chapter 9

Once again, after a huge meal all Natalie wanted to do was go sit down and smoke, but she couldn’t. “We probably should have gone shopping before I got even more bloated” she thought to herself. Natalie was chubby in general, but after being stuffed with two ginormous meals like that in only the span of a few hours, she felt FAT today. She went to use the restroom in The Cheesecake Factory one more time before leaving. While drying her hands she couldn’t help but do a double take when she saw herself in the full length mirror. She twisted slightly to the right to get a better view of her side profile and immediately noticed how chunky her thighs were looking in that particular outfit. It wasn’t something that had stood out to her before when looking in the mirror in her room. She then turned back forward and slowly glazed her eyes up the rest of her body, focusing in on each and every luscious curve recently formed. It was almost like she looked bigger all over. “Maybe I took one too many hits today” she jokingly said to herself as she rolled her eyes and exited the restroom.

All of a sudden a thought popped into Natalie’s head. “Am I going to fit into any sizes at the same stores I used to shop in?” At college she was too broke to ever think about going on a shopping spree. But today she had a bit of Christmas money to spend, and she also knew her mom would buy her a few things.

“So where would you like to go first?” her mom asked as they left the restaurant and entered the mall. “Hmmm, I don’t know” Natalie answered, trying to buy herself a few extra seconds to decide where to go. She loved Forever 21 and was pretty positive they had plus size, just in case. Usually Natalie was a M or L in tops and a size 4 or M in bottoms. They walked into Forever 21 and Natalie spotted an adorable denim jacket. First she tried on a L, assuming it had to at least somewhat fit, but she was proved wrong when she discovered that she could barely move her arms in it. Another body part she hadn’t really noticed had become so chunky over the last couple of months. She didn’t even bother to try buttoning it up before trying the XL next. Her arms could move quite a bit more in this size, but she was only able to get one button done without feeling like someone was squeezing all the air out of her chest. When going to grab the next size up, she realized there wasn’t one. Her mom was wondering off in the men’s section looking at t-shirts for her brother, so Natalie decided to sneak off into the plus size section. “Why am I treating this like it’s something I should be ashamed of?” Natalie questioned herself. “It’s not like I should be surprised it’s gotten to this point so quickly; look at this thing” she thought as she looked down at her protruding gut. Natalie found herself beginning to smirk while glaring at her belly. It was then that she realized she kind of loved the idea of feeling somewhat guilty about how huge she’s become. She knew there was nothing wrong with needing to shop in bigger sizes, but the fact that getting bigger is something so typically frowned upon in society made the whole thing extra exciting, in her opinion.

She found a similar jean jacket and tried on a 1X, and voila, it fit! She felt like Cinderella putting on her glass slipper, but in this fantasy, the plus size section was her Prince Charming.

Natalie ended up finding quite a few cute pieces at Forever 21, and also at American Eagle. She was so excited to have comfy clothes, and cute ones too! But there was still two more quintessential items Natalie needed in bigger sizes as well; bras and underwear! Natalie went straight to the place she usually frequented for these items which was Victoria’s Secret. She quickly discovered the largest size for bottoms was XL, and the largest band width on bras was only 40. Natalie had previously been a 36 B cup, and since gaining she mainly stuck to sports bras because her others were so tight. I guess I’ll just try on the biggest ones they’ve got. She grabbed a pair of XL panties and a 40 B cup. After stepping into the dressing room the first thing Natalie took off was her belt. It felt SO good to release all of that extra pressure on her upper belly caused by the belt. “I’m definitely not putting that thing back on afterwards” she decided. After doing so she noticed just how much fatter she looked without anything in the way of her expanding belly, and her jaw actually dropped. It was just amazing to her to see this huge belly on what was once not long ago, a perfectly flat tummy. She had a strong inclining that the bra and panties weren’t going to fit, but she still wanted to try them on. Just simply to see how small they were instead! Putting on this tight lingerie gave her a rush of excitement she was unfamiliar with. Usually if she went shopping and tried on something too small she’d be upset to have to go and grab a bigger size. But not this time. The underwear could barely get past her thick thighs, and while the cup size of her bra was a good fit, the band was digging deep into all of her new fat. “How the heck did I get so fat around my boobs, but my boobs haven’t gotten any fatter?!” Natalie scoffed at herself in the mirror completely puzzled.

She was officially too fat to shop at Victoria’s Secret. Something she never thought would happen in a million years. Another thing she never thought would happen in a million years? How much enjoyment she got from the feeling of being unable to do so.

Natalie always knew she was going big places, but she has no idea just how big those places are going to be… (;