“Get a spare uniform,” the Captain ordered.
“Ew, I don’t want him wearing my clothes.”
“Gosh, Shelby! I mean from the supply room.”
“I can’t find anything in there.”
The Captain dragged Shelby to the closet. “Look, up there, see?”
“Ugh, it’s so high!”
Cap sighed and climbed up the shelves. Most of the cheerleaders were blocking the front door. Andrew saw a chance. He hitched up his oversized pants and waited for the right moment.
“Watch out!” There was a giant crash from inside the closet. Andrew Bolted.
“Catch him!” Cap yelled. “You goofs!” Suddenly Andrew heard a dozen footsteps behind him. There was a blind corner ahead. “Please don’t be a dead end!” he pleaded.
Andrew exploded out a back door and into the hallway. His breasts were killing him, slapping him with every desperate stride.
“No running!” the hall monitor shouted. “Hey!”
Andrew kept sprinting. His shirt billowed behind him like a cape. Now only one cheerleader was following him.
“Come back!”
“Yeah, right!” The hallway was empty and there was an exit straight ahead. “So long, sucker!”
It was at that moment that Andrew noticed the red line on the floor, and that he was crossing it. A beam from the nearby security camera shot Andrew straight in the breast.
“Damn it!”
It didn’t hurt. For an instant Andrew thought he could keep running; then he tripped and tumbled out of his giant pants. His long legs were tangled in his briefs, getting skinnier and shorter. His hips slimmed down too, and his bottom lost some of its bounce.
“Why am I so skinny? I’m…I’m getting shorter!”
“I tried to warn you,” his pursuer sighed. “Oh well.”
“Wait a minute!” He jumped to his feet. His breasts didn’t bounce as much as they did a second ago. “What the fuck just happened?”
The girl only laughed. Andrew’s voice was even higher than before. It sounded smaller.
His t-shirt drooped over his skinny shoulders. Andrew tried to pull up his pants, but they were so huge that he could fit his two tiny ankles in one leg. Shivering, Andrew looked at his reflection in a nearby window. “Holy crap! I'm just a skinny middle-schooler!”