One hour had passed since Scottie had turned the Pubertaway on. As expected, his feet were unable to touch the end of the bed. His hands grazed his face, wiped clean of the stubble it had earlier in the day. At that point, Scottie knew that the device had worked, and was eager to join his friends at the pool. However, he had the shock of his life when his hands approached his crotch.
Meanwhile, Danny and Jase sat on the patio with towels wrapped around their soaked bodies. They were quietly enjoying the popsicles that Danny's mom had offered them.
Jase was surprised about how much he was enjoying being on the wrong side of puberty with his friend. The preteens found it challenging to keep their heads above water on the deep end, so their aquatic antics were exiled to the shallow end.
What followed was a minutes long rematch with the pool noodles. Equal in stature, both friends were relentless, but Danny prevailed as he had started to adapt to his smaller size. Splash battles and swim races soon followed, and the friends had exhaused themselves before the hour was up.
Just as the boys were dry enough for Danny's moms standards, the house was filled with a feminine scream. Coming from upstairs, Danny and Jase rushed with their pool towels wrapped around the waist. As soon as they entered the room, Danny knew that something was wrong.
"Guys? Why are my nipples big? Where's my dick? My balls?" Scottie asked, scared and anxious about what he'd become.
"Danny, your girlfriend! Woof!" Jase shouted, eager to tease his friend.
"Shaddup, Jase! She might be your type..."
"Ick! No way!"
"Jase and Scottie, sitting in a tree..."
"GUYS!" Scottie shouted, "I turn into a girl, and you wanna make jokes?! I did this for you guys, you know?"
"Sorry, man, umm, miss, umm," Danny fumbled while apologizing to Scottie, "What happened anyway?"
Before the machine turned on, Scottie emptied Jase's maturity into a second container. However, he accidentally turned on the Gender Bender while reattaching the maturity holder. He knew to keep it on Mode 3 so that he could join his friends.
"Oh, dude, you gotta be a girl for 24 hours," Jase said, "I am so sorry bro, I mean girl, I mean..."
"Guys, I'm not really a girl," Scottie reminded.
"Well, that pussy says otherwise," Danny said, "My box of hand-me-downs doesn't have anything for girls, so you gotta make due with having your old shirt as a dress."
The boys then observed their friend's face and height. Jase then made an alarming observation.
"Dude, I think Scottie's a little younger than us now."
"Yeah, you're right. There's no way you can fit in at middle school now. More like a fourth grader if you ask me."
"Yep. He, or rather she, could fit in in grade 4. Grade 5, tops."
"That's impossible! I can't seriously be younger than you!" Scottie screamed.
"Oh, it can be," Danny said, "You know how girls start puberty earlier than boys?"
"He's got a point. You gotta be like 9 or 10 now," Jase commented, "Don't worry though. We'll still hang with you, right Danny?"
"Yep! You guys weren't too cool to be with a middle schooler, so we're not too cool to be with a girl!"
Though relieved, Scottie was not looking forward to his day as a girl.