âSure you can ask,â replied Fats, laughing. âAnd I even know, since I weighed in yesterday. But I canât tell you - you havenât weighed in yet.â
âNo, I havenât registered or anything,â replies Matt. âI guess I sort of panicked when that cook guy came in.â
âWe know, we saw,â adds Tor. âWe have to go that way anyway - why donât we take you back, so you can register and maybe trade those tight pants for some comfy fleece eatingwear. First, though, weâll get you weighed so Fats can tell you his weight.â
âAnd yours too!â adds Matt.
âSure, if you like,â replies Tor. âThough my weightâs not as impressive as Fatsâ here.â He gives Fats another bellyslap, setting Fatsâ paunch fat to wobbling and vibrating.
âYou like doing that, donât you, Tor?â says Fats, smiling and bellyslapping Tor back.
âWorks better on you than on me though!â Tor chuckles.
Matt turns back towards the office, breathing hard after his run, and he and the two teenage colossi begin to slowly move back to the office - Matt walking tiredly, Tor strutting his fat body, and Fats doing a âpowerâ version of the fat man waddle. They arrive in the office and the receptionist says nods to Fats and Tor.
âI see you brought him back,â the receptionist says, smiling.
âOh, he came willingly,â replies Fats. âJust a case of newby nerves about private schools. I guess Pots can be a little overwhelming at first.â
âThis whole school can be overwhelming at first!â agrees the receptionist. Matt grabs his bags and brings them up to the counter, where the receptionist meets him.
âWelcome! Whatâs your name?â
âMatthew Butterworth.â
The receptionist turns to the stack of files on the counter and Matt can see that heâs much bigger than he appeared sitting down - although not broad or very tall, his gut hangs forward to an astonishing degree, and Matt can see thick layers of fat on his arms and chest. Matt figures if his Dad is 300 pounds, this man must be 400 pounds.
âHere we are,â says the receptionist in his deep bass voice, flicking open a file. âForms signed, payment received - Matthew, all we have to do now is weigh you, measure you and...