Middle of the
afternoon on a weekday, the two women had nowhere in particular to
be. They decided to spend some much needed time together. Jess and
Veronica were the only people in the movie theater that carried
aromas of candy and popcorn. They had walked in the darkened room at
the end of an action movie. Only a few glowing orange lights on the
walls and the flickering brightness of the movie illuminated the
space. The large plush lounge chairs squeaked when the moviegoers
fidgeted while waiting to enjoy the film. The girlfriends were going
to see one of Jess's favorite movies, an older film but Jess never
saw it on the big screen. On this day the movie theater played older
movies as part of a double feature. Jess held a large tub of popcorn
while Veronica held a huge gulp size mango soda.
“It's been so long
since I've had movie theater popcorn,” Jess said taking a handful.
“I know right?
Cause we can't bring Kay along,” Veronica said, “I can't remember
the last time we went. Where did she go again?”
“I don't remember
the city, just that it's on the coast where she can rescue beached
dolphins.”
“Yeah, not too
many people can lift a whale by themselves.”
“You mean nobody
can, except for her?” Jess teased.
“You know what I
mean...” Veronica trailed off, and they watched the show for a bit
in silence.
“We shouldn't have
gotten here so early.” Jess sank even more into the cushion. “These
superhero movies are all the same now.” The two stared up at the
screen, the cheesy epic finale playing out. “Did you see Katie's
footprints have a social media page?”
“Wait, really?”
Veronica asked. “I can't say I'm surprised. What does it even look
like?”
“You know,
someone takes a photo where they find them and makes posts like,
'Here we are just hanging out at the Northern nature reserve,' or
'Here we are at Willow Park really enjoying the weather!”
“I can't tell if
that's stupid or awesome or both,” Veronica said, “How long are
her feet now?”
“I don't know... I
can't keep up,”Jess exhaled, a tiny amount of defeat in her voice.
After a brief pause Veronica spoke again.
“Hey, thanks for
doing this with me today.”
“Of course! Me and
you don't get enough time together, you know, just the two of us.”
Jess said and squeezed Veronica's hand. “I know... I know that it's
easy for Kay to be the center of attention. But don't you ever forget
how much I care about you.”
“Aww, thanks you,”
the brunette said softly.
“Besides,
someone's got to keep an eye on you!” Jess giggled. Veronica pushed
on her straw and blew the paper wrapper at Jess's face. “Hey! I'm
kidding! Oh here, I snuck some candy in, do you want some stale
licorice or dark chocolate?”
“You know which
one I want.” Jess handed her the licorice. The movie reached its
sappy ending and played the credits on half of the screen. The other
half began to show trailers of other films.
They both munched
in silence for a moment as the trailers ended, and the feature
started. Jess let out a tiny hiccup while a weird warmth flushed her
forehead and chest. She fidgeted in her seat, as the fluttering
sensation slowly built.
“Babe, are you
warm? Is it kind of warm in here?” Jess inquired. She rubbed a hand
to her forehead then running fingers through her dark hair, the
feeling grew stronger.
“No, but if I
drink this soda any faster I'll probably get a brain freeze,”
Veronica said staring at the movie.
“It's so strange,
I feel... ” Jess interrupted herself with a soft moan. Clothes
tightened on her, giving off whispers of fabric straining. The warmth
continued increasing. She clenched causing the bucket of popcorn to
fall off her lap. Tumbling to the ground, pale kernels scattered
several feet away.
“You good?”
Veronica asked looking down at the spill and then back towards Jess.
Her body tensed, with eyes blinking fast.
“I don't, I
don't...” the only thing she could stammer before letting out an
increasingly intense moan. Accompanied by the sounds of tearing
fabric and popping seat springs. Remarkably, Jess had grown roughly
six inches all at once.
“Jay, babe?”
Veronica asked again with a touch of concern to her voice.
“My feet,” Jess
said, breathing rapid, “my shoes, they're hurting me!” she had
bent down and began pulling at the knots in her laces. Veronica
immediately swung forward sending the large soda toppling to the
ground, with ice splashing and clattering everywhere. They each
managed to pull a shoe off and Jess leaned back with a sharp inhale.
Veronica could feel the ankle she held growing, gaining more weight.
Jess's foot ruptured through the black cotton sock. It shot forward
pressing against the seat in front of her, causing it to creek and
bend. A complete tear ripped down the growing woman's pant leg
exposing light tan skin. Jess expanded over a foot in new height in a
few moments. A cute tank top and bra lost the battle against her
rapidly expanding form. Veronica took a few steps back instinctively.
Surprise gripped Veronica's face. She fail to speak watching this
event unfold before swallowing hard.
“Talk to me
Jay...” Veronica finally managed to say.
“I don't know,”
she responded between gasps, “My body feels like it's on fire!”
