Chapter VI: Meeting Kimberly
Harvey smiled politely, taking in his new roommate for the next school year. "My name's Harvey! It's…uh…really nice to meet you?" He said questioningly, trying his best to use cheerfulness to cover up the shock of his roommates overfed, fluffy cake build.
Kimberly was attractive enough, with unkempt, wild, blonde hair reaching down to her shoulders. Her face would best be described as "soft and chubby", with very apparent dimples showing even when she wasn't smiling and a pronounced double chin. Her face was freckled, and her eyes were green. However, her face was not the first thing to catch Harvey's stare - her breasts were.
Harvey was almost positive he had never seen anyone at Kimberly's age with such sizable boobs in his life! The seemed fairly big for her age and easy indicator that Kimberly was a PRETTY early bloomer. Harvey figured that it may be just as well she was fat, or her poor back would probably be in a lot of pain. Besides her big-for-her-age titties, however, Kimberly's body was fairly round, a sign two things: she was a VERY indulgent westerner and her parents must pamper that appetite a LOT.
"Harvey, as in, Frostbite's little bub? Cool! Well, ifin' ya'll are new hair, then I guess we gawt that in common! I'm also new t' this place. We should prolly unpack our stuff, though, huh? Ya wanna help me out with mahn an' then I'll help ya with yours?" Kimberly asked, being as friendly as possible to the bucktoothed freshman as she possibly could.
"Naw, I thihnk Lost had the dumbest endin'! That was so beef-headed, I can't believe they done made the show end that way!" Kimberly giggled, flopping down on her now completely dressed bed. Harvey laughed with her, putting away the last of the packing boxes into Kimberly's closet.
"Eh…I don't think they could've done much more with it! They had to end it somehow…" Harvey retorted. Over the past hour or so, Kimberly and Harvey had unpacked and decorated Kimberly's room as they discussed all sorts of things like movies and books, before entering a heated discussion of the now-ended Lost.
"Yeah, yeah, 'twas a cop-out endin'. Anyways, I know I done said I'd help ya with your stuff, but how do ya feel about grabbin' some grub first? I'm starving!" Kimberly said, rubbing her belly for emphasis, which caused her doughy bulk to ripple and jiggle due to her laid back position.
"Oh…yeah, sure. What did you have in mind?" Harvey asked, his stomach beginning to rumble, although, much to Harvey's mortification, it sounded more like a wild animal roaring and baring its fangs than a human/mutant organ demanding attention.
"Well…" Kimberly began. "What's say ya t'checkin' out that gif' basket o' yours?" Kimberly suggested, "I done missed breakfast, I'm gonna cash in over here ifin' I don't git some vittles in mah belly!" She said as Harvey looked back over to the basket as it sat (mostly) undisturbed, visible from his position on the bed in Kimberly's room in all the excitement of meeting Kimberly and aiding his rotund roommate unpack, he had forgotten about the tempting wicker basket filled with pamper-prone delights. He had been so hopeful that Kimberly hadn't caught him downing chocolates like a little piggy, his head slunk down between his shoulders slightly at the mention of his little pigout session.
"S-Sounds good to me," Harvey said with a sheepish smile as he headed out the door.
He stepped inside of her room long enough to get a grasp around the handle before heading out again in one long motion. Back in the common area, Kimberly had relocated to the living room couch. Lazily thrusting herself upon the couch, the portly blonde sprawled out with a great groan.
"Ugh, ah hate havin' ta move…" Kimberly complained as she hung her head back to get an upside-down view of her buff, muscular, and overall RIPPED new roomie, "I don't know why mah Ma and Pa don't jus' let me learn how ta use mah mutant powers back home on the family ranch…"
"Your parents made you come here?" Harvey asked not really to keep up a conversation going, but, rather, he asked her out of a combination of shock, interest, and disbelief.
"Yeah, well, they done said that what they wanted what was bettermost for me" Kimberly explained as Harvey plopped down onto the loveseat opposite the couch, "Like, mah powers only done showed up a day ago, but mah folks were makin' it clear ta me that I were bound for an education with the rest o' our people. But, then again, I ain't exactly got any friends…"
"Yeesh, well let's hope we both get used to living here, huh, Kimberly, huh?" Harvey said with a friendly smile as he offered the basket to the portly girl.
"Well, I ain't nary quit on squat and I ain't startin' now!" Kimberly said simply as she grabbed hold of the wicker handle, "Besides, I kinda like ya! Ya'll seem like ya'd be just darn daisy at the heavy-liftin' and the plowin' mah Pa and brothers do back at home!"
"O-oh! Well, thank you, that's very flattering." Harvey said as he blushed in embarrassment, rubbing the back of his head.
