chapter 5

Natalie couldn’t help but notice that Derek was unable to take his eyes off her enormous belly bulge. Jokingly she says to him “why don’t you take a picture, it’ll last longer”. Derek laughed and rolled his eyes, trying to play it cool, but Natalie could see his cheeks turning redder by the second. For the first time he actually seemed intimidated by Natalie. Usually it was the other way around.

All of a sudden a loud ring erupts from inside Natalie’s purse. “Sorry, I gotta take this,” she says.

“Shoot, I didn’t realize how late it was already. I need to get back home ASAP to help my parents set up for our big family dinner this evening” Natalie tells Derek.

He looked disappointed but told her not to worry, he’d get her home right away.

Natalie struggled to get the seatbelt around her overly stuffed midsection. The seatbelt caused the fat that was already peaking out the top of her sweatpants to protrude even more. It was extremely clear now that the pants she was wearing were not the correct size.

“I have to lay down right now” Natalie announces as she reclines the seat as far back as it can possibly go.

Too stuffed to move a muscle, she was essentially in a food coma the whole ride home. When they finally pulled into her driveway Natalie started moaning and groaning, as she knew the dreaded was coming; she was going to have to get up.

After setting her chair in the upright position, Natalie let out a ginormous burp. Almost immediately the two of them started cracking up. “High-five” Derek shouts as he lifts up his left hand for her to slap. “Sorry, that one just came out of no where” Natalie says as she blushes.

They waved goodbye to one another and Natalie went inside. She was so full all she wanted to do was lie down. She looked at her phone and saw that it was already 4 PM. She still needed to help her mom set up and get herself ready for dinner.

Before Natalie did anything she was going to have to change into something a little more breathable. She threw on the pair of jeans she had been wearing earlier, because even though jeans were not her number one choice to wear right now, at least they were the proper size, she figured. She so desperately wished she had her all time favorite comfy pants with her, which were perfect for her binges. No matter how much she ate in one sitting, it was as if these pants would somehow grow with her ballooning belly.

Suddenly Natalie smells something delicious. She peeks her head out of her bedroom door and sees her mom walking down the hallway holding a plate that contained a massive slice of apple pie. Her mom smiles widely at her and goes “you never had a chance to try my pie earlier before you left with Derek. I know it’s your favorite so I made it especially for you as a welcome home surprise”. Normally Natalie would have been over the moon for such a treat, but she was already so stuffed she wasn’t sure how she was going to eat this pie. Yet she was also unsure of how she was going to be able to resist.

The smell of the pie alone made Natalie’s tummy rumble. She couldn’t believe it. Her mind was telling her no, but her body was literally telling her yes. It then occurred to her that if Derek were here, he’d totally be encouraging her right now to eat this sweet treat that laid before her eyes. “Aw, thank you mom” Natalie graciously says. I’m going to eat this and then I’ll be down in a few to help get ready for tonight”.

“Actually, your brother’s going to come over a little earlier with Janine to help me set up. Why don’t you just relax until everyone arrives, I know you’ve had a long day” Natalie’s mom says, to her surprise.

Natalie was low key thrilled that she didn’t have to be scurrying around helping get everything perfect while she was so full, and about to become even more so after this pie. Natalie took her food over to her bed and snuggled up against the fluffiest pillow she had. The warm pie crust hit her tastebuds first. Natalie couldn’t bake like her mom could, no matter how hard she tried. In fact no one could bake like her mom, in Natalie’s opinion. She had missed her mom’s cooking so much. After not even taking more than a few bites, she had already demolished everything on the plate.

Natalie took a deep breath and unbuttoned her pants. She shimmied out of her jeans and sprawled out on the bed in only her underwear now, covering as much of her queen sized mattress as possible. When she laid on her side she realized she took up almost half the bed now thanks to her giant gut stretching out so far. She loved how big her belly looked. “I’m so fucking fat” she kept thinking over and over. Unintentionally Natalie began to rub her belly in a circular motion in attempt to ease the bloating her stomach was overwhelmed with. All she could do was think about how much better it would be if Derek were the one catering to soothing her belly instead. She closed her eyes and pictured his soft warm hands caressing every inch of her round stomach. And just like that, she was fast asleep.

45 minutes later, Natalie hears a loud bang on her door. “Hey, sis, come out and say hi to us” her brother shouts. “Shit, shit, shit” Natalie says to herself as she jumps out of bed, “I’ll be down in a few” she replies.

Natalie ran into her bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. Just as she suspected; she was looking like a hot mess. She quickly brushed her teeth, threw her hair up into a bun and put on some chapstick along with a light coat of mascara. She went to put on the black dress that she had picked out earlier and discovered that she was so huge now she could barely squeeze the dress past her chubby bubble butt, making the dress far too inappropriate to wear to a family gathering. In a hurry, she tried to find something else to wear, but it seemed as if everything she tried on was just too tight. She was about to give up all hope, when she spotted a red corduroy overall dress. She ordered this dress online around the same time last year but it actually ended up being too big. And since it was final sale, it must have just ended up buried in the back of her closet forgotten about. Natalie pulled it out and smiled. “Perfect” she said. She threw on a black long sleeve shirt that didn’t even cover half of her belly anymore, and put the dress on over it. She went to grab her favorite body spray from Victoria’s Secret called Love Spell in her backpack when she discovered a pair of black tights she didn’t know were there. “Even better” Natalie shouted excitedly. This morning she was nervous about what to wear, but now her outfit seemed to be coming together rather nicely. She threw on the tights and a pair of black and gold Coach flats. Before heading downstairs Natalie checked herself out in her corner mirror. The red dress accentuated every last roll of her stomach. Even her moderately sized breasts looked as if they were begging for someone to let them out of her tightly buttoned up ensemble. “Well, here goes nothing” Natalie encouragingly says to herself as she exits her bedroom.