It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Westbury High School and Michael Anderson was entering the cafeteria to buy his favourite burger. "One chicken burger and fries" said Michael rudely to the lunch lady.
"Coming right up, Mr. Anderson" the lunch lady replied rolling her eyes. Michael was the new English teacher at Westbury and was getting a reputation for being condescending to everyone there.
"Over here, Michael there's a free seat!" he heard coming from the other side of the cafeteria.
"Oh, great" he thought to himself. It was Gary, the history teacher. Michael didn't know why but there was something that he didn't like about Gary. He quickly glanced around the cafeteria looking for a better option but it was packed full of grubby looking students. Feeling dejected he grabbed his tray of food and walked over to sit with Gary.
"Hey Gary, how's it going?" trying to feign interest.
"Oh, you know the usual, kids up to no good" Gary chuckled.
"Yeah, same" Michael tried to smile but he instantly regretted sitting with Gary.
An awkward silence followed but was broken by the arrival of Yang, the math teacher and Mrs. Thomas, the principal. "Hello, Gary, Michael I was looking for you actually." Gary smirked and Michael winced, he knew this wouldn't be good. Mrs. Thomas continued "Unfortunately due to budget cuts the school isn't able to afford a swimming teacher this semester." Michael, rolled his eyes wondering what any of this had to do with him. "I just asked Yang who he thought I should ask to fill in and he suggested you." She paused for a second before continuing "I know you are new here, Michael but I think it's time you stepped up for some extra curricular activities."
"M-m-me?" Michael nearly choked on his burger. If there was one thing he wanted to avoid it was swimming. The thought of the public changing room and the tight shorts made him shudder with dread. Despite his calm façade there was one thing Michael was seriously insecure about, his penis. Despite being 26 years old he had recently measured himself at 2 centimetres (0.7 inches) soft and 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) hard. He had always known he was tiny but not even being able to make double digits had been soul destroying. To the best of his knowledge no one knew about his little secret as he had always been extremely careful in urinals and forged a sick note to avoid PE classes.
"Michael?" Mrs. Thomas interjected startling him out of his daze.
"But Mrs. Thomas, you know I'm new here. I'm still learning the ropes for my classes" Michael argued meekly.
"Michael, how can I put this succinctly? We need team players at this school. If you are not a team player you wont be around for much longer." Mrs. Thomas spat before smiling. "In fact. in the interest of team spirit, Yang and Gary will help you with the first few weeks until you get into the swing of things. The first session is next Tuesday afternoon at 5pm after school. The kids will make their own way there, anyway lots to do. I'll have to get going. See you in the staff room, boys." she shot before jumping up and striding out of the cafeteria.
The second she was out of earshot Michael groaned "this is so unfair!"
Gary looked up at him smiling, "well, welcome to the public school life! Look, if you want we can go on ahead to get some practice in before the first class. It might not be that bad!"
Yang smiled and nodded "It'll be a chance to get to know each other better too!"
he added cheerfully.
Michael sighed and reluctantly agreed, thinking to himself it would give him a chance to be out of the changing room before it filled up with 30 students.
That night Michael went home and and bought some boardshorts online. He found a perfect pair that were black, long and loose enough that no one would suspect his lack of bulge. They were pricy but definitely worth it to keep his secret hidden.
The next few days went entirely without incident until Monday when he received a message. His shorts had been held up en route, a fact he mentioned to Yang at lunch time.
"That's no problem, I actually bought two pairs of swimming shorts last year because I wasn't sure of the size. One of them was too big for me but I bet they'd fit you well. So I can bring an extra pair tomorrow, just in case! I got your back man!" Yang declared.
Michael sighed there really seemed to be no escape from this. "Yeah, OK, thanks" Michael grunted.
Tuesday afternoon finally arrived, after finishing up his classes Michael quickly rushed home hoping his boardshorts had arrived. He got back only to discover a 'sorry we missed you, we will try again tomorrow' note under the door. Frustrated he exclaimed "typical, don't these people think someone might have to work?"
He looked down at his watch and noticed that it was already 3:20. He'd arranged to meet Gary and Yang at the pool at 4 so he'd have to hurry. He threw his towel in a bag along with his sandals and rushed over to the pool.
He arrived just in time. Yang and Gary were already waiting for him. "Sorry I'm l..." he started before Gary interjected "No problem, let's get in before the kids turn up".
"OK." Michael swallowed he reran his plan in his head. One; get the shorts from Yang. Two; feign a stomach bug, tell them to go on ahead. Three; get changed in the toilet cubicle." It all seemed simple.
As they entered the changing room it was everything Michael had dreaded. It was packed full of hung guys walking around nude without a care in the word. Michael couldn't help but feel a surge of resentment thinking about his own pathetic excuse for a penis.
"Hey guys there's a space over here" said Gary.
"Cool" replied Yang.