"Aw, blazes yeah!" Kimberly exclaimed as she rummaged through the stocked basket of goodies, "Man I love these things! I ain't had one since I lef' Texas!" She said excitedly as she pulled out three unfamiliarly wrapped treats from the basket, "I been told that we freshmen git all the dang luck. Jus' wait 'til ya'll want some more though, ya gotta pay for 'em then."
"Help yourself," Harvey said in a friendly tone, much to the delight of the blonde, Texan connoisseur. Secretly Harvey was a little happy to be rid of the things, whatever they were. Less temptation, less chance of coming back her size or bigger by Christmas time.
"Thanks, but don't expect me t' save ya none!" Kimberly said with a wicked grin, "Your loss, these things are great! I ain't never had one for free before, but when mah Ma gawt me mah first few boxes, I done been hooked ever since!"
Harvey resisted the urge to draw any connection between Kimberly's overfed, porcine figure, and being hooked on something that didn't look all too good for you. At least aloud anyway. As Kimberly unwrapped her first package, which looked to contain some kind of fruit pie, Harvey couldn't help but watch as a droplet of gooey yellow fell from the pie and onto Kimberly's big, fat belly, staining her skintight, sparkly and sequined jeans.
"So," Harvey whistled in an attempt to keep the conversation going (and away from food) "What exactly can you do, Kimberly?" he asked, "I mean, just wondering."
The chubby Texan swallowed, "Oh, mah powers are somethin' else, Harvey, believe me, and they're really useful!" Kimberly responded, beginning to unwrap yet another fruit pie. "And somethin' tells me that we both have a lot ta look forward ta here at the Institute!" She exclaimed before beginning to devour the second pie. After a few minutes of less than quiet chewing, she flipped upwards into a seated position, her overfed figure bouncing slightly. "Ya'll really should try one of thayse suckers…" Kimberly stated, and then she did something that scared Harvey to his core. She transformed her arm into some kind of cyberpunk gizmo and used a laser beam to cut the pie into a perfect half by the unbitten end and just casually morphed her arm back and extended her hand, which had previously been pincers, to the shocked teen.
"Uh…no thanks, I um…" Harvey stuttered, taken aback by the body horror he had just seen his roommate willingly do to her arm, like morphing her arm into a machine was NORMAL she didn't even seem to notice Harvey's reaction or take into consideration that she had just scared the ever-loving crap out of him.
"No, I insist! trust me, Harvey, ya'll are gonna wanna start tryin' thayse goodies here, they're amazing!" Kimberly exclaimed, thrusting her hand towards Harvey once again. Harvey, realizing he was in a pickle, hesitantly accepted. And besides, he was hungry…
"MMMMMMM! Oh, my Gawd! What's in these things!" Harvey exclaimed a little more loudly than he intended, comically slapping his hands over his mouth in an overly shy manner.
Kimberly just laughed, popping the rest of the pastry into her mouth and swallowing rather quickly. "Blazes ifin' I know! All I know is that they're one of mah favoraht thin's in here. But, ya said I could have 'em all, guess I'm only eatin' half, then!" Kimberly giggled loudly. "And, besides, there's plenty of other things in here! Here, I'll find ya the best of thayse goodies…" She declared, rummaging through the pack yet again. "Thay usually chuck in thayse daisy-dory chocolate caramel thingies…hey, hair they are!" Kimberly proclaimed, thrusting the pack triumphantly into the air. Of course, she had no way of knowing that Harvey had already opened and sampled the goodies, and a few of them flew through the air, landing atop the plump Texan's bed. "Hey, …it's already done been opened! Hmm…" Kimberly said aloud, as Harvey scrambled to the bed, trying to quickly gather the flung candies and resist the temptation to gobble them up on the spot. Kimberly, of course, was easily able to put two and two together, and proclaimed rather loudly, "Ah-ha! So ya'll was snackin' before I even showed up! that's why ya'll were actin' so nervous!" She laughed loudly at the thought of someone being embarrassed about pigging out on the goodies in the basket. "Jeez, ya'll are goin' ta stick out like a sore thumb ifin' ya'll don't relax jus' a little, Harvey!" Kimberly said kindly, helping her distraught roommate up to his feet, the thrown candies clutched in Harvey's hands.
"Yeah…I know, it's just…well, my parents want me and my sister to be healthy, especially after my sister got steatopygia from puberty, candy's kinda been banned from my house." Harvey responded, realizing as he spoke how incredibly silly it all sounded.
"Ah…I see. Ifin' ya were mah bub, I don't think ya'll would have that addle-headed restriction awn ya. So, I'm goin' t' be the fuhrst t' tell ya this, but not the last, ya don't need t' restrict yourself like that t' be healthy, Harvey. Granted, I ain't exactly the ideal feller ta be jawing about that, seein' as I'm roughly the size of a barn. Jus' don't worry about it. Ya'll deserve t' ease up jus' a little!" Kimberly said, giving Harvey a big smile. "Trust me, by this time next week, ya'll will be as lax about eatin' as I am!"