9 - Stuck

Stuck. Valerie pounded on the glass in a vain effort to escape the pipe in which she had found herself wedged. "No! No! This can't happen, not to me!" She shouted, though she wasn't even sure the 'spectators' - her impromptu audience of her former co-workers - could even hear her.

Until today, Valerie had loved her job. Sure, the hours could be odd, as evidenced by the fact that she had been called in the dead of night to move some sort of industrial spy down to testing, but she loved the rest of it...or she did until today.

She relished the rare opportunity to briefly explore the swelling curves of this formerly-svelte woman. She knew she had gotten carried away, and she was cursing her foolish indulgence; as the work crew was hauling the huge creampuff of a girl, Valerie had lost her footing at the edge of the chocolate river and fallen in.

Before she had any time to react, she felt herself sucked down into a whirlpool and pulled upwards into some kind of pipeline. She was propelled upwards and dread and panic suddenly came over her as she realized what was to become of her. She had been employed here long enough to know of the warnings about the chocolate river, and was horrified as her fear was confirmed by the constricting feeling of her clothes becoming tight, and bursting off her.

She could see the others on the ground below as they shouted and waved to her as she rose up the tube, still a swelling spectacle. Her embarrassment and shame was suddenly compounded by the fact that her hips and thighs were pressing against the glass of the pipe, soon followed by her belly. She came to a sudden halt as she found herself wedged into the pipe.

Down on the ground, Valerie's friends could only watch, unable to help her as the pressure of the chocolate continued to increase, small rivulets and fine sprays of chocolate beginning to pour up from between massive rolls.

Where does the pipe go? What day is it? Valerie thought frantically. Another more seasoned worker on the ground shouted up to her, her voice calm and knowing: "Don't worry, Val. It's Monday. All that chocolate goes to the bakery today. Nothing too sinister happens there - then again..." She trailed off, smiling suddenly. "If it's any consolation - it takes most people a lifetime to gain that much weight, and you don't even look like you're done yet!"

Amy looked up at her friend who was still pounding on the glass, and kicking her legs ineffectually. "I'll come find you after our shift!" she shouted up, hoping Val could hear her. With a sudden "WHOOSH!", Valerie shot up the tube, and was gone in the blink of an eye.

"She'll be fine." The more experienced worker told her. "Probably will get a job down in research. She's lucky." Based on some of the things Amy had seen recently, she had to agree. And despite feeling sorry for her friend, her heart fluttered excitedly as she imagined finding Val later.