— Valerie —

“Just leave them alone.” Darren urged me as he ushered me away from the door. I reluctantly followed his hands guiding me back towards the courtyard. “They’re probably just, you know…”

Yeah, I thought. That’s exactly what I was interested in. We made it halfway back to our room before I heard the door swing open behind us. I stopped in my tracks and turned to see Kim pulling herself out of her room. She had to nearly get on her hands and knees just to navigate through anymore.

I felt Darren’s hand pinch and pull my arm to lead me away, trying to get me away from Kim before she saw me, but I planted my feet, enamored by the sight of her long dark hair dangling down over her face. When she finally got her head and shoulders through the door, she tilted her head up, the dark waves fell back down over her slim shoulders, finally revealing her face.

She looked troubled. A mix of sad and angry. Darren’s tugging got more urgent but I shrugged him off of me.

“Valerie-” He started, but I was already stepping to join her. By the time I made it back over there she was taking her last steps out of the room. She spotted me rushing to join her, and as she did tears started to fall down her cheeks. She collapsed onto her knees and opened her arms wide to welcome me in for a hug. Her long arms wrapped around me, and pulled me close to her. Even kneeling like this she was taller than me, her tight embrace pulling my head into her fat chest.

“What’s wrong Kim?” I asked, slightly muffled.

“I think I got too big for Aaron.”

“Is he hurt?” I asked, my thoughts traveling to the loud thump I had heard in their room and then to what had happened to Cedric at the volleyball game.

“No… he just doesn’t want to… you know…” She said, giving me another squeeze.

“Oh, hon.” I sighed as I brought my arms around her to give her a tight hug. I could feel my burning need for her rising up in my stomach as we lingered in that hug, and it only got worse as I felt her nipples stiffening against my chest, poking into my boobs. 

“Valerie, can we go to bed?” Darren interrupted from behind impatiently.

“Get a clue Darren!” I hissed, gesturing to the distraught Kim. Couldn’t he see that she needed me? But Darren was an Aries, you know, and had trouble taking no for an answer. He approached from behind and grabbed my arm again to try and extract me from Kim’s embrace.

Then Kim stood up, carrying me up to her dizzying height along with her. It was a sensation I hadn’t felt since my parents had picked me up when I was still a toddler.

“Yeah, get a clue Darren!” She called down so far to the ground. She lifted her leg and took a step over him. Darren dodged out of the way of her leg which was easily longer than he was tall. She was looking down at him over her shoulder as she carried me through the courtyard. I think it was at the moment where I knew that I was in love with her. I had been attracted to her since we first met at the dock, but Lover’s Lagoon only really had rules for straight relationships. Maybe in another world I would be matched with her, who knows. Not that it would matter, since Kim told me early on she was completely straight.

But that couldn’t be right, could it? Ever since she started growing she would give me these looks sometimes. Like in the tent when she confessed to being horny, or that night around the campfire, or just this morning when she held me close and was thanking me for being her friend.

She turned her head back forward to watch where she was going, but her eyes kept swiveling down to me. She blushed a bit, and then repositioned me so I was straddling her hip like she was my mom, her massive right tit smooshed against me as she still held me tightly. I returned her awkward glances. I could feel she wanted me like that, but I was too nervous to be forward about it.

“Darren is still following us.” I said, looking past her shoulder to where Darren was jogging to keep up with her long strides. She glanced back, and then down at me, and picked up her pace. It was amazing how quick she could move at this size. She easily outpaced him, carrying us into the jungle. Soon the only light was the full moon shining between the leaves, and the only sound was Kim’s footsteps on the jungle floor.

Eventually we reached the grotto, a small pool fed by a waterfall in a clearing not far from the Villa. There was a clear view of the huge, bright moon above, and it shimmered over the water of the pool like silver. Darren would probably find us here eventually, but for now it was like Kim had delivered us to a sacred land.

“There.” She said triumphantly. “That should give us some girl time.”

“Nice one!” I congratulated as she set me down at the water’s edge. I sat on the rocks and dipped my feet into the cool water, and Kim took up a spot next to me. She curled into a ball, hugging her knees to her chest, and dipped her toes in as well.

“So, what happened?” I ventured.

“I don’t really know. We were having fun like we normally do and he kind of just freaked out. He said he wished he never left Lauren.” The tears from earlier were gone, replaced with a thousand mile stare into the glimmering waters.

“Oh fuck.” I intoned, laying my hand on her knee. The massive trunk of her leg put it about shoulder height to me while I was sitting. “Why would he say something like that?”

