“Fine, whatever,” Robert said grabbing his backpack and heading for the door. Amanda noticed that he seemed to struggle a little with the weight of it, though he did his best to hide it. Amanda turned to follow when she felt her mother’s hand on her shoulder.

“Honey, please be nice to your brother,” Stacy pleaded. “You know how he struggles with being the little brother of the world’s mightiest person.” She said these last three words with an added force and baritone that one would use when speaking of a super-hero.

Amanda chuckled to herself, “I’m sorry mom. I’ll be good, I promise.” She felt kind of bad for being so mean to Robert, but not nearly bad enough to change him back.

“Ok,” Stacy said, then added, “Now, let me see those BA-ZOOKAS!!” Stacy hit a double biceps pose that, were she anywhere else in the world would have been beyond impressive, but standing in the shadow of her daughter she seemed almost thin. Amanda responded with a double biceps of her own feeling intense joy as her powerful arms swelled to nearly double the size of Stacy’s 19” guns.

“Ah! That’s my girl,” Stacy said, “You’re a beast!”

Amanda curled her arms in front of her and squeezed out an enormous most muscular pose, growling like a wild animal as she did so. Her shoulders, chest and arms exploded with size putting strain on her stretchy shirt. Stacy smiled with pride at the sight of her monstrous daughter.

“Don’t be late for school, dear,” Amanda’s mother said. “Have a good day.”

Amanda smiled, grabbed her bag and made for the door. Once outside she saw a big black Hummer sitting in the driveway and Robert sitting in the passenger seat, staring out the side window at nothing in particular. Her heart leapt with the realization that her bank account had likely swollen just like her muscles since she was now a celebrity of sorts. The biggest strongest person in the world was sure to have at least a few endorsement deals, and she was very curious to see just how wealthy she now was.

She did her best to hide her excitement as she made her way to the driver’s side of the massive SUV. As she backed out of the driveway and onto the street she thought about apologizing to Robert and even telling him she’d be a better sister to him, but decided it would sound fake and instead simply enjoyed the silence of the drive. She located a pair of sunglasses in the center console and slid them on. She cranked up the radio and began making her pectorals bounce in time to the music. Then she rolled down her window and slid her beefy elbow out and felt cooler in that moment than she could ever remember feeling.

After a few minutes of driving Amanda spotted her friends Danielle and Kelly walking along the side of the road. Kelly glanced back over her shoulder and , when she saw Amanda approaching, her face lit up with a smile. Kelly waved Amanda down then the two girls hopped into the back of the Hummer.

“Are we glad to see you,” Kelly said.

“Yeah, we missed the bus,” Danielle added, then noticed Amanda’s brother and blushed a little. “Hey Robert.”

Robert grunted a syllable that might have been a greeting but never took his eyes of the world outside his window.

Amanda pulled into the school parking lot and Robert was out the door and off toward class before she even had the car in park. She and the girls got out and began making their way to the school building. Amanda was loving the attention she was getting. Every where heads were turning to catch a glimpse of the mighty muscle goddess that moved among them. The trio passed through the gates and into the school proper. Kelly and Danielle each said their goodbyes and went separate ways toward their respective classes. Amanda stood for a moment before deciding to: