This time, to their disappointment, only eight of the girls and their families showed up at the Papadakis house. Only Katie showed up to represent the freshmen, and neither Kelly nor her parents had either arrived or called.
“We gotta call her, Lisa.”
“Already tried,” said Lisa. “I left a message on Kelly’s answering machine, tried her cell, she’s not picking up.”
At least they knew what they were doing after the meeting.
With the parents meeting downstairs in the basement, the daughters met upstairs in Lisa’s bedroom. Andy was there as well.
“I know it’s only been three days,” said Jennifer. “I see a lot of sad and scared faces, how is everyone doing?”
Along with the muscle development, Connie said that her breasts were feeling tender. “That’s how it started with me on Saturday,” said Beth
Tonia’s body hair was growing at a slower rate than Jen and Lisa, but she got up yesterday feeling sore around the waist and her upper arm and thigh muscles were tender.
Ariana’s leg hair had gotten thicker, and dense fuzz covered her body up to her rib cage. Mary’s leg hair was also quite thick, and thick fuzz was painfully evident on her chin and upper lip.
The dense mane of fuzz that Sarah had displayed on Thursday had in fact moved forward to engulf her neck and shoulders, and moved onto her face to the corners of her eyes. Her breasts were larger and tender.
Lydia’s trail up her belly had spread out and up to between her breasts. “I have to pump my breasts every six hours or so. I think my pelvis is getting larger too.”
“That wouldn’t surprise me, Liddy,” said Beth. “I called Dr. Perkins and he filled me in on what to expect…this stuff goes to the marrow of our bones.” She breathed deeply. Anyone else finding themselves just staring at a guy, and wanting him to…” her voice trailing off.
“I know I have, Beth,” said Tonia. “I’m not sure if that’s only the hormones, or just being normal for our age.”
“Nobody is sleeping with anybody, are they? At least not without protection?” In response to the odd glances she was receiving, Sarah explained; “Look, if the hormone can be transmitted at all, it’s going to be through our mucous membranes.”
“I have,” said Connie sheepishly. “Connie…you’re only fifteen,” Tonia said admonishingly. “Sarah’s right, it could start to affect Jim too."
“I should point out,” added Lydia, “that our milk is pretty potent as well. I went to the doctor’s on Friday to check it out. Got the test results a little before I came over. A half-pint is as filled with the hormone as two of the pills Cromarte was giving us.
“Speaking of Cromarte, has anyone seen her?”
“I caught the 5:30 local news. She’s pled not guilty to all charges, state and federal,” said Mary.
Damn.
“So not only do we have to go to the sentencing hearings, we also have to appear as material witnesses (or fucking EVIDENCE) for both state and federal criminal trials.” Mary was seething, “and be cross-examined. And remember, the prosecution is going to want the jury to see what she did to us…so short sleeved shirts.”
“Mom and I paid Cromarte a visit right after she saw us naked. I gotta tell you, the look on Cromarte’s face was priceless,” said Lisa with a laugh. “We’ll also have to show up for the civil suit they are working on downstairs.”
“How long is this going to take?” asked several of the girls at once
“The criminal trial doesn’t start for five weeks,” said Mary. Lisa did a quick calculation. 35 days from now at a millimeter a day or so for her arms was 35 millimeters, plus the 7 that had already appeared. “The hair on my arms will be about 1.7 inches by then, and that’s if we all testify on day one.”
Mary continued. “The trail will last a week to three weeks, with delays for Christmas and New Years, if they need them. “
“I’m surprised that she didn’t go for a plea deal.”
“I think she wanted to, but the prosecutor isn’t offering one, Beth,” said Mary. “People are pissed, and this is going to be getting national attention.”
“Oh shit, are we gonna be famous?”
“Most likely, we will be, Lisa. Sorry hon.”
“Dammit!” swore Ariana. “I don’t mind publicity, but not from this.”
“Lisa, how do you know how long the hair is going to be?” Lisa answered by handing out copies of the growth charts Kira had given them.
“My God”…breathed Beth fearfully. “That’s what’s happening to me now, isn’t it? Jennifer rubbed her back gently. “More than likely sweetheart, more than likely.”
“At least you aren’t growing beards anymore.”
“Not now, Connie. Jen and I really need to watch our stress levels. Any undue anger or fear could activate our facial follicles, and then it’s not going to be just the beard…but everywhere but our eyeballs.”
Mary chimed in with a masterful impression; “Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, and like ZZ-Top you will look.”
The room applauded, laughing.
Lisa sighed wistfully. “It is inevitable. It is our destiny.” She smiled. “I mean it may take a month or two if we can behave like Buddhist monks, but it will happen to us sooner or later.”
“Does anyone have anything else? Who needs a hug?”
Positive endorphins were soon flowing freely about the room. Carol had provided a table filled with fruits and nuts and other healthy snacks. Jennifer felt an odd resistance to eating a banana, but shrugged it off.