She held her legs closer.

“Because I’m too big, I guess. But he always seemed to like it before.” She got lost in her thoughts for a little bit, and then laid her head sideways along her knees to look over at me. “He isn’t really measuring up anymore anyway.”

“Like, he’s too small for you?”

“No… I actually kinda love how small he is…” She whispered, her expression getting all dreamy before she winced and clutched her stomach, almost as if she had a hunger pang. The way her fingers played with the hair around her neck, I could tell that it was a different sort of appetite she was struggling with.

“Fuck, I’m so horny all the time Val, you wouldn’t believe it.” She sighed. It felt like Kim was opening a window for me, and I wanted nothing else but to jump through it. I let my hand fall down her knee, and rubbed over the top of her thigh. I could feel her skin turn to goose flesh as ran my fingers down her leg.

“And you’re still only attracted to men… right?” I asked in a hushed voice, as if I were afraid that speaking too loud might startle her out of her mood.

“I think…” She began, lowering her leg in response to my touch as I traveled further and further, closer to her crotch. “I don’t know, this might be weird.” She deflected. She didn’t stop my hand from traveling further up. If anything, she was making moves to open her body up to me. I turned towards her, rising to a crouch in front of her as my hand passed over her hip and over her soft abs, resting on the curve of her waist.

“What’s weird?” I said, bringing my face close to hers. She wanted me. I could see it written all over her huge body.

“I think I’m…ugh.” She moaned as I let my hand travel up the front of her breast and over her nipple. She grabbed my arm tightly, and I thought maybe she’d push me away, but instead she pulled me forward, helping me sink my hand into the soft flesh.

“You think you’re…?” I lead, bringing my other hand up to the neighboring boob. I was now standing between her outstretched legs, framed on either side by her knees. I undid the fold that kept her bed sheet she called a dress wrapped around her body, and let the fabric fall away from her. Her skin, glistening with sweat as she got more aroused, sparkled in the moonlight and made her look like an otherworldly being. I brought my hands back to her now bared nipples, and pinched them both gently. Kim threw her head back at the sensation, her throat filling with a satisfied moan. I pushed myself forward into her body, stooping down slightly to bring my lips to where her thin neck met her jaw. I alternated between biting her there, and planting soft kisses.

“You think you’re…?” I breathed into her neck, but at this point Kim’s eyes were rolling into the back of her head. At my feet, her hips were beginning to buck against the ground. She cupped my shoulders with her huge hands, her finger tips circled around my back, and she dug fingernails into me.

“Oh, fuck me Valerie.” she moaned, and collapsed onto her back in front of me. She easily swept me off my feet, and carried me down with her. Before I could make heads or tails of it, she was pushing me down below her, and tilting her hips up to show her womanhood to me. I certainly didn’t need to be told twice. I knelt down below her and brought my tongue to her sweetness.

Kim’s moans only got louder, and so I guess it was only a matter of time before Darren was able to locate us fucking like crazed witches in the moonlight.

“Valerie what the fuck!” He accused me and rushed forward to do I don’t know what, pull me off of her? Seeing him there I felt a jolt of fear up my spine. The magic of the spiraling lust that had just unfurled suddenly broken, like being woken from a dream. Oh my god, I was cheating on Darren.

“Darren!” I exclaimed, dropping Kim’s clit from my mouth. Darren wrapped his arms around me and was beginning to yank me away, but Kim’s hand on my back was too strong for him to pry off.

“No…” she protested, cracking her eye open and over at the interloper. Without another word, she sat up and grabbed the front of his shirt. She pushed him to the ground easily, and then rolled over onto her knees, knocking me over in the process. I quickly got to my feet just in time to see her on all fours, naked over top of my boyfriend, her right hand ripping the buttons off his shirt. 

“Do you like my huge titties, Darren?” She asked, arching her back forward to push them into his face. Darren laid prone underneath her, frozen in fear or awe, and nodded dumbly.

“Then suck them while Valerie eats me.” She ordered, aimed her nipple towards his mouth, and then lowered to engulf his face entirely in boob.

“Ugh…” She moaned, throwing her head back once again. Then she turned her face back to me, eyes half lidded and munching on her lips as she enjoyed the feeling of her nipple in my boyfriend’s mouth. I hurriedly rounded the curve of her hip to kneel back down between her legs, and resumed eating her. I wrapped my arms tightly around her legs to steady myself against her humping.

Then, without warning, Kim sat on me. I was in complete darkness, pressed between the ground and her underside. It didn’t occur to me at the time, but looking back I figure that if she really sat down on me she could have crushed my head like a grape. For now, my only thought was to keep pleasuring her. My only sensations were the feeling of her massive weight over top of me, the smell of her ever-giving sex, and eventually, her long fingers gently sliding down my torso. She placed her palm against my stomach, and used her fingers to hike up my skirt. I immediately clamped down on her fingers with my thighs, an instinct to squeeze and engulf her. She used her fingers to spread my thighs apart again, and pressed her finger tip against my crotch, deftly moving my panties to the side, and putting her middle finger inside of me.

“Oh fuck, I’m cumming!” I head her muffled call between her thighs. Her humps grew wilder, and her finger plunged deeper inside of me, the roughness of her fingertip rubbing my g-spot. She came first. Her muscles spasming all around me and her cum oozing out of her and into my waiting mouth was all I needed to get me there as well.

Slowly, the shaking of her body came to a rest, and she sat up from me, welcoming me back into the light of the moon looking brighter than ever after my time in darkness. There was Darren, still sandwiched to Kim’s tit by her grasping hand. Finally satisfied, Kim released him.

“That was amazing.” She hummed as he stumbled back and took deep breaths.

“What the hell!” He yelled, but Kim paid him no mind as she helped me stand up, dazed and drenched from between her legs. It was all over my face. I closed my eyes and brought my hand up to wipe it, but was blocked by Kim’s face getting closed to mine. I could feel the air over my face as she breathed in, taking a smell of herself on me. Then she licked me from chin to forehead. The first lick was a timid trial. The second lick was hungrier, and punctuate with a kiss from her big lips. By the time she was finished, I was clean.

“What the hell!” Darren repeated, stomping his feet.

“Oh Valerie, I think Darren feels left out.” She cooed, and used a hand to turn me to face him. Darren’s show of anger softened into a look of curiosity mixed with no small amount of fear. Her fingers brushed my back, urging me towards him. I gave him a once over to gauge if he wanted this, and my eyes landed on the clear to see bulge in his pants.

Kim moved towards him in sync with me, rounding his right side as I took his left. Darren was as obedient as I have ever seen him, frozen in place and observing of our approach. I wrapped my arms around his chest and pushed my boobs into him. On his other side, Kim sat back down on her feet and pushed her lips into the side of his neck. He turned his head towards her, planting a kiss on her upper lip. I grabbed his chin to turn him back to me, and pushed my tongue into his mouth.

Kim sat back up her knees, resting her tits on either one of his shoulders. She kept him held close to her body with one hand, with the other, she played with my hair, lacing her fingers and tugging on it gently.

“Let’s get his pants off.” She hummed, craning her neck down to give him a kiss on top of his head. I nodded excitedly, and lowered myself down in front of both of them. I brushed my lips against his toned chest as I undid his fly and released his length from the confines of his pants.

“Oh he’s quite big isn’t he?” The amazonian Kim called from over his head. I smiled up at her, his penis almost as long as my face, and then stuck out my tongue and licked him from base to tip.

“Urgh.” He grunted at the feeling.

“It’s ok Darren, you don’t need to hold back. We’ve already had our fun.” She giggled as I wrapped my lips around his tip. Almost as soon as I did I could feel his shot hit the back of my throat. I slid my lips down his length anyway, a move that agonized him, and then dragged my tongue back up his shaft as I removed my mouth, flicking his tip with my tip of my tongue as I released him to show him my empty mouth. 

“You two are so hot.” Kim whispered, still holding Darren tight to her body and me tight to Darren. “We should keep doing this.”

I looked to Darren, face still nestled in Kim’s chest. His eyes were droopy with sleep after his orgasm. I gave him a cocked eyebrow as if to ask: ‘well?’ he just nodded tiredly as dozed off against her.

“Cute.” She hummed, reaching a finger up to stroke my - our? - boyfriend’s face.

“You never finished your thought.” I said after some time of idly petting the man sandwiched between us.

“What thought?”

“About whether or not you were only attracted to men.”

Kim smiled and brought a finger to her mouth to nibble. “Yeah… I dunno I think it might sound weird.”

I gave her an unamused look and gestured to the situation the three of us were in. “I think I can handle weird.”

But Kim actually looked nervous. She looked to the side to avoid making eye contact with me. “So like, no I’m not attracted to just men anymore, but it’s like… not about gender I guess.”

“You’re stalling…” I teased. Kim laughed uneasily.

