chapter 2

The next time the sisters ran into each other was at their mother's Easter lunch. While the family was not overly religious it had become tradition for them to meet on Easter Sunday for lunch. Trish had dragged along Garrett and Rhea bought along Donny as was customary.

The girl's row at Christmas was still niggling them and it was inevitable that Trish would make some sort of catty remarks but she was left wanting for an opportunity when both Rhea and Donny took moderately sized portions at dinner.

"Are you not having more of the ham hoggy?" sneered Trish

"Oh not again Patricia" remarked their Father

"No I'm fine thanks" replied Rhea "I'm doing quite well on my portion control thank you, we both are" she said this last part as she grabbed Donny's hand and gave him a big smile which he returned. "Anyway, I wouldn't want to deprive you, it looks like you've been enjoying yourself"

The remark stung Trish; she had worn a flowy dress on purpose to try and camouflage the 16lbs she had managed to put on since her Christmas day over-indulgence but it hadn't escaped the watchful eye of her now calorie conscious sister.

"Well someone has to pick up the slack while you're dieting, don't worry, you can have the bigger portions back when you fall off the wagon"

"Oh hush Trish" replied their mother "how much have you both lost now?"

"Well I've lost 11lbs since new year's and Donny has lost a bit too but he's packing on the muscle, isn't that right Hercules?"

The laughter drew attention away from Trish who was helping herself to the first of several slices of pie. A fact not lost on Garrett.



With summer bought the family's traditional 4th of July gathering. It would be hosted by Trish and Garrett this year at their new house and would double as a celebration for Trish's promotion at work. It should have been a joyous occasion for Trish but there were a number of things blotting out the sun on her big day.

Firstly there was the fact that all of the attention seemed to be being lavished on her younger sister even though she was the hostess. Everyone couldn't get over how great Rhea looked in her black one-piece swimming costume, now down to a curvy 163lbs she seemed to be all anyone was talking about. Couple that with the fact that Trish had been unable to reign in her eating over the year and it made for a very self-conscious older sister. Her climbing weight had been the source of several heated discussions between herself and Garrett. She blamed her now 157lb figure on the stress of work but she couldn't lie to herself about the sneaky deserts on the way home from the office. That was all her doing.

Rhea loved the fact that her older sister seemed to be on the verge of becoming a chubby girl and couldn't resist a shot at her when she spied the sarong that Trish had worn to try and draw attention away from her meatier thighs.

Approaching her sister from behind, Rhea grabbed at the knot of the loose skirt and whipped it off!

"Wow, I didn't know you were serving bacon today Trish" pinching her sister's thigh as she spoke

"It's just a little water weight that's all!" Replied Trish "and I'd thank you not to draw attention to it."

"Don't worry Fatty Patty" quipped Rhea "you can have this swimsuit when it's too big for me, looks like it'll fit you soon enough"

"Piss off Rhea; I wouldn't be caught dead in your hand-me-downs"

Trish naturally sought solace in food but the BBQ was being manned by Garrett who flat out refused to serve Trish with any more processed pork products, saying she had already had way more than enough.Page Break

It was Rhea's turn to celebrate next. She had been completely shocked when a romantic date out with Donny had turned out to actually be a surprise birthday party with all of her closest friends and family.

She looked resplendent in a purple velvet sleeveless dress that showed off the new tone in her arms and calves. Her hair in up do showed off the fact that the chubbiness of her features had given way to reveal the diamond shaped face that she had last sported in her teens. While it was true that she now only weighed 5lbs less than her sister had at the Independence Day gathering, Rhea's figure was a whole lot more athletic than that of her older sister.

And if her older sister had been verging on chubby the last time they had seen each other then there was now no denying that this was a fact. Trish now bore the dubious distinction of being the heavier of the two girls. The outfit of black pants and cream coloured blouse did little to hide her inflated posterior and the rolls that had invaded her once flat stomach.

She was at the party alone as Garrett had made excuses of having to work late but in truth he was becoming tired of her excuses of her stressful work and inability to stick to a diet as her reasons for her escalating weight. He was finding it embarrassing to be seen out in public with his formerly slim girlfriend.

As she watched her little sister lapping up all the attention it dawned on her that she was now the big sister in more ways than one, something that drove her to drink and keep drinking. She was able to pass her drunkenness off as being in celebration of her sister's birthday but when Donny dropped to one knee and proposed to Rhea in front of everyone, it was more than Trish could take. She grabbed a bottle of champagne that had been bought out for a toast to the happy couple and went and sat in the alleyway behind the club, drowning her sorrows.

It was about an hour later when she was found by the birthday girl.

"Hey, thought you might want some birthday cake?"

"Yeah that's just what I need, cake so I'll get fatter"

"So you've put on a little weight, it's not the end of the world" comforted Rhea

"It's not just that, I'm pretty sure Garrett is cheating on me" sobbed Trish

"Oh Patty, I won't say I told you so but guys like him are just after one thing and well you're not that thing, anymore are you?"

Trish didn't even blink at Rhea addressing her as Patty

"What do you mean?"

"Well guys like Garrett want the slim, attractive, confident types and sure, that used to be you but now..." Rhea reached over a grabbed hold of Trish's prominent belly roll "now you're the big sister of that girl, the chubby, self-conscious older girl that gets to bask in her sister's spotlight. You're the big sister, embrace being the big sister".

Trish looked for reassurance from her younger sister and found a forkful of cake in her hand.

"Eat up Patty, tomorrow we'll help you break up with that loser Garrett and you can come and live with your little sister for a while, how does that sound?"

Trish nodded with tears in her eyes as she continued to stuff her face with birthday cake.

"Thanks sis" she mumbled through a mouthful.

"Hey, what are sisters for? Now come on back in, the party is still going and there's plenty more cake I need saving from eating"