- The next day, Nycalus (Monday) -
- 7:21 A.M, Local School -
Dressed in her usual attire; a matching cream-colored tank-top and pleated skirt, though with the addition of her hair styled in a single, short pony-tail reaching just pass the neck-line of her tank-top; A breathless sigh comes from Celine as she steps out of the school bus and walks towards the school.
The bus stop was the beginning of the Geelien's frustration as she hadn't even entered the bus before her friends flooded her with questions about her 'girlfriend', which was even worse when she entered the bus.
Nothing changed when she stepped out of the transport, as other students noticing her eagerly questioned her.
'I'm sure I got more of this to look forward to today.' thinks Celine as she attempted to ignore the attention.
- 7:27 A.M., Math class -
'Does the whole freaking school know!?' complains Celine in her head as she was feet from her first class.
The Geelien felt like it took forever for her to advance through the cheerful crowd of students all wanting to know about Abby and her. There were too many to answer, so Celine didn't bother speaking, wanting to get to class and away from the crowd as soon as possible.
Entering the room wasn't much better, as while only about half the class was currently present, including Gina, Helani and Alma, the majority of the students turn their attention to her, but Celine was a little relieved as the few that did look to her, began talking among themselves about her.
Making her way to her seat, Celine's rear meets it for only a few seconds before she sees Alma, Gina and Helani quickly head her way and another breathless sigh leaves her as she easily guessed what they wanted to talk about.
'At least it's only the three of them.' thinks Celine.
“Hey Celine!” cheerfully greets Gina, wearing a T-shirt and jean skirt, standing to the Geelien's left.
“Is it true!?” asks Helani, equally as cheerful, wearing a T-shirt and capris, standing directly in front of Celine.
“You have a girlfriend already!?” asks Alma gleefully, wearing a T-shirt and pleated skirt, standing to Celine's right.
“No it's not.” replies Celine. “I don't have a girlfriend.”
“Whaaaat!?” gasps the three in unison as the other students who were interested also replied similarly as they quite down.
“The rumor is a lie.” states Celine, clearly annoyed. “Whatever the rumor has mutated into now, none of it happened.” She adds, before sighing and placing her head down on the desk and thinking. 'I wonder if Abby is having as hard a time as I am?'
“So...” starts Gina, looking disappointed. “You and Abignal didn't have hot, passionate sex in the bathroom after she confessed to you?”
“N-No!” gasps Celine as she quickly lifts her head and dripping a bit, “All that happened, was that Abby confessed to me and I turned her down, that's it.”
A round of disappointed groans came from the students, joined by her three friends, before Gina comments...
“Aww, really? That's all?”
Celine clearly looked a little nervous at the additional question as she knew a little more than just her rejection of Abby occurred.
“Y-Yeah, that's all.” replies Celine, looking down to her desk.
“Hmm...” hums Helani with a smile. “I don't think your being entirely truthful. If you want this rumor to go away quicker, we have to know all the details.”
“But that wouldn't be right to Abby.” comments Celine, bringing a gasp from Alma.
“Ohhh, so something DID happen!”
The comment brings a renewed talking among the students and another sigh from Celine, but it was one of frustration.
“Just leave me alone.” states Celine lowly, looking to her desk again.
“Come on...” urges Gina with a smile, “If we know what happened for real-”
“JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!” declares Celine in frustrated anger, quickly quieting the whispers of the class, before looking up to her friends. “I can't be the only source of gossip around here! Go annoy Abby if you want to know what happened so bad, I'm sure she'd love to tell you all about how she-” continued Celine, before stopping herself, torn between revealing everything Abby did and possibly making others dislike her, but in turn, lifting a weight from her own shoulders.
'Stupid maturity...' thinks Celine, before stating, more calmly, “Just leave me alone.” before lowering her hand into her arms on the desk.
Shortly after the statement, Celine hears Gina, Helani and Alma apologize, before feeling their presence leave her, though hearing a few whispers about her...
“Well she is new here...” comments a girl. “It's not surprising it was too much for her.”
