Rachel's nose wrinkled as Rick passed by her. The ever-present smell of cigarettes that he constantly brought into the office was probably one of the worst things about working here. She'd always had a sensitive sense of smell, and more than once she'd gotten nauseous when she needed to work in close proximity to the smoker. She'd tried talking to him about it before, but that hadn't done her a lot of good. Now, though... now she could do something about it. It wasn't like Rick had too much longer to live anyway, right?
Rachel waddled by the donuts without giving them a second thought. Considering how ravenous she was feeling right now, she didn't think that they'd really put much of a dent in her hunger at all. As far as she cared, Sandy could have them all. It might be worth it to let her chubby coworker get even chubbier; she might taste better that way if Rachel ended up getting peckish again...
The sickening stench of burning tar hit her nose as she passed through the breakroom door onto the balcony where Rick had lit up one of his cancer sticks. She had to fight not to retch. She just had to endure if for a few moments longer...
"Hey, Rick!" she said. That caused the man to twitch in surprise and drop his lit cigarette onto the balcony. A moment later, Rachel fell upon Rick like a starving wolf. The man had an odd taste about him, different than bad roomie's flavor. Not entirely unpleasant, though. In short order, Rachel was done and was stomping out the lit cigarette with the heel of her shoe. Her stuffed belly had forced open the coat she'd put on, revealing the "not work appropriate" clothes she had on underneath. That was fine, she decided, rubbing her greatly engorged gut. The satisfied full feeling she had was worth any reprimand she might get.
She then looked up, and realized that the door to the balcony was open. Sandy was holding a half-eaten donut, and her chubby cheeks had powdered sugar sprinkled all over them. Her eyes were widened in surprise, and her mouth was hanging open. Apparently, Sandy had seen Rachel's gluttonous display. Rachel stared back at her, not quite sure what she should say.
The awkward silence lasted for a minute or so. Finally, Sandy asked Rachel a question.
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