Isaac woke up the next morning and went about his morning routine. As he was brushing his teeth, he could still see the same differences on his shirtless torso that he had the night before. He was curious, but not overly so. But if he had stepped on a scale, he would have seen that he now weighed 145, gaining 5 before bed and 10 overnight.
When Isaac put on his shirt for the day, it seemed ever so slightly tighter, but he barely noticed. He ate breakfast, grabbed his stuff, walked his brothers to school, and arrived finally at the high school.
Isaac was greeted by his best friend, a geeky guy named Carson. They strolled to their lockers as Isaac described what had happened the day before.
“So what, do you have superpowers now?” Carson joked, elbowing Isaac.
“No, of course not,” Isaac laughed.
But as Isaac sat through the first half of his day, his subtle growth continued and now included his height, which increased a couple inches.
By lunchtime, Isaac was 5’10” and 160 pounds. Carson, sitting across from him, noticed that Isaac seemed bigger, but he didn’t say anything.
Isaac’s height remained the same for now, but that afternoon he had P.E. It was in the weight room, where Isaac felt stronger, capable of more than he had been before. Carson was astonished. Isaac’s growth was accelerated by the workout, and by the end of class he was 180 pounds.
A couple guys complimented him on the pump, and Isaac grinned. But he was confused when he found it hard to remove his uniform shirt and put on his regular shirt, which felt really tight.
The coach had been taking heights and weights of all his students today, and he now called Isaac over. He had Isaac stand straight to get his height, and when he said 5’10” Isaac figured he had a regular growth spurt. But when Isaac stepped on the scale, both of them were stunned to see it read 180.
“That’s impossible! There’s no way I gained 50 pounds in a day!” Isaac cried. But then he remembered the ray...