Growth in a bottle Rough draft

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Growth in a bottle.

Carien stretched her arms and laid down onto her beach blanket, her blue bikini shinning in the sunlight. “What a buetiful day. So glad I decided to treat myself to a vacation.” She closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head. “Only thing that would make it better is if Sarah could be here. Alas she is spending the week house hunting. I will have to send her a post card along with something else nice. She must be freezing back home in Michigan.”

Carien crossed her legs. “I still can’t belive that I won that sweep stakes comption to come out here though. I am usualy never so lucky.” She laughed. “Though Sarah is going to kill me if she finds out that the comption was sponsored by Fredricks Fancy. I know she hates them and all but I don’t know. They aren’t all that bad.”

“Hey miss look out.”

Carien opend her eyes to see a giant blue beach ball. She threw up her arms but it was too late. “Oww.” The ball bounced off of her face and landed onto her cooler. Carien sat up as she rubbed her forhead. “Who threw that at me?”

A young lady with long red hair and a red swim suit to match ran up. “Oh I am sorry.”  She turned her head at a tan skinned man in blazing red shorts. “Patrick I told you to be carful.”

He sighed. “Sorry Karen.” He turned his head. “Carien? Is that you?”

Carien raised an eyebrow. “Umm yes?”

He walked over. “Don’t you remember me?  I was at Sarah’s birthday party?”

Carien crossed her arms. “Umm ya. That. . .” She shook her head at the memory that was Sarah’s failed surprise party. “I didn’t get much chance to know you there.”

“Ya.” He pulled at his arm. “Anyways it is nice to see another familiar face around here. Have you met Karen?”

“Not really.”

“Oh she is great.” He pulled Carien to her feet. “I just met her when I got here but she is great. You just have to get ot know here.”

Carien gulped. I just hardly met this guy once and he is acting like my long lost brother.

“Karen.” She turned around with the giant beach ball in her hand. “I would like you to meet my friend Carien.”

She dropped the toy and extended out her hand. “Hello. It is nice to meet you.”

Carien took her hand. “Hello.”

“Are you another contest winner?”

Carien slowly nodded her head. “Umm yes.” She crossed her arms. “Yes I am.”

Karen clasped her hands together. “Great. Then I hope to see you later today. All contest winners are invited to an outing on the company boat.”

Patrick pulled at Karen’s arm. “Hey why are you telling me this now?” He wrapped his arms around her. “Think I can join you out there?”

Karen laughed. “Sorry. Only people who won the contest can take the boat ride.” She gave him a kiss on the cheek. “But we can see each other after. Don’t worry.”

“Fine. Fine. Well let’s spend what time we have together shall we?”

“Sounds good.” She pulled him away down the beach and waved at Carien. “So you later tonight.”

“Umm ya. Later.” She sighed and sat back down. “I wish they had told me ahead of time about this boat ride but ok.” Carien closed her eyes and dozed off.

***

When she opend her eyes the sun was low in the sky. “Ugh how long did I nod off for?” She sat up and dusted sand off her body. “Dammnit who took my cooler?” She slammed her fist inot the sand. “Last time I decide to take a nap in the middle of the beach.”

“Everything alright Carien?”

She turned her head to see Karen walk towards her. “Umm ya.” Carien scratched at the back of her head. “Just missing a few things.”

“I can help you look for them if that is ok?” She held out her hand and pulled Carien to her feet. “I am sure they are around here somewhere.”

Carien shook her head. “No it’s alright. It was all stuff curdsy of the people who orginzed the event.” She shrugged her sholders. “At most I will just have to pay extra before I leave.”

Karen laughed. “I am sure we can work something out of course.  Well we should hurry after all. We don’t want to miss the boat ride.”

Carien nodded her head. “Of course.” She sighed as she followed Karen down the beach. “Once we do this can we head up to the hotel? I have been looking forward to step inside there. It is a five star resort after all.”

“Of course.” Karen laughed. “After our trip around the bay we can relax all you want.”

They walked down towards a wooden pier where a few boats were docked. The pier was slick with water and was slipperly unlike the sandy beach. Karen rushed on ahead towards a boat filled with people at the end of the dock. “Hey wait up.” Carien slowly made her way down the pier. “I don’t want to slip onto my rear end.”

