Going Aloft

Samantha was due for a vacation. She had been working nonstop for a while now and she needed some time off. Unfortunately, her salary at the department store didn’t offer much of a vacation budget, especially with gas prices going up nowadays. It was safe to say she wouldn’t be partaking in that Hawaiian getaway she always wanted anytime soon. But then one day, a particular ad in the newspaper caught her attention. She couldn’t believe what she was reading:

Swellington’s Travel Agency
Easy, hassle-free traveling at reasonable costs. For a modest fee, we guarantee you’ll be treated to the biggest vacation experience ever or we’ll refund your money back. Call the phone number provided for additional information and don’t forget to ask about our “Swell Tropical Luxury Deluxe Package”.

“Could this be for real?”, Samantha wondered looking over the newspaper ad again. With a tempting offer like that, it was hard for Samantha to ignore. Even if it was some kind of scam, what did she have to lose with a money-back guarantee? Sam proceeded to pick up her phone, determined to check this out for herself.

The next day, Sam stepped out of a taxi in front of the Swellington’s Travel Agency building, carrying a suitcase in each hand. Going into the open, she was instantly confronted by a strong, persistent wind, blowing against her tender face and sending her short, black hair into a frenzy.

“I hope the weather isn’t too bad for traveling today”, Sam told herself as she entered the building.

“Good Afternoon”, the receptionist chimed as Samantha walked up to the desk. The woman Sam saw behind the desk had long, blonde hair and serene ,blue eyes as well as what could’ve been the friendliest, most optimistic face Sam had ever seen. “With qualities like that, it was no wonder she was hired to meet the customers here.

“Welcome to Swellington’s Travel Agency”, the woman introduced. “My name is Lucy. Who might you be and how can I help you?”

“Uh, yes, hello Lucy.” Samantha awkwardly responded, “I’m Samantha Sawyer. I was kind of interested in your tropical vacation deal.”

“Ah, our “Swell Tropical Luxury Deluxe Package”. Excellent choice”, Lucy encouraged. “As soon as we get your fee and registration, we’ll have you traveling in no time.”

“Oh, alright”, Sam said as she took the pen laying on the desk and began to write down her name on the sheet provided.

“Samantha Sawyer”, Lucy mused. “That’s such a lovely name. Would it trouble you if I called you Sammy for short?”

“Oh… no, I suppose not”, Sam reluctantly answered, somewhat put off by the receptionist‘s overly friendly behavior. For a second, Lucy beamed with delight from Sam’s answer before picking up a stack of papers.

“One of my fellow coworkers should come by to escort you to a prep room”, Lucy explained. “Inside the room, you’ll find a bathing suit waiting for you to try out. Make sure to put on the bathing suit and wait for someone to come in to give you further instructions.”

“A bathing suit?”, Sam asked. “But I already have one packed in my suitcase.”

“Oh, but this one is special”, Lucy assured. “Consider it a gift from our agency if you will.”

“A gift?”, Sam pondered.

Sam wasn’t the kind of person to turn down free stuff so she decided to go along with the procedure, at least for the time being. She still wanted to stick around and see if this so called “Travel Agency” was a worthwhile venture. Placing her suitcases on her floor, she began to reach into the purse to pay Lucy the money.

Eventually somebody came to pick up Sam’s baggage and show her to the prep room, just as Lucy had said. The room she was taken to was fairly big and empty except for what looked like a red, one-piece swimsuit hanging on a hook on one of the walls. Samantha went to retrieve it , fully confident that she’d have no trouble fitting into it what with her slender figure and all.

As it turned out, putting it on wasn’t challenging in the least. The suit offered barely any resistance as it seamlessly stretched over her body. Wearing her new swimsuit, all Sam had to do now was wait for somebody to come in. She didn’t have to wait long.

The prep room door opened and somebody walked inside. Much to Sam’s surprise, it was Lucy from earlier but she was no longer dressed in the professional attire she wore at the desk. Instead, she was wearing a blue swimsuit much like the one Samantha was dressed in, carrying a bag in her right hand as she closed the door behind her with her left.

“Hello Sammy”, she greeted. “It’s good to see you again.”

“What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be greeting the customers”, Samantha questioned.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did I forget to mention?”, Lucy asked in a cheeringly guilty tone. “I’m going on vacation today too.”

“What? You too?” Samantha asked.

“I hope you don’t mind me sharing a prep room with you. I suppose with the two of us, things might get a little tight in here, but that’s ok. After all, what’s a little extra space compared to making new friends?”

“A little tight?” Samantha asked, her head riddled with confusion. “What are you talking about?”

Lucy giggled as she reached into the bag and pulled out a small remote control device.

“Hang on Sammy”, Lucy said, “We’re about to experience a little bit of turbulence.”

Before Sam could even respond, Lucy pressed a button on the remote and the device responded with an electronic beep.

“Oohhh”, Sam moaned as she suddenly felt the fabric of her swimsuit tingling against her skin, catching her unaware. In mere seconds, a strange sensation started to spread throughout her body.

“Wh-what’s going on?”, Sam said, trying to focus away from the influence of her bathing suit.

“Don’t worry”, Lucy reassured as she tossed the bag and the remote aside. “It’s a vacation. Enjoy yourself.”

Sam began to feel bloated in a strange sort of way. The pressure building up inside of her felt rather soft and gentle, like a warm, tropical breeze blowing through her entire body, from her torso down to her limbs and she could feel it accumulating, doubling inside her over and over without halt. Was the swimsuit we was wearing responsible for causing these unusual sensations? Looking over and seeing the blissful look on Lucy’s face, Sam wasn’t too doubtful that she too was experiencing the same thing.

