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With his shirt lifted up, James stared down at the round belly he was now sporting. He could feel a weight with it even though he wasn't even standing up.

" WHy the hell did you do this?!" James questioned the man.

Now the experiment was starting all over again...oh boy. Wait...didn't he have something else to do?

"Oh no..." James groaned. "I had a family reunion coming up.....this...oh dear.."

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"I- I- I just.. to see if it works! You need to make sure it works.." Charlie weakly explained.
He looked down. "Cute belly though. Mine was just pudgy.." But this was hardly the time for compliments.
"Oh no.. Okay.. Well.. Maybe just wear a giant hoodie or something?" He suggested. "I'm sure you could cover it up with a giant hoodie.. I think you can.."

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"I can't wear a hoodie to a family reunion! I just have to get a tux a few sizes bigger so I can hide it." James replied and sighed. "The experiment did work, it worked on you."

Standing up, the weight was a bit strange but it wasn't terribly heavy. Fetching the measuring tape, he wrapped it around his stomach to see how big he was. Course seeing the measurements, he paled a bit. Oh boy...this wasn't going to be easy.

"Okay....maybe more than a few sizes bigger...you're coming with me to it." James said as he pointed at Charlie, then went to write down the measurements.

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"Ugh.. you want me to come? I don't even really know your family or anything.. I'm not even related, wouldn't they think it would be weird if you brought me?" He said, trying to wiggle out of going with James. He knew he'd lose this argument and end up going anyway.

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"I need help to keep track of this, so you're going to have to distract some of my family members if anything...starts to happen with this." James said.

The reunion was the following day and waking up for it, James felt awful. IT seemed this was already going to be harder than he wanted. Measuring himself again, he was surprised at the size he was, he already looked ready to have one kid maybe a little overdue. Little did he know that the formula got contaminated by Bean's fur and things were operating very differently. Getting dressed a bit of a challenge, the suit he had in his closet was just a bit to small. He got the pants on but the shirt....didn't want to close.

"Come on..." James muttered.

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Charlie was dressed up in his suit, and Ben even had a little baby suit. But in his diaper bag, Charlie packed some baby pajamas in case Benny got too tired and needed a nap. He stood in the doorway, holding Ben against his hip. "Um.. I can tell that shirt is not fitting. You should probably borrow one of mine," he suggested.

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James sighed. Only to remove the shirt and tossed it away to the bed.

"I can't believe that I'm already this big." James said."I mean look at me! How the hell did I get this much bigger in one night?"

IT was very hard to believe it but it felt real and thus he knew it was. There was no movement yet, just a round belly that felt heavier. James ran his fingers through his hair, would he even be able to hide this?

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"I have no idea.. Man good thing you didn't publish it yet. There's still a few kinks we have to sort out, I guess.." Charlie said. "Maybe you can leave early? Before anything serious happens?" He suggested. "Here you take him," He handed Ben to James. "I'll go get you one of my suits." Charlie used to work in an office building so he had a few suits in his closet.

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"Maybe everyone reacts differently to it...wait. How much did you pour into that cup? You only got a small amount due to you having a little bit of coffee left in your cup." James said.

Taking Ben, he took a seat on the bed and set the child down. Well he honestly didn't know what to do. Leave early seemed wise but still. He didn't know if he could get away before anything happened. So far this seemed random and out of control, he felt like he couldn't do much to hide this for long.

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"Oh.. I didn't know how much to use so.. I used half milk and half formula, and then the chocolate powder," Charlie answered before quickly darting down the hall, hoping to escape a lecture from James. He soon came back with a suit. "Here, this should probably fit." He told him.

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"HALF?!" James questioned in shocked.

OH god...half...oh no. When Charlie returned, James was still sitting there in a state of shock. This wasn't good. He'd be lucky to get out of this alive. If his parents learned of this then he'd be dead. Very very dead.

"I have no idea how this is going to go...." James muttered as he slowly took the suit away from em. "Half formula...I have no idea how many that could make when I gave you such a small amount and only one came from it..."

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Charlie understood the seriousness of the situation, but it was also a tiny bit funny to him.
"well.. I.. I didn't know how much to use! I'm sorry, James, I really am.." He said. He hoped everything would turn out alright from all of this, but they would just have to see.

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"It's fine...let's just...pray nothing happens at this reunion." James said as he managed to put the shirt one with ease and button it up.

With the jacket on, he was fully dressed and it was time to go. The man was nervous the whole ride there, it honeslty was just strange. To try and hide his appearance in such a way. Oh well. Once arriving, James introduced Charlie to a few family members and many were fine with it. Course te problem woul be his parents...wherever they were.

"Odd...usually they're the first two to run into." James commented as he tried to find them.

Maybe they were in one of the rooms?

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Charlie mostly followed James around. A lot of the female relatives cooed over Ben. Ben was just soaking up all of this attention. He was a huge lovebug. When he managed to snag his baby back to him, he quickly followed James. "Maybe they're not here yet?" He suggested, looking for them. He didn't remember what they looked like, but he looked anyway.

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"Well I have to show my face to em before leaving." James said. "Otherwise they'll think I skipped."

His parents were the ones to hold these things, so them not being here already was odd.

"There you are!!" a cheery voicecalled and revealed a woman. "You're a little late deary."

"How am I late? It just started a few minutes ago?" James asked.

"You're suppose to be here before the other guests. NEvermind, who is this little angel?" the lady was refering to Ben.

"Mom that is Ben and CHarlie, Charlie and Ben...my mom..."

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"Yeah that's true.. They're probably looking for you though, we'll come across em soon." Charlie stated.
Charlie looked up at a woman's voice. Must be James's mother.
"Nice to meet you," he Charlie greeted, holding out his free hand for a handshake.
"This is my son Ben. Want to hold him?" He offered.

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The woman reached for the handshake and accepted it.

"What a cutie." she said. "oh no thank you dearie, the day I hold children again is the day they are my grandchildren. Speaking of which, James why haven't you found a wife yet?"

"I've been busy." James said. "I'm going to go get something to eat."

Heading over to the buffet area, the fish was oddly more appealing to him as he was geting rather hungry.

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Charlie tried to stiffle a laugh at the mention of grandchildren. She'd get them soon. A lot of them in fact.
"I'm gonna go with him. It was nice meeting you," he said politely before following James.
"Okay that was kind of funny," he said, smirking.

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"NOt really." James said with a bit of shrimp in his mouth.

THough he swallowed and filled a plate up with meat; though mostly fish oddly enough. He found that strange but oh well. The man glanced at Charlie.

"She's a strict woman at home, so honestly giving her grand-kids is bad...she'd want em to be perfect." James added.

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"Oh. Well you want them to grow up being good kids, though, right?" Charlie suggested, picking up a piece of bread. "Dang, James that's a lot of fish." He noted. He fed Ben a small, soft piece of bread.