Gumball Machine Curse
By: Set3
Hey there reader. Since you are reading this, I can get away with
calling you "reader" regardless of what your name is, so there!
... Sorry. I'm still a little frazzled from what happened to me, with
being cursed and all. However I guess I got off light compared to what I
heard some others got cursed. Anyway, my therapist says that getting my
ordeal written down would help some and while I'm hesitant, my
girlfriend, as in a girl who is just a friend, agrees and so I here I am
going along with it for now at least. Who knows, maybe by the time I
finish getting this all down I'll feel better having this all off my
chest. Anyway, I'll start back at the beginning, duh.
My name is (still) Able Trot. I was thirty-three years old and a veteran
of the retail industry. To be honest I've worked at so many retail
stores that I have long since given up remembering which company I work
for. It's all the same to me. I go to the current place I work for, don
the required uniform and go to work till my shift's over then go home.
Even now I can't tell you the name of the store I last worked at. As I
said, after all these years the names all just blur together. At any
rate at the end of one day while I was working the tag on the zipper of
my vest broke so for the immediate time I replaced the tag with a paper
clip. I know this sounds trivial but this is important as I found out
later. Anyhow, as I was leaving for the day I noticed a piece of paper
at the end of one of the tills. Since it was on my way out I did the
scouts honor thing and picked it up to put it in the garbage before
leaving for home. On opening it up I could see it was one of those
little catalogue ads that come with some toys from a gumball machine.
What caught my eye was that it was a list of key chains for Sonic the
Hedgehog characters. I then looked to the gumball machines we had in the
corner by the tills. Sure enough one of the machines was full of Sonic
key chains. I smiled at that feeling a nostalgic wave sweep over me.
Believe it or not, I was there for the original console wars between
Sega and Nintendo. If you need any further hints, I was a Sega fan. And
even now after all these years if Sega ever got back into the console
race (I know, it'll never happen, no need to tell me ok?) I would be
first in line to get their console, that's how big a fan I am. But at
the moment, I didn't have enough coins to buy a keychain from the
machine so made a mental note to get the needed amount when I got home
so I'd have it for when I got back in tomorrow. With that in mind I went
home and that was it for the rest of the day.
I'm going to stop for a moment as my girlfriend (Kriss if you want to
know, not like you're not going to know later anyway but whatever) is
telling me that I have to give you a description of myself so sorry for
breaking up the flow. Like I said, I'm thirty three years old. About
five foot eleven inches. I'm kind of a nerd but have an unhealthy dose
of cynicism for work. So that means I'm an ok guy outside of work but at
work I like to point out the hypocrisy of the retail structure. Some
call it complaining but I don't really care. I get my work done right
and on time and the only people who care about that part of me are the
managers. But, come on, everybody likes to bitch about work so nothing
different than anyone else on that front. I've got short dark brown
hair. A bit of a large nose, and hazel eyes with a stare that gives a
lot of people the willies stemming from a lot of time getting bullied as
a kid. Still, I was lucky enough to somehow get a girlfriend (as in the
guys version). We met at the library. I was just leaving when she ran up
behind me to stop me so she could confess that she had a crush on me.
She gave me her number and let me decide whether to pursue it. I mulled
it over and took a chance and called her back. We went out on a few
dates hit it off and decided to go steady and became boyfriend and
girlfriend. Where was I? Oh yes, talking about myself... I think that's
all I can think of right now. I guess I'll add more later as I think
about it. So back into the flow.
The next day I got into work a few minutes before my shift started, bent
on getting a Sonic keychain. I put the required coins in the slot and
turned the knob and heard a faint click as the plastic ball hit the
door. I pulled it out and opened the ball to pull out the keychain and
smiled to see that it was Tails. For those of you who don't know (why
don't you?) Tails is a kid who's a fox anthro with two tails, hence the
name, and for the most part plays friend and sidekick to Sonic. Still, I
thought the keychain looked cool and was far better then the paper clip
I was using now. With a smile on my lips I walked to the back room to
where the tool chest/closet was and pulled out a pair of needle nose
pliers. I fashioned the blue paper clip into a circle still in the
zipper catch since the chain to the keychain wouldn't fit. Once I had
the paperclip coiled enough I snipped the excess off with the needle
nose pliers and fished the opened chain through the coil and closed it.
I then zipped up my vest so my Tails keychain was proudly displayed
hanging on my chest now acting as my new zipper tag. I fingered the
keychain for a moment admiring the little decoration when I swayed
having suddenly felt nauseous like I was sea sick and taking a sudden
dip down an elevator. As I stumbled taking a step and grabbed onto the
door to the tool closet for support. Just when I thought I was going to
black out the ill feelings left me and I was again sure of my footing.
And before I was about to keel over the feeling passed as if it never
happened. I shook my head to clear any more unseen fog from my head. The
nauseous feeling didn't come back so I just shrugged it off as a one off
and went on with my day.
Shortly after noon and my lunch break was over I was just leaving the
staff lounge when Sean rounded the corner and stopped on seeing me. Sean
was a new hire and held the technical position of 'manager'. I say that
because some over paid executive somewhere at head office in order to
justify his job, it seemed like, came up with buzz words. His boss ate
it up and now the employee pool was restructured where we now have a new
type of employee. I'm not going to humour the new job name because it
was unnecessary. And Sean was the "manager" for the new class of
employee. I don't think he actually has the qualifications to be a
manager and I never seen him do anything that would justify him being a
manager as he's never been in the office and I've only seen him doing
the same work the rest of us grunts do. Suffice to say I'm pretty sure
his position was a joke. He had an inch on me, wore glasses and had long
dark hair that he wore in a pony tail and goatee as if he were trying to
emulate a long forgotten stereotype of university scholar. He's a douche
who bitches about everything and especially so when he's asked to do
something by a co-worker. He's made it quite clear that since he's a
manager he shouldn't have to do these things.
Sorry, I'm rambling. Sean and I aren't friends in any capacity. It all
stemmed from his first few days working here and he got a really bad
day, not because of me although I didn't help any as I kept showing him
up in doing my job which was supported by the real managers when he went
to complain about me. I never rubbed it in but he took it personally.
And since then has had it in for me. I gave a sigh in annoyance
wondering what he was going to do this time. Sean gave my an
uncomfortable once over with a sour look before speaking.
"Able, you're going to have to change, you're out of uniform," he stated
as if expecting I was going to fix whatever he thought was wrong.
With an annoyed groan I looked down at myself. I was wearing my uniform
like I always had. Black pants black shoes black shirt and the required
company vest. Even my personal vest that I wore under the company vest
was the accepted color. The only thing that was different was my new
Tails zipper tag. I gave him an annoyed look as I raised an eyebrow.