“It’s like… I think it’s hot how small you are? And being bigger than you?” She explained.

“You’re right. That is weird.”

“Hey! I trusted you!” She said with a laugh, giving me a shove with her hand.

“So what about us?” I said, rubbing my shoulder with my hand.

“I don’t know.” She said. “I guess I don’t want to be with Aaron anymore, but it’s not exactly like Lover’s Lagoon is set up for this sort of arrangement.” She said, gesturing to me, her, and the now snoring Darren. She gave his body a little squeeze to silence him. “I really don’t want to leave the Villa.”

“What will we do then?” I asked.

Kim tilted her head and put her tongue in her cheek. “I dunno, I’ll think of something.”

— Aaron —

I was half worried, half relieved that Kim didn’t return to the room last night. When I woke up to an empty bed, free of the suffocating size of her, I knew I had made the right decision. Maybe it was wrong of me to have said what I said last night, but what else could I do? She wasn’t listening. Now that there was some distance from it, maybe she would listen. And if she wouldn’t, well, there was a new girl being introduced to the Villa today.

I got dressed with a sense of optimism. When the medical team knocked on my door to measure Kim, I swung it open with a smile.

“Sorry folks, Kim isn’t here right now.” I said triumphantly, and brushed right past them to head to the kitchen.

“Morning Thomas! Morning Monica!” I waved with excess cheer.

“Someone got laid last night.” Thomas quipped. I brushed it off.

“How’s Kim?” Monica asked.

“I don’t know. I think we broke up last night. I haven’t seen her all morning.” Thomas spit out his coffee. He gave me a wide eye look as if I had just said that I had misplaced a land mine somewhere.

“You’re joking.” Monica exclaimed, her mouth wide. Neither of them seemed as happy as I was about this news, that was for sure. Oh well. I guess I wasn’t the only one who would have to take the brunt of Kim’s oversized attention anymore. Let’s see how they like it when it’s spread around a bit, hm?

Charlie came into the kitchen a bit later, his headset clutched to his ear, his shirt half tucked and his pen falling out of his clipboard.

“Have you seen Kim?” He asked, his face looked like he was nauseous.

“Nope!” I smiled, and he just about vomited. He turned and walked out the door.

“What happened?” Thomas asked.

“She wasn’t respecting me and -” I started, but was interrupted by the sound of many people running past the kitchen door. We all turned to look to see a lot of camera crews racing to the front of the Villa.

“Hey, we’re back!” I heard her voice call through the villa. We?

I picked up my coffee and headed out to the courtyard behind the camera crews, trying to affect nonchalance in an effort to maintain the confidence I started this day with. None of it remained as I saw her walking through the front gates, ducking her head slightly so she didn’t hit her head off of it. On each of her hips, cradled in her arms, was Valerie and Darren. Valerie was looking up at Kim’s face with a look of pure admiration, while Darren looked to be pretending not to exist. 

“Go make us some breakfast. And remember that I eat a lot.” She ordered Darren as she set him on the ground. He took off as soon as his feet touched the floor, walking briskly and pushing past cast member and camera operator alike. A crew dutifully broke off to follow him while the rest aimed their cameras upwards, to where Kim was giving a passionate kiss to Valerie.

She cracked one eye open to scan the people beneath her. Her eye landed on me, and her mouth twisted into a wry grin despite currently being occupied with kissing Valerie. Eventually Valerie was also set down on the ground and sent off with a tap on the back of her butt.

“Alright.” She said as she straightened back up to her full height and putting her hands on her hips. “I’m bigger than yesterday, hungry as hell, and have lots of business to take care of. Someone find Charlie and tell the medical team to meet me in the kitchen.” She ordered, and then took steps into the crowd, swinging her long legs into them, forcing them to get out of her way or be kicked.

That was my cue to get the fuck out of there. I turned to head back into the villa, still trying to seem nonchalant about things and hoping that Kim would agree with me that the best policy was to just ignore each other and move on. I had almost made it back inside the villa when her leg swung over me.

Face to face with the back of her thigh, I stopped in my tracks to avoid colliding with it. But before I could react, she sat down on me. I instinctively reached up my hands to push her away, but I was no match for her weight. I felt the warmth and wetness of her crotch on the back of my neck as I was forced to the ground.

“Hey!” I finally managed to shout as her knee hit the ground next to me. A couple inches closer and my arm might have shattered like Cedric’s leg.

