Going to school was hell for Sarah. Her 'friends' who had fawned over her before she had gotten fat now made fun of her. It never once crossed her mind that this was the same way that Sarah herself had made fun of the other fat girls. "Hey, Blubber, are you going to get any more fat? You can't even fit into your clothes now." "We'd let you back into cheerleading, but we don't want you crushing any of us if we have to try and lift you." "Hey, fatass, if I fuck you, will I be able to fit between those thighs of yours?"
Sarah went to the bathroom and hid in a stall. She began crying. This was so horrible. She heard sobbing coming from other stalls; other newly fat girls hiding from their tormentors. Sarah, still the self-centered bitch, cared nothing for them.
Jon sat in English class, listening to the gossip. Sarah hadn't shown up for class. Jon heared that she was hiding in the bathroom. He felt almost disappointed that Sarah had only gained 35 pounds. When other girls were doubling their weight, it seemed like such a trivial amount. Since he had wished that she would gain at least 25 pounds, perhaps he could add on a few dozen more. Their English teacher, Ms. Smith appeared to be in the bathroom as well, at least according to Karyn, who said that she was not only sobbing, but might also have gotten stuck. Jon was happy for that, as well. Ms. Smith seemed to be one of those women who seemed to hate men and thought that all men were sexist pigs. She had gained a whopping 180 pounds, more than doubling her weight.
Finally, their English class got cancelled. They got to go home early because of the disruptions, though the fat girls were given the option of staying there to get counselling. Karyn found Jon after class. She had avoided the 'fat disease' and was still normal. "Did you see the girls who came out of the bathroom?" she asked. "God, I thught that Sarah had become a lardass, but Ms. Smith? She really was stuck in that stall. They had to cut her out of her own clothes and seeing the mountain of fat she's become without any clothes on was disgusting. She must be 300 pounds now." Karyn didn't question the disease at all. It was just one of those things to her.
Jon had seen her, too, and the other fat girls as well. They had been gathered into one place in the gym. While most of the girls Jon didn't like had gotten hit, it had affected some innocent girls. "I do feel sorry for Wendy Monroe," he said. "She's nice and she was already overweight. Regardless of how much Sarah deserved what she got, Wendy didn't." Wendy had already been 20 or 30 pounds overweight. Now she was over 100 pounds overweight.
"Too bad the disease is incurable," said Karyn. "I wonder if the stone could do something about an 'incurable' disease."
"I don't know," said Jon. "But I'll look into it tonight." Yeah, Wendy didn't deserve it, but Sarah did, and Jon was starting to get an idea.
