Author's Note: This is part of a series of short stories. They are written very quickly and are not edited. They are also VERY weird and are not for everyone. You have been warned.
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Melanie heaved a dramatic sigh as she looked at herself in the mirror. It was worse, she thought disdainfully. The 'it' in question was her weight. Melanie had always been thin, but not distressingly so. Just skinny. But in recent days she had begun losing weight at a worrying pace. One morning she woke to find that she had lost two pounds, which, at first, wasn't too bad to lose a touch of weight here and there. Then she realised the calm before the storm.
Now Melanie looked at a reflection of a girl who stood at 5'8'' with bones stretching her skin taut. Despite her fear of doing so, she looked down at the scales she stood on; 80lbs. Anyone would assume she was anorexic as many had done, but that simply wasn't the case. Melanie ate like a horse most days, even going so far as to ask for seconds at dinner and she had exercised properly. Not anymore though. Now, she was hardly able to walk faster than a casual stroll.
"Oh, Sweetie," Melanie's mother said as she stepped inside, "We'll figure this out." Melanie looked at her with a passive expression, though her lower lip quivered.
"I know, Mum. I know."
"Come here." Melanie stepped into her mother's arms. She couldn't help but notice how soft they felt around her bony figure, a healthy layer of fat on the older woman's arms. The unhealthily thin teen was far from an envious person; she couldn't help but glare jealously at her mother's health however. It isn't fair, she thought bitterly, I want that.
As if in response to her spiteful thought, Melanie felt a spark course through her. Her mother felt it too, pulling back in surprise.
"Breakfast's ready when you want it, Honey." She offered and left the room. Melanie watched her go, her eyes inadvertently falling on her mother's shapely behind.
"Like it's gonna help," Melanie lamented and glanced down at the scales. In doing so her eyes widened as she read the number; 82lbs, "What the hell?" She questioned the air. It had to be a glitch, she decided and went downstairs to enjoy her breakfast.
Hours later, Melanie meekly walked onto her school's grounds. The institution was an all-girl's school and a real pain to get accepted into. Aside from having to perform an acceptance test, a potential student must meet their physical ideals as well, in keeping with their idea that a healthy body led to a healthy life. They aren't wrong, Melanie thought as she glanced around. Even before she had begun to lose weight, she had been the skinniest girl on campus.
Now she was but a twig. Melanie glanced about her surroundings to spy girl after girl who had a healthier figure than her, some even sporting disproportionately large breasts as if to mock her further. Maybe they'll be so kind as to give me some? She almost laughed at the absurd idea, but it loitered in her head. She thought back to the spark from earlier and the sudden weight gain, perhaps they were related?
"One way to find out." Melanie whispered under her breath. She made her way to a girl with a set of meaty thighs and placed a hand on her shoulder. As she did so, jealously surged within Melanie and, as before, she felt a spark strike her as if in response.
"Sorry," Melanie excused herself, "I tripped."
"Oh yeah? What, on a cockroach?" The other girl jeered, but Melanie ignored her and made her way into the building. She walked to the bathrooms where a set of scales were always kept, put there by the school to encourage its students to watch their weight. Melanie stepped on the set and held her breath as she watched the numbers race to calculate her weight. When they did, her jaw felt as though it had come unhinged.
"85lbs." She stated, gulping audibly in her shock. Melanie looked up to see herself in the mirror. She leaned forward to study her face better, seeing that her cheeks were ever so slightly less hollow than before. Hope swelled in her painfully flat chest, but she tempered the rising sensation. Hope was all well and good, but it did nothing without a reason for it. Melanie needed to test this possibility one more time before she made her final decision.
Later on in the showers after another gym class that she sat out on, Melanie spotted her target. Her name was Gina, whose figure stood perfectly juxtapose to Melanie's. She wasn't fat, but she undoubtedly large with a large, frumpy belly and thick arms and thighs. Like Melanie, Gina was on the verge of being removed from the school should her weight fail to improve. This benefits us both, Melanie thought as she walked up to her.
Gina was struggling to put on her bra.
"Oh no, not again. I bought this thing last week." She panted in effort, trying to do her bra up.
"Here, let me try." Melanie offered. Gina gave up and let the skinny girl try, though her efforts bore no fruit either, however it did allow Melanie to touch her chubby counterpart. Like before, her mind filled with jealous thoughts and a desire to have what this other girl possessed. She felt the spark, but didn't pull away. The electric shock persisted like a low hum in the background. Melanie eventually let go with a disgruntled sigh.
"Sorry." She said.
"No worries," Gina assured her, "Let me give it one more try," And, to her surprise, she found herself able to do it up with ease, "Huh, guess it was in the wrong position or something."
"Guess so." Melanie agreed and left to get changed. When she pulled on her normally loose t-shirt, she couldn't help but notice how it seemed tighter around her chest. A jubilant smile broke across her face.
Over the course of the day, Melanie went about setting herself up to touch other girls. Each and every time she felt the spark, and likewise, she found herself going up a couple of pounds each time. When the bell eventually rang for the end of the day, she had found her weight was now a far healthier 98lbs. She was still underweight; however, Melanie knew that she could change that in just a few days.
By the time the weekend came, Melanie believed she had never looked better in her life. She was now an acceptable 126lbs, her cheeks were full and healthy, her skin appealing to the eye and her curves fully realised. But, despite having regained her lost weight and then some, Melanie felt as though she was still inadequate somehow. This troublesome thought persisted until Sunday evening when her family went out for dinner.
The meal itself was nice and she was glad to finally be free of any judgmental or pitiful stares, but there was one single highlight in Melanie's eyes. It was a woman, sat alone in a corner happily eating with a content smile. That in and of itself was unremarkable, however the woman's chest seemed fit to redefine the definition of 'remarkable'. Melanie constantly found her eyes drawn irrevocably to each of the woman's titanic breasts.