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Areli wakes up on a cot. The first thing she notices is the thick darkness around her. She can't see anything. She tries to remember how she got her but she can't. The last thing she remembers is when she got in bed. She tries to sit up but her body doesn't respond. She is strapped down. She pulls against her restraints but to no avail. Terror shoots down her spine as she realizes she could be in danger. "Help! Is anyone there?" She says louder than she intended. "Who's there?" a familiar voice responds in a panicked yet relieved voice, "Areli?" "Yeah. Jocelyn?" Areli replies. "Yes. Are you okay?" "I'm strapped down. Can you take off these bands?" "I wish I could... I'm strapped down too." "Oh." Areli looks around, seeing only blackness. All of a sudden, the lights flickers on. The sudden change of brightness hurts Areli's eyes. Once her eyes adjust, she notices that they are in a square room, about twenty feet by twenty feet. The walls are brick painted white. The floor is black tile. There is a drain in the center of the room. In the opposite corner lies a fully dressed Jocelyn strapped down on a cot similar to hers. Near the corner to her right lies a pair of two thick, shiny, two inch wide black leather belts. "Do you know where we are?" Jocelyn asks. "No. I don't even know how we got in here... There's no door." Jocelyn and Areli continue to look around. They notice a speaker in the center of the ceiling and three lightbulbs surrounding it. "What are we going to do?" Jocelyn asks. "I don't know. Just wait, I guess." Areli responds. She looks down at herself and notices she is wearing the same thing Jocelyn is: a tight white quarter length shirt with a tight blue faded jean skirt. How did we get these clothes on? ... ... middle of paper ... .... "Okay, Okay! Stop please!" Areli begs. Jocelyn immediately takes her foot of the button. Areli is a,ready sweating and rubbing her bulging stomach. "Sorry." "It's fine. I don't know how we're going to do this. We have to expand until one of us explodes. I barely grew, like, two inches am that hurt enough. How are we going to deal with waists a foot larger than they really are?" "I don't know." Jocelyn, "All I know is that we don't have a choice. Okay it's your turn. Jocelyn nods towards Areli's button. Areli walks up to it and steps on it. Nothing happens as before. As Areli did, Jocelyn cringes; she groans and holds her stomach. She can feel all her clothes getting tighter—including the belt. The leather begins to make stretching noises but gives no mercy. The pressure in her stomach turns to an intense ache and the belt begins to burn. Still, she says nothing

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