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LiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 1Chapter One: The First Sneeze No one ever pays much attention to a sneeze. They come and go as tiny, inconsequential interruptions to one’s life—more annoying than anything else. But this morning, Casey Thompson, was annoyed for a different reason, she had a sneeze that just wouldn’t come out. She felt the tickle in her nose, even some watery eyes, but could not get the relief of finally sneezing. Today was the day she was moving into her new dorm room. Though not her first year of college, having lived at home for two years while going to her local community college, this was her first time in her twenty years of life living away from home. The state university she was now attending was only an hour away, but somehow now that she was actually there, home felt a lot further away than when she took the tour last year. The dorm had been left messier than she would have liked, whomever had been the previously occupant clearly did not share the same standards of cleanliness as her.LiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 3Chapter Three: Unwelcome Changes (Find Chapter 1 Here, and Chapter 2 Here) The next week wasn’t much different than the one before it for Casey Thompson. She kept telling herself that she was sneezing less often, but the scale didn’t lie. Casey was also starting to lose motivation for her morning workouts. Most mornings she found herself too tired to get up at 5am for her runs, hitting snooze until she absolutely had to get up before her 8am class. Even the mornings she did force herself out of bed, she could only really do half the distance until she justified turning back home for one reason or another. As Thursday evening rolled around, Casey’s anxiety had reached an all-time high. Not only was she dealing with the constant pressure of trying to hide her growing body, but her boyfriend, Max, was coming to visit that weekend. They had been dating since high school, and he’d always been supportive of her—kind, thoughtful, and never one to judge. But how would he react when he sawLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 9(Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here, 4 Here, 5 Here, 6 Here, 7 Here, 8 Here) Chapter Nine: Going Back For the first time in months, Casey found herself driving back to her hometown. She hadn’t deliberately been avoiding going back, but with a busy schedule and her…changes, she hadn’t been very motivated to make the hour-long drive. She at least made time every Sunday afternoon to video call with her parents, but the last time they spoke Casey’s mother laid on the guilt pretty heavy to convince her to come back for a visit. “I know you’ll be coming for Thanksgiving in just a few weeks, but it’s Meemaw’s birthday and I know she’d just be thrilled to have you here for it. You promised you’d come back home often when you transferred over there, but I wouldn’t call not coming home in two months “often”, would you dear?” So, she hit the road on a Friday afternoon right after her last class. It felt good to be home as she pulled off the interstate and drove the familiar roads, but CaseyLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 8(Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here, 4 Here, 5 Here, 6 Here, 7 Here) Chapter Eight: Halloween Night It was the end of October and the campus buzzed with excitement for Halloween. Posters advertising costume parties and haunted houses appeared on every bulletin board, and students were in high spirits, eagerly planning their costumes. Casey had been looking forward to the holiday for weeks, but this year, her excitement was tinged with something new—confidence. After her time with Max at the hot springs, Casey had begun to feel more comfortable in her own skin. His support, paired with the fact that she hadn’t gained any weight since breaking her nose, had given her a new sense of freedom. Though Casey’s appointment to get her nose bandage was mere days away, she had started exercising again, going on short walks around campus and lifting some weights with her roommate, Emily. The workouts helped clear her mind and focus her energy on something she could control. Though she wasLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 7(Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here, 4 Here, 5 Here, 6 Here) Chapter Seven: Max’s Return The weekend arrived, and with it, a familiar sense of anticipation. Max was coming back to visit, and though Casey was happy to see him again, there was a flicker of anxiety beneath her excitement. She had told Max about what was going on with her last time he came, and he had seen her at 160 lbs when he left… but Casey was now hovering a good thirty pounds above that now. “Is it lying if I haven’t told him how much more weight I’ve gained? Will he be upset when he sees me looking so different and I never mentioned it on the call?” Casey asked herself. “But then again, Max hasn’t really asked either. It can’t be lying if we never talked about it…“ Max had been so understanding last time, but would he be again? As Casey stood in front of her dorm room mirror, she inspected the bandage on her nose. The swelling had gone down, but the break was still healing, and she would need to wear theLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 6Chapter Six: A Break in the Cycle (Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here, 4 Here, 5 Here) Casey woke up Thursday morning not really sure what type of day to expect; a new dawn or more of the same of the nightmare she’d been living in for six weeks. The weather outside should have lifted Casey’s spirits as she walked to her first class, but Casey was cautious to get too optimistic about anything these days. The campus was alive with activity—students chatting, lounging on the grass, tossing footballs and frisbees as they soaked up one of the last semi-warm days of mid-October. But Casey was too distracted to enjoy it. Her encounter with Lacey the day before had left her rattled, and waiting for to result of her first sneeze after that was eating at her. Every time she felt a tickle in her nose, she tensed up, terrified to find out if she had regained control over her own body. As Casey passed the student lawn, she absentmindedly walked by a group of students playing Frisbee. SheLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 4Chapter Four: Surrender (Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here) Casey woke up Monday morning, staring at the ceiling of her dorm room. The tightness of her pajamas pressed uncomfortably against her skin, a constant reminder of the battle she was losing. She had tried everything she could to stop the sneezing—pills, sprays, humidifiers, staying indoors—but nothing had worked. Each time a sneeze slipped out, her body swelled just a little more, like it was betraying her in the most insidious way possible. Her reflection had become an enemy. Once athletic and confident, she now hardly recognized the person in the mirror. A fuller, rounder version of herself stared back, her face softer, her body thicker, and her clothes tighter than ever as her body bulged out of them. After Max left, she'd felt a small surge of relief. She didn’t have to worry about someone else noticing her changes, didn’t have to answer questions she didn’t have answers to. But now with the weekend over, the stressLiteratureWeight of a Sneeze: Chapter 10(Find Chapter 1 Here, 2 Here, 3 Here, 4 Here, 5 Here, 6 Here, 7 Here, 8 Here, 9 Here) Chapter Ten: Secrets and Discovery Casey lay in bed that night, her heart pounding as the house quieted down. The muffled sounds of family chatter had long since faded, leaving her alone in the thick blanket of silence. She hadn’t come out of her room since the incident, and she wasn’t about to start now. Several family members had tried to come up to talk to her, confused and concerned by her behavior, but she wasn’t ready to face anyone just yet. It had taken every ounce of willpower to keep from bursting into tears during dinner when she heard the light-hearted conversations downstairs. She should have been there with them, laughing, celebrating Meemaw’s birthday. Instead, she was curled up under her blankets, trying in vain to stifle several sneezes as she worked herself up revisiting the incident over and over in her mind. Casey had come to the realization that what was happening to her was