Karen laughed as she jumped onto the boat. “Don’t worry so much and hurry up.” She turned around and jumped onto the second deck.”

Carien shook her head. “I am coming.” She neared the luxuary boat, lights gleaming in the waning sun. Carien pulled herself onboard and was greeted by a man she hadn’t met before in a suit.

“Welcome to the Galestorm. Head up to the second level for the party.”

“Thank you.” She walked past him and raised an eyebrow. “Wonder what his deal is.” She shugged her sholders and did as she was told. She made her way up a spiral crystal stair case to find a group of three other women sitting at glass table having sweets.

Karen waved at Carien. “Hey. Come on. There is free food.”

“Thanks.” She sat down on a velvet couch. “What about drinks?”

A tall and broad sholdered woman with amber hair and red binki crossed her arms. “Been here for an hour. They haven’t produced any kind of drinks for us.”

Karen laughed. “I mean they have to right.” She therw a chocolate with two lines of white frosting and a strawberry in the center into her mouth. “I didn’t catch your name.”

“Amy.”

“Well Amy now that we are all here maybe we can get something to drink.” Karen raised her voice. “Hello. Hey. Who is in charge here? We want some beverages and we want it now?”

The man in the suit who had greeted Carien walked up the crystal staircase. “Don’t worry. Your drinks are coming ladies. We have something special planned for the contest winners here.”

The blonde haired woman in a blue and black swimsuit stood up. “Hey don’t hold out.” She crossed her dark skinned arms. “You have been making some of us wait for over an hour now.”

He turned around. “Just wait a few more moments please. I will go and check on the status of your drinks.” He walked into the cabin.

Carien sighed.  “Anyone find it strange that they have been holding back on the drinks?”

Karen threw another small candy into her mouth. “No. I am sure they were just getting the brew ready. Must be something special.” She smiled and extended her hand out to the blonded haird woman. “Hi I am Karen.”

“Lora.”

“Well it is nice to meet you.”

Lora cracked a small smile. “Sure. I didn’t know anyone else was going to be here. From what my sweepstacks ticket said I would enjoy a weekend getaway. It said nothing about having to share the experience with others.”

Carien laughed. “Funny. I didn’t even know it was for the weekend. I thought it was just for tonight.”

Lora crossed her arms. “Well someone should explain something to us. Don’t you think?”

“I am sure we can get some questions answered when they finnaly bring us our beverages.” Carien crossed her legs. “Now that we are all here it shouldn’t be to much longer.”

Amy walked to the railing and looked out of the sparkling water. “I hope so. And I hope they bring us something more then just candy. I want something like pasta or a nice steak to eat.” She looked up at the sky. “Or maybe some chicken.”

Karen laughed. “You came all the way out here for chicken?”

Amy turned her head. “Hey don’t judge me. I love chicken. Espically grilled.”

Karen shugged her sholders. “Ok then.”

“Ok, drinks are served.” Carien and the others turned turned their heads at once to see the young man in the suit walking towards them; he held a tray in his hand and on the tray were four bottles with blue liquid. “Specitaly of the house.”

Karen took one of the bottles. “Thank you.”  She held it above her head and examined it. “Is it some fancy type of liquor?”

He shook his head. “Not exactly. My employer, Fredricks Fancy, is experimenting with a new type of wine and as part of your winnings we would love for you to try it.”

Karen smiled. “I love wine.” She drank the contents of the bottle.

Amy and Lora took the wine and slowly drank the contents as Carien took her bottle off the tray. “Thank you.”

The man nodded his head. “I will be back in a few moments and we can discuss dinner.”

Amy smiled. “Swell. I want to ask if you have steak. Or chicken. Please tell me you have chicken.”

He smilled and turned around. “We can discuss this when I get back. Just enjoy yourselfs until then.” He ducked back inside the cabian.”

Carien sighed. “I can’t help but get a weird felling from all this.”

Karen put her arm around her. “Losen up. We have some wine now. Drink up. This is a celebration after all.” She stretched her arms. “Let’s start treating it like one.”

