Heading to his room, Ed grabbed in book bag from where he had dropped it. Closing the door behind him, he pulled out his homework hoping that doing something else would take his mind off his problem for a few hours. Unfortunately, Ed found that he was having serious trouble concentrating on the work at hand, so when his mother called that supper was on the table, Ed was more then ready to eat.
Walking down the stairs, Ed heard heavy footsteps coming up behind him. Turning around, Ed found something that both shocked him and made him realized just how much the changes to his father were affecting his family.
Jacob was now almost as tall as their father, coming close to seven feet, and while Ed knew that Jacob had shaved this morning, he didn’t look like it. Instead, Jacob’s facial hair was almost a full beard and his body hair had also dramatically increased. With arms covered in hair as thick as the hair on their father and hair poking out of the top of his shirt, the large amount of hair on his legs was not something that surprised Ed.
However, the hair was not the biggest change for Jacob since the morning. Being almost as tall as their father, Jacob was not nearly as built, but was well on his way. With wide shoulders, large pecs and thick legs, Ed knew in a few years Jacob would be just as powerfully built as the new version of their father.
Thankfully, Jacob was fully clothed, but the shirt was very tight on his upper body, showing off his pecs and six pack abs, and the salami stuffed into his shorts would make almost every man on the planet jealous. If not for his youthful appearance and lesser musculature, Jacob could easily pass for their father.
Letting Jacob pass him on the stairs, Ed followed his brother down to the kitchen to find a mountain of food on the table. At first, Ed wondered why his mother had fixed so much food, but with a growling from his stomach, he realized that it was needed to feed the three men in the house.
Sitting down, everyone started to serve themselves. Ed found himself taking helpings of everything large enough to have been a full meal form before the changes. Eating, Ed’s father started talking with the rest of the family, when sports came up.
“Why wasn’t there any practice today, Jake?”
“The school had a faculty meeting that all the coaches were forced to attend.” Jacob replied, then grinning, “Coach said that he was going to work us twice as hard tomorrow though.”
“That’s good, I want to make sure the scouts aren’t disappointed when they come to see you at one of your football games. What about you Ed? When does practice start for the middle school team? I know you didn’t have summer practices, but with school having started, the coaches should be looking for students interested.”
It was only then that Ed understood why the football coach for the middle school had been talking with some of his classmates. Not knowing what to answer, Ed shoveled some food in his mouth and shrugged his shoulders.