Amy's eyes went wide with fear. She quickly tried shutting the door on her massive boyfriend before he could come in, but just before the door shut, Steve blocked the door with his foot. He felt no pain as the door slammed against his foot. In fact, the door had cracked and splintered all the way to the knob upon impact.
Amy started backing away, as Steve entered. "Will you just relax?" he said, as he got closer. "It's me."
She turned and began running, but he caught up to her in a matter of moments, grabbing her arms to keep her in place. He tried to use a minimum of pressure on his girlfriend, but still he saw her wince in pain. He eased up a bit.
"Calm down," Steve said, crouching down so the two could see face to face. "It's me. Steve. Your boyfriend." She eventually calmed down and he let go of her.
"What the hell happened to you?" she asked, watching as he stood to his full height. She noticed the top of her head barely reached the lower portion of his rock-hard abs now.
He led Amy over to her couch and explained what had happened to him earlier, about Eric and his machine, about the three times he had used the machine on himself.
"Why did you do this to yourself?" she asked.
"I know you like bigger guys and I figured, why not be the biggest guy on campus?" Steve replied.
"You did all this for me?" Amy asked, standing up and walking over to Steve. She grabbed one of his hands, amazed that it was nearly three times the size of her own. "Sorry I freaked out on you earlier."
"It's okay," he replied.
"Can you make yourself even bigger?" she asked.
He smiled down. "I'm sure something like that could be arranged." He picked Amy up and walked out the front door, heading for Eric's laboratory once more.
When they arrived, Steve found that...