Jon and Karyn watched as Sarah McMillan and the other cheerleaders rubbed ballooning stomachs with thickening fingers. Double chins grew beneath mouths screaming in pain. Cells multiplied to form flab that pushed against the material of the girls' clothes. The pressure caused cloth to tear and even burst open. Tears streamed down cheeks rosy with embarrassment.
The other students in the lunchroom either laughed at the cheerleaders or screamed. No one was eating. Some got up and hurled their lunches into the nearest disposal.
Meanwhile, in a neglected corner of the lunchroom, Gladys Brewer, the fattest girl at Lake Point High, had been eating by herself ... until she clutched her stomach and moaned in pain. No one came to help her as her fat began to disappear.
