There was a card on Amy's desk, resting in the home row of her keyboard so she couldn't possibly miss it before returning to work. Her desk was clean enough that any foreign object would be noticed immediately, of course. Amy opened the unsealed envelope and found a card with a sad-looking puppy next to a pile of crumbs and frosting on a plate, a few flecks of crumbs around his pouting mouth.
The inside of the card said, "Sowwy. I ate the candle too. Happy Belated Birthday!"
She closed the card and turned around in her cubicle. "Thank you, Kevin."
Kevin was the sort of guy who seemed to be able to teleport behind you once you noticed the nice thing he tried to do for you. Amy spun in her chair and Kevin was already in the entrance to her cubicle.
"You don't need to say 'belated' when my birthday was on a Sunday." Amy said.
"I know." Kevin said. "I would have said something on Facebook, but... I forgot."
Kevin was not a tall man, but he was still much taller than Amy. At less than five feet tall, she was constantly underestimated. The only thing that made Kevin's awkward flirtations tolerable is that he was the only person who was intimidated by her.
"Nice haircut, by the way." Kevin was also the kind of guy who would actually notice a haircut. "Did you get a new necklace?" He pointed.
Amy lifted the chain off her neck. The only charm on it was a gold band, her wedding ring. "The chain isn't new, and neither is this, but... the ring was starting to strangle my finger, and my WPMs can't put up with that."
"That's cool." Kevin said, his default response when he didn't know what else to say. "So... what did you do for your birthday?"
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Her birthday date involved a fancy dinner and a much less fancy horror movie. When Amy had the usher rip her ticket, she looked at it, wondering why it was so cheap. The cashier had apparently rung her up for a child ticket. And the usher saw nothing wrong with that analysis either.
Amy sighed. She really thought she'd stop being carded this close to her thirtieth birthday. At least she was still a cheap date.
After the movie, they returned home and Zoe forced Amy down at the dining room table for the final stage of the date, which was apparently dessert.
"How long does it take to make dessert?" Amy called impatiently from the kitchen.
"I'm a scientist. I mix exact amounts of dangerous chemicals. Why shouldn't I take the same care to make a perfect sundae?" She finally returned and set down a sundae glass with the fluted edge, perfect for setting the spoon down within, in front of Amy.
Amy ate the sundae. It tasted like a sundae. She was more of a 'fill-the-bottom-of-the-glass-with-fudge" kind of woman than a "drizzle-it-all-on-top," but it was still a sundae. Zoe watched her from across the table, not having touched hers yet. It was like Zoe was observing her through her Buddy Holly glasses that did nothing to scare away her raw sex appeal.
Amy finally picked the cherry out of the soupy remains of her sundae with her spoon and daintily popped it between her lips. The moment it hit her tongue, she felt the cherry tingle against it like she'd eaten an intact Alka-Seltzer. She swallowed it, feeling it fizz all the way down until it reached her stomach.
Releasing an involuntary cough, she reached for her glass of water, suddenly struck with a gentle fever, sucking it down with many eager gulps, even swallowing the small slivers of ice that remained. She thought it would quench the storm rising in her stomach, but it didn't. She patted her brow with her sleeve and huffed.
"Is it hot in here?" Amy said deliriously, tugging at the collar of her button-up shirt.
"It's just you, sweetie." Said Zoe from across the table.
Amy's breath had deepened, and she rocked her head about to try to counter the vertigo she was feeling. She put her hands on the table for stability, but brought one back up to undo the button on her collar. It felt like her shirt was strangling her. She unhooked her collar button, but the rest of her buttons bowed outward, as if it was shrinking.
Amy felt something pinch her finger horribly. Her wedding band was constricting her, so she struggled to pull it off. The force needed to pull the ring of her left hand caused the muscles in her right arm to flex...
And her sleeve ripped from the cuff to her shoulder, like a failing zipper. The other one followed soon after, the cuff advancing up her arm as it extended further and further away from her body. She looked into her hand. Her wedding band looked more like a Cheerio now, letting it fall out of her palm. She reached out both arms away from her body to grab the table, and every button on her shirt blew off like confetti, one landing neatly in the chocolate sauce of Zoe's intact sundae.
"Happy birthday." Zoe said, smiling.
Amy looked down at her newly exposed bra, impressed it had held up from such strain. She felt the strap get tighter and tighter. Her breasts were definitely inflating at a greater rate than the rest of her. She felt a rip inch up her skirt as her hips thickened, the skirt advancing up her legs and turning into an impromptu and increasingly uncomfortable belt.
Below her, Amy felt her chair legs bow and creak. Amy stood up, ripping her shoes once they tried to yield her new weight. Her heel skidded under one of the shoes and left a black skid across the hardwood floor. Amy tried to stand all the way up and immediately smashed her head on the ceiling, rattling the entire house. She fell back down, holding her head, and crushed the chair under her weight like it was dollhouse furniture.
Amy stumbled to her feet, even her gentle footfalls shaking the spoons and bowls on the table. She held her head, crouched down, eyes pinched closed. The only clothing left on her was her G-string, which might have started its life as a more modest pair of underwear. It strained to retain Amy's modesty, but there was more underneath than when before she ate the cherry.
With a snap, the underwear gave way, and the unusual bulge inside revealed itself to be a large penis and two testicles, finally allowed to dangle in a way that exemplified the word "hung."
"Are you OK?" Zoe said, getting up from her seat. Amy sat down on the floor with a room-rumbling thud, keeping her head stooped just a bit to avoid it touching the ceiling. Her legs stretched out to the end of the room, her feet bigger than scuba flippers.
Amy looked at her lover, now nearly half her size. She smiled, the gentle shimmer of grateful tears in her eyes. "I love it."
"See? My research isn't a waste of time." Zoe said. "To think, those idiot investors thought I was trying to cure cancer." Zoe stopped as she felt a large wet pontoon rub against her gently, as Amy gave her a kiss on as close to her cheek as she could manage.
"This is the best birthday present anyone's ever given me." Amy said.
"Wow, you're voice is WAY deeper than before."
"Is it still sexy?"
"Of course." Zoe found herself staring at Amy's newest feature. "I knew all the formulations, but I didn't think it would be so... big."
A huge hand tipped Zoe's chin up towards the ceiling. "My eyes are up here."
"Way, way up there." Zoe grinned. She stepped forward and wrapped both her arms around Amy's flaccid member. It squished around her grip.