Chapter 2 - reality

Doug glanced down and saw the erection in his green boxers and looked up at his wife.

Lori stood about 5'3 and weighed about 150 pounds. She had long blonde hair, blue eyes, big boobs for someone her size and a big butt that was more round than wide. She was wearing a tanktop and shorts that showed off her curves very nicely. Unfortunately she was very weight conscious and was always complaining about her body even when she was visibly losing weight. The fact she always hated her body no matter how it looked drove her husband absolutely crazy. Doug was very attracted to her but was turned off by the constant self-degrading attitude. She stood in the doorway of the bedroom with a grumpy look on her slender face.

"Having another good dream?" She snorted sarcastically.

Doug gathered his bearings and stretched out, feeling his erection touching the ground despite how far off the ground he was. He looked up at Lori and smiled "I always do." She stormed off in a huff and he closed his eyes and thought "I'm gonna pay for that one."

10 minutes later Lori emerged from the bathroom in a towel and practically shoved Doug out of the way as he went to shower, brush his teeth and relieve himself. When he got out 10 minutes later Lori was already fully dressed and downstairs. Doug wished he could have seen her naked but put on his work clothes and made his way downstairs.

When he got to the kitchen to pour himself Cheerios he noticed Lori sitting there eating her Special K with the same grumpy look she had on earlier.

"What's wrong with you today?"

She fired back, "Besides the fact you're dreaming of other women, I gained a pound. I'm huge god dammit!" She flung her spoon into her half empty bowl, sat back and farted.

Doug wanted to laugh in her face but held his tongue. "Who says I wasn't dreaming about you?"

She laughed "You haven't touched me in a week and a half, obviously I'm too fat for you now so why should I bother getting upset you're dreaming of other girls?"

He wanted to laugh and tell her that not only was she wrong, but to say how too THIN she was. Indeed, she weighed 150 pounds and thought she was huge. He thought to himself "You should see my aunt Agatha." but instead said "I say you're the hottest woman I've ever met and you don't believe me."

She flung her spoon again. "You try being this fat, why should I believe you? Ugh, I have to go to work."

She got up and looked at herself in the hallway mirror and kept twisting and turning. Her work blouse and dress fit just right but she didn't think so. "I'm so fat, look. You can totally tell I gained. I look like I'm pregnant. They're going to ask me how far along I am at the office I just know it!"

She continued to self loathe as Doug turned on the tv and caught the new Rekall commercial. He thought to himself the place must be full of baloney and quickly turned the tv off. Lori then left muttering to herself as Doug finished getting ready and hopped in his car.

The next 45 minutes were spent in traffic on his way to the office. Stop and go, stop and go. Doug hated this...he was sick of everyday life including the commute to work every day. It was bad enough gas prices were now 10 dollars a gallon but the skyway was supposed to be built in 2015....10 years ago! Eventually Doug made his way to work and sat down at his cubicle.

An hour later after answering the same morons he's been listening to for 12 years, his friend Harry came over. "You look bored Dougie!" Harry was overweight with a bald head in his mid 40's with a white button shirt and a red tie. He kind of looked like the old 20th century actor Danny Devito but really wasn't.

"You have no idea Harry, I need a vacation."

Harry: "Didn't you and Lori go to Mars last month?"

Doug: "Yeah, worst week ever. The weather was lousy and she kept bitching that she was going to get fat over there. She wouldn't eat anything and was a pain in my ass the whole week."

Harry "If my wife ever did that I'd leave her."

Doug "I thought you already left her."

Harry "Good point. Either way it sounds like you need something new."

Doug "I'm better off going to Rekall."

Harry "Hey hey hey. I hear that place drives you crazy. Didn't Terry down in payroll go there and have to be lobotomized?"

Doug "Living like this is a lobotomy in itself."

Harry "Don't f*ck with your mind man, it ain't worth it."

Harry walked away as Doug went to the Rekall website for more information.

"Your wildest dreams come true. Your deepest fantasy come to life. A week's vacation in under 3 hours. All this could be yours, visit Rekall today!"

Doug looked over to Harry's cubicle and at a picture of Lori and then at the website. His mind had been made.