William stared awkwardly at his body, performing a series of flexes... and didn't notice the sound of footsteps approaching his door.
KNOCK... KNOCK...
William was startled by the sound and instinctively covered his manhood.
"Honey, Time for breakfast!" His mother's soft voice was on the other side.
"Okay mom, I'll be down in a bit!" He let out as he slicked his hair back with water and splashed his face, completely unaware of the pair of eyes watching him from his own shadow.
Throwing on a black T-shirt and some grey jeans he walked out of the bedroom to the sweet smell of bacon and eggs.
The bacon smelled of maple and filled William's lungs with a pleasant aroma, the eggs while not quite as mouthwatering to smell as the bacon still added its own flavor to the air giving the whole house a warm feeling.
The smell was enchanting to the point that if William was an anime or a cartoon he would be floating towards the source by now.
He rushed down the stairs, just as his little sister came out of her own room with sleepy eyes and the drool from last night still stuck to her face.
"MOOOOM.... Hungry!" The teenager said as she rubbed the remains of sleep from her eyes, she was a messy teenager complete with dark brooding makeup and an attitude to match but one look inside her bedroom and the abnormally pink everything would tell you all you need to know about her.
As she walked past William, she didn't forget to lightly punch him in the shoulder before clearly noticing the increased muscle definition, "You been working out bro?" she squeezed his shoulders with her talons.
"Well, it is clearly working, just don't bring any of my friends here or I'll have to kill you!" She said waving him off to go eat.
William subconsciously clutched the spot on his shoulder where the arrow from the dream previously was and couldn't help but shiver as he remembered the burning pain from the jagged and poorly made metal.
"Was that pain… real? That arrow felt way too vivid to be just a dream."
Suddenly he recovered from his reverie and remarked, "Sorry, I am not into Loli's hehehe!" He said before dodging a shoe that his sister had thrown.
"Do you have any plans for the day Shelby?" Their mother asked after snapping Shelby in the forehead with his middle finger.
SNAP!
Shelby is forced to hold the reddened spot on her forehead as she glared at her mother, "Me and a few of my friends are going to the mall and hanging out!" Shelby said before she sighed and let go of her somewhat throbbing forehead.
The matronly woman nodded for a moment before turning towards William with a mischievous glint in her eyes, "William, why don't you go with them?" She asked before crossing her arms expecting some level of resistance.
Still immersed in his thoughts, William blankly agreed... before coming to his senses and asking, "Wait what? he asked but his mom had already sauntered off into another room leaving him talking to the air.
William had a look on his face that could only be annoyance, but the smell of food soon turned his mood around as he happily dug into the scrumptious meal, the bacon was crispy leaving the hungry teen with a sudden smile on his face as the flavor hit him.
The eggs were sunny side up, with garlic powder and thyme spritzed lovingly across its surface.
After a few minutes the plates were cleaned and both William and his sister Shelby had gone off to school with the arrival of the bus.
Within 30 minutes Shelby was being waved off to middle school by William who was doing his best to embarrass her in front of her friends.
After another 15 minutes he had arrived at High School and with a deep sigh he walked off the bus and into the crowded halls.
His first few classes were relatively uneventful until he reached gym class, where he had no choice but to take off his shirt, drawing mild shock from classmates who didn't remember him being this ripped. but at least he didn't appear to be using steroids.
Leaving the locker room, he didn't notice a pair of malicious eyes trailing him, "Hehehe, William thinks he is so cool because he packed on a bit of muscle, what do you say bro, should we teach him the error of his ways?" One of the boys said with an evil grin on his face.
The other boy was about to say something when a young woman who could only be described as a peerless beauty walked into view from outside the men's locker room as she headed to the gym ready for the class.
Thinking about the way the gym shorts hugged her thick thighs made the young man's nose begin to bleed before he came to his senses forcibly due to his friend shaking him out of his reverie.
"Don't be a simp, I heard her dad killed her last boyfriend!" The teenager said while pulling a scary face which earned a chuckle from his friend before the two headed out being the last to arrive in gym class was never a good thing.
William was doing some mild stretches however he was mildly uncomfortable as the additional muscle mass and definition he had nearly required him to ask for a bigger gym shirt.
The scene of his physique drew the thirsty eyes of some of the ladies while earning heated glares from the boys creating a tension in the gymnasium that was reaching a boiling point before suddenly.
BANG
The gym doors slammed open and a tall, statuesque woman with defined and powerful muscles clearly visible even under her uniform.
Her wild auburn hair rolled in gentle waves ending on the slope of her back and her striking blue eyes scanned the room and everyone in it.
She walked in front of everyone with military precision and stopped.
"Today we will be doing all kinds of fun exercises, well fun for me at least!" she said with a mocking gaze as she continued to scan the lineup of students.
