chapter 2

The dining hall was huge. Each girl road her scooter up to a table, where their food was brought to them by their assigned counselor-feeder.

Lucy's counselor was named David. He was tall and skinny, with dark hair, and he was eager to get her started the moment she rode up.

"Hi, I'm David," he said. "I'll be your counselor-feeder throughout your time here. This first meal is just a measurement of how much you can handle, and then we'll up your portions from there," he said. "Don't overdo it now, because then you won't be able to keep up with your own pace."

Lucy smiled. She wasn't worried. She knew she could probably put away more than anyone there. Before she began eating, David gave her her first dose of appetite stimulant, which began working immediately. Lucy was excited to see how much it affected her already over-eager appetite.

The first course David brought out was fried appetizers. Jalapeño poppers, mozzarella sticks, fried Mac n cheese, pizza rolls, and a whole bowl of ranch and melted cheese. Lucy ate like she was starving, as if she hadn't just finished eating a few short minutes before. For dinner, he brought out a XL meat lovers pizza, three double hamburgers, and 50 buffalo wings. By the time she finished with that, Lucy was still hungry, and excited to get on to dessert. Two gallons of ice cream and a whole cheesecake later, dinner was finished.

But Lucy was still hungry! David assured her that there was plenty of food for her to snack on back in her bunk throughout the night. So off she went.

Once back in her bunk, Lucy climbed into bed with a plate of five grilled cheeses and a weight gain shake, before deciding to have some extra dessert. 12 donuts later, she had cleaned out the fridge for the day and was ready for bed.

Climbing in, she knew she'd be awoken around 3 a.m. for her late night feeding. All the girls had to drink a gallon of gain shake in the middle of the night, when their metabolisms were least active, so they would gain even faster. That was one of the camp secrets for how they could guarantee such a greater rate of gain.

As Lucy snuggled in for the night, she couldn't wait until her 3 a.m. wake up call. She was practically hungry already.