"Really? I asked. "What's wrong with this?"
"It's a safety hazard," he answered gruffly, expecting that to be all I
needed to know.
"No, it's not," I answered feeling my blood begin to boil.
"The dress code clearly states that no necklaces are to be worn while at
work," he 'explained'. "It could get caught and strangle you."
"First off," I started holding a finger up, "this isn't a necklace. At
best, it's a keychain that I'm using as a zipper tag for my vest. And
second. The dress code doesn't say anything about key chains or zipper
tags," I called back knowing I was right.
"It's still a safety hazard," he said quickly.
I sighed knowing he wasn't going to let this go. Fine, I thought, If he
wants to be difficult then I'll be difficult. And with that I felt a
cruel smile on my lips as I looked him in the eye, noticing that a few
coworkers had gathered to watch our exchange.
"Okay," I said in false acceptance of his demands, I gave a shrug as
well. "I don't see why I have to change this when you didn't have a
problem yesterday when I was using a paperclip. But, you're the
'manager' and I guess I'll have to change. I wouldn't want to break the
dress code," I said in mock concern.
Sean smiled at my statement, choosing to ignore my obvious sarcasm.
"Good," he said basking in his apparent victory and began to turn to
walk away.
"Excuse me!" I called after him. "There is one thing though," I said
letting it hang until he turned back around to face me clearly losing
patience.
"What?" he asked, putting his hands on his hips trying, and failing, to
project authority.
"Since we're on the subject," I started up again, "in the interest of
safety, you should probably take that pen out of your hair, safety
hazard you know. I mean, what if you fell and accidentally impaled
yourself with your own pen. Or accidently stab someone else the same
way," I explained. Several people snickered at that. Sean quickly
snatched the pen from his hair and shoved it in his pocket. I gave an
unfriendly smirk as I wasn't done yet. "And the dress code clearly
states that long hair is to be worn in a bun. Not in a pony tail like
you've been doing since you started working here." There were some
outright laughs at that that didn't ease Sean's growing anger. I decided
to poke the wound I made. "Before you say it, the dress code doesn't say
women are to wear long hair in a bun, it says employees have to. So...
are you going to get your hair cut or are you going to wear it in a bun?
Personally, I don't think you can pull the look off but I'm sure it'd
lighten everyone's mood to see you with your hair in a bun." That got
everyone who was standing around us clapping and cheering me on. A few
made some cat calls to Sean about how hot he'd look with a bun.
Sean, for his part, looked absolutely furious. His upper lip was
quivering and he had his hands curled up in tight fists. I briefly
wondered if he was going to throw a punch. I wasn't worried about it and
stood loosely but alert seeing what he was going to do next. Sean closed
his eyes and took a few deep breaths, not long after his fist slowly
stopped shaking. Once he had himself under control again he opened his
eyes again staring me back in the eyes with all the hatred he could
bring to bear. I greeted his stare with an aloof smile as I knew I had
him.
"Okay Able, you want to keep your stupid toy? Fine! But mark my words,
you will regret this," he stated pointing his finger at my face like a
dagger.
"Is that a threat?" I asked innocently.
"No!' he said gruffly before turning and walking off in a huff.
Everyone else around me gave me a quick cheer and a few pats on the back
for putting Sean in his place. He'd been flaunting his position over
everyone at work and had actually gotten in trouble a few times because
of it. Needless to say, I felt pretty good for the rest of the day. Even
more so when I saw Sean scurry away as soon as he saw me coming by.
After work, I returned home. After changing out of my uniform, having a
shower and getting a bite to eat, I was just about to settle down with
some video games when my girlfriend Kriss (told you you were going to
know later) stormed in before slamming the door close swearing as she
went to the cupboard and fished out a glass and grabbing a bottle of
juice from the fridge and poured herself a glass, still swearing under
her breath.
I knew better than to ask her what's wrong when she was fuming and just
sat in my chair fiddling with the game menu till she cooled off and
wanted to talk. After some swearing and other yelling of frustration I
heard her put her glass in the sink followed by moderate stomps heading
to the living room where I was currently sitting. She then, in a huff,
sat down on the couch beside me looking cross with her arms crossed
themselves with a pout on her lips.
Not going to lie, she does look sexy when she pouts like that.
"So," I started as I put my controller down as I turned to her,
"anything you want to talk about?"
She was silent for a moment before turning her head away and leaning
back in the couch. "I don't want to talk about it," she said.
I gave a shrug. "Ok," I said as I picked up my controller but made no
further effort to resume my game. I was glad that she had her head
turned as I couldn't help keeping the grin that crept up on my face.
This was just her way of venting and she'd only resume talking if I
started doing something. Which was why I didn't bother getting a game
started. So, with that in mind I thumbed the joystick on the controller
which in turn made a tick sound on the TV as an icon was selected. Like
clockwork, she turned back to me to continue. Just after I was quick
enough to wipe the grin off of my face.
"It's just my friend Trish was being an absolute bitch tonight," she
told me.
I nodded. Kriss and Trish were best friends, as Kriss told me, since the
first grade. They were close up until they split ways after high school,
Kriss went to university to learn to be a nurse while Trish went to
college to learn to be a beautician. They got back in touch after their
respective schooling but, it was clear not long after that they had
drifted apart from each other and since then have fought and broke up on
and off the past couple years. Lately, it was more breaking up than
getting back together. I guess that neither one wanted to admit that the
friendship they once had was over.
"So," I started again, "what did you two fight over this time?" I asked
as I once again put my controller down to prove that I was paying
attention.
She just shrugged and gave a listless wave of her hand. "I don't know,
the usual stuff I guess. She says something stupid and I call her on it
and she says something mean back and... Ugh! I don't think I can go
through this any more," she said looking at me in the eyes. With her
brow furrowed. She still valued her friendship with Trish, or at least
what was left of it. "I guess ever since we went to different schools
after high school we've changed. She's still wanting to marry a hot and
rich guy so she could use his money to open her own salon. I know we
used to talk about that kind of thing in elementary up through high
school but I'm not like that any more. I want to be a nurse. I know what
it's like living in the real world and setting up a business is hard
work and Trish has had her parents pay for everything she's ever had.
I'm not saying it's wrong to work for that but all Trish just says is
that she'll get her parents or rich husband to pay for everything and
just thinks that's it. It's hard work! And I don't want to be the one
doing all the real work while she's buffing someone's nails. I tell her
that and she gets angry with me saying that I'm calling her stupid. I'm
not calling her stupid, I'm just saying that she hasn't thought
everything out yet."
