Holly and Ashley Universe: Jessica's Story

A few years back I wrote a story using a friends characters, Holly and Ashley. I really loved writing them and exploring their family dynamic. That's why with the blessing of the original creator, I took to writing another piece in that universe. What came out was a bunch of idea for the growing college senior Jessica, who had just tipped the scales over 400 come Christmas when she is introduced. The project has not been finished, even though I do come back to it from time to time. This is just the beginning, with plenty more to come.

Nothing says winter more than light fluffy white flakes falling down on a college town. The dormitories turning from dark red brick buildings to a lightly accented snow covered beauties. The classically designed architecture of the inner campus covered in a white blanket.

Not to show up the beautiful splendour of the landscape, but it as breathtaking as it was, it was hard not to focus your attention on what was the sight of Jessica Peters crossing the snow filled campus. The sweater clad Jessica made her way through the quad towards the closest dining quarter on her first day back at school. The plush 400+ lb beauty was a show stopper as she strutted down the sidewalk fully filling her new seasonal sweater and warm skin tight leggings. The wide woman was much bigger than most of her young co'eds, but her beauty beamed just as bright as some of the best looking girls on campus. The busty girl packed her firm and full chest behind her v-neck sweater, allowing the softly falling flakes to fall on the exposed parts of her fleshy chest and melt away. The rest of her sweater was filled with Jessica's biggest asset, her wide and round belly. Her belly was so large now a days it was stretching the knit of her new winter sweater. Despite her large size the sweater still looked great. Below the elegantly styles sweater packed the girls thick legs into some contrastingly dark leggings. The black leggings made Jess's legs look a little smaller, but not slim by any imagination. Her massive rear could be fully seen through the tight fabric, as well as the bulges that started at her waist and gave roundness all the way down her legs. 

There was a deep rumble inside Jess’ belly, which was why she was walking so furiously towards her destination. Her eating had gone unchecked since she arrived at college three and a half years ago, before she was more conscious of her diet around her family due to their bad influences. Since she had put her eating on autopilot she wasn’t always making the best cuisine decisions, which had lead to a consistent weight gain up until now. It didn’t help that her friends were almost as bad as an influence as her family was. 

Since Jess wasn’t a small girl when she got to college, and was used to accepting bigger people for their size, she had gravitated toward making new friends who were just about as chunky as she was. Jess was a friend to all, that's just how her outgoing personality blossomed, but her close inner circle was certainly filled with some of the more hefty members of campus.

But recently Jess had learned she had just crest the 400lb mark, something that shocked her. As her weight bounced around the 300’s she never paid much attention to the second two digits, it was just the “3” at the front that she looked it. As long as she was in the 300 range she felt like she was in a normal range of fatness. Now that the scale had ticked up to 4 she was beginning to think more consciously about her weight and what she was eating.

It was her first day back on campus, and she had made plans to meet up with one of her gals pals that she hadn't talk to all winter break, so she was excited to catch up with her. Jess had spent so much of her break with family that she really didn't get the chance to talk to most of the college friends while being away. Mel was one of her closest friends and she was also a bit on the husky side. It helped that Mel wasn’t afraid to partake in a nice tasty meal.

Jess waddled into the modern cafeteria, sliding her student card gaining her access to the endless amount of food that awaited inside.She found a table that faced the door so she could tell when Mel arrived. The large girls stomach rumbled again as she waited for her friend to show. ‘Gosh this thing as a mind of it’s own’ Jess thought as she sat there staring down the door. ‘I guess it won’t be too rude if I just get something to munch on’ Jess heaved her bulk up from the table, her soft round rolls swaying quite a bit as she had to find her balance.

Passing by the numerous options that were laid out before her, she took longer than normal to make a selection. Normally she would just grab a burger, or some pizza, or whatever was quick and easy. But ever since the holidays Jess had been second guessing her food choices, even when she would sometimes decide to give in and pick the tasty option over the sometimes healthier one.

Jess decided to just grab an apple to tide her over, but it wouldn’t be enough unless her less than punctual friend hurried her ass up. Jess munched away, enjoying the feeling of being back on campus, the warmth and sense of community that  she had come to love over the past three and a half years. 

Suddenly there was a book bag that plopped on the chair next to her, startling Jess making her come out of her daydreaming blank stare. “Couldn’t wait for me could you?” There was Mel, looking as full figured as ever. She was probably about 250 tops. 

“Well if you weren't as late as your next period, I wouldn’t have to. Plus it’s just an apple calm down groucho.” Jess laughed at their playful banter, something she had missed over the long break. Jess quickly finished what was left of her apple and joined Mel in the food line, filling up a plate with a little of this and that. Mel on the other hand was grabbing whatever she could get her hands on, typical for the bulky girl, and usually typical for Jessica, but not today.

Back at the table the two started to catch up. “How was your break girl?” Jess asked Mel.

“It was pretty fantastic. My family spoiled me on christmas, so that was fun. And I went out to this huge party on new year's eve, you’ve got to believe me when I tell you it was crazy.” Mel paused for a moment, before continuing, but in a much more hushed tone. “I hooked up with two guys that night.”

“Scandalous!” Jess erupted. .

“I know I was such a slut, but these guys, I guess they like a little more cushion.” Mel padded her generous back side for emphasis.

“So you like ever gonna see them again?” Jess was a little jealous, she hadn’t really been with anyone in awhile. It seemed as her weight had gone up the less men really sniffed around. It was a sad reality, but Jess had been more or less ok with it. Yes, she would love a man in her life, but she was happy being a young 20 something in her prime years, living it up, and she knew she’d find the right guy one day, there were plenty of guys who liked bigger ladies, maybe just not a lot of 21 year olds that want to admit it.

