Chapter 7
"What on earth is wrong with her breasts."
"Oh my dear god."
"I didn't not know Susie's daughter...looked like that."
"What am I looking at?"
"The poor girl."
"Those breasts are..."
"Did you know Susie's daughter looked like that?"
"I think her name is May. I had no idea."
"Wooo. That is something."
"Suppose it's a Halloween costume?"
"Rose, don't be cruel."
"I'm sorry but I don't know what to say. Yes, the poor girl."
"How do you suppose she walks? I'm asking honestly."
"She hunches, poor thing."
The three ladies — a redhead, blonde, and brunette — watched May walk from the front foyer of the party into a swarm of waving greeters. May's mothers had convinced her to wear a "normal" dress that night which included a low-cut V neck and plenty of cleavage because she wanted her daughter to "have a nice, normal night out and socialize, but not in a tent or hoodie." After much protest, May agreed, tired of her mom's relentlessness and willing to try something new. Her new job meant she could move out soon so socializing like a "regular person" might be worth trying.
However, with one step into the door, May made eye contact with a man across the room and he immediately gasped at the sight of her. Her chest sat loosely in a purple dress framed by a long neckline that showed off a spacious foot or so of breasts, even if it was just a fourth of their full size. The unusualness of them immediately became the strangest and most fascinating thing in the room. May reacted by grabbing the peacoat she hadn't yet removed and closing it across herself in fear. But the coat was two years old and she couldn't button it at all, not even one button. She hadn't expected to need to but now she had no choice.
Susie looked at her daughter and tsked tsked her for hiding in her coat like a little child but one look at May's growling face made her realize something had went awry, and to back off. Still, Susie kept a big smile and greeted the onslaught of partygoers.
"Susie! You brought your gosling!"
"Hello! Hello! Yes, Bob, lovely to see you. Jill it's such a nice night! Yes, I brought May. You remember her, don't you?"
"Hi Mr. Stately and Mrs. Stately," May mumbled, more concerned with finding an escape route than making eye contact. She deftly slid through the sea of elbows just as an overly-friendly woman dove in for a hug. The bar area was quiet, thank god, and May snuck over to pour herself a tall drink. The lithe, lively, tri-hair-colored women watched from across the room and continued their awe-struck conversation. This was Rose Parson, Teresa Mire, and Pat Ridgehearth, higher ups at May's mother's company who were known to be quite caddy women especially since their stressful jobs left them little time to watch the soap operas they loved.
"Have you ever seen anything like that?" Rose asked, her perception in shambles from the sight of May's silhouette, especially as the girl leaned back and downed a drink.
"Never."
"I am at a loss for words."
"The poor babe."
"She must have terrible back problems."
"Rose!"
"It's true. I feel for the girl. Imagine you couldn't run or jump or hardly walk?"
"I don't want to."
"She's keeping her coat on."
"I noticed that. With her hands no less."
"Suppose it doesn't fit?"
"Doesn't seem like it."
"I can't picture the bra she must be wearing."
"I'm no engineer."
"Ladies, don't you suddenly feel ten pounds lighter?"
"Like a Malibu Barbie."
"It's good to see her out of the house though."
"Yes, such a good thing."
"Really."
"Bravo."
"A most courageous woman."
"If I was her, I don't know what I'd do."
"I'd be under the covers."
"How does she sleep with someone? Their appearance must be..."
"She needs a very understanding boyfriend."
"A strong one."
"She's petite though, isn't she?"
"Hardly has an ounce of fat on her."
"Slim and lean everywhere — almost."
May chugged a second drink and thought about where to hide next. Perhaps take an early trip to the bathroom and kill twenty minutes?
"Where do you suppose she gets her bras?"
"A very patient tailor."
"Must be."
"I could never."
"Let someone touch and measure you?"
"Exactly. You wouldn't find me getting weighed on the scale at the grocery store."
"Haha." The ladies split their sides at the comical image.
"Suppose the tailor has one of those scales? They must take their weight into consideration."
"I'm sorry but you don't suppose she's lactose intolerant, do you?"
"Oh, Rose, your terrible."
"Got milk?"
"God, would you quit it."