“I feel bad for her.” states another girl.
“Yeah, the way rumors spread and change around here can be pretty tough on someone.” comments a boy.
Groaning, Celine didn't know which was worse, dealing with an ever-changing rumor, or others sympathy about it. As she demanded though, Celine was left alone for the duration of the class, even during the ten minute free period at the end.
Following the class-ending bell and Celine putting away her school work and book in her Comm, she sees Gina walking up beside her to her right.
“Hey, sorry about earlier.”
“That's ok.” sighs Celine. “Rumors are just part of being in a school. Even in my old school, I didn't handle rumors involving me very well.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, but it was usually just between a small group of my friends, embarrassing, but manageable, nothing seemingly school-wide though.” replies Celine, getting to her feet.
“Well, Geelien's are a new thing here, so you were already the talk of the school, add a possible romance to that and it's like bees to honey.”
“Yeah.”
“I think that's the first time I've seen you lose it though.” comments Gina with a little smile. “Well, maybe when I bullied you your first day counts...”
“I can get angry like anyone else.” replies Celine with a little smile as well.
“Well, what are you gonna do for the rest of your classes?” asks Gina. “I'm sure you're gonna get the same response you got here.”
“I dunno, probably just keep my mouth shut.”
“That'll probably work. If you don't feed the rumor, that's another way to kill it.”
“That's what I'm gonna hope for.” replies Celine. “See ya at lunch.” she adds, before walking pass her friend with a smile.
“See ya.”
-
As she expected, Celine's next two classes were a repeat of the first, except for Celine's loosing her temper, simply stating that she wasn't commenting on the rumor. While the students were disappointed with the lack of juicy details, Celine was grateful for a few of her friends, Reni and Alma included, helping her out and getting others not to bother her about the rumor. They couldn’t stop them all though as a few persistent students vainly tried to squeeze what they could from a tight-lipped and annoyed Celine.
-
- 10:44 A.M. -
- Cafeteria -
A tray of food in hand, Celine sits with Gina and Helani, the raven haired teen to her right and Gina directly in front of her, a sigh leaves the Geelien again, before Gina comments...
“Yanno, it's weird, you don't breathe, so why do you sigh like that?”
“Well...” starts Celine. “About a cycle ago, I read that non-Geelien's sigh to calm or relax themselves, so I figured, I could copy the action for the same effect.”
“Does it work?” asks Gina.
“Yeah, a bit.” answers Celine with a little smile, before Helani asks...
“So, how are things going with the rumor?”
Another breathless sigh leaves the Geelien as she places her left elbow on the table and rests her head in her hand, before spooning some mac and cheese into her mouth.
“It wasn't as bad as my first hour, but I seriously feel like I'm reaching my limit, I just want to scream. People just don't seem to understand 'Leave me alone' I dunno know if I'll be able last the rest of the day without blowing up at someone.”
“Seems you're taking it pretty rough.” comments Gina.
“Yeah, but I'll be able to let off some of my frustration in Gym next, I'm looking forward to that.” states Celine.
“That's good.” replies Helani. “Having a way to de-stress is important.”
“How do you two de-stress?” asks Celine.
“Well...” starts Helani, “I like studying. If something or someone close to me gets on my nerves...” she adds, with a smile as a groan come from Gina. “Concentrating on something school-related actually calms me. But if the thing that's stressing me is school-related, a nice hot bubble-bath just melts all the stress away.”
“If 'someone' is stressing me out...” starts Gina, eying Helani. “ I do one of three things most of the time; a nap, a bath or I masturbate, sometimes all three.”
“Heh, I like naps.” replies Celine. “Or shifting into a puddle, being formless is relaxing too.”
-
The three shared a few moments of silence as they eat lunch, Gina and Helani though talk among each other, while Celine remained silent. It was during those couple of minutes, that Celine realized no one had bothered her about the rumor. Just seconds into the realization though, Celine hears, “Uh-oh...” from Gina, looking up to her pink-haired friend, Celine sees her looking at something behind her and Celine was about to turn around, but gives a little gasp as she felt and sees a pair of red arms drape over her shoulders.