“Oh?” She said with a bored tone, still playing dumb. “Who’s that down there?” She said in a mocking tone and continued to sit, putting her other knee on the ground, framing me between her legs. She hunched her back forward, pulled her hair out of her face and behind her ear, and squinted down at me as though she was trying to see an ant crawling on the floor.

“Stop it Kim.” I said, trying to keep the fear out of my voice.

“Oh, it’s Aaron.” she said. By now the camera crews were ringing us. I knew they would be no help to me. “What are you doing down there?”

“You sat on me!” I cried, and pushed impotently against her legs in an effort to slide myself out from under her.

“Oops.” She said in a flat tone, and sat down fully to stop me from escaping. It felt like an anvil had landed on my pelvis.

“Urgh.” I groaned. “Stop it Kim you’re hurting me.” I said.

“Yeah, sorry.” She said, but did nothing to relieve the pressure on me. “Wouldn’t want to hurt anyone, right?” She said with an accusatory tone and a cold look.

“Kim, please…” I begged, but was cut off by Kim raising her hand.

“I spent the night with Valerie. And Darren. I’m going to explore some things with them.” Her weight on top of me was becoming absolutely unbearable.

“Kim…” I wheezed.

“No. You made yourself clear. I don’t want you back.” She said, carrying on as if we were having an actual conversation. She placed her hand on my chest, and stretched her long fingers up to rub the underside of my jaw. She applied a bit of pressure against my neck with her finger tips, cutting off some blood flow to my head. Just as I was about to pass out she released me all at once. Retracting her finger and sitting up to make a wide enough gap for me to scramble out from underneath her.

“Out of the way.” She ordered as she crawled on all fours in my direction. I jumped out of the way to make way for her, my every instinct telling me to not piss off the giant woman. I followed her with my eyes as she squeezed herself through the door to the kitchen. Some of the cameras broke off to catch her big butt wiggling under her sheer bed sheet dress.

Once I got my bearings, I noticed that the cameras that stayed with me to capture my reaction were training their cameras down at my swim trunks. I thought they were capturing my erection until I noticed the massive wet spot in the shape of Kim’s vulva staining my shirt and shorts.

“I… I need to talk to Pete.” I whimpered to the production team gathered around me.

— Charlie —

I rushed back to the kitchen as fast as I could when I heard over the radio that Kim had returned. I found her sitting on the floor, huge as ever. She had pulled away the chairs that had no hope of supporting her weight away from the table, and sat with it between her legs. The medical team was in the middle of the room, at the end of her long, outstretched leg, taking measurements of her foot.

Valerie was sitting on her lap, and both women were sharing a huge plate of eggs. Valerie took a few bites with a fork before Kim took the plate in her hands and upturned it into her mouth.

Darren pushed past me carrying a platter piled high with toast. 

“More, Darren.” Kim complained. “I’m huge. Just think about what you would have breakfast and quadruple it.”

I smiled. Everyone and everything in this room, the cameras, the medical team, Valerie and Darren… everything revolved around her. She was practically sparkling with energy.

“Twelve feet, one inch.” The team at her foot announced from her foot, having used the measurements there to estimate her height. Her toes curled at the announcement. Even resting on the floor her foot was  almost as long as some people’s shins.

Kim clenched her eyes shut, sighed, and bit her lip.

“Mmm… so fucking big.” She hummed. “It’s happening so fast now.” Her eyes listed open and finally landed on me through the storm of people orbiting.

“Oh, there you are Charlie.” She said. “I’m over twelve feet tall today.” She repeated, I think just to hear herself say it.

“Wow.” I didn't know what else to say.

“Yeah, so, Aaron and I broke up.” she said, and took another huge bite. Not good. There weren't any viable options to match with her besides Aaron.

“Is that… wise? You know there is a new girl joining today, and the men are going to choose at the next coupling ceremony.”

“He wasn’t making me happy anymore.” She said. “And I shouldn’t have to compromise when I’m trying to find love.” She put a hand on Valerie’s back, and the blonde gave me a sly grin before craning her neck up to kiss Kim’s cheek. The peck sent a shiver down the giant woman’s spine. 

“The rules of the show only allow for heterosexual couples.” I reminded.

“Darren’s with me.” She said.

I looked over my shoulder back at Darren working hard to keep up with Kim’s appetite. He had a blank expression on his face. There was no way he was going to choose Kim over Valerie.

“And what about Valerie?” I said, confused as to how the woman on Kim’s lap could be so nonchalant about her admission that she wanted to match with her man.

“She’s with me too.” Kim said. “Charlie, I’m more than twice the size of most of you people. If I’m going to find love here, I’m going to need to match with two people.”

