This choice: No, you threw the old ones out, they were too small • Go Back...Chapter #8Getting the cut-offs buttoned up... by: fat_hiker   “Hey, just because you’re fat doesn’t mean you can call other fat guys names.”
“OK, ok, it’s just I’ve never met anyone that size.”
"So, do you have any sweats, Pete?"
"No, I threw my old ones out when we were packing up, they were too small. I'll have to get these done up," you add, gesturing to the too-tight cut-offs.
"OK," replies Ted. "Anything I can do to help?"
You think for just a moment. Ted is pretty strong - and you liked having his hands on your belly when you took off the jeans. You say, “I’ll get these on if you’ll give me a hand.”
“Well, ok, how?”
“Come to my left side and grab the waistband there and at the back, and I'll pull on the other side.”
With Ted and you both straining, the cut-offs move up over your hips. You try to pull the waistband together to button it, but you can’t quite, so Ted, muscular shoulders bulging with effort, helps you there too. As soon as the waistband is done you pull up the zipper.
“Sorry about that,” you say to Ted, “but at least the cut-offs are done up.”
You look in the mirror and see that your gut now hangs over all the way round the top of the cut-offs. Together with the yellow t-shirt you look more than ever like an obese golden sun.
“Can you walk in those?” asks Ted.
“Sure,” you say, and start waddling with short footsteps towards the door. “Let’s go!”
You waddle slowly to the front door, and the cut-offs really start to cut into your sides. You’re determined not to show Ted any pain, though, so you call out to your dad as you get to the front door - “I’m going with Ted for a while.”
“OK,” your father shouts back. You can hear him still talking to Ted’s parents.
You go outside with Ted and the heat hits you like a wall. Ted looks at you and says, “You shouldn’t be walking in this heat, Pete. Sit down and I’ll drive round for you.” He takes off, jogging in the warm air, before you can ask him what he drives. Sweating, you sit on the steps of the front deck. When Ted comes back he’s driving a ...
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