Big Me




Ricky yawned and stretched his arm over his girlfriend Maria, accepting it;
she draped it over her shoulder and looked at him, beaming back at him with
her dazzling white smile. Despite the dimly lit cinema, Ricky could still make
out Maria's beauty and his heart pounded heavily in his chest. He turned his
attention back to the film which wasn't at all captivating him but at least
put him in Maria's good books. Part of the reason was because he'd already
scouted out the movie already, Van Helsing had been in the cinema's for at
least a week now and Ricky had saw it pretty much on the day of it's release,
he knew when the scary parts would come up, so he could sneak in a quick
cuddle with Maria when she got scared.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the screen within the film which made
Ricky jump out of his seat and yelp in fear. He could hear the teenage girls
and Maria giggle silently as he calmed himself down. He looked at Maria who
seemed to be enjoying the film as she adjusted her glasses slightly on her
cute button nose. She flicked her plaited ponytail over her shoulder and
glanced at Ricky quickly who was clutching at his heart, taking deep breaths
out and his just recent shock. Maria comforted him and stroked his arm,
smiling at him. She leaned over to speak to him.

'Ricky, this day has been wonderful, the beach, the dinner, the film I was
just wondering one thing ... ' She began.

Ricky's interest suddenly picked up. Could tonight be THE night? The night he
had been waiting for in the six months of their relationship, yeah sure she
seemed a little slow warming up ... ok slow was an understatement, they
finally kissed properly for the first time last week but maybe this was the
part of the relationship where it began to speed up. He brushed the popcorn
fragments off his Hawaiian shirt and leaned closer to hear, hoping that in a
half hour, they'd be in his room with Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' in the
background ...

'Could you pass me a Goober?' Maria finished. Rolling his eyes and letting out
a silent sigh, he handed her the box and slumped down in his chair. It seemed
that he wouldn't be playing Marvin once again and might have to settle for
another night of Weezer and computer games. She shot another glance his way
and he flashed a quick smile before she turned back to the film. God, he loved
her, but what was it going to take to get her in the sack, she was just so
damn ... nervous in a relationship. There had to be a way ... there was always
a way, right?

'So how'd the date go last night you wascally wabbit?' Carl asked Ricky who
was propping up the bar.

'You know, Pinkerton's not as bad an album as Rivers Cuomo suggests it is ...
'

'Weezer again?!? My god, how patient can you be?' Carl laughed ordering two
Cervezas in the process. Two bottles where placed in front of the guys, rings
of condensation being left on the bar top as they swigged from them.

'That's just it, I mean I'm no relationship expert, in fact if a playing card
was ever made of me, that'd be my Achilles heel but surely I'm supposed to be
a bit further than I already am? I mean we just properly kissed for the first
time last week, you think it's me?'

'If it's you, you wouldn't have been together for six months, but you guys
kissed, how come you never told me?'

'It's not that big a deal dude.'

'It is when it's Maria, look you have to see it from a woman's perspective, I
mean us guys, we're sex, sex, sex all the time ... ' Carl demonstrated by
getting up off his stool and thrusting in the direction of a group of lovely
ladies. A cute red head approached him and smiled at Carl. Carl stroked his
goatee and smiled back. The red head grabbed his bottle and threw it in his
face before walking away. He wiped the beer away from his eyes and ordered
another one while sitting back down.

'But as you can see we can't be direct about it, we have to be subtle in order
to get the sex, now a woman, they want the sex, but they want more from it
too, when they're thinking of the sex they're thinking about the little picket
fence around the garden, the little chica and the little chico playing ball
games ... you know, the whole shebang.'

'Could you please stop referring to it as THE sex and please, Maria's not like
that, she's just slow warming up is all.'

'True, and if you were just about the sex you wouldn't still be going out with
this girl, you've fallen and you've fallen deep fella, there's a team of
rescuers shining torches down the well but they just can't hear or see you.'

Ricky stared blankly at the neon signs littering the wall of the bar and took
a big gulp of his beer.

'Jesus dude, you might be right, this is the longest relationship I've ever
been in.' Ricky stated.