At this point her pouting lips were starting to quiver, the sure sign
she was going to cry soon. So with that, I stood up and held my arms
open for a hug. She quickly got up as well and moved into my hug with
one of her own. Just as we were closing in she tilted her head up and
kissed me on the forehead before she leaned her head on my shoulder. A
few minutes later she finally broke our embrace giving me a small thank
you. I smiled back at her happy that she was feeling better. "Not that
I'm ever going to complain getting a kiss from you but why'd you kiss me
on the forehead?" I asked her.
"Because I always have to look up when I want to kiss you on the lips,"
she replied. She then got confused look on her face. "How was I able to
kiss you so high?" she asked me.
It was then that I noticed that we were almost looking at each other in
the eyes. I looked down at her feet. "It must be because you're still
wearing heels while I'm just in my socks," I answered.
"Oh. That must be it," she agreed but still not sounding completely
convinced.
We talked a little more about her aging relationship until she decided
that, for better or worse, their friendship had run its course. She soon
left after getting a text from one of her friends she works with at the
hospital and left to get a few drinks with her to salvage the rest of
her night. After she left I went back to my game and played it till it
was time for bed.
The next day I got up, brushed my teeth and did my shower, and got
dressed. After putting on a clean pair of underwear pants and shirt I
then put on my vest and quickly zipped it up. I know it's childish but I
couldn't help but poke at the Tails keychain with a goofy grin. I then
felt a momentary bout of motion sickness for half a second and was gone
again before I knew it. At this point I still shook it off as nothing
and went to the kitchen for breakfast. Not long after I cleaned up my
dirty dishes and was off to work for another day of retail. When I got
in my car that morning I found that the seat was too far back and the
all the mirrors were out of alignment. After fixing the slight problem I
was on my way to work as I grumbled thinking that Kriss was the one who
messed with my seat and mirrors. I made a mental note to ask her later
when I got back home.
Soon enough I made it into work with time to spare and donned the work
vest and clocked in for the day. The day went like usual, Sean had the
day off so I didn't see him today, thankfully, so it was more pleasant
all the way round for everyone. There were only two things that stood
out to me that day. Shortly after noon, a little old lady had asked me
for help to get something off the shelf that was too high for her.
Naturally, I obliged her. But when I went to grab it, I noticed that it
was almost too high for me to reach. After standing on my tippy toes I
got it down for her. I looked at the shelf briefly. I was sure that I
was more than tall enough to reach that shelf but the evidence was plain
as day that I couldn't so, with some reluctance, I put it out of my
mind. The other thing was that my coworkers were giving me weird looks a
few asking me if I was "doing it to piss Sean off". I just looked down
at my keychain that adorned my vest zipper and shrugged saying that I
was well within my rights. That seemed to answer any lingering questions
they had but they still gave me odd looks. When I saw Eddie give me the
same look I asked him what was up.
"Look, I get that you're using that keychain thing to stick it to Sean
but the real managers might have something to say about your hair," he
told me, gesturing at me.
I gave him a quizzical look and made way to the washrooms and looked in
the mirror to see what he was talking about. What I saw made me do a
double-take. My hair had some how, in the time since I woke up this
morning to now, changed color. It was now lighter looking like a weird
shade of red or maybe even a dark shade of orange. I don't know, I've
never been good with specific color names. I must have spent a good
eight minutes staring at myself wondering how my hair could change color
on its own in just a few hours. It didn't make sense. Eventually I
shrugged it off for now. Despite what I knew to have happened, even
though I didn't know HOW it happened, no one was going to let me off
early because my hair changed color. With deep reservations I walked out
of the washroom and continued on with my job. Although I'll admit that I
kept looking at myself whenever I passed a reflective surface. I was all
too eager to get home and figure this out.
When I got home, I was exhausted and grimy from a full days work I bee-
lined for the shower. When I got out, I was just getting dressed when I
heard Kriss just got in. With a longing sigh I went to meet her.
She was just putting her jacket on the hook when she turned to me and
smiled. "Hey babe, how was your day? Love the hair," she held up a bag,
"I got our crappy movie for the night. I've been told that it's a really
bad one." Her toothy grin told me that she believed what she'd been told
and was eager to watch it.
Now, I'll admit it. I completely forgot about what happened to my hair.
Maybe it was just me wanting something normal after the weirdness that
happened today that I barely registered her comment about my hair. We
got dinner ready soon after and ate it with some romantic mood lighting.
Not that long after we settled down in the living room to watch the
horribly bad movie Kriss brought.
To give you some context, we kind of have this tradition where the night
before we both have a day off we watch a bad movie. Believe it or not,
there was nothing that got us in a more romantic mood than watching a
bad movie the night before. You might think it's weird but it works for
us. Tonight's selection was a gloriously bad one entitled "Black
Superman". And I can tell you that it was enjoyably bad in ways that
Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" could only dream of. When the movie ended, it
was late in the evening so we made ready for bed. As I drifted off to
sleep, at the back of my mind, I remembered the weird thing about my
hair but I was already asleep before I could put any more thought into
it.
The next day I woke up alone in bed and breathed in the smell of freshly
cooked breakfast. I smiled at this as I got up and made my way to the
bathroom to relieve myself and get a quick shower in. I got back to the
bedroom and into a fresh change of clothes. When I got fully dressed I
felt another wave of dizziness wash over me.
"Ok, something's seriously going on here," I muttered when I recovered.
I walked into the kitchen intent on asking Kriss about it. When I got
there Kriss had laid out a delicious looking feast of waffles sided with
cut fruit, whipped cream, and of course syrup.
Kriss was just pouring the juice when she looked up at me and smiled.
"Good morning babe, sleep ok?" I gave a half hearted smile to which she
immediately picked up on. "What's wrong?" she asked as she walked over
to me.
I scratched my head. "I've been getting these dizzy spells the last few
days. I get dizzy for a few seconds and I feel fine after. I'd normally
write it off but it's been happening again and again, maybe I'm coming
down with something," I said trying not to make it sound like a big
deal.
Kriss came up to me and looked me over, having me watch her finger move
and checking my temperature. "Well, you don't have a fever or a
concussion that I can see. And your pupils aren't dilated, so you're not
having a bad reaction to any drugs..." She gave me a look. "You're not
on any drugs are you? Legal or otherwise?" she asked worriedly.
I gave her a smirk. "Only you," I answered to which she gave me a
playful slap on the arm.
"You're an ass! But at least you know how to flatter me," she said as
she turned around and walked back to the table while she put an extra
wiggle in her hips shaking her pert rear end.
"And what an ass you have," I replied as I followed. She gave me a
warning look but the smile in her eyes betrayed her.
