I watched as Leah's bumps swelled to grapefruits under her shirt. She must have noticed because she looked down in surprise as it was happening. As soon as it stopped, she looked up and looked around. No one else had seemed to notice--at least not yet. She caught me looking right at her, however. I quickly averted my eyes, but I was fairly certain it was too late. She had seen me. I got up and went to the bathroom.
When I came out of the bathroom, Leah was looking right at me. She rose from her seat and intercepted me on my way back to mine.
"Walt, could we have a word?" Leah asked, grabbing my arm.
"Sure... I guess so," I said.
She guided me outside the pub by the arm, took me about twenty feet from the entrance, then turned to face me.
"Walt, did you notice something when you were looking at me a few minutes ago?" Leah asked, crossing her arms under her larger boobs.
"What?!? No! What do you mean?" I said, stumbling over me words in my haste to deny.
Leah cocked her head to the side and raised an eyebrow. She said nothing.
"Okay, okay. I noticed that your breasts got a little bigger. It must be that time of the month, right?" I said. Sometimes, I'm not all that smooth. This was one of those times.
"That time of the...!" Leah looked surprised. Then annoyed. She smacked me on the arm. "Men!" she said in exasperation.
"Walt, this is clearly not normal. Women's breasts don't grow by two inches within minutes even at that time of the month," she said in a huff.
"Okay, okay," I decided she deserved to hear the truth. I'm a terrible liar anyway. "I had a dream last night that your breasts grew. Then, at the pub, it happened! I don't know anything beyond that. I didn't do it. I just sort of had a premonition of it or something."
Leah clearly hadn't expected that. She opened her mouth. Then shut it again, thinking. Finally, she said, "So you had a premonition? Have you ever had any other premonitions before?"
"No. I don't think so anyway," I said.
Leah considered for another moment. Then, she bit her lower lip and leaned toward me conspiratorially. "Do you dream about me a lot? What else happened in the dream?"
"I... No! I mean... nothing else... happened," my face flushed with embarrassment. I was flustered enough around pretty girls. I hadn't really understood the full ramifications of telling her about my dream. Story of my life--not realizing ramifications, not the other thing.
Leah looked slightly disappointed. She seemed as if she wanted to say something else, but then thought better of it.
"Well, okay then, let's go back inside."
We went back in and sat down in our seats again, joining the rest of the team. I noticed, however, that she kept looking at me off and on the rest of the evening.
When I finally got home that night, I was tired from alcohol and exertion. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Then I had another dream.