'It's the only relationship you've been in ... 'Carl shot back matter-of-
factly. 'Then again is she Catholic ... ?'

'What's that got to do with anything?'

'Could be quite a lot dude' Carl laughed into his beer.

Carl suddenly felt a sharp shove at his back and turned round to see the
middle aged Rosie smile at him. Rosie was wearing a big apron as she'd just
stepped out of her kitchen to see how her bar was doing and recognised her two
regular customers sitting at the bar. It wasn't hard to spot them; Ricky's
shirt was instantly recognisable.

'Hey Rosie' Carl and Ricky both greeted her.

'Are you still giving him romance tips?' Rosie asked Carl. Ricky laughed.

'Are you still wearing that same shirt?' Rosie then asked Ricky. Carl laughed.

'He's having problems with Maria, Rosie.' Carl stated. Ricky punched Carl on
the arm in embarrassment.

'You're still seeing Maria? That's great!'

'We've established that it's pretty serious, but he wants to take it that step
further ... ' Carl continued.

'Well you know Maria; she was a shy kid, even when she was waiting tables for
me ... ' Rosie pointed out.

'It's been six months Rosie.'

'Dios Mio! Then you've obviously got to wonder then ... '

'See?' Carl said nudging Ricky, 'All women want the sex ... '

'I heard you already got a shower today, you want me to give you another?' She
stated, pointing the soda tap at him.

'I keep telling you, it's just taking her a while to warm up.' Ricky
exclaimed.

'Maybe, but maybe I can help you, go and see my sister Ruby, she's a little
eccentric, but she makes some good home remedies, especially for romance, just
don't get your fortune told ... ' Rosie sighed and handed him a card. Ricky
looked at it and saw Ruby's name with her address and profession of
clairvoyant on it. 'Anyhow, I gotta get back to cooking, so you guys behave
yourself and give it a go Ricky, it might help.' Rosie smiled and went back to
the kitchen.

'Pffft, home made remedies, all the girls want is a little piece of the Carl.'

'Isn't there a warehouse with a huge back order of Carl just going to waste
... ?' Ricky stated.

Carl thought.

'So what time do you wanna go see her tomorrow?'

It was mid morning when Ricky and Carl arrived at the large apartments that
Rosie had given directions to. Ricky still had a degree of uncertainty to him
regarding seeing Ruby but he wanted to go that extra mile with Maria and the
way things were going for him currently, he may be in for a long wait.
Hopefully he would be in and out of the place before Ricky had to meet Maria
at the beach at one o' clock.

'C'mon, a coupla beers before we go in, what's the harm?'

'Carl, it's eleven in the morning, go and have a proper breakfast or
something, I'll meet you in about half an hour, k?'

'Ok fine, just remember not to get your fortune told or anything.'

'Yeah, yeah I know ... '

Carl walked off towards the morning smells his nose was taking him while Ricky
took a deep breath and entered the block of apartments, not knowing what to
expect.

When Ricky arrived at Ruby's door (after several attempts, most of the
apartment numbers were missing), he could smell a heavy aroma of incense which
was slightly overpowering. The tiny little skull sticker above the peephole
gave indication that he might be in the right place. He knocked on the door
and it swung open suddenly. The interior seemed to be dimly lit, with all the
curtains closed and the smell had become much stronger. Ricky's eyes darted
around inside briefly before he was greeted by the short, mid 50's woman with
her hair held back in a scarf and various beads and ornaments dripping off her
neck.

'Ruby?' Ricky asked cautiously.

'Come in, I've been expecting you' she smiled.

'So you know who I am?' Ricky asked surprised.

'Of course, the meters on the second door to your left'

Ricky blinked twice, maybe Ruby wasn't so hot at this supernatural stuff.
'Uhhh no, my name's Ricky, I'm a frequent customer of your sister's bar, she
recommended me to you.' Ricky continued, scratching behind his neck.

'Of course, I should have realised when you came in wearing that shirt. But
never mind, come, sit, sit' Ruby ushered Ricky to a circular table in the
middle of the room. 'How is Rosie anyhow?'

'You don't know, but I thought she visited you every week.'