"If you do get dizzy again, I don't care, I'll drag you to the hospital
to get checked out," she told me with her actual serious face this time.
"Yes ma'am," I assured her as I moved a few waffles onto my plate and
started eating. Not much happened during breakfast, we just talked to
each other about our days at work. Kriss laughed when I told her about
the incident with Sean and my new Tails keychain. Soon enough, we were
finished and I help her by washing the dishes while she dried and put
them away. We kept murmuring sweet gushy sentiments to each other, doing
our best to get the other riled up. Needless to say, we both succeeded
and by the time the dishes were done we were onto one another other
kissing each other full on the mouth with the sloppiness that only two
people in love with could provide. She giggled while I chuckled as we
slowly made our way to the bedroom and by the time we got there we were
almost down to our underwear. Before we lay down on the bed Kriss turned
around keeping her rear close to my crotch while she reached around with
her hands and grabbed my underwear and crouched down while keeping her
delightful ass touching me as she ground down my legs till her shapely
rear rested on top of my feet. With my boxers now around my ankles she
grasped her panties, keeping them at ground level while slowly lifting
her rear back up my legs to where they eventually rested tantalizingly
at my crotch, my penis standing at attention in the crevasse of her
cheeks. She bent forward at the hips and...
Sorry, Kriss just gave me a swat. I guess I don't really need to go into
detail but it is relevant I think.
Anyway, to sum it up, we had sex for about two hours (not constantly but
we shifted between heavy sex and foreplay throughout). I was surprised
about how good my stamina was, but all through out the sex I didn't cum
once! I know it's weird, I was rock hard all the time but never came.
Kriss came several glorious times and we only stopped because she was
worn out leaving me sexually frustrated. In the end, we had to stop for
lunch and despite me not being able to get off I did work up an appetite
so, with a growl of frustration, I joined my girlfriend to start lunch.
We ate, cleaned up and had a shower. Yes, we had sex in the shower too,
I was still worked up from earlier and Kriss was more than happy to
revisit. Just to remind you all in case it seems that we just have sex
all the time. We don't. We save our sexual encounters for when we both
have the same day off, that way neither of us is too exhausted from work
for the other and it just seems more special that way. But anyway Kriss
came again and I still didn't, leaving me in a bad mood somewhat. I
tried to cover it up though, as I didn't want to ruin Kriss' good mood.
When we got out, we got dressed.
It was at this point that I did the really stupid thing. When I got
dizzy again, I shook it off and denied it happened. I guess from between
not wanting to scare Kriss and my being sexually frustrated, I just
wanted everything else to be normal and ignored the red flag the dizzy
spells presented. I don't know why I ignored it but this was the PNR,
Point of No Return, for what happened later. Anyway, after we got
dressed in clean clothes, me once again wearing my vest. We went into
the living room and watched some Netflix for the rest of the afternoon.
At some point while we were watching Kris commentated on how she was
surprised that I shaved my arms and legs, saying that while she liked
the new sensations as she rubbed her hands over them she told me I
didn't need to do that for her. I was surprised at this as I never did,
but as soon as she mentioned it, I could see my hairless arm that Kris
was currently petting. I was shocked by the sight but played it off by
telling her that I wanted to surprise her.
She leaned into me resting her back against my front, one hand still
softly rubbing my hairless arm while she reached up with the other to
play with the hair on my head. I felt her pause for a moment before she
continued although seemingly in a less playful manner and more
exploratory.
"What's wrong?" I asked as I kissed the side of her neck.
She breathed a sigh as she stopped again. "Nothing, it's just your hair
doesn't feel the same. It almost feels like...," she paused again trying
to think of the right word. "Never mind, it's nothing," she said as she
went back to playfully mussing with my hair.
I strangely didn't give it another thought for the rest of the day and
went back to watching the rom com that was still playing. Hours later,
we had dinner, and after we had another round of sex, to which I again
wasn't able to cum. Cleaned up with another shower we quickly changed
the bed sheets and got ready for bed. When we lay down Kriss snuggled
against me in my arms and despite my frustrations from the day I buried
my face into the back of her head breathing in the smell of her hair
which seemed to soothe me, letting me close my eyes and send me off into
a deep sleep.
I was jarred awake by some one shaking me and as I opened my still
sleep-filled eyes I could see Kriss was the one shaking me. I could see
her mouth moving as if she was talking to me but no sound came out.
Thinking that she was just playing a joke on me I lazily brushed her off
telling her to not play around with me like that this early in the
morning then turned over to go back to sleep. Kriss had an early shift
today but I had a later one so I got to sleep in. Or at least usually.
Kriss grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back over shaking me again. This
time I was wide awake and angry.
I swatted her hands away as I told her, "Stop it Kriss, let me sleep! Is
the place on fire or something?" It was then that I realised that I
couldn't hear my own self speak, which was confusing. I cleared my
throat to test my hearing even saying random words until I noticed that
it wasn't just Kriss' and my voice I wasn't hearing...
I couldn't hear ANYTHING! Not Kriss who seemed to be saying something,
which I still couldn't hear, not myself or even the normal background
noise you never notice unless there was a power outage. I couldn't even
hear the blood that was thrumming through my ears as my heartbeat
increased and I started to panic. There was only complete,
unadulterated... SILENCE! If you ever heard the saying "the silence was
deafening", you have no idea. It was only in a fit of panic that I
brought my hands up to my ears in a futile attempt to get them to work
again when what I felt made me stop as I suddenly broke out in a cold
sweat. My ears. They were gone! I frantically run my hands all around
the sides of my head trying to find my ears. I was hyperventilating I
was panicking so much. Where my ears SHOULD BE was empty save for, and I
use this term with sickening distaste, was just hair as if my ears never
existed in the first place.
I had learned this much later but the ears, even with actual deaf
people, provide an essential service to the human body. Something in the
inner ear provides the brain with a sense of orientation. Without it, we
would most likely not be able to walk on our own two feet let alone be
crawling on all fours. So, needless to say, I didn't know this at the
time and when I jumped out of bed the world spun around me and I fell
landing hard on my back. The world was still spinning around me as I
tried to sit up, only for the sensation to get ten times worse to the
point where I threw up all over myself. After that horrifying mess I
curled up into a ball clenching my eyes shut tight with my hands on the
sides of my head still trying to find what was no longer there.
Kriss, my darling angel of a girlfriend slowly pulled me up into a
sitting position, evidently not caring about the puke as she held me
close with my head on her chest as she rubbed my back gently. I could
feel her talking possibly saying something to try and sooth my frayed
nerves. But what can you really say to a person who suddenly became
deaf? Let alone some one who just became deaf because their ears
suddenly disappeared. But some how, through it all, just the fact that
she was there was enough to calm me down. She didn't shun me in my new
inexplicable disfigurement or make a scene from my throwing up. She was
there for me. And that's what mattered.
