by ElGooG » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:21 am
Chapter 29: Back to Reality
Amber stood at the end of the driveway, looking up and down the street. The weather outside was sunny. Not too hot, but for the four-hundred and fifty pound lady who hadn't been outside in months, it was definitely warm enough. The phone she'd been handed was her old iPhone, which had no charge, unsurprisingly. She wasn't sure when it was last turned on, or if it would even work at all.
How long has it been?
Amber had no concept of how long she'd been with Lauren. She remembered the seasons changing, but that was about it. She never had any reason to keep track of days, or weeks, or months. Lauren did always remember her birthday, however. It was one of the few times she did something genuinely caring for the girl. Amber counted back the number of supersized birthday cakes she remembered, settling on the startling number of six.
Has it really been six years?
She felt like she'd just served a prison term, except it was a very fattening one. That was by far the most significant change to her, although there were a few other reminders. She peered at her forearm. A badly-drawn, stretched tattoo of Tinkerbell was staring back at her. Lauren had persuaded her to get it, although she couldn't remember the particular reason why.
As she peered up and down the street, she struggled to get her bearings. Whilst her phone was out of battery, there was no chance to use any GPS or an Uber. She didn't even know if Uber was still a real thing, anymore. She half expected flying cars to start coming down the street. She managed to clobber together some form of mental map, ascertaining that there was a bus stop a short walk toward town. She turned right and headed in that direction, taking a heavy first step, carrying her momentum into a swift waddle.
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Thirty minutes later, Amber was dripping in sweat as she reached the bench. She collapsed down onto it, huffing and puffing, wiping her brow with her forearm. Whilst it was once a relatively short walk, having large lumpy thighs rubbing together the whole way slowed it down considerably. Luckily the suburban area had no other waiting passengers.
Amber spotted a bus arriving around five minutes later. She stuck out her meaty forearm and the bus pulled over. The driver lowered the suspension on one side, anticipating Amber's difficulty to get onboard. She entered the doorway, asking the driver if it stopped anywhere near her old apartment. The driver nodded, and agreed to let Amber on without any fare when he saw the tears in her eyes. She squeezed down the aisle, quickly discovering she was far too large to fit in any of the bench seats. A young man moved aside and allowed her use of the disabled seat, which she was thankful for, but also heavily embarrassed by.
Amber hadn't been out in public for so long, and she'd forgotten how mean teenagers could be. She heard a small group from the back laughing between them, her ears pricking up when she heard several fat jokes clearly directed at her. Amber bit her lip as she tried to calm herself down, she couldn't ever shake the thrill she received from public humiliation.
As the bus pulled up near her old apartment, Amber squeezed out of the door desperately, unsure if she was going to cum or cry. She hobbled a short distance to her apartment block, inserting the key into the main door and opening it up.
So far... so good...
She peered up at the steep stairs before her. It was only one flight, but Amber remembered darting up these like it was no trouble. She raised a heavy calf onto the first step, swaying her entire body to push up the second. As she stumbled up the steps, she could feel her body swaying side to side, like a soft, heavy pendulum.
Reaching the top of the stairs after a minute or so, she walked toward her old front door. It looked unchanged. At this point, Amber realized she had no idea what would be behind the door. All of her rational thinking seemed to return in an instant.
Shit... was I even paying the mortgage this whole time? And bills?
Amber had plenty of money in her account when she started her journey. Many hundreds of thousands of dollars from whoring herself out under Bev's regime. She wasn't sure how long that would've lasted without any income, however. She placed the key into the lock, and was pleasantly surprised when it turned with minimal effort. The door was a little stiff, but Amber's weight caused it to swing open easily enough. As she looked into the hallway, her old life came flooding back to her.
Everything was completely undisturbed. A thick layer of dust covered most of the apartment, but underneath it all was the same. Amber was gobsmacked.
I can't believe... it's still here...
The lights were still working, too. She was glad that she'd spent extra for the long-life LEDs. She walked slowly into the centre of the apartment, her heavy footsteps causing the flooring to creak in the dusty silence. She started to sob quietly, raising her chubby hands to her face as she inspected the apartment. She was overcome with emotion, the gravity of her situation finally sinking in.
