freshmen peers and was somewhat of a loner, isolated because he was the class runt.
“So you really want to be like me, Jeremy?” Sam always greeted the boy this way since the day he had blurted out his secret fantasy to be like Sam. He was quite the stud, standing at 6’1 and very well built, the epitome of everything Jeremy ever wanted to be. He was flattered Jeremy thought so much of him.
“Yes, sir, Mr. Adams I sure do. I wish I could be big and strong like you.” Jeremy idolized Sam. He could talk with Sam about anything and he wouldn’t treat him like some little kid who didn’t know anything. Besides, Sam looked so cool on his motorcycle.
“Follow me.” Sam led Jeremy to the kitchen, placing his hands on the boy’s shoulders.
“I feel kind of strange. What’s happening to me?”
“Relax Jeremy and let the changes happen. It will be a little painful but work through the pain.”
Jeremy’s joints began to pop as his legs, arms, and torso elongated, shredding his clothes. He looked to Sam to explain what just happened to him but Sam said nothing further.
“I’m as tall as you!” He stared in disbelief into the eyes of his friend. He gazed down at himself to see he was thin and lanky when suddenly he doubled over in immense pain, every muscle in his body cramping. His muscles began pulsating, his arms slowly inflating while his legs soon followed suit. His chest exploded into two mounds of hard muscle and etched abs erupted across his stomach, his back broadening as his musculature expanded to support his new bulk. His facial features painfully rearranged but into what he could not tell. When the pain ceased a rather dazed man now stood in the place where once a boy had been.
“Here Jeremy, put these on.” Sam handed him a pair of blue trunks to cover himself then led him to a mirror. “What do you think of yourself…Sam?”