'Oh sure, she brings a box of donuts and has a cup of coffee and that
qualifies as a visit does it, well excuse me, not once has she ever asked for
her fortune to be told.'

Ricky uncomfortably rose from his chair. 'Look, maybe this isn't such a good
idea,' he began. 'I mean I didn't even bring you anything, I tried looking for
some chicken blood but the supermarket said they were fresh out.'

'I see you have a sense of humour to match that shirt' she shot back.

'Seriously, what's wrong with this shirt, it's comfortable and I think it's
rather fetching.'

There was a long pause before Ruby spoke.

'So how can I help you young man?'

Ricky sighed and sat back down. 'Rosie said to come to you about your home
made remedies, see, I'm having trouble with my girlfriend Maria, we've been
together for a good six months now and well, we haven't gotten very far in our
relationship, I mean I know she's shy but still ... six months ... '

'Madre, that is a long time!'

'So I keep hearing ... '

'And what do you want me to do about it?'

'Well I'm not sure, that's why I'm seeing you, I mean I'm really keen on her
but I don't know if she feels the same way or maybe this'll be as far as it
goes ... '

'Ok, Ok, I'll see what I've got' Ruby smiled as she rose from her chair and
walked over to a nearby group of shelves holding various bottles on the wall.
As she inspected them, Ricky picked up the little figurine on the table. As
she continued to look, Ricky played around with the figurine.

'Oh by the way, don't play with the doll on the table, that's my landlord and
he hasn't done anything bad to warrant me using it just yet.' Ruby continued.
As she said the words, the figurines leg broke and a faint high pitched yell
could be heard. Ricky quickly dropped the doll and whistled innocently. Ruby
eventually found the bottle she was looking for and placed it in front of
Ricky.

'This, is a love potion, it basically works as massage oil. If the feelings
you feel for each other are true than true love will prevail and your romance
will flourish, I just ask you to take precaution as ... '

Ricky suddenly perked up and grabbed the bottle. 'Excellent, how much do I owe
you for it?'

'It's on the house, anything to aid young love, but I warn you if the emotions
you two feel while the oil is being massaged differs from true romance, the
effects could differ ... '

Ricky rose up from his chair with bottle in hand and pecked Ruby on the cheek.
'Muchas Gracias' he thanked as he reached for the door.

'But just remember ... '

'The precautions, but of course, they haven't left my head, just take care of
yourself and I promise to invite you to the wedding in the future' Ricky waved
goodbye and closed the door behind him.

Ruby tutted and sat back in her chair. 'I don't need to read that boy's
fortune to know something bad's going to happen to him'. She then froze bug
eyed as she looked at the broken figurine.

'Dios Mio, Mr. Cartwright!' She exclaimed as she rushed out of her apartment.

Ricky arrived at the beach a little after one o' clock after freshening
himself up and putting on some fresh clothes consisting of a pair of shorts,
sandals and of course another Hawaiian shirt, he scouted out for Maria, who he
saw waving at him dressed in cut-off jeans, tennis shoes and tight t-shirt.
Ricky walked up to her and hugged her. 'Wow, Maria, you look ... fantastic.'
Ricky stated as he brushed her ponytail behind her shoulder. Maria was
positively glowing and beamed back at him as she gave him a peck on the cheek,
her wonderful smell filling his nostrils.

'Thanks Ricky, the sun's really something today huh?' she pointed out. Ricky
agreed, it had been hotter than usual when he was making his way to the beach
and knew he could really work on his tan today hopefully and hopefully Maria
would work on hers ...

Ricky snapped himself out of his trance and sat down on one of the towels that
Maria had laid out for the two of them. Maria did the same and pulled off her
t-shirt revealing her blue bikini that accentuated her moderately shaped
bosom, it wasn't anything to shout about but Ricky didn't care, he thought she
was perfect. She reached towards her beach bag for her suntan lotion to take
advantage of the beautiful weather but Ricky cut her off.

'Babes, let me sort it out ok? C'mon, turn around and I'll do your back
first.' Ricky smiled and Maria complied slipping off her tennis shoes to
reveal her shapely bare feet. She turned over on the towel and Ricky produced
the bottle that Ruby had given to him. Applying a generous amount to his
hands, his heart knocked against his chest as he felt very amorous looking at
Maria's curvy figure. He ran his hands down her back as she shivered slightly
in excitement, his hands could feel the heat being generated from her body.
The oil gave off a slight coconut smell which Maria picked up on.