"If she was stranded on an island she wouldn't go hungry."
"Fuck's sake. You're a live one. No more drinks for you."
"I'm trying to keep it light. I could be all depressing about it too..."
Susie grabbed May from the bar just as she was about to slip into the bathroom. "Today will be the day she finally gets some gosh darn social interaction," Susie thought. With a firm hand on May's elbow, she guided her toward the whispering ladies, unaware that she was leading her delectable daughter into a fox den.
"Hello, May! Dearie, so good to see you. Hello, Miss All-Grown-Up."
"Hi there, Mrs. Parson, Mrs. Mire, Mrs. Ridgehearth."
May's chest protruded so much she couldn't see the drinks in the ladies' hands or their purses or shoes. She could only see how much makeup they had on. They looked like glowing faces on an 8K TV.
"Great to see you out of the house."
"We've missed you the last few parties. So goood to see you. Your mother tells us you got a job. You must be so proud."
"A big girl like you growing up."
"Yes, it's alright."
"How are you finding it?"
"Everyone is nice. I've been there a month now."
"They're not working you too hard?"
May flashed back to the conveyor belts. "Sometimes."
"You'll find your rhythm soon."
"Mhm."
"Dear, I'm sorry but not to be rude but, could you come with us for some girl time would you? Susie, you could leave us for a minute, couldn't you?"
"Of course!" Susie obliged, happy to see her co-workers taking an interest. She turned ninety degrees to another squad of people and injected herself promptly like a social butterfly.
The threesome stole away with May in tote to another room and descended into intimated, hushed conversation on a roomy couch. Pat sat in front of May, determined to get a good view. Teresa was to her right and Rose on the left. She was completely surrounded.
"We have to ask — and you'll forgive us if we overstep — but we couldn't help but notice...ahem?" Pat gestured to May chest. May's peacoat protected her somewhat but the ladies had already seen the cat out of the bag.
"That's been going on a few years. I have a condition called macromastia."
*Gasp.*
"Is it contagious?" Pat suddenly took her hand off of May's arm.
"No. It's hormonal. My body produces too much. It effects my mood, sleep, even hair and nails but mostly..."
"Is there no treatment?"
"Not really, no."
"Have you a specialist?"
"I have a doctor but —"
"You need a specialist. My niece had a hormone issue and a specialist cleared it up. I can give you their number. You're not having an allergic reaction, are you?"
"No. What I eat doesn't effect —"
"Rose, wanted to know where you bought your bras."
"Teresa! You witch! Rude of me, I know. But as a woman, I had to know. Surely, you're getting yourself something specially made. Perhaps by a tailor from a foreign country?"
"There is one or two companies I've found that sell bigger bras but they are rare. I think they are based in Europe."
"Foreign have nimble fingers, yes?"
"I guess so?" May didn't know how to answer that.
"And they fit?"
"More or less."
"Dear, the other thing is: you're holding your coat. Is that because it won't close?"
May realized she was holding the bottom of her coat. Her breasts wobbled underneath it like a water bed and she didn't want anyone to notice, even though she already being X-rayed. "Yeah. Mom made me wear a dress with a neckline tonight."
"Oh!"
"Susie is incorrigible!"
"The rabble-rouser!"
"Because she wants me to wear normal clothes but I shouldn't have. Yes, that was a mistake."
"And the coat?"
"The coat is old. It doesn't fit. But it used to."
"Oh, goodness. Perhaps we can find a safety pin so you don't have to hold it?"
"No. It's no worries, really."
"Nonsense."
"I appreciate you ladies but I'm not a socializer."
"But you have to be one. We're here for you."
"Thanks..."
"You cant hide yourself."
May kept her hand on her coat. "I try. I try."
"Heaven forbid, a young lady like you."
"I know this is a far out question but from one woman to the next, could you let us have a peak? If it's not too much trouble."
"You want to see what, uuhh, they look like?"
"Surely, they're very different from regular breasts, right? Are they quite heavy?"
"Um...I don't really..."
"No ones around. We understand how you feel."
"I don't ever..."
"Just a moment, before someone comes in. Come now."