Eventually, she pulled herself away and reached for her cell and began
typing into it before turning it to me so I can read it.
"I'm going to get you cleaned up and take you to the hospital. You've
changed more than just your ears missing. You think you can make it to
the shower if I help you?" it read.
I nodded slowly and reached up with both hands slightly embarrassed that
I still had puke all over me as well as needing help to walk several
feet to the bathroom. Slowly, we stumbled like the DD helping his
drunken friend walk, and made it to the bathroom. I found that as long
as I kept my eyes shut the world didn't seem to spin around as much. She
helped my remove the small few pieces of clothing that I had been
sleeping in before helping me into the shower where I propped myself up
in the corner to maintain some level of dignity, however gone it might
have been at this point. Kriss undressed herself and joined me as she
turned the water on. There was no sexual playfulness this time
obviously, and Kriss helped wash all the puke off me including the stuff
that got in my hair. I didn't want to touch my head at this point, the
irrational part of me reasoning that if I didn't address it then the
problem didn't exist, so Kriss washed my hair instead. I noticeably
jerked when she washed the parts where my ears should have been but
mostly stayed still and kept my eyes shut to keep the world from
spinning around me. The shower was a short, for two people, eighteen
minutes long and when we got out of the shower I finally got a look at
myself in the bathroom mirror. The first thing I noticed was the lack of
ears. Sorry to keep going on about this but when you go your whole life
with something and suddenly it's missing that's really jarring. My hair
was still short so I couldn't even use that as an excuse for why I
couldn't see them. The hairline just continued down naturally, if you
could say that, down and to the back of my head as if they never
existed. The colour of my hair had changed as well, now being an
orange/peach colour (the orange being more dominant) so you could see
the orange without it being the glaring neon orange you typically see on
safety vests and the like. I also seemed to have grown three locks of
hair that flared out over my forehead giving it a weird look. But when I
looked at the rest of myself I almost fell right there, and not from no
longer having the ability to stand up straight. I had somehow gotten
younger. I looked to be in my low twenties, or late teens. And there was
something else. Something in the way I looked in the face that seemed
off...
We dried off and stumbled, I stumbled, back to the bedroom. Kriss helped
me dress, again much to my embarrassment. It was when she helped me get
my vest on that I swayed again falling back on the bed. Kriss helped me
up and to the car. I had to keep my eyes shut the entire time as every
time I saw the world move around me my brain tried to make sense from
organs that no longer existed and caused the world to spin around me
more. I almost threw up two more times before we finally reached the
hospital. I was surprised that when we got in Kriss was able to cut our
waiting time down and got me in to see a doctor. I later learned she
used a favour to get us in so quick.
When the doctor got in he gave me the once over, checking my pulse,
temperature and blood pressure while he was asking me questions but
since I couldn't hear a word he said Kriss provided the answers. I have
to admit that for some reason, I felt a certain feeling of satisfaction
when he tried to look in my ear with that thing you use to inspect the
ear. It was after that that the doctor began what looked like a heated
discussion with Kriss. I later learned that he thought Kriss was
pranking him with me. He would continue to talk while examining me that
I began to notice something. I almost didn't realise it at first but as
the doctor and my girlfriend 'talked' to each other I began to hear
again. It was like trying to hear someone speak under water but the fact
that I could hear ANYTHING was an elation to me.
"Guys," I called out speaking up for the first time. They both turned to
me. "I think my hearing's starting to come back," I told them. Kriss
made the few steps towards me and reached out to feel for my ears saying
something. I waved her off telling her that I couldn't hear anything
distinctive yet and all I could hear was just noise. The fact that I
could hear anything made me smile.
The doctor, being a pragmatist of some sort began feeling the sides of
my head while speaking to me until Kriss typed out on her cell that he
wanted me to tell him when I could feel him going over my ears making
the most noise. I nodded. He started where my ears were supposed to be,
to which I flinched but remained still and worked from there. On my not
registering his hands over my ears he gradually moved around to the rest
of my head. First, on the rest of the sides of my head, then the back of
my head to finally the top which made me quirk an eyebrow but I didn't
say anything. He started at the front of my head at the hair line
gradually making his way back. He continued to talk to me and I'd have
to admit that my hearing was slightly getting better, I still couldn't
make anything out legibly but it was getting clearer, little by little.
It was almost when he was at the back of my head when I finally said I
could hear his hands over my ears. He had me tilt my head forward so he
could inspect the area. When he parted my hair to get a look at my scalp
he gave a surprised expression. My girlfriend looked over his shoulder
to see and her expression matched the doctor's. She took a picture with
her cell to show me and when I looked I could see two small nubs growing
out of my head. I reached up to feel the nubs with my hands. They
depressed easily under my touch and I could hear my fingers playing with
them through my hair. I started freaking out again, hyperventilating.
Kriss was immediately by my side giving me a warm hug as she rubbed my
back gently. The doctor had me tilt forward again so he could inspect
the growths on my head. He stared at them for a minute before he jumped
back suddenly. Lucky for me at that time my hearing had progressed to
the point that I could actually hear as if some one was speaking in the
next room. So when my girlfriend asked him what was wrong, he could only
say that the growths were growing. I gulped at that and reached up again
feeling the things on my head. It was about a minute that I noticed that
the growths seemed to be depressing into my fingers even though they
didn't move. Just as I pulled my hands away I felt the growths form a
slight hole in each of them and my hearing came back even better.
Everything I heard now was muted but I can now make out what some one
was saying, evident by my hearing a page over the PA system. At that
point, things became surreal as the doctor continued to check the
progress of my 'ears' growing until fifteen minutes later they began to
take on a noticeably familiar shape. We were all hesitant to say what
they looked like until another twenty minutes later the doctor confirmed
they had stopped growing. Kriss, with some trepidation, took another
picture and showed me. What I saw made me dumbfounded. It just wasn't
possible. On the top of my head, near the back, were animal ears. God
damn fox ears. Pointed triangles had risen above my head resembling fox
ears. The fur on the outside was the same orange/peach colour as the
rest of my head while the inside had soft white fur. When Kriss took
another picture, her cell made the typical camera click, I felt a muscle
twitch on my head that I never had before and felt one of my ears turned
towards the noise. I put my hands over my... I really didn't want to
call these things on my head my ears but what else could I call them? to
keep them from moving.
Kriss gave me a concerned look before she turned to the doctor. "What's
happened to him?"
