Andrea's Roommate (Chapter 3)

Kate carefully exited her vehicle, carefully balancing the hot box of pizza on one hand while she grabbed her purse and keys with the other.  After work she had managed to snag an extra large pizza for free after winning a bet with one of the other cooks, thereby winning a free dinner for the night.  The bet in question was on who could make the most sales, and Kate wasn't exactly a new girl in the restaurant business.  Even with her time in the kitchen, Kate still managed to outsell every other waitress in the place- primarily due to her exceptionally wonderful mood.  Although she still felt guilty about what she was planning in regards to Andrea, she had rationalized (for now, anyways) that she was simply being a good host/roommate, and with that small nagging voice in her mind gone, she was able to focus on the good things, like her job and how big Andrea might get.  So not only did she clear house with tips, but she was able to snag a free pizza- something she was almost positive she could get Andrea to scarf down in it's entirety in the next few days.  Support the box with one hand was tricky, due to the size of the pizza, the edges beginning to droop down from the distributed weight, but Andrea still managed to get into the apartment and throw the pizza down on the counter before disaster struck.

To her delight, Kate found Andrea napping on the couch, an empty glass container placed on the coffee table beside her- Either Andrea had company, or she had managed to devour an entire quiche by herself over the course of the day, which was no small task.  Coughing lightly in an attempt to wake up Andrea, Kate flipped open the box and took in the glory that was her work's extra large pizza: a sixteen inch monstrosity, piled with every single meat and vegetable in the place, plus an additional layer of cheese.  Each slice was more than enough calories for a single meal, yet it wasn't uncommon for people to eat two or three slices in the restaurant- Kate recalled one particular incident where a trio of college girls came in and ordered an extra large deluxe pizza and ate the whole thing between themselves... Kate may have visited their table a bit more than necessary, but she got a sweet tip, and she got to see one of the girls unbutton her pants afterwards- it was obviously a joke but it didn't mean Kate wasn't absolutely thrilled by it.  Shaking such thoughts from her mind, Kate grabbed a slice absentmindedly and took a huge bite, rather hungry after working harder than usual (which was quite the event, as she was a very hard-working employee in the first place).  Within a few moments, the slice was gone, and Kate was stuffed, unused to eating such rich cuisine.  Stacking two slices on a place, she walked over to her snoring roommate and took in the sight of her, laying flat on her back, with just the tiniest hint of skin exposed, for just a few seconds before gently placing a hand on Andrea's shoulder and shaking her gently.

"Andreaaaa... Wake up, sleepyhead, I brought pizza..."  Kate murmured, not wanting to rudely awaken her sleeping prey.  Andrea muttered something sleepily, but her eyes didn't open.  Not wanting to upset her, Kate placed the plate on the coffee table and scooped up the empty quiche pan-which had a fork laying in it, confirming Kate's suspicions that her roommate had gobbled the whole thing up herself.  "I'll just do the dishes... The noise will probably wake her up anyways."

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Andrea's dreamless nap was ended by the clanking of dishes from across the room.  Sleepily rubbing her still full stomach, Andrea smiled, remembering how good the eggy dish had been, and yet, smelling something that was different... Had she really finished the whole dish?  It was so hard to remember, and she was so comfortable laying there... However, after a particularly loud CLINK!, she decided to open her eyes.  Turning sideways and letting out a soft grunt, Andrea spotted her newest meal, which apparently had materialized out of nowhere: two massive slices of pizza that looked to have almost an inch of toppings adorning them.  This caught her attention, and Andrea slipped her legs off the couch and rose into a seated position, only to hear a startled voice exclaim, "Oh, no, did I wake you!  I'm so sorry, I was trying to be quiet..."

Still half-asleep, Andrea turned and managed to smile, despite the bright lights of the kitchen beaming towards her sleep-addled eyes.  "No, no... You're fine... I see you brought pizza... You really didn't have to, you know, I can feed myself."  Andrea ended this with a small laugh, seeing the shocked look on Kate's face.

"I didn't mean to offend!  I-"  Kate began, looking absolutely silly with her forearms covered in suds from the sink.

"You didn't offend me!  I just don't want you going broke on my account."  Andrea laughed again, and Kate practically swooned at her adorable smile.

"Nah... I get free food from work all the time, and to be honest, I'm sick of anything and everything that has to do with that place, so dig in- there's plenty left!"  Kate said cheerfully, glad she wasn't already getting reprimanded for fattening up her roommate (or attempting to, anyways).