May fingered her coat button, her hands slowly moving to the side, persuaded suddenly by the feeling of authority the older women gave off. Even though they were strangers, they were older women from wealthy backgrounds and complying oddly felt like a given. Against her instincts and as if their eye contact was enough of a command, May drifted the jacket to the side and let a little line of soft, white flesh emerge.
"Oh, goodness."
And the little line grew bigger and bigger until a full moon of pale flesh emerged from underneath the sliding fabric.
"My word."
Rose unsneakily put her hand atop May's, "...May, I?" She winked and removed May's hand herself. Feeling no muscles activity, May went limp and Rose peeled the coat back, revealing a full tabletop of cleavage in a sudden flash. Massive, pale, wobbling breasts exploded into view like they'd been massive before but now were more so. The ladies unlatched their jaws as they watched the teetering mountains bulge. Over the neck of the dress, their excess pressed against the soft fabric. The ladies' instincts to investigate grew from curious to punchdrunk.
"Goodness!"
"My lord!"
"Couldn't be real."
May's breasts were the largest they'd ever seen. It was like having only ever seeing apples, oranges, and plums for a lifetime and then suddenly seeing a pumpkin. They looked at each other and thoughts swirled about concerned comments Susie had made over the last year about how her daughter was growing without end. "The worst part was May doesn't care. She won't talk about it." Now the ladies looked at May with genuine confusion. Who was this girl and how was she getting by?
"I'm sorry but I don't feel comforta—"
"I thought I'd seen it all!"
"Dear, it's not normal to have breasts this big."
"Pat..."
"Not to state the obvious but dear May...this is a bit much."
"You can't tell her that."
"Her mother is worried and we have a right to be concerned. We're practically her aunts."
"I'm..." May tried to speak but was weighed down by the alcohol, attention, and literal weight. Her voice box was flatter than a pancake.
"Because if you're not, you are going to lose your head. Seriously, where is your head? Are you thinking about your future?
"I can't help—"
"Because you want a husband and children, don't you?"
"Yes..."
"Then you mustn't misunderstand us." Pat put her hands on Mays chest, breaking the touch barrier suddenly. Five fingers sunk in the mushy globes like toes on a beach. "These..." She shifted her hand under the shelf. "Oh, no, no." It balanced on Pat's palm and moved to the rhythm of her bobbing finger. May's boob was heavy. It was warm and expansive. Pat poked her palm up into the middle and watched the shadow cast throughout the indent as she went. "When did you start getting big?"
"About three years ago."
"When did you get this big?"
"This past year."
Pat caressed the fleshy curves with a tempted finger. "They're great if you want to be in Guinness. But you have no idea why they're growing? You don't do anything weird to cause it?"
"Huh?"
"Do you?"
"Like what?"
"Do you hang around strange people? Take drugs?"
"No, ma'am."
The noise of the party blared into the room as the music got louder. May's dress felt like it might as well not exist, it was so thin. Rose joined Pat and put her finger atop May's boob and pressed into the soft flab. "Oh, that's weird!" May froze at the touch. She'd never been touched before, let alone by two people at once who were touching more like children than adults.
"May, are going to let yourself get bigger and bigger? Then what?"
"I want to touch too." Teresa said, joining Pat and Rose. She pressed her finger in, creating a triple-pronged whack-a-mole mallet that the cleavage bulged around responsively.
"Up, down."
"Pat, don't push so hard."
"I'm not pushing hard. You're pushing hard."
"Am not."
Pat tried to see how far she could push. "Amazing..." She watched her finger trampoline on the cleavage. "They really don't end."
"May, you must be the most busty girl in the world."
"I have to see how this fits on you, I'm sorry," Teresa said. She suddenly grabbed at May's coat and, in a swift gesture, forced it off of her sides and around her chest. "Come on, suck it up girl."
"Honestly, I can't fit." May looked in horror at Teresa's aggressive hands squirming across her chest, grabbing the thick fabric of her jacket.
"Nonsense, I've got two daughter's into prom dresses after a month of partying."
