The semester is off to a great start. You and Noah become good friends. You don't hang out a ton and maintain different friend groups, but you get along really well and never argue.
True to his word, Noah seems to often be asleep. Anytime, anywhere.
It honestly works out great because you really are a night owl and it’s nice to not have to worry about waking your roommate up.
A few months into the semester, you’re excited to have the chance to finally go to a party with a few of your friends. It was a blast and you’re so glad you went.. You really needed it.
You and your friends are laughing and joking as you walk into the house, still dressed in your Halloween costumes. But as you enter the living room, you're surprised to find Noah asleep on the couch, wearing only his boxers. You can't help but laugh, as it's the first time you've seen him sleep in such a state out on the couch.
You and your friends are still on a kick from the party and begin to talk to Noah in his sleep, seeing if he'll respond.
To your surprise, he does! He answers your questions and even joins in on the conversation, all without waking up. You and your friends are amazed, and you can't help but think that this is the weirdest and funniest thing you've ever seen.
As the night goes on, you and your friends continue to talk to Noah in his sleep, trying to see how much he'll respond.
Danny asked Noah "woah man you been working out?" Noah mumbled back a "yes" and Danny continued, "yeah no kidding. Suns out guns out you must be hitting biceps hard."
We all laughed, Noah was smiling in his sleep. I shushed Dan but he didn't let up. "Yeah Noah, you're a skinny guy but you must have like 19 inch biceps"
Chortling as he went on with his banter with the sleeping roomie.
Suddenly Jake stops giggling and abruptly calls out,
"Guys! Look at Noah's arms!”
You all look. You are confused at first, then squint and rub your eyes to make sure you're not seeing things. But when you look back, you can't deny what's happening right in front of you.
Noah's biceps - definitely not the most impressive in the gym for sure - are GROWING.
You and your friends are in shock as you watch Noah's biceps grow right before your eyes. It's like something out of a science fiction movie. You all stare in amazement, not quite sure what to make of it.
Danny is the first to speak up. "Dude, what the hell is going on?" he says, his voice filled with confusion and disbelief.
Jake is the next to speak, "I don't know, but it's freaking me out," he says, looking at Noah's biceps with a mix of fear and awe.
You can't help but feel a sense of unease as you watch Noah's biceps continue to grow. This is not normal, you think to yourself. You are not sure if you should wake him up or not. You are just standing there, staring at him, and wondering what you should do.
They grow, and grow, quickly looking out of place on his relatively scrawny body until they abruptly stop. You all continue standing there, speechless.
"Dude. What the fuck? Did Noah just grow??" Jake asks.
"How could that happen? I was just teasing him about... " Danny abruptly stopped.
"... having NINETEEN inch biceps?" you finish the thought for him.
You all stand there, staring at Noah's biceps in shock. You can't believe what you just saw, it's like something out of a science fiction movie.
You all look at each other. You can tell everyone is thinking the same thing and feeling the same freaked out feeling.
Danny, "says dude I don't know what was in my drink at that party but I think Noah just listened to my suggestion and his body did what I told him to. Should we.. test it?"
Jake was quick to suggest they should at least try to return him to normal so he doesn't look like a caricature of Popeye.
You all agree and before anyone else you tell Noah that his arms are normal sized. But to keep working out and he’ll get there. Noah murmurs in the affirmative but remains asleep.
Slowly his arms deflate, back to their original size.
You're left standing there, still in shock over what just happened. You can't believe that Noah's biceps grew just because your friend Danny suggested it while he was asleep. You're not sure what to make of it, but you know that you need to figure out how this happened and what to do with the information.
You decide to talk to your friends about it the next day, and they all agree that it's strange and that they're not sure what to make of it. For now, though, you and your friends are tired and head off to bed, still half laughing, half stunned about the strange experience.
The next morning, you wake up to find Noah sitting in the kitchen, sipping coffee and reading the newspaper. You can't help but feel nervous as you remember the night before, and you decide to ask him about it. Though you leave out the part about his biceps literally growing. Noah is surprised when you tell him what happened, but he laughs and says that he's a really heavy sleeper and that he doesn't remember a thing.
You bring it up to your friends as well when you see them later. They laugh and tell you they had the same crazy dream but that there’s no way it happened.
You try to make them remember but eventually you give up and decide to just let it be.
But you can't shake the feeling that something strange occurred that night, and the whole experience left you questioning what's possible in this world.