Sarah found it very odd that she had neither worn makeup as she always did nor brought any with her to school. Normally her purse was full of cosmetics. Sarah never went anywhere without the tools to fix her makeup should it run or get smudged. She couldn't get around the fact that her purse was empty and her face was completely naked though. Something odd was going on.
Before she could think any further about it though her good friend from cheerleading, Trish, came into the restroom. Surely Trish could make sense of what was happening Sarah thought desperately. She called to the girl who had just entered one of the stalls "Trish?"
"Yeah, Sarah?" Trish replied.
"I know this is going to sound weird, but do I look any different to you?" Sarah asked nervously.
"Uhhhh... no. I don't think so." Trish seemed confused by the question.
"Soooo, I've always had glasses?" Sarah pressed.
"Ummmm... yeah, I think so. Why? You don't remember or something?" Trish asked in amusement when she finally emerged from the stall and went to the sink to wash her hands and touch up her makeup.
Suddenly embarassed Sarah tried to play it off and change the subject. "Right, like I don't remember. Practice is going to be rough today, huh? It's a scorcher out there."
"Yeah..." Trish agreed and then turned a bit from the mirror she was using to apply eyeliner and gave Sarah a quick once over. "I've been meaning to talk to you about the cheer squad. Given that you're...well... some of the girls have been thinking that you might be happier on the B squad.
"The B squad! Why?" Sarah screamed.
"Sarah...don't make me say it." Trish pleaded. It was obvious she didn't want to hurt her friends feelings. Sarah however stood her ground with her arms crossed and demanded explanation. Stimied Trish finally just said it. "I'm sorry, you're too heavy. You've finally gained too much weight."
Shocked Sarah couldn't help but laugh. Her? Fat? She had never been overweight in her life. Just to reassure herself she turned to the mirror to confirm this. What she saw shocked and horrified her. Trish ws right! She was fat!
She wasn't obese or anything, but to her the extra seventy pounds on her once tight svelte body might as well have been 300. It gave her a much more pear shaped body with thunder thighs, a pudgy belly and falbby arms. Worse her face was much more rounded then before and her high cheekbones were buried beneath a layer of fat making her appear much plainer.
"No! No! NO! This can't be!" Sarah cried.
Not understanding Sarah's sudden outburst Trish quickly escused herself and left the bathroom. Sarah was definetly off the team she mentally noted. She clearly wasn't all there. After all she had always been heavy Trish recalled and to only just notice it was a very bad sign. She left the ranting and raving Sarah in the retroom cursing and gawking at her own pudgy plain looking reflection
The secret observer who had made this happen couldn't be happier with Sarah's reation. The only question was what to do next?