'Ricky, are you using my lotion?' Maria asked. Ricky froze slightly.

'Uhh, no babes, it's mine, it's the new stuff they've released, supposed to be
something like a 120% more effective against UV rays or something like that,
coupled with a nice coconut fragrance, is that ok?' Ricky replied. He could
see Maria nodding so he continued making a linear movement down her back bone
as Maria made a slight muffled moan. He then added more oil to his hands and
began to knead her shoulder blades.

'Ohhhhhhh Ricky, that feels really good' Maria moaned as he continued to work
her shoulders. Maria could feel herself warming up and not because of the
weather, she felt very amorous towards Ricky and her mouth was getting dry,
yet she continued to emit moans as she was enjoying the application of the
'lotion'. Ricky had moved onto her legs and was now rubbing oil into her
thighs and calves.

'Geez babes, you're really tense, how come?' Ricky asked as he tried to keep
himself from drooling.

'Ohhhh, Ahhhhhh, you know how it is, hard days at the office, hmmmmmm' Maria
replied, still moaning.

'Oh y-yeah, I k-know how it is' Ricky said wide eyed as he moved down to her
feet. He took the oil and rubbed her feet vigorously, his thoughts now firmly
implanted to lust rather than romance as cries of 'Yeeeeeesssss' indicated
that perhaps Maria was feeling the same too. Getting dry mouthed, he opted to
go get himself a drink.

'Babes, it's getting really hot, I'm gonna go grab a drink, you want me to
grab you anything?' Ricky asked, shaking slightly from excitement.

'A 7Up will be fine, thanks Ricks' she replied, herself shivering from the
excitement. She shook her head but all she could think of was ripping off
Ricky's shirt with her teeth and jumping on him. The more and more she thought
about what she wanted to do with Ricky, the more and more tingly her body
became. She had never had these thoughts before but they were all she could
think about as she wriggled and moaned on the towel.

Sadly for Maria, this was all the oil needed, it had fed off its emotion and
it was not the desired emotion of love. Rather the effects of the potion had
been polluted, much like Ruby had warned Ricky and the potion was now feeding
off the emotion of lust ...

Ricky returned from the bar drinking a cerveza and placed the bottle of 7Up
near her. He paused slightly and looked to see if he had the wrong place.
Instead of seeing the petite girlfriend he was used to, he now saw a slightly
taller female who was now overlapping the towel.

'M-Maria?' Ricky asked.

Maria moaned again with the warm emotions and the still tingling feeling
erupting through her body and Ricky recognised the voice. Realising it must be
the heat and the beer, Ricky threw his still full bottle away and sat down
next to Maria. Ricky noticed she was sweating at quite a rate and rubbed her
shoulders to comfort her.

'Rrrrrrickkkky' she growled, her voice seemingly a little deeper as she
writhed about on the towel. Ricky, worried, looked at Maria and saw that her
big blue eyes had now turned brown in colour and stood back in surprise. As
Ricky retracted his hand, she quickly grabbed him and forced him to the ground
bringing herself on top of her. Surprised by her sudden amount of strength,
Ricky struggled to break free but Maria pinned him down by wrapping both her
hands upon his arms, enabling him not to move. Ricky could smell the
peppermint breath of Maria beating down on him as she had a strange menacing
look upon her face. It was also very noticeable that she was now the taller of
the two of them which was very disturbing as Ricky had been 6'2" while Maria
was a very petite 5'6". Her hair seemed to be gaining more body to it and was
breaking out of her usual plaited ponytail creating thick luscious curls to
cascade down her face and shoulders. Her eyebrows thickened and her facial
features were much more rounded yet still breathtaking as she grit her teeth
into an evil smile.

