As Tom strolled into the large cafeteria in the youth center, he met an older man who was carrying a large soft bag with him. Clearly, the man had a hard time carrying the heavy bag.
“Can I help you with the bag, mister?” Tom asked him politely.
“Sure! Thanks, young man! The bag is full of old clothes I’m trying to donate to the center for poor kids. These are old clothes which were donated or were about to be thrown out. Maybe there are some kids here who could use them.” The man said, as he sat down in a chair by a table in the food court.
“That’s so nice of you to come here with these clothes! You’ll help lots of kids with these!” Tom smiled. “My name is Tom, by the way.”
“I’m Jack, nice to meet you.”
Tom and Jack shook hands before Jack suddenly stood up.
“I need to use the bathroom. I’ll be back in a few minutes. Can you watch my bag for me?” Jack asked him.
Jack walked over to the restroom, which was at the other end of the food court while Tom just sat there all alone. That’s when Tom noticed another teenage boy who was arguing with a girl.
“Look, Ethan!” the girl said to the boy. “I would love to go out with you, but I already made plans. I’m going out tonight and I can’t hang out with you. I’m sorry!” the girl said to the boy, who seemed extremely disappointed. The girl was short and athletic, but the boy seemed tall but very skinny.
“Come on, Jenny! What are you doing tonight that is so important? We had been planning this for the last two weeks! You can’t bail on me now!” Ethan, the teenage boy, pleaded.
Jenny let out a deep sigh.
“Okay, I didn’t want to tell you, so here it is. I got asked out by Doug, who is the football quarterback. He is big, tall and strong. He is all the things that you’re not. I’m sorry, Ethan. I gotta go home and get ready for my date with the high school football quarterback!”
Jenny then turned around and walked away as Ethan sat down on the table next to where Tom was sitting, feeling completely hopeless and defeated. Tom heard the whole conversation between the two.
“Oh, man. Poor guy! Maybe I can give him the body of a football quarterback!” Tom grinned quietly as he pulled the wand out of his coat pocket.
Tom made sure nobody was watching him. Ethan just folded his arms in front of him on the table and he leaned forward, resting his head on his arms. He felt lost and sad. He didn’t know what to do. Tom saw that as he quietly took the wand in his hand and aimed the diamond tip of the wand of muscle growth at Ethan. The poor boy was an easy target since he was sitting just a few feet away from Tom, resting his head on the table with his eyes closed. Tom could tell that Ethan was crying.
A thick, intense, dark blue blast of light shot from the tip of the wand and struck Ethan in the back of his shoulder. The wand had detected Tom’s shock and compassion towards the boy. The wand also detected Ethan’s sadness, and it just wanted to blow up Ethan’s muscles and make him grow as big as possible!
Ethan’s body began to change immediately! His arms bulged everywhere, with his triceps and biceps turning into huge balls of muscle. This caused Ethan to lift his head in wonder. Next, his forearms, followed by his traps and delts grew bigger. Then, his pectorals and his abdominal muscles became well defined, as his torso widened, and his upper body formed an impressive V-taper.
Ethan’s legs followed, with his quads doubling in width and rapidly growing into mighty tree trunks of solid rock-hard muscle while his calves inflated into big, round soccer balls sticking out from the back of his legs! He was becoming huge!
Within just a few seconds, the tall but skinny boy had packed on more than eighty pounds of solid muscle. Ethan no longer looked like a tall, lanky bean pole. He was now a big, hulking teenage bodybuilder! In fact, as his muscles grew, Ethan quietly ripped out of his jeans and his arms burst out of his shirt sleeves. He was now walking around with big holes in his clothes.
“What… What happened?” Ethan gasped as the boy stood up. Not only were his muscles massive, but his clothes were torn everywhere.
“Hey, kid! Do you need bigger clothes?” Tom shouted at him, as he quickly put the wand back in his coat pocket.
Just then, Jack came back, and he saw Tom talking to this other muscular teenager.
“Hey there, big boy! You look like you need some clothes! Your clothes are all torn!” Jack said to Ethan.
Jack quickly opened the soft bag, and he pulled out a bunch of clothes.
“Here, go try on this shirt and these pants in the restroom!” Jack said to the muscle boy.
Ethan quickly walked to the restroom and came back wearing the new clothes.
“Thank you so much! I just had a horrible experience with this girl, but I think I can convince her to go out with me, now!” Ethan smiled.
Tom then stood up and glanced at him.
“Hey, surely you’ll find someone else who will want to go out with you for sure!” Tom smiled.
Ethan then glanced at Tom and grinned widely.
“Uhh… Look… I don’t mind going out with…. A guy… Like you…” Ethan spoke in a soft tone of voice.
“Really? I thought you only went out with girls!” Tom replied, feeling a bit surprised.
“I’ll go out with anyone I find attractive and I’m liking what I’m seeing right now…. Wanna hang out with me?” Ethan asked him.
“Uhh… Sure!” Tom shrugged.
“You boys have fun, okay?” Jack laughed as Tom and Ethan walked off.
Tom and Ethan then strolled down the hall, exploring the large youth center. Tom was still looking for other people to grow with his wand. He just felt happy that he made another new friend along the way.
So, what happens next?