Andrea had already turned back around and grabbed the plate of pizza, uttering a quick "Thank you, I will!"  Before biting hard into the doughy treat.  If she wasn't fully awake already, the pizza certainly did the trick, various meats and vegetable tastes firing off in her mouth so quickly she could barely process them, all Andrea knew was that this had to be the best pizza she had ever eaten, quite a feat for room-temperature pizza.  "Holy shit, how can you be sick of this?  It's a pizza masterpiece, a cheesey delight fit for the gods, the epitome of pizza, the-"  Andrea began to ramble, before Kate cut her off.

"Yeah, I know, trust me, I've heard all the praise about the stuff that can be said.  Believe me, if you eat it every day for long enough, you're gonna get sick of it."

"I really doubt that..." Andrea said quickly before jamming as much of the slice into her mouth as she could.

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Andrea was just finishing up her second slice when a bottle of beer materialized in her vision, promptly before her empty plate was whisked away.  "I remembered how much you liked this stout, so I brought a six pack from work!"  Andrea heard from the kitchen.  Grabbing the cool bottle, she took a massive gulp of the amber liquid, tipping the bottle back down for a second before taking two more equally large gulps, draining almost half the bottle.  The beer, she had to admit, went really well with the pizza, of which two more slices now appeared in front of her.

"Damn, Kate, you're the best butler in town!"  Kate laughed awkwardly at the joke, before sitting down on the couch next to Andrea, one of her hands also occupied by a beer, albeit a diet beer of a more common variety.  

"It comes naturally, working in a restaurant so much.  Hey, check it out, one of the Die Hard movies is on... You like action movies?"

Andrea could only let out a muffled "Mmmph-mm!", which, while intended to sound positive, may have been a bit ambiguous, so she popped up a thumbs up of approval as well.  Kate laughed, her face feeling the slightest beginning of a blush at Andrea's bulging cheeks- not that Andrea would notice, she was too busy enjoying her pizza.  As the third slice was devoured and the fourth slice was removed from her plate, she began to wonder just how much pizza she was planning on eating tonight.  Of course, her inner logic was "Hey, you've eaten way too much already", but this was quickly being shut out by the slight buzz she was already feeling from the beer- while Andrea was many things, she was not the best drinker.  One or two beers was usually more than adequate for a fun night for her, and guzzling down the beer as she had already wasn't the smartest of plans, especially when faced with such a calorific onslaught of food.

Still, as with all good internal debates, the more gluttonous side of her won out, and her first bite of her fourth slice of pizza was followed up with the remainder of her beer- a fact that was made all the more obvious to her roommate by the massive belch that followed.  "Well, I guess I earned my 'trucker' title from that frat party last year..."  Andrea said, somewhat embarrassed, but to her relief, Kate seemed to think this was hilarious.

"Hot damn, that was impressive!  I take it you want another?"  Andrea had barely begun to nod her head yes before Kate was off the couch, her thin body zipping away into the kitchen and returning not only with another beer, but with the remainder of the pizza as well.  "Might as well throw this on the table... I wouldn't mind another slice, myself..."

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Kate couldn't help but stare at her roommate as she took the tiniest possible bite out of her slowly diminishing slice of pizza.  They were about halfway through the movie, but Andrea wouldn't have been out of place at a rager of a party that had started four hours ago.  "Holy shit, for a girl who looks like a partier, Andrea is a hell of a lightweight."  Two craft beers had apparently set her roommate's head spinning, not to mention kicked her stomach into overdrive.  By Kate's count (backed up by the remaining slices within the box) Andrea had already consumed eight slices of pizza!  Kate was on her second and there were only two left... And Andrea's almost constant belching made her gluttony all the more obvious.  Not only that, Andrea's pants looked uncomfortably tight, although Kate was almost positive she wouldn't unbutton them in front of her- not that it didn't stop Kate from psychically trying to urge Andrea to do so anyways.

It almost seemed compulsive, Kate thought to herself- Andrea almost operated like a robot in her indulgence, eating each slice in only five or six bites, waiting about five minutes, then, without her eyes breaking contact with the television, Andrea would reach forward, grab a slice, and begin eating it.  If Kate was clever enough, she would've grabbed more pizza-  Although she couldn't help but wonder:  maybe it doesn't have to be pizza...