"My name is Mrs. Stone, for those of you who are either new or forgetful by the way!" She said as everyone including William nodded.
She began gym class by having everyone perform a series of stretches, she walked amongst the teens as they did so, correcting forms to prevent injury, she paused on William, "Strange!" She noticed the slight shift in his shadow from the corner of her eyes but seeing nothing further she assumed she must be seeing things.
"WHISTLE!"
A couple boys began sprinting to the other side of the gym, it was clear they had made it some kind of competition.
"HEY WILLIAM!"
William looked over to see Tweedle dee and Tweedle dumb waving him over with mischievous glint in their eyes.
"Wanna race?"
One of them asks but before William can give an answer the other one interjects.
"Now hold on let's make this interesting, I know, let's make a bet!"
The young man clapped before continuing, "How about the loser has to ask out Claire!" he said pointing out the olive-skinned beauty in the bleachers surrounded by a group of almost as beautiful women.
"No, No, No, that won't do at all, how about the loser has to ask out the gym coach hehehe!" He pointed at the auburn aired amazon currently motivating another group of young adults.
William ignored the two idiots who promptly began taunting him incessantly which while initially didn't bother him after a few minutes of it the vein on his neck was bulging visibly.
"FINE!" He nearly shouted catching the two mid-taunt and off guard.
The three line up with one of the two on either side of William he didn't notice the two nod stealthily at each other before taking their own stance.
After an agreed five seconds the three launch off in a sprint with both of the teens on either side of William suddenly attempting to trip him but they are left in utter shock when he not only dodges the sneaky attack but speeds up leaving the two not only dumbfounded but in the dust.
"What the?"
"Wasn't he always the slowest?"
They charge after him in an effort to beat him but are unable to catch William who beat them to the other side before they reached the halfway point and now both boys looked dejected.
"You ask the teacher, I'll ask Clair!" One of them said and was about to head off when he was stopped by his friend.
"Oh no, you go with the Mrs. Stone, I'll go with Clair!"
The two ended up playing rock, paper, scissors and the inevitable occurred when two boys were sent to the infirmary holding their crotches.
"They were a little rough in their wording, what were they thinking asking for a hand job, especially from a teacher no less!" Those two have always been stupid but he never thought they were suicidal.
The act itself elicited a round of applause from the surrounding students leaving both the girl and the teacher flustered in different ways.
Eventually the class moved on to pushups and William surprised everyone with his ability to do about fifty pushups before he even began to feel strain and even then, the strain was noticeably lessened leaving him in utter surprise as he stopped on one hundred to keep people from going nuts.
William squeezed his muscles and couldn't help but think, "I'm definitely stronger than usual, but how!"
He pondered about the dream how everything felt so incredibly real and tried to think of an explanation, but coming up with nothing he continued with the class, and they ended everything with sit-ups and stretches leaving everyone except William panting for breath and sprawling on the gym floor.
Mrs. Stone eyed the teen appreciatively, "It is good, that at least one of them is maintaining fitness!"
Claire who lasted the longest besides William eyed him suspiciously, "When has this guy been so physically fit, is he on something?" Her blue eyes scanned him up and down with suspicion.
Class ended soon and the slightly sweaty teens left the gym in relatively high spirits.
However, trailing behind William was an extremely large boy who noticed Claire looking at him and was having a fit of jealous rage.
"The teen balled his fist as he approached the unaware teen from behind and threw out a quick jab towards the back of his head.
"Pow!" William's vision flashed red for a moment before he registered what was going on and spun around.
"Hey, what the hell you hit me for asshole?" He asked holding the back of his head as veins formed on his forehead.
"You put on a little muscle, and you think you are hot shit huh, well we will see wont we!" He charges at William with his arm extended, clearly this bully was used to people just standing there and taking it but much to the bullies and the crowd's surprise.
"CRACK!" William caught the bully's fist with his hand and dragged him along using his own momentum and weight as leverage and kneed the bully in the stomach!
The bully spat out a mouthful of frothing spit in response to the blow and collapsed to the ground and the crowd let out an almost unanimous "OOOOH!" adding a layer of embarrassment on top of the loss of a fight.
"Make way, make way!" An authoritative and booming voice echoed out and the crowd parted allowing a middle-aged man in a three-piece suit to approach when his eyes fell on the bully and a look of disappointment was clear to see, "I'll deal with you when I get home now get to class!" he commanded as the bully put his head down and rushed off to class.
The authoritative man that was known as Mr. Barker is the principal of the school, and he just happened to be the bully's "Eugene" father, the knowledge of which caused William to have a terrible premonition of the future.
"Wait in the office, I will be calling your parents!" Principle Barker commanded as he made a personal note to ruin this boy.
William followed instructions unaware that the principle was already looking for ways to get rid of him and was soon sitting innocently in the office waiting for the inevitable.