The Great Balloon Race

The Great Balloon Race.

Karen opened the door to her apartment and sighed. “That was a nightmare.” She slammed the door behind her. “That is the last time I ever do a personal job for Mr. Fredrick.” She threw up her arms. “Grow to the size of a sky scrapper after finding some strange potion shop. Oh ya, the growth will cause your clothing to break apart and you to be stark naked in the middle of downtown.” She walked into the kitchen. “Then my own boss sends goons on me, and ugh.” She sits down in a hard metal chair. “I am just glad to be home.”

Karen picks up a pamphlet off of her dining room table. “Hmm, well, I can’t wait to go on the balloon trip later this month with Gregory. I just met him a few weeks ago, but he seems nice.” She rolled her shoulders. “And it should be nice to just sit back and float over the countryside.”

Her phone began to ring, and she rolled her blue eyes. “Great. I can’t imagine the messages I have on that.” She walked over and picked her cellphone up. “Oh crap, it’s Gregory.” She dropped her phone onto the floor. “Shit.” She bent over and picked her cellphone back up with her pale hands and answered it. “Hey, Gregory, how is it going?”

“How is it going?” His raspy voice floated through the phone. “You vanish for over a week, and you ask me how is it going?”

She turned around and began to comb her dark hair with her free hand. “Hey, I had a bit of trouble. I finally got home. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

“Well, you can tell me all about it at the Eversdale Balloon Ride outing tonight.”

“Tonight? Isn’t that later this week?”

He raised his voice. “Don’t you know what day it even is? It is the twenty-sixth. Get that giant head of yours on straight.”

“Hey, don’t yell at me. What is going on?”

“I am sorry. I am at work surrounded by complete lunatics.” He sighed. “It isn’t anything personal, but the people here at the Jenny Downs Department Store drive me wild. Look, I have to go, but I will see you after work. Bye.”

She sighed. “Bye.” She set her phone down on the table. “How long have I been away from home?” She looked at the calendar on her phone. “Three weeks?” She shook her head. “It only felt like a few days.” She sat down once more.

“What am I going to do? What did Fredrick do to me?” Karen crossed her arms. “I don’t’ know if I even can go back to work. It was bad enough that jerk got me to grow into some giantess but. . .” She shivered at the thought.

“I will figure it out later. For now, I need to meet up with Gregory for this competition.

I don’t need to blow him off again.” She picked up her purse and heard a jingling sound. “What in the world?” She opened her purse up to find a glowing potion inside. “What is this? There is a note here.”

“Karen. We found a few unused bottles from your trip to Potion’s R Us. We still need data, so when you have time, please test these potions out for us. Fredrick.”

She set the potion with the swirling green liquid down on the table. “Oh no, no.” Karen crossed her arms. “I had enough trouble the last time with this.” She sighed. “But I don’t need to be out of a job.” She shook her head. “I don’t’ know what to do.”

Karen picked up a quarter off of the table. “Ok. Heads, I drink the potion. Tails, I say good riddance to Fredrick and this madness.” She flipped the coin and let it land on the table.

“Oh fuck.” She picked up the quarter and winced. “Heads.”

She picked up the bottle and sighed. “Well, I better get this over with.” She pulled off the cork and gulped. “Down the hatch.” She chugged the contents of the bottle. “Uguhhh.” Karen held her hand over her mouth. “That is horrible.” She winced. “Worse than any garbage take out I have had in my life.”

She shook her head. “Well, I guess I should head out and meet Gregory.” She stood up and stretched. “I can get something to eat on the way there. Though now that I think about it, I am not that hungry.” She twisted her torso and stretched her arms. “I was starving when I walked in, but now I feel fine. Maybe it was just a figment of my imagination.”

Karen walked back into the other room and grabbed her coat. “Well, time to head out to Eversdale.” She scratched at her head. “It will be nice to have a day out, but I still wish I could have some time to myself after everything that has happened. Ah well.” She opened the apartment door and stepped once more into the freezing weather outside.

***

Karen pulled her car into the Eversdale Everpark and sighed. “Finally, after an hour of driving, I am here.” She put her hand on her stomach. “I need to find something to settle my stomach.” She groaned. “I think all that potion did is make me feel sick like eating too much hot sauce.” She looked up at one of the giant hot air balloons in the air. “I can’t imagine riding one of those things right now until I settle my stomach.”

She opened the door to her vehicle and stepped out into the chilly air. “Gregory said he would meet me over by the registration station.” She turned her head. “I wonder where that is.” She narrowed her eyes to see a small blue building at the far end of the parking lot. “I assume that is the place.”

She grabbed her purse and walked towards the small building. “Not too many people out here today.” She shivered. “Though with how cold it is today, I can understand why. What is it? Just above freezing? We are just a few weeks from spring, and it is just now warming up. Why couldn’t Gregory wait another few weeks for this?”