Remembering her phone, she found a charger still plugged into the wall. Inserting the cable, the iPhone showed it was charging - although it would take a short while before it powered on. In the meantime, Amber walked around the rest of the kitchen, suddenly remembering about her hunger. She opened the fridge, bracing herself for the smell of food well past it's sell-by date. Much to her surprise, the appliance was sparkling clean, and empty. She remembered something about having a cleaner, and assumed they must have thrown the food out as the weeks went on with no sign of the owner.
She ventured into the bedroom, taking more of her old life in. At this point she was glad that she opted for the queen-size bed, despite her previously slender frame. Sliding the wardrobe doors, she reached in and picked up a small outfit from the rail. Walking over toward a full length mirror, Amber held the outfit up, draping it over her chest and stomach.
The view was comical. The tiny piece of fabric looked more like a washcloth on the large girl. As she turned to the side, it became clear that her upper arm fat was almost as thick as her waist once was.
Was I really that small?
Dropping the dress, Amber lifted her top, showing off her large stomach. She reached into her panties, lifting out one side of the malleable sack of flesh, followed by the other. Her sagging stomach had expanded and formed two clearly defined rolls, which continued around her sides. As she followed them with her fingers, she turned to her side, observing just how far out she protruded. Her upper arms were enormously fluffy, causing her elbows to disappear completely. Her forearms met her chubby hands, creating a noticeable crease around her wrists.
Doing her best to view her backside, Amber could see how large it had become. Whilst incredibly wide, her ass showed little definition. She slipped out of her trousers, observing her body down below. Her calves were bulbous, starting to overflow around her ankles, whilst her thighs were lumpy and soft. She'd heard the term 'cottage cheese thighs' before, but realised now what it meant. She sighed, sitting on the end of the bed and hearing it groan in protest.
Her side and back rolls were emphasized in her seated position. She counted no less than five individual flabby layers running up under her arms and around to her back as she stared back at the obese reflection. Looking in closer, she observed the effect it had on her face. Amber's neck had completely vanished, replaced by a single ring of hanging flesh. No matter how high she raised her head, it never peeled completely off her upper chest. Her eyes were sunken into her swollen face, lips slightly puckered from the pressure of her chubby cheeks. She even noticed her fat head appeared to be slowly consuming her ears, pulling them back.
Over the years of being with Lauren, her hair had grown and returned to it's original blonde color, although it was incredibly greasy at this point. As she aged, her acne naturally calmed down, leaving her with a fairly average amount of pimples, considering her diet and lack of hygiene. Amber didn't feel upset - she'd accepted that she was this monstrosity now, but being back in her apartment had really put things into perspective.
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Amber's phone finally whirred into life after twenty minutes of charging. She started to receive countless notifications, as the poor device caught up with several years of information. She took the phone with her to the bathroom, sitting down on the toilet and watching the notifications pile in. She grunted and groaned as she emptied her bowels, causing a wild stench in the bathroom as she did so. Years of eating almost nothing but greasy food had wrecked havoc on her insides - Amber was still unsure if this was irreversible.
When Amber finally stopped straining, she began to scroll through notifications, trying to piece her life together.
One of the first thing she checked were her accounts. After finally guessing her passwords, she found that they still had a reasonable amount of money within them, and she could see that regular charges were being made from the utility companies and the bank.
At least I've been paying bills...
She opened Whatsapp, which had over a hundred individual notifications. Whilst communication with the girl appeared to have dropped off from most many years ago, her most recent message was from only a few months ago. It was from Mindy.
"Hey girl... it's Mindy. I hope you're still alive, somewhere. I know you'll probably never get this, but on the off chance you do, call me. Or anything, just let me know you're OK? And I'd still love you to be at the wedding. I don't care about the past, I just want my bestie back. xxx"
Mindy...
Amber welled up at the message, remembering how she'd always been there for her, right when this all began. She clicked the Whatsapp Call button, holding it up to her ear, still sobbing. It only rung a few times, before Mindy picked up.
"AMBER?! IS THAT YOU?!" Mindy's familiar voice shouted down the line.
Amber couldn't get any words out, she just cried uncontrollably into the phone.
"Amber! Tell me where you are! Is it really you?!"
Amber just about managed a few words between sobs.
"Yeah Mindy... it's me. I'm sorry.... for everything."