“Hello giiiirlfriend!” greets Abby cheerfully.
The other Geelien was dressed in a tank-top and jean short-shorts, revealing all of her smooth legs as her tail happily flicks left and right.
Celine however, groans as her left eye twitches in aggravation, Abby was the LAST person she needed teasing her. Celine quickly removes herself from the table, Abby removing her arms from her before Celine faces her with a frown.
“Why are you going along with this!?” declares Celine, nearly yelling.
“Hey, hey!” comments Abby, lifting her hands in surrender with a little nervous smile. “I was just teasing, that's all! I didn't know you were so touchy about it.”
“Touchy!?” gasps Celine. “TOUCHY!? In case you don't know, ever since stepping on the bus today, people have been bugging the frak out of me over what happened Shakrus (Friday)! I've been trying to ignore it, I tell people to just leave me alone, but all the constant questions just keep coming! All because of some stupid girl who can't keep their mouth shut!” declares Celine.
A large majority of the cafeteria's attention were now on the two, but Celine didn't care, all the building frustration had found a target and was coming out.
Abby, noticing the attention, began dripping a bit and tried to calm her fellow Geelien.
“H-Hey, just calm down a little, you're making a scene, I-”
“Good!” declares Celine. “I should've did this in my first hour, I'm gonna end this rumor right now!” adds Celine, before closing her eyes, lowering her head and continuing, “You guys wanna know what happened between us so much, then here it is! Abby confessed her feelings towards me and tried to frak me before I rejected her, she nearly raped me, I got dirty trying to escape her and allowed her to clean me before we agreed to just be friends, that's it! That's all that happened, so all you talking about this rumor can just stop talking about it now. And just so you know, I'm not interested in having a girlfriend, boyfriend or any type of romantic relationship!”
With the last word uttered, Celine felt very relieved, all the frustration, all the stress, gone. However, that relief was short-lived as she realized what she had just done in her frustrated impulse and quickly began to melt rapidly as she began to cry, before opening her eyes and slowly lifting her gaze to Abby, who, while not as much as Celine, was melting as well with a little smile.
Fearfully looking around to the nearly silent cafeteria, seeing Sakura, Reni and her other friends looking towards her, Celine also sees Gina and Helani stand, looking concerned, before Celine looks back to Abby, noticing that she had to look up at her now, before looking down to her shrinking hands, which melt rapidly as a growing pool forms below her and her clothes growing in size on her.
“I-I'm sorry.” comments Celine lowly, feeling herself unable to stop her melting.
“It's ok.” replies Abby, before kneeling down. “I'm not mad.”
With her comm falling through her arm, Celine sees her panties and skirt fall from her waist, luckily, her tank-top covered her lower half, but Celine didn't care, to her, she was already naked as she cries out before shifting into a puddle at Abby's feet, bringing a number of shocked gasps and snickers from those in sight of her.
Abby though, ignoring the attention they had attracted, quickly gathers Celine's clothing and Comm, before placing a hand into Celine's mass and absorbing her into her body, with another round of gasps and comments.
'What are you doing!?' asks Celine.
'Helping.' answers Abby, before standing, melting considerably as she runs out of the cafeteria to the bathroom.
'After I embarrass you like that, you're still gonna help me?' asks Celine.
'What kind of admirer would I be if I didn't? Plus, I couldn't just leave you like that, we're the only Geelien's here, we have to look out for each other.'
'...Thank-you.'
- Bathroom -
“Thanks again.” states Celine, sitting on the toilet, fully dressed and looking down to her lap as Abby stood in front of her, handing her Comm to Celine.
“Don't mention it.”
“By the way...” starts Celine. “I know it was wrong of me, but I looked through your memories, j-just today's memories!” adds Celine, looking up to her fellow Geelien nervously.
“That's ok, find what you wanted?” asks Abby.
“You were bugged just as much as I was.” comments Celine, lowering her head again.
“Yeah, I was.” replies Abby, leaning back against the stall door with her arms folded over her chest with a little smile.