“What do you mean we can’t go up in the air? I paid for this months in advance.”

Karen hugged herself as she approached the booth and noticed Gregory. “Hey.”

She waved her hand. “Gregory.”

He didn’t turn his head, instead slamming his hand down on the black wood. “My girlfriend is here now. Give us the balloon you promised us.”

The young teenager on the other side blinked his vacant eyes. “I am sorry, sir, but due to conditions, you will have to wait.”

Gregory pointed up in the air. “There is one of your balloons all the way up there. Why can’t my girlfriend and I join them?”

Karen narrowed her eyes. “Excuse me? Girlfriend?”

He looked at her and cracked a half-smile. “I umm mean friend or special. Umm.” He blinked his amber eyes. “Look, can we talk about this later?”

“Fine.” She crossed her arms and leaned against the booth.

Gregory turned his attention back towards the young teenager. “Now, look here. I chew out people twice your age, so don’t give me some run around.”

The kid sighed. “Look, sir, raising your voice won’t help things.”

The veins on Gregory’s neck began to pop out. “Raising my voice? You will know when I am raising my voice. All I want to know is why we can’t get up in the air when those lucky bastards up there can. Why can’t I treat this lucky lady here to a nice day out? Is that too much for you to tell me?”

“Huhhhh. Look that is our one balloon, sir. The rest are covered with snow still. Either I give you a refund, or you wait an extra hour and pay another hundred. That way, you get to go instead of the person slotted at that time.”

“This is highway robbery.”

“It isn’t my fault that the balloons are covered with snow, sir.”

Gregory tightened his fists into a ball. “Ughhh.” He reached into his back pocket. “Fine. But I won’t forget this.” He dropped five twenty-dollar bills onto the counter. “There.”

The young man grabbed the cash and slowly counted them.

“Ok. Just take a seat over there.” He pointed at a pair of white and black chairs a few feet past the booth. “When the balloon comes back down, you can get on. Thank you for choosing the Eversdale Everpark Balloon Service. We appreciate your service.” He sighed and played with his curly blonde hair.

“Right.” He snorted and walked past.

Karen waved at the young man as she walked by. “Thank you. Umm, is there anything to eat around here?”

“Sorry. We don’t allow anything like that. People have dropped food off the side of balloons before and almost killed someone in the past. So we just flat out don’t allow that stuff here.”

“You have got to be kidding?”

“Ma’am, what about you makes you think I would ever kid?”

She shook her head and walked towards Gregory.

“I think the younger generation is becoming weirder and weirder.” She sat down next to him. “I question if that kid has any sense of humor or even any emotion.”

“Ya. Reminds me of the crazy people I have to work with. Did I ever tell you about this one person called Sarah Collinsworth?”

“Who?”

He sat back. “Crazy woman who could never come in on time and was always distracted. Oh yes, she could change in size and would never let me use it for the business.” He shook his head. “She had a gift, and she squandered it.”

“Change in size?”

“Yes and other things.”

She put her hand on his leg. “Look, can we just focus on our day? We came out here for us. Not old employees or crazy kids.” She rubbed his leg. “Just us.”

He laughed and smiled. “Right. You are not upset about that girlfriend comment before, are you?”

Karen shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know. All I know is we haven’t been seeing each other long enough for me to make that decision. Ughh.”

He put his hand on her shoulder. “What is wrong?”

“My chest hurts. I think it is something I drank earlier today.” She shook her head. “I wanted something to settle my stomach, but that jerk said they don’t allow food here.”

He stood up. “I will go and talk some sense into that ninrod.”

Karen grabbed his arm. “No, don’t go anywhere.” She used her free hand to rub her chest. “Just stay here with me. The pressure is getting worse.”

“Karen, I will be right back. I have to do something.” He walked away. “Hey, you.

I need something to help my friend here.”

“Ughhh, whatever is going on inside my body feels like it is about to come to a head.” She bent forward. “So much pressure.” Shrrripp.

Karen’s eyes widened. “My pants.” She grabbed her rear end and felt a giant tear in the fabric. “Oh my god.” Karen jumped to her feet only to make the tear in her jeans larger. “This isn’t happening.” Rshrrirp. “Stop it.” She held her hands over the gigantic hole in her pants. “It is a good thing no one is here, or everyone could see my ass.” She turned her head and looked down. “Like holy hell, my gigantic ass. What is going on? How did it get so big? And it is still growing.” She squeezed her butt. “Stop.  Stop swelling, I say.” Rshrrrip. “Noo. My jeans can’t take my butt being this big.”