"Oww." The jacket was horribly small and in no way fit around the generous curves it needed to encompass. It couldn't get around more then 75% of them. But Teresa was unphased and tore at the fabric, hoping brute force would get the job done. "Mmmmphf!" May's boobs busted forward as the jacket neared closing but the obstacles were too round and big. They were too uncontrollable. Hope against hope, Teresa's inelegant touch yanked more. "May, you're not sucking in enough." May couldn't help but balloon bigger with each tug. She watched her boobs rise in front of her eyes and obscure the faces of the gleeful women. "Don't be fussy now."
"Honestly, I don't think—"
"I'll have you done up. You'll be a lady in no time." Pat and Rose volunteered on May's sides and grabbed a boob each. They grabbed as much as their four hands could and pushed inwards. Teresa exclaimed, "Yes!" The coat ends miraculously came together and May's boobs exploded up in a grand escalation like an instant-inflate airplane life vest set to maximum pressure. They were completely out of her meager bra cups now.
"Too much..." May squealed, choked from the crush.
RIIIIIIIIIP.
The ladies looked at one another. Teresa had buttoned the coat. The button was fastened. May's cleavage was covered. The crisis was averted. But Teresa pulled the jacket and, without much effort, felt it slip towards her in two pieces.
May felt tremendous physical relief but didn't understand what had happened. The jacket had ripped straight down her back. May's chest was fully revealed now. Fat cups hung in plain view, trembling, unclothed in the middle of three gawking woman with no jacket to cover them, hardly a bra to support them, and no real dress to minimize them. They bulged sloppily out of the neckline and threatened, it seemed, to fall across her entire lap. Everyone's gaze was centered and no one ignored how truly massive they were. Even some people in the other room, amid the loud music, had a sixth sense that something alien had entered the party.
"May, I think your jacket might have ripped," Pat said, dissatisfaction in her voice.
May fell backwards into the couch. The building of pressure in her chest and sudden release sucked the air out of her lungs. She was, for a moment, as light as feather.
"OOOOH," Rose exclaimed. May's small waist appeared from under her as she leaned back. The sight of such a perfectly fit abdomen amazed Rose. "You're not fat at all!"
"No, you're not!" Teresa chimed in, putting her arm on May's non-existent belly. "Very thin girl! Good girl!"
"Suppose we....hmmm." Pat pondered the possibilities. The girl was simply too big and without a jacket. She couldn't maneuver around the party like this. Could their coats fit her? Hardly. Maybe they could stich this coat together and add a few inches? Not enough time for that. How could May possibly spend the night at this party without embarrassing herself?
.........
May, along with the help of Pat, Rose, and Teresa, snuck out the backdoor of the party, needing to walk through the main room only briefly. It was embarrassing not because her breasts were out but rather because May was wrapped in a blanket snatched from the couch of whosever's house it was. Pat ensured May she'd buy the host a new one.
"Kiddo, where'd you go?" Susie texted her daughter later that night.
"Wasn't feeling too good. Took an uber home."
"Ok. Thanks for coming tonight. Be home in a few hours. If you're asleep by then, gnight. Love you." Susie knew her daughter was pushing boundaries by going out at all so she was proud of her for staying as long as she did. She was happy she got to interact with a few friends too. Sitting home all day everyday was no was to live.
"Love you too, Mom."
May put her coat in the trash, careful to bag it up and put it in the outside garbage can so it wouldn't be seen. She tucked herself into bed early. The covers laid over her chest and, as she shifted in her sleep, so did they, tugging against the tucked-in-part under the mattress. By the time she woke up, the sheets were untucked.
........
The ladies continued as drunk as ever.
"How much do you suppose they weighed?"
"30 pounds each?"
"More."
"How much do you think she weighed?"
"120?"
"May is half boobs!"
"That's immposible, you idiot."
"You want to talk about immposible? I'm the one who got her coat buttoned."
"And you ripped it like a dog."
"Better that then to not have tried at all."
"They couldn't be thirty pounds."
"And yet they were!"
"Phones without cords, social media, gay marriage — anything is possible these days."
"Ain't that the truth."
The ladies downed their seventh drink and let out a unified, spontaneous laugh. Some nights were simply stranger than fiction. It was a pity their oft-fantasized, self-starring reality show hadn't filmed that night.