This choice: Haley heads to her first day of college—enter Extra-Curvy Courtney • Go Back... Haley had heard that going from high school to college was a rough transition. But as it turned out, having a two-year gap between one education to the next had made things even rockier for her.
In the span of two years, she'd forgotten most of the stuff that was covered in her Gen. Ed. courses in favor of things like how to calculate sales tax, how much her employee discount covered at her old job, and exactly how many times they could eat out on the dollar menu without going broke. Haley was spending most of her time at the USC Upstate campus relearning her introductory math skills, and realizing that the piddly papers she'd written in high school couldn't hold a candle to the ten-page monsters that her professors expected from her now.
Luckily, she wasn't entirely alone in her endeavors.
"Ugh, you're walking so faaaaast!" A round physique bounded up towards her chest-first as they both exited the Humanities building, "Haley wait uuuuuuuuup!"
Courtney Kleinschmidt had been a familiar face, in a way. They'd gone to school together back at Boiling Springs High (go Bulldogs!). She was in the grade below Haley, and they'd hung around the same group of friends. It was only by luck that Courtney had decided to take a year off herself, or she'd have been long done with the basic courses that Haley really needed her help with.
But the Courtney that Haley remembered had been this skinny, nebbish little creature. It hadn't helped that they were a full year apart in and of as far as development went, but Haley didn't remember her being quite so... bodacious back in high school. It wasn't like Courtney would have been the first person to put on weight after graduation, but she had developed to the point where you could have called her overly ripe! With a fat chest and a full tummy that bounced with every step, Courtney had plumped up considerably since they were both teenagers—Haley almost hadn't recognized her behind those titties!
"Courtney I'm, like, tiptoe-ing here." Haley shifted her backpack, "I thought that you were behind me?"
"Did you not see the snack table that they had in the HVAC?" Courtney asked, clutching a Chic-fil-A biscuit in one hand as she fumbled with her bookbag in the other, "They're gonna all be gone if you don't get one!"
"Courtney, we're going to Big Daddy's after Bio."
"Yeah, but that's not like for another three hours." Courtney quietly insisted to herself before taking a nervous little nibble, "Sor-ee for trying to make sure you get a free biscuit..."
"Ugh, you're almost as bad as my mom..."
***
Big Daddy's had been the popular place to be since they were old enough to drive. After-Church dinners and impromptu lunches after classes were all held at Inman's one and only diner; a mishmash of eighties, nineties, and early naughties' sci-fi and NASCAR memorabilia that belied the best chili cheeseburger that you could find in the tri-county area. Haley hadn't even thought about going back until Courtney suggested it a few weeks back. Haley hadn't exactly been itching for more fattening food since she'd arrived home, though. First her mama kept trying to stuff three courses into her at every meal, and now the only friendly face she had in college wanted her to go out to eat every other day? Ugh, if she wasn't careful Haley knew that this could wind up turning her into a blimp...
"Mmm... gawd I love this place." Courtney's blue eyes fluttered in exaggerated appreciation of her double pattied chili cheeseburger, "If it ever shuts down, I'm jumping off a bridge, I swear."
"Eat local, I guess..." Haley hooked an eyebrow as she sat across from the chesty blonde, her tummy rounding out beneath her pink and blue polo as she took a wide-open bite from her burger. Chili oozed from beneath the bun and onto the wax paper it'd been served on, "Jeez, Court, that thing's huge."
"I know, isn't it great?" Courtney made a face behind her glasses, "These things and, like, all of the coffee are the only things getting me through college I swear."
Haley believed it. Courtney had told her off-handedly that she came here every day to study, even when Haley didn't come with her. That was nuts! Even if she ordered, like, the grilled chicken on days when Haley wasn't around, Courtney was still eating a double chili cheeseburger three times a day with fries on the side and as an appetizer. The longer that Haley hung around her, the less mysterious her blow-up since high school got...
"You want some more bacon cheese fries?" Courtney wiped her mouth with one hand before picking at the remains on her middle plate with her fork, "You've barely eaten anything at all, Haley."
"Yeah, I'm... not hungry."
"Ugh, I wish that I could do that." Courtney scoffed, taking that as permission that the scraps were all hers, "When I get stressed I just pig out. I'm so jealous..."
Haley didn't think that stress had much to do with it; either Courtney was using it as an excuse to indulge her inner (rapidly becoming outer) fat girl, or she was taking college waaaay too seriously...
Between her home life and her school life, it seemed like lately all Haley had been doing was eating. The big breakfasts at home hadn't stopped, and she'd been coming into Big Daddy's every Monday Wednesday and Friday after classes. Her mama was going cooking crazy now that Haley was back home, making all of her favorites for dinner almost every night. Though in both cases, both her mama and her only friend in college had been more than happy to take the brunt of those big meals. As long as Haley wasn't paying, there wasn't much reason for her to complain—she could just eat what she wanted and let the pushy gourmands take what they wanted.
Still, Haley had to be super careful. The last thing she wanted (you know, after moving home with her tail between her legs) was to blow up like her mama had...
"Thanks for paying!" Haley waved goodbye in the parking lot, watching Courtney waddle sway-backed into her car, "I'll get you next time!"
Haley had regretted saying that almost as soon as it left her lips. Courtney could probably eat her out of house and home, if the day's indulgence was any indication...
Ugh, and now she had to go home and fend off her mama's plate-pushing.
"I'll tell her I already ate..." Haley made a face as she buckled the seatbelt over her slim tummy, "It's not like she can make me eat..."  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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