“Karen, that man is no help.” Her cheeks turned red, and she sat back down, her sensitive squishy butt sending shockwaves through her body. “Look, I am going to my vehicle and see if I have something there for you.”

She nodded her head. “Ok. Take your time.”

He narrowed his eyes. “Are you alright?”

She laughed. “Of course I am. Why wouldn’t I be alright? I am fine.

I just need something to settle that bubbly stomach of mine. I said I was fine, right?” She smiled at him.

He scratched at his short dark beard. “Umm, I am going to check my car.” He took a few steps away and then stopped. “Hey, I could have sworn you were shorter when I was last time here.”

She laughed again. “Oh, come now. I am not like that crazy Sarah you were talking about before.”

He sighed. “Right. I will be right back.” He shrugged his shoulders. “Something weird is going on.”

Karen sighed. “That was close. Huh?” She looked down to see her breasts expanding outward. “Oh, not you too.” She grabbed the sides of her boobs. “What the hell is even doing this? It feels like they are full of air. God, my blouse is getting tight. And this belt is starting to kill me. Oww.”

Karen looked down to see her stomach expanding outward. “Oh god, I am starting to look like I am pregnant. I can’t have Gregory come back and see me like this.” She jumped to her feet, her body feeling light as a feather. “Holy.” She wobbled on her feet. “This doesn’t feel right. Why does everything feel so tight but at the same tight so loose?” She shook her head. “And so damn sensitive.” The wind began to blow and knocked her to the ground. “Ouff.”

She flipped over onto her chest as another gust rippled across the grass, her pants ripping in two to reveal her overinflated ass. “Oh fuck stop already.” Karen fought her way back to her knees, her waistline looking more like a pile of dough. “I need to get a hold of this craziness before my blouse comes undone.” A button burst off her blouse and flew into the wind. “No.” She grabbed her chest with her inflating arms. “Stop swelling. Ohh, god, my breasts feel soo good.” Another button snapped off her body.

She felt her feet bounce off the ground as yet another button snapped off her blouse. “Oh god.” She fought to keep herself on her feet. “I need to find something to tie myself down with and fast.” Karen spotted a coil of rope by the entry booth.

“Perfect.”

She bounced her way over to the booth. “I just need to tie myself down and wait for this inflation to stop.” The last button on her blouse snapped off, and her giant breasts pushed her top off her body.

“Oh god.” Karen tried to grab her shirt, but her inflated arm was painfully slow to try and catch her blouse in the air. “Ugh crap.” She bounced in the air once more. “Shit, I almost few away that time.” She shook her head. “I need to get that rope.”

Karen finally reached the back of the booth and tried to reach down, but her gigantic breasts and waist were too much. “I can’t reach. Fuck these boobs.” She fell down onto her flabby chest and tried to push her tire-sized breasts out of the way as she reached for the rope. “Come on.” Her back end lifted off the ground. “I almost have it.”

The door to the booth opened, and the young teenager walked out. “I wonder if I should tell that crazy old man that he isn’t going to get back into the park now that he went to the parking lot.” He shrugged his shoulders. “Ehh.” He looked up to see Karen. “What in the world?”

She waved her right hand as her left hand grasped the coil of rope. “Hey.

Nothing is out of the ordinary here.” She winced as her belt began to dig into her skin. “Just return to business as usual.” Her body started to lift off the ground.

“Umm, what is going on here?”

She took a deep breath as the aggravating sound of grinding plastic filled the air. “Nothing. I am just a bit overinflated.”

He crossed his arms. “You are a giant plastic balloon woman.”

Karen narrowed her arms as her voice rose and turned squeaky. “I am not plastic. Just because I am a bit bloated and floaty doesn’t make me a balloon.” She blinked her eyes. “What is happening to my voice?”

The young man walked over and grabbed the rope as she rose into the air. “I don’t know, but I think you are going to bring in a lot of business.”

Karen shook her head. “I am not going to be some big advertisement for you.” She let go of the rope. “I am going to take my chances in the air.” She began to float upward.

“Hey, come back here.” He rushed off.

Karen shook her head as her body continued to inflate. “That creep. Urugh.” Her belt suddenly snapped off her body and shot downward, shattering a car windshield. Her body now took on a more normal if inflated shape, even if her ass and breasts were much, much bigger than the rest of her body. “I guess I just float up here until this wears off.” She turned her head back and forth. “I just wish I could see where I was going. My damn breasts are in the way. Huh.” In the distance, she could see one of the hot air balloons floating towards her. “Isn’t that the couple that was up in the air before?”

The balloon came close enough so Karen could see who was piloting it. A young man with a bald head and a red-haired woman. The young man pointed at Karen. “What kind of new-fangled balloon do you suppose that is, Ileana?”

