chapter 4

There was no way I was going to allow for another disaster to happen like it did yesterday. Okay, disaster is a bit hyperbolic, but I certainly felt the pressure of a disaster. Allowing the guys to be hungry for so long, waiting for me to cook, having to order take out, Wes being disappointed in me, it was all a lot. So today, I'm going to be prepared.

I woke up an hour early to make an extra large breakfast, made with intentional left overs. I was cooking up home made waffles and sausages in bulk, enough to feed a village let alone 6 frat brothers, preparing for the hunger pangs that would follow the protein shakes.

Around 9am Zach joined me in the kitchen, as I attempted to hide the true ingredients of the gainer shake. I couldn't tell what was up with Zach. I couldn't tell if he was gay, but he seemed to have some vested interested in me. Zach slept without a shirt on - maybe just to amuse me, but it worked - but I was disappointed that it didn't seem like he had gained any weight at all. The pounds, though he was certainly eating them, weren't sticking. I assured myself it had not even been a week yet, and that once the pounds start packing on it'll be impossible to stop.

Zach and I flirted back and forth, and he grabbed the whipped cream can and nozzled it right into his mouth. I cracked a big smile, which caught his attention. "Can't help it, I've got a sweet tooth." he said, going for another swig.

"Careful, don't want to fill up on whipped cream before the waffles are ready." I added, knowing that'd get more calories in him.

"Who says I can't have both?" he laughed, dipping his finger in the waffle mix. I hit his hand back, almost by instinct. "Hey!" He then grabbed my hand, and our eyes locked.

"Hey!" Cody said, skipping into the kitchen. Zach immediately let go of my hand. "Breakfast smells good! When will it be ready?" Cody asked.

"Five minutes, unless Zach here eats all the waffle mix!" I joked back, inviting Zach back into our flirtatious conversation. He took another swig of whipped cream, nodded his head to Cody, and left the kitchen. Before I could get too upset about Zach acting weird, Wes entered the kitchen. I don't know if Wes is just the perfect looking man, or something like that, but his presence cheered me up, and the thought of him getting a belly on that thick muscled torso was too erotic for me to think of in front of everyone.

I spread out the large buffet of breakfast for all the guys, and I immediately got to work on lunch. I was making fried chicken, and a lot of it, so I hoped the waffles could tame the guys for enough time.

After an hour, I was shocked that the frat brothers had eaten all the waffles, despite the fact I made extra. I noted this for later, that the guys would finish what was put in front of them. The guys, bloated from the extra large breakfast, took their protein shakes and went on about their day before their gym session. As Zach was leaving, he smiled at me, and took a swig of his protein shake. I kept my eyes down to the food.

Another hour passed, and I noticed none of the guys had entered the gym yet. Maybe my shakes had solved my gym problem. Tyler walked into the kitchen, belly still slightly bloated from breakfast, asking about lunch.

"Lunch will be ready in like 15 minutes, no gym today?" I asked. "Nah, we're feeling too tired today. Maybe tomorrow." he replied. the "maybe" was all I needed to know that the protein shakes were working to make these guys lazier and hungrier.

Lunch was an overwhelming success, as I had made just enough for the guys to finish all the fried chicken I had made but all the guys seemed to be stuffed beyond movement. The guys stayed at the kitchen table, discussing the new guys coming in three days. A dinner of 20 oz steaks for each brother went just as well, and for dessert 5 large pans of brownies were emptied into their stomachs. I was in blissful heaven stuffing each of the guys up four times a day, and in no time these stuffings would start sticking to their bellies.

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Three days had passed and the rest of the brothers would be joining the fraternity for move in day. I was as excited as much as I was nervous. Cooking in excess was so easy when I was just feeding 6 guys, now there was to be 25. I knew this was the job I was hired for, and that I could do it, but I worried about how I could continue my efforts in fattening these guys up.

I hadn't talked to Zach since we had that awkward moment while cooking breakfast, but this morning he came walking into the kitchen early. Again he was shirtless, but this time I noticed the slightest pudge around his belly. It was barely noticable unless you were looking closely (which I was), and it made sense since he had been stuffing his face four times a day without working out. He caught me side-eyeing and played it off jokingly. "Yeah, I know I'm hot, I get that a lot" he said. I just gave off my usual laugh. "So you guys ready for the rest of the guys today?" I asked.

"Hell yeah, are you?" Zach asked, peaking over my shoulder to see what I was cooking. "Don't worry, I have full intentions to keep everyone here well fed." He placed his large, muscular hand on my shoulder and I turned around. He was over a half-foot taller than me at 6'3, but he tilted his head down towards me. We locked eyes again for a moment, and then he backed up to take a seat at the counter. "So what's on the menu for breakfast?" he asked.

I hated how he would tease me with moments like these, but at the same time I was thrilled by it. And if anything had to break up our talk, I'm glad it was his own hunger. "Triple cheese omelettes. You guys have to have enough energy to last the whole day."

"I heard omelettes! When will they be ready?" Wes asked, walking into the kitchen. He, too, had some added pudge to his waist, even more so than Zach, but hardly noticeable. I doubt he or the rest of the guys had noticed anything.

"In a few minutes, why don't you get the rest of the guys." I asked, and Wes was on his way. Zach raised his eyebrow, as if he had noticed me checking Wes out. I raised mine right back, if he wanted to say something then he could say it.

At breakfast, each of the guys greedily ate the omelettes, and the piles of bacon on the side. Wes kept encouraging the guys to have more. Wes, somewhere between his sixth and seventh plate, urged "C'mon guys! This is our last meal with Luke alone!" and with that everyone grabbed some more bacon and eggs.

As the guys finished eating, I handed out the protein shakes and was going to prepare for lunch. Wes took a long swig of his shake, and stood up at the head of the table. "Alright guys, today is the day. The rest of our brothers will be coming in around 1, which gives us 3 hours. It's gonna be a long day of iniations and meeting the new pledges, so I hope you ate up. When they arrive I want lunch to be ready, so all of us are gonna help Luke make a huge, delicious buffet to prove that we're still the best frat house on campus. And tonight, we're going to prove we're still the best party place on campus!" The guys lifted their protein shakes with some greek life ritual, and took another swig of my gainer concoction.

I found it amusing how seriously they took the fraternity stuff. But what can I say, they're paying me well to cook.

"Oh, and Luke, for lunch you can quit it with the healthy foods. I want this stuff to give a great first impression." Fine with me, I hadn't cooked anything healthy since coming here a week ago.

I wrote down all the recipes I had planned for the buffet, with an assortment of mac n' cheese, burgers, hot dogs, pizzas, cookies, brownies, and the likes. Each of the guys, though stuffed from breakfast, got to work in the kitchen. I tried to work with Zach on his designated part of the meal, but he seemed distant. Wes, on the other hand, seemed to beg for my help. Poor thing didn't seem like he had a clue how to boil macaroni.

So we raced against time to make the best lunch buffet before the rest of the fraternity would arrive in 3 hours.

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