chapter 6

Steve leaned back in his chair, rubbing his swollen belly. After his third meal of the day, he still felt pain in his stomach. He heard Brad and Liam talking about how they no longer felt in pain after coach's meals, but Steve couldn't believe it. He went to unbutton his jeans, but he saw they were already unbuttoned. He was in too much pain to think anymore of it. Then he heard the dragging out of a chair, and saw Liam walking up to the lunch ladies.

"Can I have seconds?"

All the guys in the cafe jolted their heads towards Liam. Was he insane? Was his appetite that big? Didn't he just have a gigantic lunch a few hours ago? But sure enough, Liam got his second tray and walked back to the table with Brad and Steve.

Liam didn't think it was a big deal. Coach offered it to them the first day, and he doubted he was the first to take coach up on his offer. Besides, coach kept on saying the importance of gaining muscle, and the only way to do that is to eat. At least thats what coach said. Liam immediately grabbed a brownie and put the entire thing in his mouth.

Brad was definitely full, but not stomach-about-to-explode full. So he reached into Liam's tray and grabbed a few sweets, and started eating away.

Steve stared in disbelief. How could his two friends fit anything more into their guts. He barely had the energy to get up from his seat! Soon enough, Brad and Liam finished the second serving (with Brad eating 1/3 of it, Liam the rest). The guys all went back up to their dorm and fell asleep.

Sure enough, other guys started following Liam's example, in the next week, almost every guy was having a second helping at dinner time. When Coach Jackson got word of this, he couldn't be more excited. Steve, however, still couldn't bring himself up for a second serving. Even when the ladies began giving everyone second helpings at the start of dinner, he had Liam and Brad finish his tray.

Coach Jackson began taking a tally of the boys' weight for the past 3 weeks. He saw some frontrunners and some that were trailing behind, and this would help him form his strategy on the field. Coach Jackson wanted to weigh the guys, but the guys still seemed to believe they hadn't gained any weight. If they were to find out, they could potentially hit the gym! So he stalled and waited for the weight gain to come out on its own.

After a month had passed since the start of the season, Coach Jackson informed his team of their first game on Thursday. The guys seemed excited and Coach Jackson could finally put his guys to the test.

It's tradition at UF to dress up before every football game, to show UF pride and honor. Coach Jackson told the guys to dress up in something formal before the game. This would be a problem for most the guys who lived in their sweatpants and stained t-shirts from all the food they've eaten.

Back at the dorm after breakfast, the guys started looking through their clothes for their formal outfits. Liam knew exactly what he was gonna wear, his button down red shirt with black dress pants and a belt. He found the red shirt and pulled off his white T. He started buttoning it up, and he instantly was met with trouble. He couldn't get his second button to reach its hole! Thats odd, he thought. He didn't recall washing this shirt. He knew the washeds at UF were shrinking everything, all the guys on the team said so. He put that thought aside and started looking for something else.

Brad couldn't find anything that fit either. All his button downs wouldn't button. He figured he gained some muscle in his pecs since the last time he wore it.

Steve, although gaining the least of the 3, also couldn't fit into any of clothes. After determining the cause useless, all the guys plopped down on the couch and ordered 3 XL pizzas. Food would solve the problem. The couch squeaked under the massive weight of the guys.