Beach Madness Extended Preview

Beach Madness.

Vess blew her bangs to the side. “I don’t see why we have to do this?”

Red laughed as he laid out the beach blanket. “Because it is good to get out and relax.”

Vess rolled her eyes. “Relaxation is one thing. But is this really the only way we could talk about business—

Red put his finger to her ruby-red lips. “Ah, ah, ah. We are here to have fun. Such silly talks can wait, remember.” He stretched out and laid down on the blue blanket. “Such naughty things don’t need to be talked about right away, do they?”

Vess sighed. “Well, I don’t really like the beach.” She sat down in her lawn chair. “I only came here because you said you wouldn’t meet anywhere else.”

“So, enjoy yourself. We have hours, my darling, and great weather.” He smiled. “In fact, I think I am going to go swimming.”

Vess winced. “I can’t believe I am looking to work with a complete moran.” She rubbed her forehead. “I thought the hard part was going to be convincing him to work with me, but now I think it is going to be getting through this meeting with my sanity. Ugh.” She took a deep breath and stretched her arms only to feel a void where her bag was supposed to be.

“What in the world?” Vess jumped out of her chair and whirled around. “I didn’t set the thing down for but a moment.” She ran her hands through her dark hair. “My bag. I couldn’t of lost my bag, not with what is in it. Fuck!”

***

Nora threw the bag down in the sand. “Hey, look at what I got.”

Max shrugged. “Looks like another bag to me.”

Jewel laughed. “Ya, so what?”

Nora rolled her blue eyes. “I swiped it; that is what is so important here.”

“And?” Max asked. “It doesn’t make it any more interesting than before.”

Jewel tapped her sunburnt fingers on the side of the bench. “Just open it already and show us what is inside. Stop stalling.”

“Ok, ok.” Nora picked the bag up and set it on the bench. She then zipped the duffle bag open, and the trio peered inside. “It is just a bunch of bottles.”

Jewel pulled one of the bottles out. “Bottles with strange liquid in them. I was hoping for something cool like some Cola.”

Max rolled his eyes. “Like you need to be more energy.”

“I always need energy, Max. I need more energy than the two of you put together. When will you understand that.” She ran her finger along his dark, muscular chest. “So, fill me right on up so I can thrive.”

“Considering all you do is lie around on this beach, I will pass. At least Nora helps out.”

Nora slammed her hand down onto the wood. “Will you two stop?” She sighed. “We need to figure out what we are going to do with this stuff I took.” She set everything out on the table. “Any ideas?”

“We could sell it like we usually do?” Max said.

Nora crossed her arms. “We don’t even know what this stuff is. It doesn’t have a label.”

Jewel laughed. “I think it’s clear. We drink the stuff.” She held a bottle up to her face. “Let it fuel us. Or, more importantly, me.” She licked her lips.

Max took the bottle out of Jewel’s hands. “No way. We don’t know what this crap is. So, there is no way we are trying it. For all we know, it could be detergent.”

Jewel narrowed her eyes as the wind blew through her dark hair. “I really doubt it is detergent. Now give it back.”

“No way.”

Nora held up her right hand. “I say we try it.”

Max shook his head. “What? Is your brain fried?”

Nora snatched the bottle out of his hand. “We need to know what this stuff does if we are going to sell it to people on the beach, right?” Max and Jewel nodded their heads. “So, I say we see what it is so we can market it. There is enough in the bag here that we could make quite a bit of money depending on what it is.”

“But what if. . .”

Nora laughed. “Taking a tiny sip of the bottle is not going to kill anyone.”

Max snorted. “Ok, then who is going to do the taste test.” Jewel jumped up and down with her arm raised. “That is the real question now, isn’t it.”

“I will,” Nora said.

“What!” Jewel threw up her arms.

Nora ignored her and picked up one of the bottles. “Ok, there is nothing to this. It is just normal colored liquid.” She took the cork out. “It smells nice.” She took a deep breath. “Here we go.” She took a few tentative sips. “Mhhm. It tastes nice. A bit on the fruity side.” Nora set the bottle back down. “But I think it’s overall ok.”

Max smiled. “That is good.”

Nora winced. “Ugh, something is happening.” She grabbed her chest as her body started to tighten. “I feel very weird.”

Max grabbed her arm. “Do you feel sick?”

“I don’t know. I have never felt this way before.” Nora closed her eyes. “My skin is crawling and tightening all at once.” She grabbed her chest. “I hope I don’t hurl.”

Jewel dropped the bottle, and it landed in the sand below. “I am glad she went first.”

Nora narrowed her eyes. “Oh, now you are happy?” She clenched her fists as her body suddenly started to swell in size. “You were just begging to go first a few moments ago.”

“Umm Nora. . .” Max scratched at his neck.

She held her hand to his face. “No, I need to say this. I find it absurd that Jewel constantly complained about not being able to try this stuff, and when I have some issues, she can’t help but to lose her taste.” Nora blinked her eyes. “Why are you two bending over? I am not being that scary with this little threat.”

Max gulped. “We are not shrinking back from your words Nora.”

Jewel laughed. “Ya. You umm. . .” She shrugged. “You grew about four or five feet.”

Nora laughed. “That is preposterous.” She looked down at the ground. “I don’t look any taller.” She noticed the bench had shrunk a little. “Though that beach table does look a tad smaller.” She pulled at her outfit. “And I swear this swimsuit is now a bit too tight. I know I like skin-tight outfits, but this is ridiculous.” Her eyes widened. “Are the sides of my breasts showing?”

