Earl trudged into his cubicle and dropped his tattered briefcase on the floor before sinking heavily into his squeaky chair. His legs ached from the short walk from the car to his desk, a consequence of his bad knees, his heavy gut and his age. Fifty six today. The start of another year of being fat, balding and single. Jesus. Of course, no one at the office had said anything about his birthday despite the hints he'd dropped. There were no little presents on his desk as there had been for Tracey, or Liam, or, well, everyone else.
Earl booted up his computer and opened his email. He saw a message from HR with the subject: Happy Birthday!
At least they'd remembered. He clicked on the email and his face fell as he read the message:
It's Katie Pollinger's birthday today so stop by the lunch room for some cake and be sure to give her some birthday wishes!
(And not too much work!)
Earl sighed and popped another Tums. Maybe it was just as well there was no cake for him. His stomach had been acting up all morning. Plus, his doctor had told him he needed to lose weight. Because of that, Earl had made a new habit of not going to his doctor.
Earl heard the noise of one of the office doors being unlocked behind him and he swiveled his chair around to see Tracey's backside. Her black skirt clung to her beautifully rounded bottom. Her exaggerated hourglass figure was a sight to behold, even from behind. And speaking of behind, wow, did Earl wish he could give hers a squeeze.
"Morning, Tracey," he said, falsely chipper.
She turned and shot him a strained smile. "Morning, Earl."
Tracey had a cute, slightly plump face with a delicate slip of a nose, huge green eyes and wavy golden-brown hair that fell in waves down her shoulders. Her massive, perfect breasts were nestled comfortably beneath the v-neck of a dark purple top. Man, what Earl wouldn't give to get his hands on those sweater puppies. On many nights he'd masturbated just imagining thrusting his face between her jiggly tits and motor-boating her before emptying his load onto her chest, drenching her in his hot seed.
It was as much spite as lust. Yeah, she was good looking. But she'd beaten him out for the promotion and had moved into the office that should have been Earl's. She had everything Earl did not: a good family, a good job, a good body. With any luck, though, all that would change. He was gripped with a sense of excitement and anticipation as he reached down and nervously fingered his briefcase that held the supposedly magic bowl.
Tracey disappeared into her office and Earl pulled out the bowl. It was a plain looking thing, glazed white on the inside with some sort of Chinese writing in blue around the outside. The old man who'd sold it to him at the antique shop swore it had magic powers and would allow the owner to swap bodies with whoever drank from it. A part of Earl wondered why, if it was real, the old man didn't keep it and give himself a new body. A bigger part didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth and hoped with all his might that the man had been telling the truth. Either way, Earl would find out today.
Just yesterday Earl had overheard Tracey talking to her co-workers, telling them her kids were at camp and her husband was away on business so she had the house to herself. If the magic worked, it would be a perfect opportunity to adjust to her life before her family came back. Earl was tingling with excitement at the thought of squeezing her breasts and having his way with her body, though even that excitement wasn't enough to affect his limp dick. He pushed the excitement down and picked up the phone.
By the time lunch rolled around, the big pot of soup Earl had special ordered from the little Asian food shop down on the corner had been delivered. He'd set up some spoons and bowls beside it--keeping the magic bowl with him--and stood in the lunch room, making sure everyone knew it was his birthday and he was providing lunch for the office as a special treat. His co-workers felt bad for forgetting and even HR vowed to update their records. Earl magnanimously waved their apologies away because, fuck it, if this worked none of this would matter anyway.
By the end of the lunch hour, Earl was running out of soup and Tracey had yet to show up. Earl scooped the remains into the magic bowl and carried it to Tracey's office.
"Knock knock!" he called out as he entered, "I brought some special birthday soup."
Tracey was at her desk, her head down as she pored over some papers. She looked up at him and he caught the quick flicker of disgust across her face before she smiled.
"Thanks, Earl, but I'm not really a soup fan."
Earl was undeterred. He placed the bowl on her desk and stared from his vantage point down the neck of her dress, following the rounded curves of her tits until they disappeared into the darkness beneath her top, pillowy and inviting. "Just take a taste, you'll love this."
"No, really, thank you."