This choice: Aunt Delia, who had been living with their grandmother • Go Back...Chapter #5Aunt Delia, who had been living with their gran... by: akira Two years ago, when their grandmother's health had started to decline, Alexis and Ali's Aunt Delia had moved to New France to take care of Grandmother. Since then, the family hadn't seen her at all. Plans to visit kept getting interrupted by one thing or another, especially since Aunt Delia had essentially been running the kingdom in Grandmother's place for several months.
All of this meant that when Aunt Delia came out to greet them along with the castle staff, only Mother recognized her at all as someone familiar. After all, living in New France meant that Delia had been living off the New France diet. Last they saw her, Delia had been as thin as Mother. It seemed impossible that anyone could put on so much weight in just two years, and yet the proof was waddling towards them. She's nearly as big as Grandmother... Mother thought to herself incredulously. From a distance, she looked almost round. Her hips had grown wider, and her hanging double belly was impossible to hide. Every step sent waves up her thighs through her body. The brunt of Delia's weight gain, however, had gone straight to her breasts. Even with a heavy-duty bra, they sagged low across her belly and swayed slightly from side to side as she walked.
"Who is that, Mommy?" asked Ali, who was peeking out the window beside her mother. Unlike Alexis, who had fallen into a nap after cramming as much food into her belly as she could, Ali somehow still had some energy left.
"That's Aunt Delia, sweetie. Remember? She was at Christmas dinner a few years ago."
"Oh." Ali was quiet for a few moments. "She looks different."
"She certainly does," Mother replied.
Finally, the limo arrived at the palace, and a driver opened the door.
"Carly!" Delia shouted in greeting, running (waddling) forward and giving Mother a hug. "It's so good to see you!"
"It's good to see you too-" Mother started before Delia's attention focused on the two girls.
"And my darling nieces! How was the ride? Did they give you plenty of food?" Delia bombarded them with questions the moment they set foot outside of the car. Thankfully Alexis had managed to button her pants, although it had been a struggle. "Oh, but where are my manners? Let's go inside, and then we can chat. Hans, please get their luggage, would you?" At her command, several of the staff gathered behind Delia began to move about as Delia strode towards the large open doors of the palace, leaving Carly and the two girls to follow behind. Their aunt walked surprisingly quickly for someone so large. indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
| Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
<<-- Previous · Outline · Recent Additions © Copyright 2024 akira (UN: tronalddump at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Polish Warchief has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work within this interactive story. Poster accepts all responsibility, legal and otherwise, for the content uploaded, submitted to and posted on Writing.Com. |