“You just told people it was none of their business, but wasn't all the constant questions annoying?”
“It sure was.” replies Abby. “But we're the shiny new thing, add a little hint of romance and the Fleshies go crazy.”
“Yeah, seems so...” replies Celine.
“Well, you want me to stay with you, or are you good by yourself?” asks Abby.
“I should be good, you should go back to your friends. You absorbing me is gonna be the new thing, I'm sure.” replies Celine, lifting her head with a little smile.
“Yeah, well, at least you won't be alone in it.” replies Abby, before unlocking the stall door and taking a step out, but turning and smiling at Celine. “By the way, I'm sure your first girlfriend is gonna be lucky to have you.”
Celine looks down in embarrassment, dripping as Abby leaves. Hearing the door to the bathroom close, Celine's dripping increases considerably as she places her face in her hands, sobbing.
'Why did I have to lose it like that!?' thinks Celine. 'I embarrass Abby and humiliate myself. I'm sure people are gonna avoid me now after what I said. I wish I could just go home right now.'
Just moments after her thought though, Celine, lifts her head, looking to the partly closed stall door.
'But that won't solve anything, it would just give time for what happened to be twisted and changed like the first rumor was. I have to face this head on... but, I don't want to!'
Celine buries her face in her hands again.
'I just want to forget the last ten minutes! But that won't change that it happened!'
Just moments later, Celine stands and quickly rushes out of the stall and running desperately for the door.
-
“Abby!” calls out Celine.
“W-What!?” gasps the Geelien, who stood beside the bathroom door, before gasping again as a crying, dripping Celine quickly hugs her. “H-hey, what's wrong!?”
“I can't do this alone!” cries Celine, hugging Abby tightly. “I'm not strong enough!”
“You're not alone.” comments Abby, calmly with a smile as she hugs Celine back. “I'm just as much a part of this as you are.” adds Abby, before stroking Celine's head. “Try to calm down some, you're gonna shift again.”
The sounds of Celine's crying dies down some, along with her melting, but she continues to hold Abby, who silently comforts her, stroking her head and back.
A few minutes later, with Celine calmed down, Abby asks...
“Better?”
“Yeah...” replies Celine, pulling away from Abby, looking quite embarrassed, continuing to drip as she looks to the floor. “I'm sorry.”
“For what?”
“I rejected your confession, but I'm going to you for comfort, that's wrong of me to use you like that.”
“You young ones are so conflicted...” comments Abby with a smile, before stepping towards Celine and hugging her lightly. “It doesn't matter that you rejected me, I'll still help you if you need it.”
“But you're doing it because you like me.” states Celine.
“So what?”
“But I have no intention of being your girlfriend.”
“How about this; stop letting your past lives determine your actions, it's OK to be selfish once and awhile. You want to be comforted and right now, I know you better than anyone in this school does. So all those conflicting thoughts you have right now, don't matter, I want to be here with you right now and give you the strength to face what's coming.”
“T-Thanks...” replies Celine, a little smile coming to her face before Abby pulls away.
“Hey!” calls a small girls voice, and the two Geelien's looking towards the cafeteria to see a pink-haired Nex running towards them, wearing a T-shirt and pleated skirt, before stopping a few feet in front of them, red-faced. “I'm so sorry! This is all my fault! I didn't know it would lead to what happened!”
A little surprised from the confession, Abby asks, “So you're the girl who was in the stall beside us?”
“Yeah.” answers the Nex, “If Id've known what was gonna happen, I never would have told my friends! I really am sorry!”
“Well you couldn't have known it would turn out like it did.” replies Abby, bringing a little smile to the Nex's face as her tiny wings perk up, but soon fall as Abby adds, “I don't know if Celine will be so quick to forgive though...” looking to Celine, who looked quite mad with the Nex.
“I-I'm really, really sorry.” repeats the Nex to Celine.
Celine though, takes Abby's left hand and walks pass the Nex without a word, the small girl looks a little hurt from the lack of forgiveness.
