1. This is a fan fiction based on characters owned by DC Comics. I DO NOT OWN THEM. This is just for fun.

2. Just to be safe, I don't own Big Beautiful Women, either. Not that the story has anything to do with BBW... but I thought it worked for a title.

3. This is a femmslash story. If you don't like that sort of thing, you won't like this.

4. Yes, I'm already doing Elseworlds. This is because, within my own Selina/Zatanna canon, I don't think this would happen. But even so, I have more Elseworlds stories in mind. Besides, isn't all fanfiction Elseworlds... ?

5. This is a story request by The Sacred and Profane. Apologies for the time it took to answer.

PART 4

"Zatanna, what have you done?"

Selina flew the apartment door open, nearly knocking it off its hinges. Taking deep breaths, she could barely stand. "Zatanna, get out here now!"

"What is it, Selina?" came the calm voice in the kitchen.

Selina stormed - bumbled? - into the kitchen. "Look at me! You... !" She paused when she saw Zee... and screamed for the second time in ten minutes.

Zatanna looked up from the book she was reading, munching on a cake. Selina glared at her.

All 600 pounds of her.

"Something wrong, Selina?" Zatanna asked.

"What the hell have you done?" cried Selina.

"I'd have thought that was pretty obvious."

Selina was nearly hyperventilating. "You... you've... you've made me... made us... FAT!"

"Obese, actually," sighed Zatanna.

Selina continued to glare at the magician, and knew what had happened. She was now obese...

And so was Selina.

"Are you INSANE?" the ex-burglar yelled.

Zatanna looked unaffected by Selina's rage. "No. But... I think it was necessary."

Selina could not believe it. "Necessary? Necessary? You... you made us FAT!"

"Yes, to prove a point."

Now it all made sense... as much sense as was possible. "I don't believe this!" cried Selina. "Just because... because I made a joke! Come ON!"

"You need this... "

Selina thought she was going to have a stroke. "Need this? Fucking hell, what the fuck's the matter with... "

"SELINA, SHUT UP!"

Shocked at Zatanna's sudden change in demeanour, Selina's mouth snapped shut.

Zatanna slowly sat up and walked towards her. "What you said... even if you didn't realise it... was deeply hurtful and thoughtless. Just because someone's obese doesn't make them worthless, or the butt of jokes."

"Zee... "

"I said shut up!" came the harsh interruption. "You need to know when to stop talking and keep flippant remarks to yourself. What if that woman had heard you, Selina? How do you think she'd have felt? I'm sure she's painfully aware of her appearance. And even if it doesn't bother her, she wouldn't like horrible remarks like yours. So I thought maybe you'd like to experience it yourself, and maybe you'd like to repeat your little joke. How would it sound now?"

Selina was quiet. "But... " she eventually mumbled. "But... I thought you were worried about the pregnancy... "

"Of course I am," whispered Zatanna. "After what you said, I couldn't help but worry about how you'd think of me being overweight... how you'd look at me. And that's probably how that woman feels all the time. And even if she doesn't... you shouldn't have said what you said. Not the way you said it. There was nothing ironic in your tone. You ridiculed her."

"I... I... "

Now close to Selina, Zatanna stroked her enlarged cheek. "I know you didn't mean harm by it, darling... but even so, you need to know when to be quiet. So let this be a lesson to you... think how you feel now, and imagine living your whole life like this."

Selina looked down. All her anger had evaporated, replaced with shame. "I... don't know what to say... "

"Just tell me one thing," said Zee. "How do I look to you? Is me... is us... being this big really such an issue? Enough to ridicule?"

Selina looked up at her. "You... you're beautiful, Zee," she breathed. "You're beautiful no matter what. I... can't believe you'd think otherwise." Zatanna was right: how could she have been so thoughtless? So uncaring? Zee once told her she saw a caring side in Selina... it had certainly failed her at the cafe. "I'm sorry... " she said quietly.

"I know you are," Zee answered.

Then something else came over Selina, something alien to her... negative self-awareness. She looked down at her own inflated body. Suddenly, something Zee said earlier had her worried. "But, if... if we're going to be fair about this... "

Zatanna continued to stroke Selina's cheek. "Yes?"

Taking Zee's hand away from her face, Selina took a deep breath. "How do I look to you?"

Smiling wide, Zatanna answered with a kiss so forceful it nearly sent Selina reeling... and it had nothing to do with her newfound difficulties in balance.

The kiss was broken by the phone ringing. They both looked at it, reluctant to prise themselves apart. In the back of Selina's mind, she indeed realised that, even in these obese bodies, the women loved holding eachother. "That'll be Bruce," Zee said.

"Bruce?" Selina was confused again. "How do you know?"

Still hugging her huge spouse, Zatanna waited for the answering machine to kick in. Smiling ruefully, she remained silent as Bruce's voice filled the kitchen. "Zatanna, what the hell have you done? After we flew back to the Manor, Diana... Diana... she's gained 500 pounds! She said you... you phoned her earlier and made a deal! What the hell are you thinking? You wait until tonight - I'm going to make a special visit to your apartment during my patrol! You and I need to have a talk!" With that, the message ended.

Selina stared at the magician. "What did you do?"

"Well, I could tell Diana was upset by Bruce's own comments," explained Zee. "So she agreed to become obese too to show him the error of his ways."

They glared at eachother... then burst into fits of giggles...

TO BE CONTINUED