chapter 3

"Ugh, these too?!"

Britney tossed another pair of pants into the 'shrunken' pile as she huffed with frustration. She had spent the majority of the winter just sticking to sweat pants that slowly hugged her form more and more, but now that it was getting warmer she was hoping to wear a cute pair of jeans instead.

Problem is... None of them fit anymore.

"Damn washer shrunk nearly my entire closet," Britney huffed, flopping back down onto her bed with defeat. As she did so, her ass and thighs rippled wildly from the sudden impact.

It was early March now and her weight was continuing to climb, and yet she was still in denial. They couldn't help but wonder if that had something to do with the curse, or if Britney was just so certain that she would never gain weight that even when the evidence was there she refused to believe it.

"Do you need to borrow a pair of mine for the day?" Max asked as casually as possible. "They will be too big, but it's better than nothing."

Britney glowed with a bright smile. "Really, you would do that?? Oh my god Max, you're the sweetest little thing!"

Max blinked for a moment, confused by how big that reaction was, but set down their soda and got up to grab one of their small pairs of pants and hand them over to the cheerful brunette.

"Thank you so, so much!" Britney continued to praise her roommate as she put on the pants that she was only able to keep up with a belt. "You're really a life saver. Once class is over, I'm going straight to the mall to get some shopping done!"

It was as she was leaving that Max remembered that she said she was going to get some shopping done during the holiday break as well.

Did that not happen or did she outgrow all of those clothes in just 2-3 months?
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"So you know how stupid the sizing system is and how the same size can vary by the brand?" Britney asked her roommate before taking a large bite out of a chocolate bar. "Okay so my size is usually between a four and a six. You know what size these pants are?"

Max looked down at her low-rise jeans that were almost completely taken over by her muffin top. They had quite the guess, stayed safe with a low ball. "Ummm, a size eight?"

"Twelve. TWELVE!" the brunette chuckled before taking a big swig of her Dr. Pepper. "Can you believe that? I swear the sizing system in America is wack."

Britney continues to go on her little rant, but Max zoned out. It has barely been half a year since their prayer, but she already went from a four to a twelve? That made her only two sizes below Max's own size sixteen...

They hadn't even considered before that she might become bigger that Max, but could she?

"Earth to Maaax??"

The witch blinked. "Oh sorry, I zoned out for a moment there."

"I said I was gonna buy us some dinner tonight, what do you want? I kind of feel like having a few burgers."
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One habit Britney had even before that night was stress eating while she was studying for upcoming tests. But since then, it seemed to have gotten even worse. While before that meant going through a box of snack cakes during her study session, nowadays that was just how she normally ate.

Regardless, despite knowing that Britney had two big exams coming up, Max was still surprised when they got back from class to see her stuffing her face with pizza with two boxes by her side - one empty and the other just a few slices from the same fate.

"Hey Max," she greeted her with a full mouth, not even glancing away from her monitor. "I got you pizza too."

They looked on their bed to see another large pizza, this one untouched. "Oh, thanks!"

"No problem," she responded before ripping out another large bite of pizza, scratching her belly absentmindedly as she did so.
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Huh?

That's odd...

"Did your pants shrink too?"

Max blinked. "Oh uh, haha yeah I guess?"

Britney rolled her eyes before tossing a few more M&Ms into her mouth. "I swear, most of my college fund is going into clothes at this rate due to those cheap washing machines."

They doubted that was the main thing.

Max pulled off the tight jeans and instead opted to just wear a pair of leggings and an oversized t-shirt, before cracking open a can of soda and taking a swig. "Oh, since they are too small for me, do you want to keep them? You know, as a backup."

"Oh, good idea!" Britney said with a smile and stood up to pick up the discarded jeans, her developing ass jiggling the whole way and her thighs rubbing together all the way to her knees. She finally updated her bra a few weeks ago, but already her breasts were trying to overflow the cups. Her belly, still just in the chubby stage, has split into two distinct rolls and stuck out further than before, but was no competition for her chest and ass. "I can keep using these whenever all of my pants get shrunk again!"

Thinking about how they were barely bigger than her now, Max wasn't too certain that pair would last that long.
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"Thanks for coming with me today!" Britney told her roommate before taking a sip from the large soda she got for herself. "It's always so much more fun going clothes shopping with friends!"

Max nodded their head before taking a bite from their second burger. They spent the last couple hours hopping across her various favorite stores before finally relaxing at the food court. Between the two of them, they were splitting ten dollar menu burgers and two large sodas.

"It's still sooo weird how your pants shrunk so much that they fit me perfectly!" Britney said with a chuckle, gesturing to the pants she was currently wearing, the same pair Max gave her a few weeks ago. "I even specifically bought pants in your size hoping they would shrink down to my size, haha!"

"Smart," Max replied before taking another bite of their burger to avoid saying anything unnecessary.

Britney tossed back her third burger in just four bites before unwrapping another. "God, just buying these burgers instead of trying for any combo was just so smart! I got to do this more often."

By the time they left the food court, Max ate three burgers and Britney ate seven before they got both of their 32 oz sodas refilled.