Staring, Veronica was completely speechless. She witnessed first hand
her girlfriend getting bigger and bigger, growing a few inches per
second. The last of Jess's garments shredded and popped off falling
onto and around the the big woman. Still in awe but then Veronica
shook her head vigorously.
She reached forward
grabbing Jess's hand quickly saying, “You did look great in those,
but you definitely look better without them. Come here you.” She
pulled on Jess's arm gently. Jess stared at her own legs slowly
bending as they pushed against the row in front of them. Finally
feeling her girlfriend's tug she faced Veronica. Suddenly realizing
even though the brunette stood, the tall woman looked down at her.
Panic rose higher when she noticed her own hand was twice the size of
Veronica's. If it was at all possible Jess's heart began racing even
faster and the giantess could not form any words.
“Come on,”
Veronica repeated. “Can you stand up? Everything's fine. Let's just
go get a new bucket of soda,” her own nerves slightly broke through
her voice.
“Yeah,” Jess
stammered. She tried to put her hand down on the armrest to give her
leverage up. But instead reached the armrest on the other side of the
chair next to her. The growing woman tried to stand in the awkward
space before her, clothes falling the the ground now. However the
seats unlatched from the floor and skidded back a few feet. The backs
of the chairs hit her just below the knee. Jess wobbled trying to
stand. Veronica saw that those toned legs were already taller than
her. She felt Jess's skin still stretching outward in her hands. The
giantess would have stood up just fine if it wasn't for the fact that
her clothes had now absorbed the spilled beverage. Her large foot
suddenly slipped. As she lost balance, Jess pushed the seats away
causing clawing, irritating scraping sounds. She sat onto her legs
with a heavy thud, the frigid ice cubes touching her knees. Jess
tried to catch her breath, her eyes wide as catching Veronica's size
spun thoughts of disorientation. The dwindling woman stood shorter
than her, even though she sat hunched over. Dizziness tickled her
mind while hyperventilation squeezed her lungs. Those big brown eyes
filled with tears while Jess struggled to focus on her girlfriend.
The giantess slowly closed her eyes and tears ran down when a new
wave of growth washed over.
“Why is... is this
happening... I'm... I don't... I'm...” She was about to cry out,
but then heard Veronica's voice.
“Hey! Look at me!”
Jess's eyes opened at the interruption, her girlfriend moving closer.
Veronica put her hands up tenderly. “Come on, give me your face,
let me see you.” Jess slowly leaned forward into the small woman's
outstretched arms, hands connecting with both of her smooth cheeks.
“Close your mouth, and breathe slowly. In and out. In and out.”
The giantess did as instructed. A deep inhale and nostrils flared on
the huge exhale. Her big breaths were warm on Veronica's skin and
lightly swayed her hair. “What do you hear right now?” she asked.
A moment passed.
“The movie.”
Jess responded quietly.
“Very good!” she
pointed to the wall. “Look at those cream-sickle colored lamps. Do
you see them?” Jess barely nodded. “Awesome! How many of them are
there?” she asked in a soothing voice. Jess blinked several times,
wiping her face with a sniffle.
“Three,” her
voice weak.
“Good, now look
back at me. We can deal with this, just like we did with Katie.
There's nothing we can't handle, right?” Jess's lip trembled with
emotion but she slowly nodded again, her breathing returning to a
more rhythmic pace. “See? There we are. But... wow.” Veronica
took in the moment, seeing her girlfriend definitely still grew at a
rapid rate. “Certainly didn't expect this today,” the smaller
woman said. Jess let out a sharp inhale through her nose, the
smallest smile cracking through. “See? There we go,” Veronica
raised her voice somewhat. “Now would you please kiss me with that
bombshell body of yours?” Jess finally chuckled relaxing a tiny
bit, feeling a bizarre mix of calm, adrenaline and that warm buzzing
growth under it all. At this point Jess's head was almost as wide as
Veronica's body. The two kissed passionately, with Jess's lips
covering most of Veronica's face. Little hands pushed on the
giantess's cheeks. After regaining more composure, Jess tucked
herself in close, and lifted the large hands up from where they had
landed.
“Why is this
happening to me? Katie never had it like this! What even?” she
finally asked.
“I haven't the
foggiest idea,” Veronica admitted, dropping her shoulders. “And
if I can be one hundred percent honest, I would have passed out
already if I didn't already live with another Goddess.” Jess
chuckled, finally cutting through the tension of the unexpected
moment. Veronica beamed, proud to have raised her spirits even a
little. The two smiled at each other until groaning bending metal and
plastic reminded them of the current situation. Jess peered down at
the row of seats beginning to press harder into her thigh, discomfort
rising. She made a dissatisfied sigh understanding the space was only
going to get more cramped.