chapter 3

"It's going...well. I would ask about yours, but I already see you're having a...fulfilling experience!" Kelly couldn't help but laugh, which caused her gut great pain, but totally worth it. There it was. That trademark wit Richard was always throwing out there. He was Kelly's unspecified 'eating buddy.' Whenever she was really eating, like today, she always was with him or had him coming to see her at some point. He never made comments like, "are you sure you need to eat that?" or "you're really gonna eat MORE?" He just made a joke, nothing too intricate or clever, just a silly observational pun that always made her laugh and allowed him to avoid any kind of awkward, lustful statement.

Kelly wasn't stupid. She knew Richard loved a girl who could eat, they were friends on Facebook after all. She saw all his exes at some point or another always noticed they were women of size, like she was on her way to being. But Richard never came out and said anything regarding their physiques. "She's really funny" or "We have great conversations," is all he would say about them until things ended, and then he would say something like "she felt like she was changing and didn't like it" or "she just said things got stale." Kelly felt as though she knew what they were referring to. See, as Kelly delved into Richard's pictures with his exes, she noticed something. Either the pictures were being taken closer and closer to the couple...or Richard's exes were gaining weight over the course of their time together. She found this fascinating, and wanted to know so much more.

"Heh, yeah, I guess you could say my day has been quite filling..." Kelly cursed herself for saying something so dumb. She knew he was turned on. Why else would he have sat down and crossed his leg so quickly? She just didn't know how she could convey what she wanted to convey to him for fear of giving off the wrong vibes or scaring him off. Maybe he was just really laid back with his girlfriends and made them feel super comfortable, and they just got bigger because of that? She had to know!

Richard, could you go down and see what desserts they have...call me when you're down there.