"What was that Sam?" she peeked out of the kitchen at the sound of your voice.
"Oh..." Sam found himself at a loss for words. "Um...nothing." he quickly replied.
She stared for a second "Ok then..." she went back into the fridge.
He breathed a sigh of relief, only to immediately tense up as he recalled what had just happened.
"Here's your beer," she threw him a Budweiser. "Thanks," he said watching her intently.
She sat down on the couch next to him, and made a satisfied face.
"Mmmm, that cracker was wonderful, where did you get them?" she asked innocently.
"Oh um, I ordered them...I thought you'd...yah know...like them." he awkwardly lied.
"Are you feeling Ok?" she turned toward him, concern on her face.
"Yeah, Yeah," he paused, "So, which cracker did you eat?"
"Does it matter?" she wondered.
"Well," he studdered "The uh, flavors, are um, different for each one."
"Oh, well in that case mine was particularly good, I think it was the...grizzly bear! Yeah that's it." She smiled to herself.
"I love bears," she explained. "I couldn't resist."
That's ironic, Sam thought to himself
"Um...Alyssa?" he asked, a little nervous "There's something I need to tell..." he got no further.
"Ohh..." suddenly Alyssa began to moan and doubled over.
"Alyssa!" Sam snapped out of his awkward demeanor and put an arm around his friend. "Are you hurting?" he asked urgently.
"No, No..." she gasped "I just feel...so...strange..."
Sam couldn't describe what was going on. From his perspective it felt like her shoulders and back were expanding.
Then it hit him...she was growing.
She let out another moan, as her pants button snapped, and her shirt seemed to ride up her torso, which seemed longer.
"It's ok," he held onto her "you can get through this..."
She looked up at him for a second, and smiled weakly, before groaning again as another growth spurt hit her body.
The change had started.