chapter 2 - lifetime movie night

The next day was Saturday, the day of Lana and her friend's Lifetime movie night. Once a month Lana and some of her friends would get together at their friend Stacy's house ostensibly to watch a Lifetime movie together, but it was actually just an excuse for them to all drink together. Stacy would always make a cake that was in the theme of that night's movie, and they would have some sort of themed cocktail as well. For the 6 months or so that Lana had been doing Weight Watchers, she had avoided the cake and drank diet coke instead of the themed cocktails, but she still enjoyed spending time with her friends.

That night's movie was about a woman killing her husband with an axe, so Lana was excited to see what kind of cake and cocktail her friend Stacy came up with. She was also excited for her friends to see her this month as she had lost another 6 pounds since she last saw them.

"You look great Lana!", Stacy exclaimed as she let her in. "Thank you, it's not been easy.", Lana replied. Five of her friends were already there and they all complemented Lana on her weight loss.

"I can't wait to see what you came up with for a cake this time!", Lana exclaimed to Stacy.

"Are you going to try some?", Stacy asked.

"No, you know I can't, even a small slice of cake is like 30 points.", Lana replied.

Stacy frowned feeling bad for Lana having to stay so strict with her diet. "I understand.", she said, and Lana followed her back to the kitchen.

"I couldn't come up with a themed cocktail, so it's just margaritas this time. Look at the cake though.", Stacy said and then lifted up the cover on the sheet cake. The cake was shaped like a woman holding a bloody axe over her head.

Lana laughed, "That is hilarious.", she said, looking down at the large themed cake. "I am sure it's great.", Lana commented.

One of their friends called back from the living room, "It's on."

Lana walked back into the living room, sat down, and pulled a can of diet coke out of her purse. Her friends all got up and went into the kitchen, moments later returning carrying small slices of cake and margaritas. They all sat down and started chatting and laughing together as they ate. For some reason Lana could not get her mind off that cake. She could just taste it in her mouth. Her mouth was literally watering for it. She took a big drink of diet coke, trying to get it off her mind.

Lana tried watching the movie for a moment, it was terrible like all of the Lifetime movies were, but after a minute or so she caught herself staring at Stacy's cake as she ate it. Stacy caught her looking at the slice of cake, "Oh Lana, you really should have a small slice, its good. It's OK to have a cheat day every once in a while." Lana looked at her and the other women, thinking to herself "Of course it is for you guys, you are all naturally thin." Lana replied, "I bet not." She tried to watch the movie again, but she just couldn't stop thinking about that cake. Finally, she said to her friends, "Maybe just a little sliver.", and got up to get herself a small slice.

Lana walked into the kitchen and cut herself a thin sliver of the cake and carried it back into the living room. When she got back, Stacy got up and ran into the kitchen. A moment later she came back with a large margarita and handed it to Lana. "You are drinking this. Its OK. Look how good you have done for the last several months. You have lost so much weight. You deserve a cheat day." Lana replied, "OK, I guess you are right. Thank you." and took the margarita from her.

They all turned and watched Lana as she took a forkful of cake and put it into her mouth. The sweetness nearly overwhelmed her when it touched her tongue. For 6 months the sweetest thing she had ate was fruit. "It's so good Stacy", Lana exclaimed before she realized she was talking with her mouth full of cake. She took a big drink of margarita to wash it down and ate another bite, then another, and another. Soon she had ate the whole sliver of cake.

"That was really good Stacy.", Lana said and then took another big drink of her margarita. They all started chatting and laughing together again. Within a few minutes Lana was thinking about that cake again. Now the craving was even stronger though because she had just had some. She kept catching herself staring down at her plate. "I need to put this plate back into the kitchen so I will quit staring at it", she thought to herself and got up to carry her plate to the sink.

Lana walked to the kitchen but stopped as she walked by the cake. She looked down at it, her mouth just watering again. "Just a little more.", she thought to herself and quickly cut herself another slice of cake. This time it was a normal sized slice. She didn't want her friends knowing she was getting another slice, so she quickly wolfed it down, licked the frosting off the plate, then quickly rinsed it and sat it into the sink.

As she turned to walk back to the living room, Stacy said, "Bring those two pitchers of margaritas here on your way back." Lana picked up the two full pitchers and walked back into the living room.

When she got back, Stacy refilled Lana's margarita and they all chatted and laughed some more. Before Lana knew it, she had drunk the second margarita and was pouring herself a third one. By the time the movie was over, Lana had drunk 4 of them and was feeling pretty drunk. She started to get an Uber home, but one of her friends offered to drive her as she just lived 5 minutes away.

It was a little after 11:00 PM when she got home, and her husband Chris was asleep. Lana quietly opened the front door and walked into their house. She still could not get that cake out of her mind. Her mouth was just watering, craving something sweet. Though she knew she shouldn't eat anything else, she walked into their kitchen and started digging through the pantry. At first, she couldn't really find anything. Chris was very strict about his diet, and Lana had not bought anything unhealthy since she started Weight Watchers. Just before she was about to give up, she found an unopened can of strawberry cake frosting in the back behind a bunch of dry goods.

She pulled the can of cake frosting out, grabbed herself a spoon and opened it. She put a big spoonful in her mouth, then another, another, and another. Soon she had ate half the can. She picked up the can and looked at the nutritional label, 130 calories per ounce. "Holy fuck" she thought to herself, she had stood there and ate 8 ounces. She sat there and thought to herself, adding up all the calories she had probably consumed that night: 4 margaritas, two pieces of cake, half a can of cake frosting.... "That has to be about 2500 to 3000 calories" she thought to herself.

Lana was angry with herself for eating so much and feeling bloated from it didn't help. She decided she needed to go to bed before she ate anything else.