chapter 5

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"Ugh, I'm stuffed," I groaned.

"Huh? Stuffed?" Jace asked.

"Yea, I can't eat another bite. No more for me!"

"No, no, you gotta eat more! There's still more food on its way!"

Finn was right. Jayce and I hit it off really well when we first met each other since we both shared a common interest: A love for eating food. Every day, we'd hit the town, sometimes along with Keaton, to all the fine diners he'd come across during his years of living at LA. That day, we were at this sweet all you can eat buffet that had amazing food! But Jace had ordered an astonishingly high amount of food that I just couldn't handle anymore. It was delicious and tasty, but my poor belly couldn't handle anymore food.

"Eh, suit yourself," Jace shrugged. "More for me." He lifted up his tenth burger from his plate and took a huge bite. Mouth full, he managed to stuff a few fries. Jayce could eat big time! He's said he had a fast metabolism which made it difficult for him to gain weight. But fast metabolism or not, eating ten burgers is flat out outrageous and will get anyone to bloat up or gain weight. "I always eat until I feel like I'll explode!" Jace laughed. "I haven't reached my limit for today yet."

"You're absolutely crazy," I joked.

"Not really," he responded. "I just love me some food!"

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An interesting thing I learned about Jace was that he was a retired inventor. He experimented on machines that could produce food, bring food out more nicely, and so on. Unfortunately though, he was never able to have them released to the masses since no one wanted to test the product. Out of both sheer curiosity and kindness, I offered to test out his products if he still had any inventor fire within himself. When I threw my offer at him, his eyes sparkled brightly and quickly accepted. "Soon," he said, "you can test out all these things I've been working on!" All of his inventions were stored in the basement of the mansion. There were only a few, but he definitely wanted to space the introduction of them out so I wouldn't be bombarded. I was up for whatever he had to show.

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It was getting obvious to most people that I liked getting bigger. Keaton always said that it was really fun to watch me eat monstrous amount of food every day. He'd get a kick out of it. It had been a full two months since our arrival. I've gained about thirty-five pounds while Keaton hovered around his same weight. I never really asked how much he had gained because, frankly, I was so obsessed with how much I gained. Getting larger and seeing my progress was always fun to see and I always pushed myself harder to get even bigger.