“There’s no rules about that.”

“Then we need to change the rules.”

“Pete won’t go for it, you’re already on thin ice…” I started, but I was cut off by Kim using her foot to push the table between her legs away from her and across the room.

“Then you need to convince Pete, Charlie.” She ordered, clearly getting frustrated. “Look Charlie, I don’t know how you’re going to make it happen, but just do it. I can’t really focus on this conversation anymore.” My eyes traveled down to the floor, to where Kim’s fingers were tantalizing close to her crotch.

“Valerie, Darren, let’s go take a nap.” She said, and helped usher Valerie off of her lap

“Kim, I don’t think…” I started to explain to her how impossible what she was asking for was. She didn’t pay me any mind. She just got back up on her knees and rose high above me. A couple of days ago she couldn’t stand up straight inside lest she hit her head on the ceiling. Now she almost couldn’t kneel. She put one hand on her hips and scowled at me between the swell of her chest. The other hand rubbed herself through her dress, her need too desperate for her to care if anyone saw.

“Get a clue Charlie.” She moaned. “Valerie and Darren have to fuck me before I explode. Just go do your job.” Her last words to me before she collapsed onto her hands and knees and crawled out the door.

This was fine, I thought. What she wanted from Pete was impossible, but she didn’t want to listen. Rather than waste my time and pissing Pete off I’d go wait for her to get her rocks off and then I’d explain to her what the deal was. And so I waited. Kim usually took an hour after her measurements to ‘calm herself down’, so to speak.

I loitered around the Villa, trying to appear busy. Aaron was nowhere to be found. Candice, Monica, Jacob and Thomas were all hanging around the pool, their producers trying to get them to talk about anything besides the fact that Kim was now over twelve feet tall and fucking Darren and Valerie.

An hour came and went, and then another.

“Hey Charlie, where’s Kim? Where’s Valerie? The new girl is set to be introduced in five minutes and we’re missing damn near half of the cast.” Thomas’s production assistant asked me.

“I think she’s in her room.” I said.

“Well, go get her.”

“I think she’s busy.”

“Come on man, you’re going to get fired if you don’t get her under control.” He shook his head and stormed off.

Yeah, under control. Just go get the giant woman under control. She needs you Charlie. She needs to listen to you. She’s a narcissistic wannabe star that needs you to sort out the details about production. She doesn’t have a head for it, the politics and the rules in things.

I walked over to her door and knocked.

“Come in!” She called.

I opened the door.

“Wait!” Valerie cried. Kim’s giggle filled the room as Valerie and Darren dashed away from the bed and into the corners to hide their nakedness. Kim was sitting on the bed with her legs outstretched, much less concerned with her nakedness. The sheets underneath her were completely drenched, and yet she still idly rubbed herself with her fingers.

“Aw, so shy.” She yawned. I put my hand up to block my view below her neck. She just smiled and rolled her eyes.

“Oh stop it.” She ordered. “As if you haven’t seen me naked a thousand times on all the little cameras you guys have everywhere. So how did it go with Pete?” She asked as she started to go about the business of securing her toga back around her body.

“I haven’t talked to Pete yet. You see…”

Her bemused expression vanished in an instant.

“But I told you to.” She said.

“I know, but you weren’t listening to me.” I started to protest. “Pete isn’t going to go for it. We need to think of a different story for you.”

“Then you have to make him.” She ordered, as if it was so easy.

“You don’t understand - “

“No, you don’t understand.” She boomed, causing everyone else in the room to jump. “What Valerie and Darren and I have is real. I’m going to stay on the show!” She rolled forward to put her face in my face. I backed away, but she pursued, looming over me as she issued her demands. I tripped and stumbled backwards, landing on my back. She took advantage of this by placing her hand over my chest.

“You better make this work, or…” She added, that blank look coming over her again. She didn’t finish the thought, and I suppose she didn’t have to. She pressed down with the palm of her hand on my chest, and knocked all the wind out of my lungs.

“Didn’t I tell you I was done being your plaything?” She said, tilting her head at me as she watched me struggle under her hand. “In fact, you’re sort of my plaything, small as you are.” She murmured. “And what do you think happens to toys when they no longer serve their purpose?” She answered her rhetorical question by applying more force against my chest. I wheezed and nodded desperately show her that I understood. She mercifully released me, bringing her hand back to her chest and flexing her fingers as if to feel the power there. If she had pushed any harder, I think I would have broken a rib.

“Go gettem.” She ordered, and I damn near ran out the door.