She shrugged her shoulders? “I don’t know, but I think they misadvertised as being a family-friendly place.” She snickered. “I like the place even more now, Josh.”

Josh pointed down below Karen. “Hey, look. Looks like they have another balloon in use after all. Someone else is coming up.” Karen looked down to see another hot air balloon rising into the air. “Wonder just what is happening.”

Ileana shrugged. “I don’t know but hurry up and finish kissing me before they get here.

We are running out of time for our kinky little date.” She stuck her tongue into his mouth.

Karen closed her eyes. “There is someone watching here.”

Ileana gasped. “Josh. The balloon just talked.”

He laughed and squeezed her ass. “Don’t be silly. Something that big and inflated couldn’t possibly talk.”

Karen narrowed her eyes as the other balloon came closer and closer. “I can to talk. I am very much alive.”

Ileana grabbed her partner's hands. “Oh, Josh, imagine that. We could turn our kinky date up a notch.”

He smiled. “Oh, I see what you are getting at.”

Karen’s eyes went wide. “Oh hell no.”

“Hey, you.” She turned her head to see the young teen from the registration booth.

“Stop floating away so I can tie you giant breasted ass down. You are going to bring in so much money for this park, and I am not just going to let you fly away.”

Karen shook her head. “I need to get out of here.” She tried to move her body, but nothing happened. “Ugh, come on. I am a giant living balloon. I have to be able to move somehow. God, you would think all of this air inside of my body would be good for something.”

A sudden gust of wind caught her gigantic body and sent her flying away. “Oh god.”

She smiled as she flew further and further away from crazy and crazier. “Come on and keep blowing me wind, oh buddy.”

“Josh, she is getting away.”

“Ileana, not so loud. We have company.” He waved.

“Hello there, David.”

The young teenager gave them a quick glance. “Nothing to see here, you two.

Just set your balloon down and. . .”

“Oh hell no.” Ileana threw her shoe at David. “That giant balloon woman is ours. Go back to your pencil-pushing.”

Karen turned her head around to see Ileana use her other shoe to try and pop David’s balloon. “We will pay for the damages when we get down, but this is our honeymoon after all.”

David shook his hands. “Bastards.”

Karen gulped. “Great. It was better when they were fighting over me.” She looked over her inflated body. “I need to find a way to ground myself before they reach me. Or just hope that this wind keeps up. Oh god, I hope this wind keeps up.”

The clouds ahead of her suddenly parted, and Karen could see the skyline of downtown appear before her. “Oh no.” She drifted closer and closer to the tall skyscrapers, dread rising in her body. “This isn’t going to go well. I might pop if pressed against the wrong building. Ughh.”

She rapidly blinked her eyes as she pressed against the side of a building and slowly slid across the glass. “Ohhh, good. Ohhh Fuck.” Her cheeks flushed red as her sensitive breasts rubbed against the side of the building. “Ohh, yes.”

Karen flipped onto her back and floated onward.

“That wasn’t so bad. Ouufh.” A building pierced her plastic butt. “I am stuck.”

She tried to move but couldn’t. “Ohhh fuck.” She groaned. “It feels so good, but at the same time, it’s horrible.” She squirmed in place. “Those two are slowly getting closer and I. . . ohhh fuck’s sakes ohhhh.” Sweat began to drip down her body. “Get it together.”

“There she is. Look, Josh, she is trapped. We will have a good honeymoon after all.”

Karen shook her head. “Noo!” POP! “What was that?” She felt a sudden rush of air from her rear end. She looked down to see her ass leaking air. “Oh god. I am deflating and fast.” So down and down she went, her boobs and ass quickly shrinking in size.

“Hurry, Josh, before we can’t even sit on her.”

“Ileana, I think we should get to her before she falls to the ground.”

Karen reached out. “Help.” Her gigantic breasts began to lose their floatiness. “Before I fall.”

Josh took her arm as more and more air left her body and pulled Karen into the balloon. “There you go.”

“Thank you.” She took a deep breath as her body deflated to its standard shape. “Now, please set this balloon down. I don’t want to spend too much time up here after what you two wanted to do on top of me.”

Ileana crossed her arms. “Ahh, you are no fun.”

“We have to go back anyway, honey. We have that thing to do tonight.”

Ileana giggled. “Oh right.” She pulled off her black shirt and tossed it at Karen. “Here. You can use this to cover up until we get back to the airfield.”

Karen sighed. “Thanks.” She used the shirt to cover her body and looked over the landscape. “I hope Gregory isn’t too angry at me that I just inflated and flew away on him. Ugh.” She tapped her hands on the side of the basket. “I wish that coin had landed on heads easier today, and I didn’t drink that damn potion.” She hiccupped, and her breasts suddenly grew in size. “Oh no.”