“Guess I should've expected that.” comments the Nex to herself.
Nearing the entrance of the cafeteria, Celine stops as she looked concerned.
“Do you think I should've forgiven her?”
“You don't have to forgive every person who apologizes to you.” replies Abby.
Celine looks back, just in time to see the Nex enter the bathroom.
“If you want to apologize...” starts Abby. “Wait until tomorrow, when things settle down, you might actually mean it.”
“You're right...” replies Celine. “If I did it now, I wouldn't mean it at all, I'd just be making her feel better.”
- Cafeteria -
As Celine walked back into the large room, holding Abby's hand, she could see the heads turn to her and wanted to turn back. However, following a brief squeeze of her hand by Abby and looking to her smiling admirer and friend, a small smile comes to Celine's face with the reminder that she wasn't facing this alone. Along with that calming thought, a look to Sakura sitting with her friends, who was one of many eyes on her, Celine was reminded of a comment the blonde said to her.
“Fake it till you make it...” comments Celine lowly.
“Huh?” asks Abby.
“U-Uh, nothing, just talking to myself.” replies Celine. 'This would be the best time to put that to the test.' she adds in her mind. 'Just pretend what happened isn't a big deal. Only my friends know how humiliating it was, so if I can just laugh it off-'
“Are you ok Celine?” comes Gina's voice.
So distracted by her thoughts, Celine fails to notice when Abby had led her back to Gina and Helani, who looked quite concerned.
“U-Uh...” replies Celine, dripping in embarrassment, before forcing a smile. “Y-yeah, I'm just fine.” she adds, before pulling her hand from Abby's and sitting in her previous spot. “That was pretty embarrassing though, hehe...” adds Celine with a nervous chuckle.
Gina and Helani looked a little confused by Celine's rather calm response, before Abby sits to Celine's left and draping her right arm over the younger Geelien's shoulder with a smile.
“Hehe, it was pretty embarrassing for me too, rejected twice now and in front of the whole school. It's not the end of the world though.” comments Abby, before mending part of her arm to Celine and adding in her thoughts, 'I know what your doing, it's a good idea.'
Looking to her admirer, Celine only smiles.
“So...” starts Gina, looking to Abby. “Celine publicly rejects you and your still her friend?”
“Of course, besides my brother, we're the only Geelien's here, we gotta look out for each other. It's disappointing I was rejected, but I'm happy just being friends.”
“You're so lucky Celine.” comments Helani. “It's great to have someone of your own race to go to in times like this, they can help better than anyone else could.”
“Yeah...” replies Celine, with a little smile, her dripping settling down a bit as she resumes eating her food, before she's shocked as Abby declares...
“And isn't her younger form super cute!? I knew it would be!”
“H-Hey!” gasps Celine, her dripping starting up again.
'Keep doing what you were.' states Abby in her mind. 'It's gonna come up, playing it down now won't make it such a big thing.'
“You're right.” replies Helani with a smile.
“I didn't know Geelien's could change to a younger form.” adds Gina. “Can you do it on purpose?”
“Y-yeah.” replies Celine nervously.
“What's it like being a puddle?” asks Helani, “Can you see?”
“Uh... it's, relaxing... and yeah, I can still see.”
“What about when Abby absorbed you!?” asks Gina, excitedly. “What did it feel like? That was the first time I've seen a Geelien absorb another person.” she continues, before looking to Abby and adding, “What was it like to absorb Celine?”
The familiar question brings a little smile to Celine's face, she could feel many more eyes than just Gina and Helani on her, but focusing on her tray of food helped calm her.
“It's a sort of relaxing sensation, it feels good too.” answers Celine.
“Same here.” adds Abby. “...but more so on the feels good end of the stick.”
-
Using the 'fake it to make it' strategy and with Abby's cheerful presence and the occasional private words of praise, while Celine felt embarrassed throughout the remainder of the lunch period, that embarrassment, to her delight, steadily decreased as she and Abby continued to talk about the humiliating event with Gina and Helani and in turn, everyone else who were listening in.
To be continued
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