Hank was woken by the scream of a pre-teen girl. Keeping his eyes closed he smiled. It wasn't the best awakening, but there was somewhat satisfying whenever he woke up to Caleb suffering from one of his pranks.
His thoughts were interrupted by a second scream. Then a third. Soon the whole cabin was screaming, all way to high pitch to be from 16 year old boys. Hank sat up quickly, long brown hair flopping in his face.
Hank brushed the hair aside and observed the various girls in his cabin panic. All wore pajamas way to big from them and obviously designed for boys. Speaking of, there wasn't a single boy among.
Crap.
Hank looked down to see the inevitable. On her chest, hidden beneath her own baggy clothing, was the budding breasts of a girl at the start of puberty. She didn't even bother checking her pants like some her panicking cabin mates. She knew what she would find there, or rather not find.
Obviously Hank underestimated the strength of the Pubertyway. He hadn't expected the whole cabin to be affected. While she had planned on giving Caleb the maturity gel eventually, she wasn't going to come forward right away.
Yes, should would be the obvious suspect with her record, but as long as they couldn't prove anything they couldn't punish her. If she came forward on the last day, they couldn't punish her at all. Now she might need to say something earlier. It would be suspicious if she was the only one to return to normal. Either way, the maturity was a liquid for the next 24 hours so she had some time to figure out what she was going to do. First she had to retrieve the device without anyone seeing.
Hank remembered she had to rub the gel on herself, and then take a shower to return to her real age. However, she wondered what would happen if she used too much or too little, now that it had everyone's maturity stored in it. There had been 12 boys sleeping in the cabin, with 3 years apiece, it meant the pubertyaway currently held 36 years. Since Hank was now 13, she could accidentally turn herself into a 49 year old man.
This sent her down a new train of thought. The device instructions said that you used the gel to return your maturity to yourself, but it said nothing about returning your gender. She hadn't cared when Caleb was the only one who had to be fix. In fact, becoming a 16 year old girl might make her more interesting. Now, that question was incredibly more important.
A camp councilor finally arrived, summoned by the screams. Shock to discover middle school girls in a high school boy's cabin, he froze. Finally he found his voice and shouted, "what is going on here?" Everyone froze staring at him. Hank had expected to enjoy the chaos this morning, but her enjoyment was currently undermined. She glanced at Caleb who appeared to be whimpering slightly. She felt the urge to fight off a smirk. Her enjoyment was undermined, but not yet ruined completely.