Will, the Panther’s football team captain was enjoying a strong finish of his Senior year. He had over 40 passing touchdowns this season alone, and was being prospected by all the major Universities. His skills on the football field were so great that ESPN had him in the top 10 Senior picks for College Football.
Not only that, but Will had a great girlfriend, a rock solid body for a 18 year old and was a straight A student. It isn’t too often the jock is also in contention for the Valedictorian, but Will was the man with the plan.
Will had just got down with a 5 mile morning run and was looking forward to his pancake breakfast he had bought from his buds fundraiser. Once he heard that Mr. Roy was making his prized pancakes, parting with 5 dollars seemed like an afterthought, and the money was going to a good cause making the extra calories from pancakes taste even better.
Will had just got back to the locker room and got ready to take a quick shower to get ready for 1st period, which was P.E. He was excited that he had beat his personal record of 5 miles in 32:20 with a new record of 31:10.
Coach Myers yelled at the boys, telling them they had 10 minutes to get ready for 1st period, so Will hurried up and showered and got to his breakfast that was waiting for him.
Five minutes later Will was ready to eat, and was amazed at the smell of the pancakes. Will thought to himself that Mr. Roy had outdone himself this time, as he began to scarf down the pancake breakfast. There were a total of 5 pancakes, but Will wanted to save of them for this evening so he only choose to eat 3 of the 5. Soon the bell rung and Will put up his remaining pancakes and got ready for P.E. class.
Will was looking forward to today's P.E. class because it was the 1st semester final and the day when you get tested and graded on your progress. Will only needed to score one final A to get the Valedictorian for his class and these tests were a breeze for Will. He would have to 50 push ups, 20 pull ups, run 2 miles in 18 minutes, 100 sit ups, and 50 jump in jacks.
One of the few problems that Will had was his last name. Zimmerman. The problem with having a last name like Zimmerman is you always did everything LAST in school because all the rolls were listed alphabetically. So Will watched and waited as the A’s, then the B’s, and so on did their P.E. finals.. Some of the teenagers were able to do the drills with no problems while others could hardly run one mile in 20 minutes.
Will seemed to feel more powerful and energized than he ever did before. Although he thought he was just pumped up from the earlier run, it seemed like he was 2 inches taller and that he had gained more muscles. His jaw had squared even more and under his shirt had began to fill in the last remaining hairs that a normal 25 year old man has.
Coach Myers continued to call the roll as the students whose last names began with H’s were called next. Will was fighting extreme boredom waiting for the damn Z’s to get called. He began to start feeling a tad zapped, which was strange because 10 minutes earlier he had all the energy in the world. Will was now approaching 35 and was starting to show signs of aging. His hair had begun to recede back and his skin wasn’t as bright as it had been. Small frown lines were at their early stages.
The Dreaded R’s, S’s, and T’s are called out and Will knows he has another 15 minutes before he’ll get called. Will decides he’ll go ahead and do his stretches to loosen up. His goal is to get done quickly so he can get back to his breakfast... those pancakes are the only thing he can think about for some reason.
Will’s aging had finally stopped, and he was now a 48 year old. He was really agitated that his joints seemed to be aching all over.. getting 4 hours of sleep was starting to catch up to him he thought. While Will still fit in his clothes, he wasn’t rock solid anymore and had replaced some of his lean muscle with softer, rounder fat. His hair was 40 percent grey, and he had grey hairs in some of his eyebrows, chest hairs, arm hairs, and pubs. His ear and nose had slightly grown and began to droop.
His face had really began to weather as the crows feet wrinkles were becoming more prominent under his eyes, his forehead seemed to have permanent wrinkle lines.
Coach yelled out, “Will, you up next! Get out here and get me your two miles first. The coach though to himself that Will looked rough today and wondered why the hell he colored his hair.
Will began running at his normal pace of 10 miles per hour, but was quickly winded. He just couldn’t keep up and kept slowing down. Once he finished the first mile he only had 9 minutes left. Will knew something was right because he had earlier that morning finished 2 miles in less than 13 minutes. He couldn’t quit thinking about the remaining pancakes and how good they tasted. Finally, Will finished his run beat, tired and sweaty. It was his worst result in over 3 years, It took him 22:30 to finish two miles. Will knew he had to do better in order to get an A for P.E., but couldn't’t get more than 68 push ups, 4 pull ups, 89 sit ups, and 50 jump in jacks.
Coach asked Will what was wrong and if he had begun smoking. “You slower than a 40 year old, and are Weak!”, stated the Coach. “ Did you get any rest at all last night? Whats wrong with your skin.. you look as old as my assistant coaches! I can’t give you more than a B for P.E. this year and you are supposed to be my best student!”
Will didn’t know what was wrong, he only knew he was the most tired he had been in years and he was incredibly hungry. He decided to call in sick for the rest of the day and headed home. “Maybe the Coach will let me have a “do-over” if I can get a doctors excuse,” thought Will. He headed to his house and wanted to take a long hot shower.. he was so sore. Once he got into his restroom, he quickly stripped down and noticed things were not quite right. For one thing he had gray hairs intermingled with his darker autumn hairs on his head, down his chest and in his pubic region. “That’s weird”, thought Will. On closer examination he looked in the mirror at his face and saw all the changes that had occurred! It was as if he was looking at an Alien body, somehow he appeared to have aged 29 years. He looked more like his Dad than he did himself! Will next thought he was having some weird dream, so he tried to pull on the gray hairs around his penis and realized it HURT when he did that. Figuring he was having some panic attack from not getting an A in PE earlier, Will did what his body asked for. He began to stroke his much older penis and after coercing an erection, had a large discharge. Calming down a tad bit that his package seemed unaffected by all of these changes, Will had to satisfy his strange urge to eat once again! He could only think of the pancakes and how delicious they were this morning. Will gets his pancake breakfast and eats the last two pancakes.