The doctor turned to her with a look, then to me, and back to her as if
he were in a daze before he shook himself out of it. "I don't know what
to say about it." He paused for a moment. "And I really don't want to
deal with this. You can both leave," he said as he made for the door but
was stopped by Kriss blocking his path.
"What the hell are you talking about?" she demanded. "You can't just
leave him like that you have to help him!"
The doctor pointed at me with a shaking finger. "What's happening to
your boyfriend is impossible. And with the other symptoms you told me
about, if they are true is also impossible. People don't just get
younger overnight or have a sudden change in hair pigmentation, And they
most certainly don't spontaneously grown animal ears in the matter of
minutes!" he was practically shouting at the end. "I don't even know how
to approach my colleagues about this, If I told anyone about this I'd
get laughed out of the practise and lose my license."
"You can't leave him like this without doing something!" Kriss shouted
back while giving him a death-glare that seemed to put the fear of god
in him which made him fluster.
"I-I'll make some calls, subtle calls. Recently, the last few days we've
been hearing some things from other hospitals about... similar things.
We laughed it off because the way they describe it made it sound
like..." He paused not wanting to say it.
"Like what?" Kriss prodded.
"...Like magic," the doctor spat out. He then composed himself. "Will
you let me go now? I have patients that I can actually help waiting for
me." With that he pushed past Kriss and left, leaving me feeling more
than a little mortified.
I had been through an incredibly traumatic day so far and the doctor
more or less took one look at me and refused to help me in the
slightest. I turned to my girlfriend and asked, "What's going to happen
to me?" I had to turn my head to keep myself from crying but I still
caught the worried look in my girlfriends' face.
She walked over to me and gave me another hug. "It'll be OK," she
assured me, "I'm not sure what's going to happen but I'll be right there
with you, right to the end." I grasped her arm before I hugged her back.
We stayed like that for I don't know how long before she finally pulled
away. "Let's go home. I'll call your job and let them know you won't be
coming in and I'll put in for some vacation days so I can stay with
you."
I sniffled, frowning as I did so. "Won't your boss get angry with you
for suddenly taking off?" God, I hated how emotional I was getting
today. But, then again, if what happened today wasn't an excuse to cry
then what was?
Kriss gave me a smile and a reassuring squeeze on my shoulder. "I'm
taking care of an emergency at home and besides, more than a few people
owe me some favours. Don't worry, we'll be OK for awhile, I promise."
she said with a smile that didn't quite override the worry in her eyes.
I nodded and hopped off the examining bed suddenly aware of how much
taller she was than me now. I wondered how the hell I lost so much
height over just a few hours when I remembered that she said something
about me being shorter a few days ago. This was just getting too much
for me again but I forced myself to breathe calmly. I might have been
deaf at the time, but I was more than sure that Kriss was about to beat
the crap out of that doctor a few times.
She reached up feeling one of my new ears. I flinched but didn't pull
away. I might not know what was happening to my body but damn if I
wasn't going to put up some fight, no matter how small.
"They really do feel like real fox ears," she mused as she mussed my
hair a bit.
"Gee, thanks," I responded wryly, hating that the obvious was
continually beaten into me so far.
She gave me an apologetic smile. "Sorry, I was wondering about your hair
the other night when I was playing with it as it felt so different form
normal but now that your ears changed like this, I was able to pin it
down. I think your hair's changed to fur now," she said quietly. Before
I could respond she started again, "I think you're going to draw a
little too much attention with those ears. Let me go down to the gift
shop, I'm sure I'll find something, wait here," she told me before
hurrying out leaving me alone.
I looked around the room trying hard not to feel vulnerable. There was
no mirror in the room so I couldn't see what I looked like now, but
there was a removable chrome tray on a stand by the examining bed. I
pulled the tray off and gave myself a look. It was surreal. Even though
I knew where my ears were now I still looked to the sides of my head for
them by natural reflex. I admit I panicked slightly when I didn't see
them where they were supposed to be. I took a few deep breaths to get
myself back under control before I once again looked back into the tray
to where my ears are now. My mind seemed to short out a little, as I was
unable to grasp these two little facts sitting on top of my head. I
squeezed my eyes shut again and took another breath. "I am in control of
myself," I assured myself and looked again. Experimentally, I tried
twitching a new muscle I now had and saw my left ear shift. This was so
weird! Both the fact that these were now on my head and some how... I
can't believe I'm saying this, even to just myself but, they looked so
natural up there. How can some thing so unnatural look perfectly...
normal is too great of a stretch but those ears that should belong on a
fox looked perfectly at home on my head.
I'm sorry that I keep going over this but I can only guess that it's
similar to someone, who just lost a limb. They know that it's not there
any more, but since it has been there till then, it leaves this weird
disconnected feeling. That was like what it was for me. I know I no
longer have human ears. I can see that I now possess appendages that
belong on an animal. But I just couldn't fully grasp it. At this point I
felt that I'd go insane (If I hadn't gone there already) and put the
tray back down on the stand just as my girlfriend came back in with a
black toque with the hospital name on it, which she handed to me and I
hastily pulled it on. I deluded myself into thinking, that I was normal
again. We walked back down to the entrance where Kriss had me wait while
she sorted out her vacation days. I sat in a chair for what must have
been eight or so minutes fiddling with the hat as it made my ears itch.
I was almost to the point of saying to hell with it and yanking the
damned hat off to get some relief, when Kriss walked up.
"Kay, I got the next two weeks off, ready to go?"
"Yes!" I answered a little too forcefully and not as grateful, as I
scratched my ears again. I immediately got up and speed walked to the
car. When we had gotten in and drove off back home, I did yank the hat
off, tossing it in the back seat scratching the itches.
Kriss gave a light-hearted smile at my action, "Come on, I didn't think
my sense of style was that bad considering the choices available."
"Sorry, the material in the hat was itchy on my..." I couldn't say the
word. Thankfully though she understood and changed the subject to about
how she called in some favours to cover her sudden absence and how she
was overdue for vacation time anyway. Soon enough, we were back home
where we spent the next couple hours cleaning up the dried vomit we'd
forgotten about. Needless to say it was still disgusting. Not much
eventful happened for the rest of the day. We had dinner then went to
bed early. As I lay in bed after getting out of my clothes, which I
realised were too loose on me now, I thought, that the only good thing
that happened today was that I could once again walk without throwing up
and falling over. And I have to begrudgingly admit one thing. Now that
my ears were on the top of my head it was actually more comfortable
laying my head on my pillow now that my ears weren't in the way. It's
strange the things you find out when a fundamental constant suddenly
changes on you. You begin to notice the things that never mattered
before. Even then it were a few fretful hours of tossing and turning,
before I finally fell asleep.
