chapter 4

Zoe had taken up hanging out with Jake’s sisters often as well. The three got a long really well. It had been a month since they saw each other so they didn’t know Zoe was up to 185. When she got to the buffet, they jokingly asked her if she lost weight. Zoe just laughed while rubbing her gut. The three hung out at buffets often or they would just go to Zoe’s and order a few pizzas. Zoe loved being able to eat and eat without having a boyfriend judge her for it, she was in denial on how big she was, but she loved food. Zoe had stopped doing her makeup and wore glasses too, while her weight turned her on, she just didn’t have the energy to doll herself up, besides, her boyfriend liked her natural look. Her blonde hair had become so greasy and frizzy and she often had breakouts from her eating. Her sweats had stains from some of the food she dropped on it, but who cares she thought and still wore them.

Weeks came and went, and Zoe’s sweats started to shrink, or so she told herself. She had ballooned to 205 pounds, while Emily had now dropped to 175. Zoe sat on the couch with a bucket of fried chicken, her sweat shirt riding up her fat belly which rested in her lap, she was waiting for Jake to come home so they could go out and buy her clothes that fit. They went to Wal-Mart to get a couple outfits, and when Zoe tried on a pair of jeans, they were snug but fit. “Maybe you should get a size or two bigger, so they’re more comfortable and room if you gain some” Jake suggested. Zoe was going to argue, but instead decided they were too tight so took his advice. She picked up mostly sweats though, saying to herself, “It’s winter and cold, I need to be warm” Zoe stood in the dressing room in her underwear, staring at the fat girl in the mirror. Her belly was round and hung a bit, her love handles were large and fleshy. She had red marks on her belly from the tight pants she wore. “How did I let myself go so much?” she asked herself, both disgusted and turned on by the image she saw. She grew hungry thinking about how fat she was and quickly tried on the clothes she went in to try. “its okay” she thought “I may as well enjoy myself until we switch back, besides, it’s just a few pounds” she lied to herself.