Chapter 1

Stephanie mindlessly scrolled through her phone while she waited for her gate to announce boarding. Another week away from home, another case in the bag for the young and successful lawyer. At 30 years old, the travel aspect of her job was starting to grind on her, but she couldn’t argue with the money they paid.

Stephanie was the top of her class upon graduating law school and had the pick of the litter when it came to the most prestigious law firms in the country. She was a perfectionist and an extremely hard worker and all that had paid off in securing herself a really great job. They had initially put her on the travel staff with her being young and ready to hit the ground running in mind. She had welcomed the opportunity to travel and had looked forward to not getting stuck at a desk day after day, but five years had passed and Stephanie had grown tired of the constant flow of hotels, meals on the go, and never getting things in order back at home.

A deep sigh escaped her thin lips as she wondered when she’d finally be able to get back to her apartment and throw herself into her own bed. This latest case, while ultimately going in her favor, had been especially stressful. Many late nights combing through discovery to get the ammo she needed to present in court. She was running on fumes at this point.

Finally, a voice came over the speakers at her gate announcing that families with small children and military personnel were welcome to board her flight. The company hadn’t shelled out for a first class ticket unfortunately, but with her status from the many flights she took she was at least seated in comfort plus, a little more space and a level above the rest of the general cabin. Gathering her things as the first class passengers were welcomed aboard, Stephanie glided over to the line accumulating at the gate entrance.

Stephanie was somewhat tall at 5’8”. Shooting up to that height in high school had created a long and slender form that she still maintained to this day. The fashionable trench coat she wore hung to mid thigh and kept her shoulders warm in the cool airport. Her sleeveless blouse hung loosely from her boney shoulders and tucked into the smart looking slacks that sat high on her hips and ran the length of her long thin legs.

She stood with her roller bag glaring at the attendant at the gate until he finally rattled off the list of status members that she was included among. Her long legs took big strides as she pushing her way to the front, cutting an elderly lady off in the process. She shoved her phone onto the reader awaiting the confirmation chime before strutting down the jetway, having no time for any pleasantries with the gate worker.

There was a short line to enter the plane itself, but it quickly dissipated with the majority of the plane not seated yet. Upon entering the plane Stephanie was greeted by an attendant passing out sanitizing wipes. What struck Stephanie was the sheer size of this particular attendant. The poor girl practically filled the small hallway and she was doing her best to wedge herself into the corner so that passengers could get past her and to their seats. The small name tag pinned just above the shelf of her impressive chest read “Cindy”. Unconsciously, a look of disgust had formed on Stephanie’s face. As a lawyer she was usually good at keeping her facial expressions under control so as to not give away strategy in court, but she was simply too tired to care at this point. In contrast the attendant, Cindy, had a bubbly smile plastered on her chubby dimpled cheeks as Stephanie approached.

“Welcome, sanitizing wipe?” The attendant said warmly.

“Thanks.” Stephanie said flatly with a fake smile as she accepted the wipe and attempted to pass by the attendant.

Stephanie turned sideways and moved her bag behind her to pass the corpulent attendant, making a bit of a show of how annoyed she was at this point. The girl blushed and tried wedge her wide hips further into the small hallway behind her to make more room as she recognized what Stephanie was doing.

“Um…excuse me…just trying to pass.” Stephanie said shortly as she turned her back to the attendant and shimmied through.

Stephanie’s small, pert, butt slid along the soft protruding surface of the attendant’s very large gut as she moved by. Had she made a little bit of a show of it? Maybe, but it truly was a wonder that an attendant that fat was even allowed to work on a plane. She only hopped there weren’t any other fatties trying to board or else they might create a log jam. The last thing Stephanie wanted was a delay getting home all because some fat ass decided to take up two seats on her flight.