'Madre De Dios, what's happening to you Maria?' Ricky asked in astonishment as
he looked down at her thickening hands which were now easily wrapping
themselves around Ricky's wrists creating more pressure on them. He followed
her hands and looked up to her arms where his heart froze with fear as he saw
the skin of her rippling as if her entire skeletal structure was shifting to
compensate for her growth. The shifting was coupled by a much more noticeable
muscle growth that was creating thickening forearms and biceps which now
resembled that of a fitness model than the quiet diminutive but shapely nerd
he was used to dating. Her curves became much more curvier as he became
mesmerised at looking at her chest. Her breasts which hadn't originally been
anything to talk about suddenly looked to be the talk of the town as her
bikini became much more fuller and her bosom inched closer towards himself.
Ricky could hear shredding as he careened his neck to see that Maria's
cut-offs were creating vertical splits running down the thigh as they were
gaining more mass and muscle and her entire body was now looking that of a
well toned female athlete.

Maria's lips quivered as she began to lustfully kiss Ricky's neck as he
swallowed hard, it was clear that the muscles she was developing was nothing
compared to the strength she had recently acquired as she seemed almost to
devour him with a barrage of smooches. Maria moaned more as she clutched at
her bosom, squeezing her more rounded breasts, The swelling eventually became
too much for the fragile piece of clothing and the bikini flew off and smacked
Ricky in the face as she brought herself down on him and rubbed her new
breasts into Ricky's face. When she let up, Ricky took a deep breath and then
recoiled as he saw Maria's stomach which seemed to be cobbled with the most
beautiful feminine six pack he had ever seen. He rubbed his hands over her
stomach region which caused his transforming girlfriend to giggle and release
her strong grip on her boyfriend. He was amazed as he felt the flat stomach
bubble up and rise with muscle, much like putting his hand into a Jacuzzi.

Maria reached up to her ponytail and ripped away the band holding her hair and
shook her head vigorously revealing the thick straight curls that tumbled down
her face. Maria giggled and flexed her muscles revealing how much growth her
biceps and undertaken and then cooed herself as she realised what was
happening to her.

'R-Ricky, what the hell's happening to me?' Maria asked in astonishment.

'I just asked YOU that babes' Ricky asked as Maria suddenly slumped down and
kneeled down on the towel, Ricky moving to one side giving her room. He gave
off a silent wow as he saw her latticed back which had created a v shape as
she put her thick arms out in front of her that seemed like Maria was now a
bodybuilder. The back muscles bubbled and enhanced as Ricky ran his fingers
down them causing Maria to moan further. Ricky then rubbed his hand down her
arms and she moaned louder. Whatever was happening to her body was making her
super sensitive and extremely horny. As she was kneeling down it was clear
that her cut-offs had lost their battle with her muscular thighs and were
splitting open like ripe melons revealing soft bronzed skin that looked like
it was carved out of stone. She ran her powerful hands down them and groaned
further. Ricky could see that her calves had formed into perfect tear drop
shapes not showing an ounce of fat upon her person. He looked at the soles of
her feet where her toes were wriggling uncontrollably. He watched closer as
her wrinkled soles gained more muscle and her toes thickened and plumped but
looking now less sexy. Ricky sure wished he was rubbing oil into them now.

'SSSSSsss, Ohhhhhhh' Maria howled as she averted her attention to her crotch
area. It was clear that it was getting larger along with everything else on
her person and that her bikini panties that had matched her top (which had
flown off in some considerable distance) where pressing against Maria's crotch
area and due to its hyper sensitivity was causing her crotch area to emit
juices. Ricky tried to look away, but much like a car wreck couldn't stop
looking, large tearing sounds could be heard as her swelling butt filled out
her panties. Trying to control it but to no avail, the panties ripped off
revealing her tender area. Embarrassed she used her hands to cover it up as
she turned a bright red. It appeared she was finished transforming, yet Maria
wasn't afraid of her new form, more amazed and amazingly aroused.

'Mios Dio, Maria, you look absolutely amazing' Ricky managed to blurt out.
Maria giggled and wrapped the large towel around her frame as she stood up,
she must've been a good 7 foot in height now to Ricky's estimation yet the
large towel she was wrapping around her self could barely contain her
voluptuous curvy figure.