“No way girl, one night stand!” Mel was gushing pride at her sexual conquest. Jess could only bite her lip in jealousy. Jess’s New Years Eve had been fun, but nothing like her friends. “Alright enough about my sex life, what did you do on New Year's Eve?”

“Well my folks always through this big party, inviting all their friends, the neighbors, and some family over. One of the things is though that everyone has to bring a signature dish to be judged and then to share with everyone else. Usually my mom does the judging, but this year she wanted me to do it. Something about passing the torch down or something. So I got to sample a little bit of everything before everybody else, and while it was all still warm. Someone made delicious bbq chicken wings, and there was a tasty seven layer dip, and so much more. It was fun trying to have everyone win me over.”

Jessica’s head started to drift back to that party, picturing what it was like. All the usual faces coming through the front door, all with big smiles on their faces, and big plates in their hands. Mrs. Peters was beaming, hugging each of her guests as they arrived, an exhausting feat for a woman of her size, who had begun to perspire just a little bit from the ordeal. But Molly was still grinning a smile from ear to ear, for this was one of her favorite nights of the year.

Jess was an ever helpful hostess, showing people into the dining room to drop off their culinary works of art. Jess was most pleased when her Aunt Sarah arrived, she was by far her coolest Aunt, and the family member she was the closest to. She spent some time chatting with Sarah as the last of the guests arrived. Sarah, being a fashionista, was very pleased with Jessica’s outfit, it was very good looking, and worked well with her body shape and size. She was wearing a white vneck dress that she had just gotten recently, so it fit her very well, but also outlined her every curve. The dress cut off right around the knee, and her quarter sleeves gave her arms room the breathe. The girls spent sometime talking clothes, and it gave Jess quite the self esteem boost that Auntie Sarah was always good at delivering.

Finally as the last of the guests arrived, Mrs. Peters waddled into the dining room where all the food was and where everyone was gathering for the big taste testing. “I know I’m usually the one to do all the judging.” Molly addressed the crowd as all eyes gathered on her. “But I think it’s time I pass this tradition on to my eldest daughter.” Molly motioned over to Jess, the third largest woman in the room. The attention shifted to Jess as the round girl stood there and blushed. “It’s been an honor to host this yearly sware, and our most historical tradition being the annual recipe test must continue to live on. I couldn’t think of a more fitting judge to step into my shoes than my daughter Jess.” The crowd seemed amicable with their hosts decision, and when Jess looked over at her aunt Sarah, she had a big smile on her face. “Well no need to drag this out. Honey why don’t you take a seat over here and we can get this party started.” Molly directed Jess to the large reinforced chair at the head of the room. 

Steadily people started to bring over their flavor packed dishes for Jess to try. Everyone made sure to give her an ample portion so she could properly judge their dish, she tried to only take a little, but after a while, and not wanting to waste anything she accepted the large portion each time. 

Everyone surrounded Jess, sporting smiles on their faces, ready and waiting to serve the big girl another serving. Jess was loving this process. Not only did she get to eat a bit of everything, she had it hand delivered by the chef. Jess’ fingers were starting to get covered in bbq sauce, and her lips were getting a greasy sheen from all the different foods. Everything tasted amazing, and soon she was riding and flavor high of ecstasy.

After finally getting to sample each of the dishes, and licking her fingers clean, Jess pronounced her verdict. “Mrs. Williams, I have to give it to you for those amazing pizza squares. I hope you have enough to go around, especially a few more for me.” The crowd laughed and Mrs. Williams seemed ecstatic, since she had never won the tasting contest before. Now that the tasting was over the crowd dispersed and the party was able to continue, everyone helping themselves to all the leftover food. Jess who had been stuffed by so much, managed to fill up another plate of just her favorites, including a few more pizza squares while they lasted.

Jess faded from her holiday dream back into the real world, where Mel had started to look at her oddly, as Jess had been staring up and into space for a brief moment there. “Don’t tell me all of your holiday stories are going to revolve around food now.” Mel pleaded.

“No.” Jess retorted. “It’s not all about the food.” She tried to defend. “Only New Years, Christmas...” She started to list. “Mom’s birthday…” Jess started to trail off as she realized her friend was right, and there had been a lot of feasting over the holidays. In the moment she had rationalized it as letting loose a little during the holidays, but now she was realizing she might have been making a pig of herself, something she had always wanted to avoid.

“Just as I thought. Well at least it doesn’t show, you still look amazing.” Mel had always been one to complement her growing friend, despite her round size. Part of it was because Mel never wanted to admit that she herself had gotten to be a big girl, but also she didn’t want to hurt her friends feelings. So instead she was more likely to share a big meal with Jess than recommend they take it light.

The girls had finished plates, but Mel wasn’t quite ready to throw in the towel. “Ready for round 2?” Mel asked her large friend.

“I really shouldn’t” Jess hemmed.

“Come on I’ve got so much more to tell you, and if we don’t get seconds you’ll come up with a valid excuse to why you have some school project to do or something, you little teacher's pet.” Mel giggled.

Jess sighed and picked up her tray and started to head back to the chow line. After another round of grub they called it quits. Jess wasn’t quite full, but knew she didn’t need to go overboard. She was ever so mindful about making a pig of herself, and was determined to put a stop to it. The two girls parted ways, and Jess did come up with something academic for why she had to go he own way, but that’s just the kind of student she was.