When Jai started blooming at the early age of fourteen, she was relieved -- the thus-far plain girl finally starting to get the mature looks her classmates did that let them talk to the older boys. When she caught up with them, she was thrilled -- her fears of being perpetually the young-looking one all the way to adulthood dispelled. The once-ugly duckling was just about ready to leap for joy when she started to pull ahead, looking forward to a life of popularity and cute boys. But true celebration did not set in until she realized the changes weren't stopping. When her classmates figures set, she was still buying loose clothes, figuring her widening hips would settle into them. When her classmates knew that they might have to change sizes once or twice more in the rest of their lives, Ja