“What are you doing to us?”, Sam plead to Lucy “What’s wrong with these swimsuits? Why are you…”

Sam’s line of questions came to a halt upon finding something most unusual about to Lucy. Her chest was expanding, right in front of Sam’s disbelieving eyes, her breasts easily boasting from their original size.

“Lucy… you’re growing”, Sam cried, pointing at Lucy’s ballooning upper region.

“Ha ha, so are you”, Lucy laughed as she pointed right back at Sam.

Glancing down, Sam’s eyes shot wide open as she discovered herself going through the same transformation, her chest blossoming forward as her bosom got bigger and rounder.

“Oh my gosh”, Sam cried. “What’s happening to us?”

Sam’s surprise only broadened upon looking beyond the dual horizon of her booming breasts to see her formerly flat belly bulging outwards. Her hips and thighs began expanding as well as Sam felt herself pump up. Glancing over at Lucy, Sam could see her formerly-limber physique swelling out much like hers, but it appeared as though Lucy was enjoying it as she began to rub her mammoth tummy.

“W-w-we‘re”, Sam stuttered in shock.

“We‘re balloonies!”, Lucy happily exclaimed, finishing Sam’s sentence as she continued to contently stroke her stomach.

Looking back at her own ballooning figure, Sam could see her waistline getting bigger and bigger as she continued to fill up. Her sides were severely plumped, pulling her wider while her stomach was rapidly bulging forward. Her entire body began to round out as her chest and backside puffed out with the rest of her. She could feel herself getting rounder as she experienced the pressure filling her up.

“This can’t be happening!”, Sam screamed, “Please make it stop!”

“Sorry Sammy”, Lucy said as she took on a similar shape. “We’ve got more inflating to do.”

And inflate they did as Sam was submitted to witnessing her entire figure swelling without restraint. Her arms and legs were bloated to the brim, having become puffy appendages that slowly bonded with her bulking body. Her breasts were large and round, much like balloons themselves, easily dominating her upper body and obstructing much of her view. She no longer possessed her slender figure, but instead it looked as though her midsection had swelled well past the size of a beach ball.

Sam was about to beg Lucy once more to stop the inflation but before she could, she began to feel herself move about. Realizing the floor was no longer beneath her feet, Sam went into another panic. She mustered a fleeting shriek as she and Lucy began to rise up and take to the air like a couple of stray helium balloons, continuing to expand though their upward voyage.

“No, get me down!”, Sam cried as she slowly ascended into the air, wiggling her hands and feet in a futile attempt to stop from floating.

The two of them had easily dominated most of the prep room with their enormous forms. Lucy took a gander over her own colossal mass to see Samantha fidgeting what little she could as she haplessly moved though the room.

“Calm down Sammy.” Lucy hollered out to her. “Balloon travel is the way of the future.”

With the last of their limbs having succumbed into their massive bodies, the two of them were now nearly spherical with the exception of their heads, hands, feet, and two big bulges jutting across the surface of each of their chests. The red and blue swimsuits suiting the limber ladies of earlier where now pulled over two bloated beauties, proving a tight but snug fit for their gargantuan bodies. At this point, it would’ve been easy to mistake Samantha and Lucy for a seven-foot giant balloons.

No longer were they inflating, the tingling of the swimsuits having ceased in midst of the commotion, offering a little relief for poor Sam who just realized it.

“Pretty classy, eh Sammy?” Lucy said as she twirled upside-down.

“Classy?” Sam fumed. “Are you kidding me? We’re blimps! How could you possibly be enjoying this?”

“Oh come on”, Lucy said. “There’s no better way to travel the world than by balloon, especially when you are the balloon. No uncomfortable seats, no five-dollar headsets, no overpriced beverages. It’s just us and the open sky.”

“Speak for yourself! I’m not going anywhere like this!”, Sam insisted. “I want to go back to normal. I want my money back.”

“We can’t do that now Sammy”, Lucy said as she resumed the upward position. “They’ve already taken our luggage. You can‘t get your money back until after we’re through with the vacation.”

“No”, Samantha moaned. “You can’t be serious.”

“Why not relax and enjoy yourself?”, Lucy said. “After all, we’re about to travel in style.”

Samantha groaned as she leaned backwards. For her, a weekend at home was sounding pretty good right now.

A couple days later, two large spheres could be seen floating over the Hawaiian islands. Samantha and Lucy both gazed at the tropical splendor below them as their giant balloon bodies tilted downward. It was truly a spectacular sight for Sam, better than she could ever imagine, and she couldn’t wait to deflate and enjoy all it had to offer. As she glanced over at Lucy who was happily wafting through the island breeze, she began to think.

Maybe balloon travel is the way of the future, she thought. Come to think of it, I kind of wonder what the Eiffel Tower looks like from up above.

The next two weeks were spectacular for Samantha, as she experienced everything she could have ever wanted from an exotic vacation. When she got back to the travel agency, she praised the company for what they did to her and told them that she changed her mind about getting her money back.

Lucy on the other hand wasn’t quite as fortunate when she got back. As it turned out, customers and employees sharing the same prep room was against company policy, which was believed to result in a possible lawsuit if violated, which Lucy soon found out after a bitter talk with Mr. Swellington. After some harsh words from her former manager, Lucy was fired, despite Samantha’s promises not to take legal action.

Sam felt terrible about Lucy losing her job for such a simple mistake but Lucy wasn’t too upset. She made sure to swipe a couple of the prep room swimsuits and a remote control before leaving the building.

To help Lucy out, Sam recommended her for a job at the department store she worked at. Lucy was hired thanks to Sam’s kind words and the two of them had become good friends ever since.

Every weekend, Lucy comes over to Sam’s place and they enjoy their own little, fun vacation, flying first class of course.