I woke up late the next morning feeling like hell. Not surprising
considering the stress I went through yesterday as well as a lousy
nights sleep. I let out a yawn as I stretched out the kinks ending with
scratching an itch on my head, pausing when I felt one of my ears. I let
out a groan, part of me hoping the whole thing was just some fever dream
or hallucination. No such luck for me it seemed. I got up and slowly
made my way over to the bathroom where I did my business in the toilet.
When I went to wash my hands in the sink I glanced at myself in the
mirror when, I kid you not, I did a double-take. While I slept, my body
had changed again. I seemed to have gotten younger but that wasn't what
had caught my eye. In the span of eight hours or so while I slept, I had
some how turned into a girl! I looked like a sixteen year old girl with
breasts (small they may be but they were there and that's what mattered)
and an unmistakably girly face. On seeing this I instantly looked down
and made a grab for my penis to make sure it was still there. I breathed
a thankful sigh that it was but my relief was short-lived when I looked
back up at myself in the mirror and realised what I must look like now.
So, I did what any reasonable person would have done when faced with a
situation like this: I screamed.
Seconds later my girlfriend found me crying my eyes out on the floor in
the fetal position. I don't remember how long I was there crying after
she came in but she held me close and whispered soothing words into my
ear until eventually my sobbing fits subsided and my schattered
breathing finally passed to normal. God, I lucked out on having Kriss as
my girlfriend. I eventually calmed down enough where I felt hunger pangs
and asked Kriss if we could have breakfast now. She gave a short laugh
and nodded saying she'll make what ever I wanted. All I told her was
that I wanted something good. She smiled and nodded saying that she had
just the thing. When I joined her in the kitchen I looked at the clock
and saw that it was well into the afternoon and despite that Kriss
didn't correct me or anything like that. She knew what I needed and did
what she could to make it happen.
Have I mentioned how much I love my girlfriend?
Some thing good turned out to be apple sliced pancakes with a side of
bacon and eggs with all the trimmings. It was delicious and I felt much
better, now that I had had some good food. I felt ready to face the new
changes to my body. With Kriss by my side I felt a lot braver, if that
makes any sense, and went back to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror,
with Kriss by my side I could see that I was a little bit shorter making
me wonder how much more I was going to shrink. Now that I was relatively
calm I reached up with my hands to touch the, I can't believe I'm saying
this, breasts on my chest. They were pretty small and thankfully no
where near Kriss' size, I think she's a C cup. When I mentioned this
Kriss said that mine looked like I'm on the small side of an A cup. I
frowned at that, as I didn't want to be any cup size no matter how
small.
"Did that doctor call back yet?" I asked. My frown got deeper when I
heard my voice. I sounded like the young girl I appeared to be in the
mirror.
Kriss shook her head. "Not yet, I'll give him a call to see what's up
right now." And with that, she left to get her phone to make said call.
I turn back to the mirror and pulled my t-shirt off and pulled down my
underwear to get a better look at myself. I had an athletic build about
me so with that, and my dick still intact, I guess I can qualify using
the title 'tomboy". Although, I wished I was just a boy. Kriss came back
saying that he didn't have anything for them. She guessed that he wasn't
making me that high a priority on his list of things to do. I just
sneered at that, a part of me hoping that something would happen to him
like whatever was happening to me. That would get his priorities
straight.
"You look like a trap," Kriss said to me after a moment of watching me.
"A what?"
"It's a Japanese term used in manga and anime," she explained. "A trap
is a person, who's a guy who can pass convincingly as a girl except
for..." she trailed off as her eyes wandered down past my waist.
I blushed profusely, both at the term and at her looking me over.
Normally I would have been turned on by her eyeing me up but I was just
too ashamed of what I'd become. Her calling me a 'trap' didn't help and
I quickly got my shirt and boxers back on.
"How are you feeling?" she asked me.
I stared at myself in the mirror for a moment. "Better than earlier," I
admitted then gave a short bark of a laugh. "I'm supposed to be the one
comforting you." I gave her a weak smile. "I'm not much a boyfriend now,
am I?"
Kriss raised an eyebrow. "Not in the physical sense right now, but
you've helped me through plenty of tough times yourself. So I'm only
returning the favour," she replied while giving me a warm hug that made
me feel a little better, not much but definitely better.
"How can I be so lucky to have you yet be so unlucky to have this happen
to me?" I asked.
"Maybe next time you'll listen, when I ask you to put the toilet seat
down," she said as she gave me a nuggie of all things. I squirmed away
with a laugh, glad that at least in that moment, we had a moment of
normality however short.
Kriss was happy that my mood picked up and asked what else I wanted to
do today. I felt my ears perk up at this, much to my annoyance. (I would
later learn that my ears would become tell tales as to my current mood)
"All I want to do is veg out on Netflix and forget about this for now,"
I told her.
She said okay and we both walked into the living room and did just that.
Not much happened for the rest of the day but I still got distracted
occasionally and looked at myself in a mirror to see if anything else
had changed about me.
Wait, there was one thing, although it was embarrassing. We were
watching a movie in the evening and I had curled up against my
girlfriend and at some point she started gently rubbing my ears. It felt
so good, like a mini massage, that I hadn't realised she was doing it
until she stopped. I got embarrassed by this when I caught myself asking
her to continue and blushed hard. Fortunately, it was night and I wasn't
hungry so I decided to turn in for the night. Kriss had joined me not
much longer afterwards.
The next day I woke up early in the morning. I turned to see that Kriss
was still asleep and decided not to wake her as I got up to take a
shower. Even though I didn't do much of anything yesterday I had to
admit that I smelled pretty ripe. So I stripped off my few clothes and
got in the shower. As I washed myself I was almost immediately
confronted with my new-found breasts from yesterday. I was very thankful
that they hadn't gotten any bigger but was dismayed that they hadn't
gotten any smaller either. I don't know what possessed me but I started
teasing my nipples. They felt oddly pleasant and I kept teasing them
until I let out a small moan. On hearing myself utter that sound I
stopped and immediately felt ashamed with myself. I was a guy god damn
it! I shouldn't have these in the first place. I shoved the memory and
lingering feelings deep down and continued my shower.
Now for those of you who suddenly have animal ears growing out of the
top of your head, here's an important tip if you're having a shower
yourself. Do not face the shower when the water is coming out as the
water WILL shoot right into your ears. So, with that unfortunate
discovery, I had the rest of my shower facing away from the shower head.
For the part where I had to wash my hair (fur?) bent over so the water
was coming down at the back of my head first.
When I got out I dried myself off and walked back to the bedroom where I
pulled out a fresh set of clothes. Once I was dressed, I had to cinch my
belt pretty tight my pants were so loose now, I capped it off with
putting on my vest.