Jewel giggled. “That drink did quite a number on you, Nora.”

Nora formed her hands into fists. “I wouldn’t laugh so much.”

“Why not? It’s funny.”

“Because I can easily do this.” Nora slammed Jewel into the sand. “There are some benefits to being big, it looks like.” She giggled.

Jewel snorted. “Well, you won’t be that way for long.” Jewel looked at the bottle in the sand.

Max stepped in front of Jewel. “Now, now. Let’s not get carried away.” He turned his head to look at Nora. “And you. Don’t let that growth spurt go to your head. Remember why we tested this crap out in the first place? To see what we could sell it for.”

Jewel narrowed her eyes. “Screw that. I want to rule this beach.”

Nora nodded her head. “Ya. Why pay others to be gigantic when we could take the money ourselves.”

“Hey, stop that. We are a team, remember.” Max crossed his arms. “We can’t let these growing drinks come between us. Not after all we have been through.”

Nora sighed. “You make some good points. What do you think, Jewel?”

Jewel looked down at the sand. “While I think what we have there is remarkable. I believe our bond can take a back seat for the time being. It is time to lords of the beach. What do you say?”

Max snorted. “I say you are both lunatics.”

Nora put her hand on Max’s left shoulder. “And that is a bad thing?” She pushed him into the sand. “Ok, now where is the rest of that bottle?” She narrowed her eyes as she spotted Jewel trying to get the cap off. “Hey, give me that.”

Jewel twisted around. “No. You had your turn. It’s my turn to grow.”

“There are dozens of bottles in the bag. That is the one that has my spit on it.” Nora wrapped her arms around Jewel.

“It is also the one that has the most loosened cap.” Jewel popped the cork off. “There we go.”

“Hey, give it here. Didn’t you hear its mine!”

Jewel jabbed Nora in the chest, causing her to recoil in pain. “Back off.” She then held the bottle over her head and chugged five massive gulps before Nora could rip the bottle out of her hands.

As the two ladies were fighting Max shook his head.  “I am out of here. Enjoy this craziness.” He kicked an empty pop can into the ocean as he walked up the beach.

“Finally, I got it.”

Jewel licked her lips. “Too late. Mhmmm. You are right. It does have a pleasant fruity taste.” She sat down in the sand. “So how long until the growth starts to kick in?”

“How would I know? I only was able to have a few sips until you stole it from me. Now give the bottle back.” Nora reached for the bottle, but Jewel slid the vial between her armpits.

“No way. Get a new one out of the bag. This one is now mine. You hear me.”

Nora rolled her eyes and turned around. “Fine.” She sighed. “I will get a new one so I can grow even bigger than you.” She turned her head. “How is that?”

Jewel clutched her stomach. “You didn’t tell me this would hurt. Ughhh.”

Nora laughed. “Well, you shouldn’t of drank so much so quickly.” As she tried to get the cork off her bottle, Jewel fell to the ground, moaning. Jewel then started to grow much faster than Nora had. Before she could even get the top of the bottle off, Jewel’s growing legs knocked her over head first into the sand. “Ugh.” Nora threw her hands out to try and stop the sand from rushing into her face as Jewel’s feet shoved her down the beach. “Jewel, stop it.”

Finally, the growth stopped, and Nora looked up. Jewel shook her head as she sat over Nora, a towering forty-five feet tall. “Holy crap, look at me. I’m huge.” She looked down. “What happened to my clothes?” Jewel covered her chest.

Nora stood up and dusted herself off. “Maybe you should have increased your size more slowly.” She giggled. “But no, you needed to go for the quick approach, so you are giant and naked. Poor Jewel.”

Jewel sat forward and used her massive hand to push Nora to the ground. “What was that? Maybe people who are small shouldn’t be making jokes about people who could crush them.”

Nora narrowed her eyes. “Well, it won’t be that way for long.” She worked on the cork of the bottle. “Come on.”

Jewel used both of her hands to pick Nora up. “Ah, ah, ah.” Nora dropped the bottle as she was lifted into the air. “I can’t have another giant lady on my hands, now, can I? So, I am going to rule the beach, no one else.”

“But you said before that we both could. . .”

Jewel laughed. “You fell for that? I just said that so you would let me become grow bigger than you.” Jewel rubbed her fingers on Nora’s head. “How cute.”

Nora narrowed her eyes. “I am not going to be stuck at this size.”

Jewel laughed. “I don’t see what you can do. Ugh.” Jewel dropped Nora and suddenly clutched her chest. “I don’t feel so good.”

“Yes.” Nora ran over and grabbed a bottle. “I told you I won’t be stuck at this size.” She began to chug the contents.

Jewel shook her head. “Nora, stop.” She groaned. “I think there is something. . . wrong with this stuff.” She blinked her eyes. “I feel very weird.”

Nora laughed. “What are you talking about? Ugh.” The pain returned but more intense this time.” Nora clutched her sides as everything seemed to tighten at once. “Oh my god.” In the blink of an eye, the growth started. Her swimsuit quickly started to rip and tear as she grew entire feet in seconds. She stumbled back, unsteady on her enlarging feet. “This is intense. Whoh.” She fell and crushed the bench beneath her growing ass and all the potions with it. “Opps.” Nora giggled. “Well, I guess that is the last of the growth medicine for us.” She looked at Jewel. “Umm, are you ok?”