Midnight Bakery - Part 2

Back at home, Crystal was ready to hit the hay. Her first full time working shift in a while, plus hauling around some extra weight, made for one tired girl. She dreaded thinking about what her boss Rebecca was going to say when she went in that day to find the mess and unfinished job that Crystal had left. She had already started to plan a line of excuses to try and at least hold on to the job for another day. She tried not to worry about it as she lied down, it was a problem for later, for now she just needed some sleep, that was until her phone buzzed. She knew she shouldn't check it, but the anticipation was going to keep her up, so she looked. It was a text from Rebecca. Oh God she was really wide awake now.

Crystal read the message, the bright light of her phone shown on her face in the dark room, protected from the outside world by her blackout curtains. "Crystal, great job. Things are running so smooth here from all the hard work you put in. Thanks!" Crystal was confused. Did she not notice that half of the baked goods didn't make it onto trays? Did she not see that half the trays were full of holes from everything she had eaten? Maybe they didn't have anyone helping before, so any extra help, even the mess that Crystal made, was better than nothing. Well that was a weight off her shoulder, sadly that only reminded her of the weight wrapped around her lower half now.

Crystal was starting to get loopy, so pushed all thoughts out of her head and went to bed. She woke up several hours later in the mid to late afternoon. Everything last night had sort of felt like a dream, even getting the job felt like it had been a dream, but then Crystal felt her soft hip and realized it had all really happened.

Despite her now plusher physique, Crystal knew she needed some dinner before she went back to work tonight. Her kitchen and pantry were fairly well stocked, but she wasn't really in the mood for cooking. She poked around at what she had, half a bag of chips, a few yogurts, some sports drinks, a little of this, a little of that, nothing hearty like some leftovers or a freezer meal.

She started munching on tortilla chips, dipping them in salsa, as she continued to look for something of more substance. Quickly though she felt her attention turning more towards her chips, her eating pace quickened with each one she ate. Not long after the bag was only crumbs and Crystal looked for something to replace it quickly. Crackers and cheese was her solution. The sleeve of crackers dwindled fast, as she was down to half a sleeve in the blink of an eye. Good thing she had two sleeves.

Crystal felt like she did earlier at work, almost like she was in an eating trance she couldn't do anything to break. Her stomach had taken over the rest of her body, and all it wanted to do was eat. With the crackers and cheese gone, Crystal reached for the next thing. She started clearing out her pantry with lighting speed. Anything that was edible was fair game. She was washing everything down with whatever was in her fridge, juice, soda, sports drink. Everything she ate went right into her stomach, which started to press back into her leggings and it stretched out.

Just like earlier, after an hour of binging Crystal was finally stuffed and came out of her trance regaining full control. She kicked herself for going hog wild again, she couldn't even reign herself in at home, what had come over her? Whatever it was she was determined to kick it, she knew herself better than anyone, she was so disciplined. Right now though she had to get ready for work. Despite all this weirdness she was still wanting to hold onto this job. Things would be a lot harder if she wasn't getting a paycheck.

So Crystal cleaned herself up and headed off to work under the cover of darkness. She had put on a similar outfit to last night, but after gaining over 50lbs in a day, there was reasonably nothing in her wardrobe that fit, especially when all that weight was concentrated in one place. She had grabbed her largest pair of leggings, knowing they were her best bet. They were an immense struggle to get on, but she just let the stretchy material do their work.

Thankfully no one would be at the bakery to see her and her bulbous behind or any exposed flesh, she just had to get in, do her job, and then leave, easy. But it was not easy. Just like at the end of her last shift, she found carrying around her now large bulky legs to be quite a chore. They were heavy, they rubbed tremendously, all in all it was not a good time for Crystal. Also being around all these sweets made her belly rumble like nothing else. She promised herself she would not eat even one thing in this bakery, no way no how.

She did her job well, stocking the case just like before, everything looking presentable and picturesque. The full moon lit up the stock room as the midpoint of her shift approached. Crystal felt much more tired at this point, unlike last night when she had full energy to push through to the end of her shift. Crystal was so focused on her low energy levels, that she didn’t even notice her eyes begin to close as she limped down towards the floor.