'Ricky, I feel absolutely amazing, how the heck did this happen?' Maria asked.
Ricky began to stammer before his attention was diverted by someone tapping
him on the shoulder. Ricky did a slow turn to see a large hairy man holding a
beer bottle and giving him a very angry look.

'Is this your beer bottle?' The large gentleman asked.

'C-Could be, who's to say with all the bottles the general public throws away,
why o-our recycling system is a sh-sham, why the very bottle we might have
thrown away last week could end up near someone the week later?' Ricky
replied.

'I mean did you throw this at me?' The man grunted.

'Ayyy, It's a strong possibility ... ' Ricky started. The burly man picked him
up by the collar of his shirt. 'But it was an accident!!' he finished.

'Hey, leave him alone' ordered Maria.

'And who the hell's gonna make ... ..me?' The man trailed off as he stood wide
eyed at the Amazonian figure of Maria glowering at him, towel tightly wrapped
about her person ready to pound the living tar out of him at a moments notice.
The man lowered Ricky to the ground and patted him on the head, smiling. He
then backed away slowly before he kicked up the sand faster than his feet
could take him.

Ricky laughed at the plight of the man before Maria placed a hand on his
shoulder.

'Ricky, how did I become like this?' Maria asked again softly. Ricky sighed
heavy hearted knowing that the revelation may end his wonderful relationship
with Maria, but he'd never lied to her before and he wasn't about to begin
now. Ricky produced the bottle of oil from his pocket and looked into her big
brown eyes.

'Babes, it was this love potion.' He said.

'Love potion?' She asked.

'What it was, was that I was worried about our relationship, I- I didn't know
where we were, it'd been six months and I still hadn't gotten what I felt was
very far with you, so Rosie directed me to her sister who deals with the
supernatural and stuff like that. She gave me this bottle and said that if our
love shone through when applying than we would be together forever but
obviously something went wrong and you ended up like this ... '

Maria took in all in and was shocked. 'Ricky, why would you do such a thing?'
she asked.

'At first it was because I just wanted to get to third base with you, but then
I realised it was something much more than that, I was afraid I was gonna lose
you. Maria, I love you so so much, you probably don't understand how much but
it's a whole lot and there's so much shit I wanna do with you in the future, I
wanna go on long car trips with you and have a coffee late night in a European
service station and look in the car seeing you all curled up asleep so I can
kiss you on the cheek. I wanna have petty fights with you over who gets to
play what on the stereo, I wanna make you mixed CD's of music I think you'll
like so you can listen to them night and day and think about me when I'm not
there. I want to wake up next to you and smell your peach smelling shampoo in
the morning just to know you're by my side, I wanna surprise you by cooking
big elaborate meals when you come home from a hard day at work, I want to rub
your feet when you've been on your feet all day and you're complaining they
hurt. I want to watch every single ritual you do in the bathroom, like
brushing your teeth doing your hair and shaving your legs. I want to buy you
drinks in exotic locations where there's a beautiful sunset setting down on a
wooden shack bar while you're sipping on a straw, smiling that amazing smile
of yours. I want to marry you in the future, I want a gorgeous house by a lake
and a wide open garden for our kids to play in, one boy and twin girls. I know
what I did was selfish, and I feel about this tall but Jesus Maria, I love you
and I never want to leave you, you're the best thing to ever happen in my life
and I thank God I met you each and everyday.' Ricky spoke with tears in his
eyes.

Maria wiped away the tears from her eyes and smiled. 'To be honest, you are
about this tall to me now, literally.' She walked up to him and wrapped him
tight in her strong arms.

'Ricky, don't you ever worry about me going away, because I never will, I
promise to always be by your side, I love you so much too. Hey, I may be the 7
foot Amazon but it's clear who the strongest one of us is to me.' She embraced
him in her strong grasp.

'Babes, are we ok?'

'We always will be.' There was a long comfortable pause as the looked at each
other,

'Ricky?' Maria asked, breaking the silence.

'Yeah chica?'

'You reckon there's anymore of that love potion?'

'We don't need it, do we?'

'Ohh, I think we do ... ' she winked and leapt on Ricky, tearing his shirt off
with her teeth.

'I've wanted to do that for ages ... ' She laughed.

THE END