I felt a wave of dizziness overtake me again followed by a sudden
excruciating stabbing pain hitting me in the spine right above and below
my hips. I could only utter a garbled short scream as I dropped to the
floor. As I lay there on the floor, too over racked with pain to scream
again, my body twisted painfully around trying to relieve even a small
sliver of this agony. In desperation, I clawed at the belt on my pants
practically ripping it off before tearing my pants and underwear off. In
short ragged breaths I was able to turn over from my back and managed to
get on my hands and knees, when I felt something snap just above my
backside. This isn't a fair comparison, but imagine that you had to go
to the bathroom really bad but you had to hold it in while you made your
way. The pressure had already built up and holding it in makes it
painful. Yeah, it's a disgusting analogy but imagine how much better you
feel after you finally let go and it all comes out. That's what I felt
just then. I let out a grateful sigh of relief as I felt something shoot
out the bottom of my spine but immediately had to gasp, as I felt a
sudden pull from my groin that coincided with what was pushing out my
back. An instant later the ordeal was mercifully over and I lay there in
a daze just trying to recover from what I'd gone through. Eventually, I
managed to get up on still shaky and rubbery legs. I sat down at the
foot of the bed too exhausted still. I lazily glanced down at my crotch
to see that my dick was missing.
"Huh," was all I could manage for now at the sight as I numbly reached
down. "I have a pussy now," I stated bluntly. I knew that I should have
been freaking out right then, but I was still recovering from my sudden
painful transformation. So all I could manage was to take stock of my
new changes. By the way, it seems like my breasts got a little bigger
too without my noticing. I heard a gasp behind me I turned to look over
my shoulder to see my girlfriend staring at me wide-eyed. I gave her a
wave with a tired smile. "Good moring Kriss," I said weakly. "I changed
again!" I said in mock excitement, which was hampered by my still
exhausted state.
"Oh my god, Able, are you okay? Look what happened to you," she said as
she got up over to me and grabbing two appendages and bringing them
around for me to see. In both hands were two large fox tails, the same
colour as the hair/fur on my head with a cone of white fur on the ends.
For some reason I found this funny and giggled. "Oh look, I'm a fox," I
giggled again. "I'm a girl and a fox, I'm a foxy girl," I started
laughing which quickly turned into sobbing. Kriss was right at my side
again holding me close. "Why am I changing?" I asked between sniffles.
Kriss shook her head in admission that she didn't know either when she
paused, looking at something on my chest, then looked over the rest of
me before taking the keychain that was still hanging from my vest
zipper. "How long ago did you get this again?" she asked while staring
at it.
I looked down at it in thought. "Almost a week ago now," I answered
wondering what she was getting at. "Sean wasn't happy when he saw me
wearing it." I smiled at the memory of seeing his pissed off self
righteous face.
Kriss nodded, knowing of my 'working relationship' with Sean from all
the times I've bitched about him. She made a face as if not believing
what she was about to say next but continued. "I think he somehow used
this to put a curse on you," she said even as she looked like she felt
silly for saying it as soon as it was out of her mouth.
"Why would he do that?" I asked, although the answer was already coming
to my mind.
"You said it yourself that he was always pissed at you for showing him
up since he could exert any real authority over anyone because of you.
Maybe he found a way to get back at you finally. Even though I've seen
how you changed so much, even I'm having difficulty accepting it. I
mean, magic just doesn't exist in real life but how else can we explain
this?"
My mood darkened. "I'm going to get that son of a bitch for this," I
declared.
Kriss began to undo the chain that connected the keychain to my vest.
"Maybe if we break this it'll stop you from changing. If we're lucky,
maybe it'll undo the whole thing," she said the last part hopefully.
I only grunted. "That's not exactly how curses work," I told her.
She nodded. "Yeah, in movies sure, but this is real life and maybe if
the source is gone then maybe it'll snap back since I think you've only
changed when you had that on you."
"Yeah, maybe, but how are you going to smash it? It's a rubber cut out,
so it's not exactly breakable," I told her with a look.
"No, I can't smash it, but I still have a pair of scissors that can cut
this into itty bitty pieces," she said as she went off to get said
scissors. She came back quickly with them and sat back down beside me.
"Okay," she swallowed, "here we go." And with that she made the first
cut, and as if I were a light bulb switched off I fell back on the bed
unconscious.
I awoke to a splitting headache as I slowly sat up in bed wincing
slightly as I shifted a little, the fur on my tails got pulled when I
sat up. One thing after another, I grew fox ears, became a girl, and now
I have two damn tails sticking out above my ass. "Can this day get any
better?" I asked sarcastically and immediately regretted speaking as I
clutched my head as a dull throb went through it. Slowly, I got up and
made my way to the kitchen. Despite my aching head I was famished and
needed something to eat. When I got in I saw Kriss just sitting down to
eat herself when she looked up at me in relief.
"Oh thank god, you're awake. You've been out for almost two days. And
before you ask, no, you haven't changed any more. It seems like I was
right in that part at least," she said sadly as she was hoping for me to
return to normal. "There are a few things," she said as she got up to
get some leftovers from the fridge and set it down on a plate for me at
the table to which I was thankful. I walked over stumbling somewhat not
used to having two tails moving around on me throwing my balance off.
Still, I had to admit that it was better than when I didn't have ears.
I'd take this to that any day. I managed to make it to the table without
falling and sat in the chair and dug into the food with reckless
abandon. Kriss sat down across from me. "Doctor Snicket called back,
apparently, you're not the only one who's going though... changes.
There's also been stuff on the news about people, mostly children,
turning into animals and other things. You're not the only one going
through this," she said.
I stopped in mid chew in thought. "If that's true then we shouldn't have
much of a problem convincing anyone what Sean did to me."
"We'll make sure he turns you back to normal," Kriss promised me.
I ate faster so we can get started. When we were finished I had a
problem with the clothing aspect. Not only were my old clothes too big
for me but none of my pants would sit comfortably without showing ass
cleavage. And there was no way I was going to show anyone any more of my
body before I had a look at it. Much to my embarrassment Kriss came up
with a solution.
"I'm not wearing that," I said as I cross my arms and furrowed my
eyebrows, "I'm not wearing a skirt!"
Kriss tossed the skirt at me. "You don't have anything else that'll fit
and those button up on the side. You can turn it around to the back and
button the top over your tails," she said giving me a look as if to ask
me to think of something better.
I couldn't. And I hated that she was right about this. "Fine!" I said as
I stepped into the skirt. "But, we are going to find some real clothes
as soon as possible. I don