Popping out the other side of walkway and mumbling “finally” to herself, Stephanie made it the rest of the way to her seat unimpeded. The slightly larger and more padded comfort plus seat was a welcomed sight to her. She hoisted her bag into the overhead before slumping down into her aisle row seat. She was glad to have plenty of room on either side of her hips so that she could relax comfortably with out her seatmate crowding her space. The ridged walled armrests made sure of that. She adjusted the temperature on the overhead air before removing her coat to cushion against the metal armrests. She placed her pods into her ears to drown out the noise of the other passengers and settled into her seat as she awaited take off.

The last of the passengers were welcomed on and the door was sealed. Stephanie was relieved to find that the seat beside her would remain free; she had the whole row to herself. She had closed her eyes to relax when she was disturbed by something forcing her shoulder to the side rather suddenly. She opened her eyes to be greeted by the hefty flight attendant’s ass filling her view. The tight uniform skirt looked a size too small as it strained across the bulbous surface that was now spilling into Stephanie’s seat. The attendant was securing the remaining open overhead bins and her huge butt came dangerously close to Stephanie’s face as she forced the door closed on the compartment across the aisle. The attendant then turned 180 degrees slowly and methodically until she was now facing Stephanie. Reaching up over Stephanie, she grabbed the handle of the open bin above. Her convex stomach hung out into Stephanie’s space, testing the buttons on her blouse as it jiggled violently with the motion of closing the bin. The gelatinous mass finally made contact with Stephanie’s face and broke the final straw.

“Hey! Excuse me!” Stephanie let out sharply, her rage boiling over.

“Oh, sorry hun. Just needed to get this closed. All set.” The attendant answered Stephanie with the same bubbly demeanor she’d had at the entrance.

She backed up removing her stomach overhang from Stephanie’s personal space and started squeezing past to the next row. Stephanie took this as a sign that the attendant was not catching her drift and decided to push further.

“You should be sorry! How is it that you can work this plane when you can barely fit your fat ass down the aisle? First I had to squeeze by you to get on the plane and now your disgusting body is spilling onto me as you waddle between the rows!” Stephanie’s voice rose with her anger as it all came out.

The attendant looked at her slightly stunned by the outburst. Sure, she had dealt with comments before, but this was on another level. Her chubby cheeks turned a shade of crimson as she took Stephanie’s verbal abuse. Other passengers were now looking on to the scene, some with looks of concern, but others nodding in agreement. No one came to poor attendants defense though. Giving pause to be sure that Stephanie had finished her rant. The attendant finally spoke up.

“I’m terribly sorry about that miss, let me get you a complimentary glass of champaign for your troubles.” She replied calmly and professionally.

“Yeah, you do that.” Stephanie scoffed and rolled her eyes at the attendant’s response.

They both could feel they eyes of the other passengers burning into them as they tried to move on from the incident. The attendant returned to her duties, being extra careful not to crowd the space of the remaining passengers (though not very successfully). Stephanie returned her buds to her ears and closed her eyes once again without care of what these strangers might think of her.

Stephanie felt the plane start to lurch as it began to taxi, the engines growing louder to compete with the music coming from her buds. She then felt a hand on her shoulder, a fairly pudgy hand at that. Stephanie opened her eyes to see the attendant, arms outstretched and cradling a glass of champaign that she presented to the disgruntled passenger. Stephanie removed her buds and accepted the glass in her slender fingers.

“Again, so sorry for any inconvenience you might have experienced miss.” The attendant apologized again after Stephanie had taken the glass from her hands.

Stephanie noticed the girl hadn’t even attempted to pass her in the aisle and had kept her obese body fully within the row behind Stephanie as she’d offered out the glass, much to those passengers dismay.

“If you need anything at all don’t hesitate to press the call button and we will assist you. I hope you can enjoy the remainder of your flight.” The attendant continued her apology and smiled sweetly at Stephanie, in hopes of having smoothed over the incident.

“Thanks.” Was all Stephanie curtly replied with before turning her attention to her phone.

Defeated, the attendant slowly turned her rotund form around and waddled back to the rear of the plane for take off. Finally alone and rid of the fat girl, Stephanie fished out a xanax from her purse and washed it down with her “complimentary” champaign. She was ready to pass out for the flight and awake at her destination.