Chapter #6Jessica's roommate meets the others by: Unknown Sandra Morris arrived on campus ten days before school started. She knew it wouldn’t cost anymore for room and she wanted to adapt to her new environment. Up to now she’d been a studious quiet tyer – nothing exciting, always conforming in the background, happy to let her grades speak for her. It is what you might expect from a loving but strict family background. Now she had a partial scholarship and the opportunity to soread her wings a little.
Sandra had no intention of doing anything wild or getting into trouble. She had no vices such as smoking or drinking and certainly wasn’t interested in drugs. She was hoping to advance her education, have a good time out on her own, and possibly find a boy friend. She was a lithe 124 at 5’7”. all as the result of no special effort on her part. Weighty matters, her own or those of others, were the least of her concerns,
What she didn’t anticipate upon her arrival after a two hour delay at the airport because of a missing piece of luggage was the note signed by her new roommate, Jessica Wright. She knew her name, but unlike Madison had never tracked down anyone’s picture on the Internet. Nor had thery texted, phoned or emailed one another. ,
”Sorry, stocked the kitchen with food for both us and an upcoming psrty, even cooked two casseroles and put them in the freezer, then got called away for a week to a family emergency.
"Enjoy as much as you can – especially stuff that coould spoil. I’ll replace it on my return. FYI, our rent includes free breakfast on the commons ngtil school starts but for lunch and supper we either do our own or pay.”
Sandra sighed. “Well, if I’m alone at least there’s food in the house and I‘m starved. Let’s see what I can find.”
She went to the jammed refrigerator and quickly discovered some mayo, cheese and luncheon meat. Six two litre bottles of soda were on the counter. She made a quick sandwich and demolished it in no time with a large glass of root beer. Then she looked in the freezer and removed one of the frozen casseroles so it could begin to thaw. She also found three of what appeared to be larger than average containers of old fashioned ice cream in different flavors. Examination showed them to be genuinely rare true 64 ounce half gallons - not the dumbed down 48 ounce size common today. She ladled out a generous helping of chocolate chip from the first container and seated herself in front of the television with another root beer. By the time the show was finished she fell asleep.
At three o’clock she awoke from her nap hungry. This time she made two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which she accompanied with cookies fro a bag and some more ice cream.
By the time the next program was over her belly was bulging but Sandra was dressed only in her underwear, felt comfortably full and took no notice. Instead she went about unpacking and arranging her room. By six o’clock she was done and it was getting colder. She slipped on some clothes and went to the kitchen to see what had happened to the casserole.
“Its softened up quite a bit - I could pop it into the microwave now,” she mused “Bur as nice as tuna and noodles are here should be some vegetables as well.”
Sure enough, she found packages of frozen vegetables and emptied the contents of a bag of broccoli into a pan of boiling water. Then she carved out a hearty serving of the casserole and set it to heating. When it was finished she doused it with ketchup and enjoyed her meal.
“This is the perfect match to some more of that ice cream,” she thought. She had her third helping of the day and noted that it was two-thirds gone.
“Hmmm, at this rate all three containers will be used up before Jessica returns,’ Sandra realized. “Well, she invited me to enjoy so why not? I can’t get fat in just a week and its fun to stuff myself a little.”
The next morning Sandra had digested her eating from the day before and her abdomen was a flat as ever. She decided for breakfast to explore the dining hall on the commons. It could easily seat over a hundred but only about two dozen people were present. The largest group consisted of five girls and four guys. She couldn’t help but notice that three of the five were fat, two of them obese. This surprised Sandra but didn’t bother her.
“It’s nice that the guys here don’t mind larger women,” she thought. As she looked around trying to assess the room one of the guys arose and case over and approached her.
“Hello, my name is Mark I take it you’re new here?”
“Yes, my name’s Sandra. I just arrived yesterday and found that my roommate had to go away so I settled in without knowing much about anything.”
“You must mean Jessica,” Mark replied. “we’re good friends and I expect she’d want me to look after you. Would you join us for breakfast?”
“Well, since I don’t know anyone I guess that’s a good plce to star,.” Sandra replied, walking towards thst table.
“The first two on the left are Jim and Madison with her roommate Allison. Across from them are Tim and Cassie with her roommate Liz. Then we have Michael an Kelli, whose new roommate hasn’t gotten here yet. That leaves two spots for us. Let me introduce you and then I’ll show you the buffet.
Sandra nodded her assent and Mark did the introductions before going wt her to the serving line. He grabbed a try and placed a regular plare and a dessert plate on it.
“It’s free till the start of the school year to give newbies on the staff practice,” he explained, “so take what you want. Meanwhile I’ll be happy to get you tea coffee or milk. I think the soft drink machines may also be working.”
“A large coffee, with cream and raw sugar if they have it please” Sandra replied.
While Mark was getting the coffee Sandra went through the line, having a large waffle, some corned beef hash and what appeared to her to be a cheese enchilada. She put melon slices on the dessert plate,
“I’m going to be tempted to pay for these breakfasts when the semester starts – there’s such a variety” she remarked on her return. Mark, Madison and Cassi smiled. Like everyone except Liz and Alison they knew what would likely happen. It would be five days before Jessica retuned and by then Sandra would be well on the road to acquiring a different life style and figure.
Sje would half-heartedly try to cut back but fail, instead electing to stuff and bond with her new friends
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