chapter 3 - pizza? again?

Chapter 3 – Hungry? Again?

“I’m kinda hungry” groaned Sarah, her stomach, as if on que, confirming the statement with a loud grumble. It had been a few weeks since the fateful night that Sarah and Leo had met. Not that she believed in fate or anything silly like that but That hardly mattered. They had been on a few dates since then and now were pretty much in a full on relationship. Although they didn’t have a title to it yet, anyone who had walked past them could tell that there was a strong chemistry between the two.

“Hungry again? But you just ate!” replied Leo, somewhat agitated at how expensive girls were, somewhat excited at the thought of her being hungry again. Sarah gave him that look that girls give to their boyfriends when they want something. Eyes wide and glassy, lips pursed and full, eyebrows lifted every so slightly. “Oh ok ok, you can stop looking at me like some hungry stray dog. What do you want to eat?” Sarah’s face went from innocent beggar to excited child in a matter of moments. “Ummm! I don’t know, I hadn’t thought that far ahead. Does pizza work?” Pizza definitely worked. It was not only a fattening meal, but Leo also got discounts on pizza. He worked for Dominos after all. But, he couldn’t let her know that he approved of her choice, of course. So he just said in a grumbled voice “Fine, fine. Lets get some pizza”.

If Leo was being honest, it seemed like Sarah was becoming slightly addicted to pizza. They had only been seeing each other for a few weeks, but with each passing week Sarah seemed to order pizza more often and in larger quantities. When they first met, she would order a medium pizza on Monday and there would still be a few uneaten slices left by the end of the week. Now, she was ordering her second large pizza of the week and it would hardly last a day.

“What do you want on it?” asked Leo. “The usual” replied Sarah, her hand idly wondering into a half eaten chip bag for the 53rd time in the past hour. Not that Leo was counting, of course. “Large meat lovers with extra pepperoni it is!” he said while placing preparing to play the order. “Oh! And a large diet coke too please!” blurted Sarah, pieces of half chewed chips sprawled all over her mouth. “And a large diet coke!” he replied. ”And a large coke” he thought. “Anything sweet for you today, my lady?” Sarah grinned at the comment then punched him playfully. “I don’t know, I thought you were sweet enough. But I suppose some brownies on the side couldn’t hurt” said Sarah. “Brownies on the side. Got it. Coming right up!”

Not 30minutes had passed and the delivery driver had already arrived with their food. Sarah eagerly raced to the door and opened it. A tall, pale, older gentleman stood at the other end. “Sarah. Nice to see you again. Leo, I see you’re using your discount to its fullest extent.” Said the pizza man. “Indeed, Oliver. Why wouldn’t I?” replied Leo. Oliver didn’t say anything at first. His eyes just darted over to Sarah for an instant before returning to Leo. “No reason. Here’s your bill” said the driver.

Leo paid, Sarah took her food, and Oliver closed the door behind him. “He doesn’t talk much, does he?” asked Sarah, her eyes widening as she quickly opened the pizza box and helped herself to a slice. “No, I’ve known him for almost a year now and I’ve never been able to get more than a sentence out of him at a time. Strange fella.” Sarah didn’t even seem to notice Leo was talking. She was too busy focusing on her pizza. “Mmm! Soo good!” she said, mouth full of food and grabbing another slice before she even finished the one in her hand. “Why do you think he cared that you used your discount so much?” “Haven’t the slightest idea” said Leo. Although he had in fact known why Oliver cared.

Leo had noticed for the first time last week that Sarah’s frame was getting slightly softer. Her jeans seemed to hug to her skin a little tighter than before and her torso had developed a thin layer of fat. The other day he noticed for the first time that even while standing, Sarah had a small roll of backfat too. Although he didn’t think the added weight was all that noticeable, Leo suspected that his quiet co-worker may have noticed that he had started ordering pizza a lot more. And it doesn’t take a fool to know what a lot of pizza will do to one’s waistline down the road.

About an hour passed and for the first time ever it seemed that Sarah had managed to finish a whole large pizza on her own in one sitting. Not to mention that she had created a significant dent to the brownies too.

“Finally full?” asked Leo. Sarah gave him a tired smile. “So full. Can you come here and kiss me? I’m too stuffed to move right now.” Leo Leaned over and kissed her gently on the lips. “Thank you.” She mumbled, her blissful smile still firmly planted on her face. “Do you think you could feed me one more brownie?” Leo picked up a brownie from the table and fed it to her. Sarah looked at him with her tired eyes. “Do you think you could carry me to bed? I want to take a nap”. Leo picked her up, his strong arms cradling Sarah’s back and thighs, and walked her to the bed.