Chapter 16B - Cassidy

Cassidy left the grocery store wholly numb and still reeling from her encounter with Nicole. It had been one of the most overtly painful and blunt Conversations Cassidy had had all year, but in no way, shape or form did Cassidy disagree with Nicole. Just the act of walking across the parking lot with Jeff left her borderline wheezing. Though the comments had been hard, Nicole was right. Cassidy agreed she had let herself become a gross mess.

Ever since Cassidy had agreed to be Jeff's girlfriend, things had gotten completely out of control. Jeff's bad habits intensified the bad habits she had already developed. They were eating all day, sitting on their asses, doing nothing. That was the core of the relationship. Sometimes they would go out, but Cassidy felt less and less confident going out in public, especially after Nicole had unknowingly called her out on Halloween. So, when Cassidy wasn't in class, she was stuffing her face, eating away at her feelings. The weight piled on quickly too. By the end of November, Cassidy could hardly find a stitch of clothing from her wardrobe that fit. Embarrassingly, she had to borrow some of Jeff's shirts, to have some semblance of decency. It was impossible for Cassidy not to notice she had been getting fatter, yet she felt powerless to stop it. Never did Cassidy imagine she'd ever get as big as she was, yet here she was pushing 370 pounds, being forced to ask professors to get her special desks to accommodate her size.

It had been hard to come to terms with having Jeff as her boyfriend. He was by no means her type physically. Even still, Cassidy hardly felt she could do any better. Even though Cassidy had a pretty and slim face on top of a morbidly obese body, she found it hard to believe anyone better looking than Jeff would want to be with her. The sex was.. pretty terrible. The bigger she got, the harder it was for Cassidy to maneuver her body in bed. Especially with someone as big as Jeff trying to make it work. Neither had a lot of stamina, so the movements were slow, cumbersome, and sloppy. Fat regularly got in the way and needed to be moved aside. It was by no means sexy for Cassidy. Jeff was miles worse in bed than any of the other (very few) men she had been with.

Cassidy cringed whenever she remembered the first time she had let Jeff go all the way with her. She had been so embarrassed when he had started pumping into a fat fold between her lower belly roll and thigh fat, thinking it was her pussy. Yet, at the time, Cassidy had just wanted to get it over with, so she pretended to moan until Jeff finished. Since then, Cassidy had gotten by just closing her eyes and picturing someone else until Jeff finished.

Yet, as easy as it was for Cassidy to focus on her woes, she couldn't ignore what had happened to Nicole. It had been a long time since Cassidy had seen Nicole in broad daylight, but it was clear that Nicole was... a little chunky. It was super strange to see her friend look so soft. Nicole must have just put on some love chub, which was understandable. Nicole somehow pulled it off well, too, seeing that the weight went to all the right places. Cassidy was sure that Nicole would be able to work it off in no time, yet it was still humanizing to see that even Nicole wasn't infallible.

Cassidy could hardly find the mental energy to focus on Nicole. Still buzzing from her monumental encounter, she felt like a drastic change needed to happen. Not tomorrow, now. Cassidy asked Jeff to pull over on the way home near an outlet mall. She got out of Jeff's car, walked into a Curves fitness center for woman, signed up for a membership, and walked out. Jeff was a little confused by Cassidy's sudden drastic action but didn't push her on the topic. Cassidy felt something surging within her that she hadn't felt before. Motivation. The time for feeling sorry for herself was over. Nicole was right! It was time to turn her life around and shed this excess blubber.

When Jeff dropped her off outside her dorm, Cassidy leaned into Jeff's car before walking away. "We're done, Jeff. I'm breaking up with you." There was a look of confusion on his face that turned to sadness. Cassidy didn't stick around, hearing the pleas for her to come back and talk about it bounce off her back. It felt good. Really good. Jeff wasn't a bad guy or anything.. he was just the wrong guy.

Cassidy went into her dorm room with renewed vigor and started throwing out all the junk food in sight while her phone buzzed. She promptly blocked Jeff's number, feeling better and better by the moment.

Cassidy's phone buzzed again. It wasn't Jeff. "Hey, what are you wearing? Send me a pic ;)" Cassidy bit her finger nervously, feeling the momentum drain from her, not knowing what to do. A picture message of his abs followed, and Cassidy felt excitement start to flush between her thighs. It didn't feel right, but Cassidy couldn't help it. He was so sexy. Cassidy unbuttoned her jeans and waddled over to the mirror to take a selfie, but stopped dead. The sight of herself shocked her back to reality. This strange sexting relationship wasn't normal and was no longer okay. She was done being this fat, done with Jeff, and done with this creep. She texted back, "Never text me again!" immediately blocking his number too.

With a heavy and satisfied sigh, Cassidy felt better than she had felt in a long time. Today was the first day of the rest of her life.