Green isnt always healthy

chapter 5

Chapter 5

Later that day Avery was discharged from the hospital. She returned to her apartment and her first goal was inspected herself in the mirror. Once she got to her bedroom she stripped out of her top and pants to see what changes she could notice. With the light on she could see any changes across her body; she noticed little green specks all over her body but most prevalent on her face, neck, arms, and upper chest. But something else stuck out to Avery it was her figure, something didn’t look right as she stepped on the scale. As her hand shot to cover her mouth in shock the scale read a gain of 6lbs in 2 weeks putting her at 135lbs.

She rushed to her closet to grab her camera and a cloth measuring tape as well as her computer when she passed her desk. She opened a new Excel file and started creating a chart for her measurements as well as another for her daily caloric intake and production. Avery first found two pics of her from 2 months ago from a day at the beach with friends and found two shots that arguably be described as a forward, sideways, and back shot. She then set up the camera to take similar shots with her new look as she kept repeating to herself to calm herself down, “This is for science, this is for science…”

Avery downloaded the pictures to a file with timestamps showing and put in her new measurements. She then painstakingly recorded every measurement. She muttered to herself “I hope can stop gaining.”

As the weeks continued the changes continued to pile on. By month two of life as a living test subject Avery found herself working out more and more at her office in the new specially built lab/office. As she proceeded to continue grow greener, her hair started to change from a golden blonde color to a dark mahogany color. She hated her daily photoshoot to keep track of her change her boss was the only one she was willing to let take the pictures of her in just her underwear. As her figure continued to swell her boobs could only be contained in DD cup bras instead of her small C cup she was before. And the thing that enraged her the most was the stretchmarks on her growing belly, hips, and thighs were bright green instead of a standard red one would expect.

Today was another workout, battery of tests, and photoshoot for Avery. The once fit athlete was winded after her torturous treadmill test and her times were on a downward trajectory from her once impressive ability to run for miles to running for a few thousand feed before completely being exhausted. The data they were collecting from her blood samples and tissue samples were groundbreaking, but the price Avery was paying for that success in her figure was devastating her. Her boss asked, “Avery you seem more upset than usual.” Avery’s eyes teared up, “We are making such great project with all this research but at what price?” She started to peal off her extremely tight neon yellow XL exercise shirt and grabbed her ballooning green stretch mark covered gut having over her tight leggings and said, “Look at me 6 months ago I was 129lbs and in the best shape of my life.” She then hopped on the scale as she continued to monologue. “I can’t even see the god damn scale with this flabby disgusting ball of lard hanging around my waist.” Her boss peered at the flashing numbers as Avery shrieked, “What does it say!”

Her boss replied, “197lbs.” Avery started to cry, “You have got to be kidding me nearly 70lbs in 6 months. There has to be a better way to control my metamorphosis!” Her boss tried to calm her down, “Avery it will be alright we are still working on ways to reverse this. We don’t want to do something to make these changes permanent. “Avery said furiously as she unzipped her XL sized sports bra, “Look at me. Look at these green stretch marks on my boobs. Tell me how I am supposed to deal with this development! Before I would walk into a bar, I was stared at by every straight guy in a bar now I haven’t gone out in 4 months because I am becoming a hideous monster!” Her boss trying not to stare at her massive green stretch mark covered boobs said, “I see the problem Avery now please put them away I want to be professional with you. I know you have had a rough time that’s why I had last weeks measurements sent away to a seamstress adjusted to fit you for the foreseeable future.”

He walked to a closet as Avery zipped her sports bra back up and grabbed a dress out of the cabinet. Her boss stated, “Now this dress is made with an impressive new fiber that will be able to expand when you expand but it’s not a cheap spandex material. It also covers the entirety of your body except for your head and here is something a friend of mine has been working on over in Paris its new makeup I consulted with her on that can only be removed with a special all natural cleaner.” Avery walked over and said, “So what do you want me to do with this?” Her boss said bluntly, “Go out, get a few drinks, maybe flirt with someone. You have spent the last 5 months only at your apartment or in the lab. Have some fun don’t let this stand in your way.”