Ben was laying on his bed looking at his phone. He'd been getting so many texts and calls about what had happened to Tim that he eventually just turned it on silent. What the hell had happened. Everything had been fine in class, they walked in together and everything was normal. Something had to have happened during the time between when they had walked in and when they walked out. But what could have caused it? He watched as text after text came in. He ran his fingers through his hair absentmindedly as he read the messages. He brought his hand back to the phone to start sending responses and noticed there was quite a bit of lose hair caught between his fingers, more than he'd ever seen before. Weird he thought to himself and shook it off. He was at a crossroad, how he handled this situation could have a big impact on the rest of his high school career. Tim was a popular guy, but he had no shortage of enemies. The guy was arrogant and pigheaded a lot of times. He definitely had taken advantage of his position as star quarterback. A lot of people who might otherwise challenge Tim's attitude kept quiet because he was a stud on the gridiron. Ben was on his good side though, and as Tim had became more popular Ben had reaped the rewards. Now however, all those people who'd been kept in line by Tim's popularity were breaking rank and taking advantage of what had happened to him. The messages Ben skimmed over were generally pretty negative. Most people thought Tim got what he had coming to him. Theories ranged from allergic reaction all the way to curse from god. Tim had considered his options and decided that his best bet was to distance himself from Tim. Who knows maybe what he had was contagious. Ben fired off a few texts making it known he wasn't on Tim's side, put his phone on his end table and went to bed.
The next morning after shaking off the sleep, Ben headed to the bathroom to take a shower. As he waited for the water to warm up he examined himself in the mirror. He looked bigger, fat actually. He leaned into the mirror and pinched his face and now sizable belly, he was definitely fatter. He stepped over onto the scale and while he couldn't remember what he previously weighed he figured that he'd gained 30 or 40 pounds. He was really surprised, he hadn't been pigging out and he'd been working out at the gym. He jumped in the now hot shower and started to wash his hair. For the second time in two days, he was surprised by how much hair was coming lose. He finished up in the shower, dressed, and started primping. He got out his hair supplies, and began quaffing. Now Ben became really nervous. He could tell his hair was noticeable thinner than it was just yesterday. This had to be linked to what had happened to Tim. Ben was convinced that someone was messing with them, and he was going to figure out who.