KIERAN HAD BEEN ALONE on the sofa for somewhere around an hour, which he filled by watching music videos, when he was finally joined by his friend and his friend’s girlfriend. Andrew sat himself at the far end of the sofa, while Sandra settled herself between the two of them. Kieran was sickened to see that she had become even fatter since he last saw her, something he would not have thought possible. She was now so large that she filled up all the space between the two men, and a little more, and Kieran could feel the heat of her body through his jeans where her leg pressed against his. He was not sure what sickened him more, her size, or the memory that he had once thought she was cute. When he was fourteen, and she thirteen, he had been interested in Sandra. More than interested, the