Carien held the bottle in her hands. If Sarah was here she would tell me to throw this thing overboard. She doesn’t trust Fredricks Fancy at all. I don’t see the harm in this, it is nothing but a nice vaction that I have earned but at the same time this is very weird. She looked up at the others. And nothing has happened. Maybe Sarah’s experinces with them has just been a bit bad. Carien pulled off the cork and set it to the side. I just have to be carful not to drink to much. If this is a Fredricks Fancy product who knows what it could do to me. Carien took a tentative sip. This is good.

Karen slapped her hand onto Carien’s back. “There you go. Good isn’t it?” The sudden slap onto her back caused Carien to gulp down the entireity of the potion. Carien bent over and coughed. “Crap I am sorry Carien.” Karen held Carien’s arm. “Are you alright?”

Carien nodded her head. “Yes. Just don’t do that again.”

“Good.” She stood up. “I am going to see what is going on with our food. I am tired of waiting.” She turned around and walked towards the cabin door.

Carien shook her head. “Well that was just great.” She felt a jolt shoot through her body. “Please tell me I didn’t make a mistake.”

Lora turned her head towards Carien. “What are you talking about?”

Carien shugged her sholders. “Umm I just mean made the mistke of forotting to lock my hotel room.” She took a deep breath as her skin began to crawl. “Maybe I should go and make sure I locked it.”

Lora crossed her arms. “Are you nuts? We are in the middle of the bay. Do you really want to swim all the way back to shore?”

Carien walked to the edge of the ship and gulped. Crap I am trapped on this boat and I can feel my body about to change in size. This isn’t good. She clenched her fists as the tightening senseations coursing through her body intensified. I need to do something.

Karen slowly walked back towards the lounge. “The cabin is locked. I tried knocking but no one answered.” She turned her head. “Carien are you alright?”

Carien nodded. “Yes. I umm.” She rubbed her hands together as she suddenly grew two feet. “I am just a feeling a bit hot right now.”

The others moved to the other side of the ship, Amy pointed her finger directly at Carien. “You. . . you just grew.”

Carien gulped. “No I didn’t. You must be imginging things.” She grew another foot and the boat tilited due to her new weight. Carien tugged at her arm as the table began to slid towards her. “Umm we hit a wave?”

Lora slid one leg over the railing. “Maybe swimming back to the shore isn’t so crazy.”

Karen grabbed onto her arm. “Hey it isn’t that bad.”

Lora laughed hystaricily. “That bad? One of the four of us is growing out of control due to the strange wine we drank.” Lora slammend her hand onto Karen’s sholder. “Do you get what that means?” She shook her head as Carien grew another foot. “It means that any one of use could start growing like that next. I for one don’t want to be here if that happens to me.” Lora looked over the side of the boat. “It is already apparent that one giant woman is barely enough for this vessel, we don’t need more.”

As she threw her other leg over the railing Carien grew again and the extra weight was enough to tilt the boat to send Lora, Amy and Karen tumbling down to the other side of the ship. Carien shook her head, “This is just great.” She took a step backwards, her foot falling onto the railing beind her and due to her new size it snapped under her like a twig. “Uuff.”

Carien fell flat onto the deck, the boat rocking back and forth voileitly. Karen and the others flew in the air like ping pong balls. Thankfully the deck, though the same couldn’t be said for Carien’s swimsuit. As she pushed herself up off the sides of the boat, ripes and tears appeared on the sides of her binkini and moments later it ripped in two. She useede one arm to shield herself. “Crap.”

“What is going on out here?” The man who had brought them their drinks walked out from the cabin door, direickly under Carien’s chest. “What are you ladies doing?” He looked up. “What the hell?”

Amy slowly stood up and walked towards him. “You creep gave us posined drinks.”

“I did not.”

Amy shook her head. “Then explain her.” She pointed up and poked Carien in the stomach.

“Oww.”

He crossed his arms. “I dobut that my drinsk would have done that. If that is so why is she the only one who grew?”

Amy shrugged her sholders. “How would I know?” She wiped her forhead. “It is bad enough that is hot here and my skin is crawling.” She took a deep breath. “Look you just get us back to shore and apologize ok.” Her body grew a few feet and her head brushed against Carien’s chest. “Now.”

He shook his head. “This is nuts.” He stepped back into the cabin and closed the door.

“Hey you can’t just.” Amy grabbed onto the locked door and pulled. “Come back here.”