Fran sat in the nurse's office before school. She had a bit of time before class and figured she would wait until Umi arrived. Her short stack mom, Jen, was getting organized as she prepared for the day. Fran watched her as she worked.
Jen kept glancing at her lean, tall, muscular daughter sitting in the corner. From the way she was sitting and acting it was clear that she wanted something. Jen was just waiting to see if she would speak up.
"Hey, mom?" Fran hesitantly got her mom's attention.
"Yes?" Jen answered as she straightened out some bedsheets. She was kind of excited, hoping it would be about Fran's new girlfriend.
Fran was staring at her mom intensely, but Jen thought nothing of it. To her, Fran actually looked a little nervous.
"I would like to get a phone."
Jen stopped what she was doing and looked at Fran.
"Nothing expensive, just something so I can talk to Umi. And, well, Rena and Pup. I guess."
There was a silence as Jen thought. Fran wanting a phone of all things was pretty surprising, though less so now that she had a girlfriend. Jen wanted to support Fran how she could, and it was great to see her being sociable, but spending money on a phone was not something she was going to do without some kind of commitment.
"I noticed you haven't been smoking as much."
Fran nodded.
"You spend almost all of your allowance on cigarettes."
"I haven't bought any in the last week."
"All of the money you spent on those could have bought you a phone."
"Yeah, I know..." Fran grumbled, irritated by the remark.
There was another silence. Fran began to think she was going to be turned down, but Jen was thinking of a deal she could make to keep Fran going in this direction.
"You've also gone to class twice in a row, now."
"I promise I'll keep going." Fran said quietly.
Jen took a deep breath and exhaled. Fran looked at her, anticipating the decision.
"I'll make you a deal." Jen said. "I'll buy you a phone. If you continue to go to class and not smoke, I'll still give you an allowance. If you screw up either of those things, your allowance will be used to pay for the phone."
"Okay." Fran agreed immediately.
Jen raised a brow, wondering if Fran had even heard what she just said.
"You have a pack on you right now."
"I'm not smoking them."
"Then why do you have them?" Jen asked, confused. Fran was not one to lie, so if she said she was not smoking them, she was probably not.
"I just... like having them on me. How about this?" Fran reached into her shirt pocket and pulled out her lighter. "Here."
Fran held out the lighter. Jen walked over and took it from her. She would have liked to take the cigarettes, too, but it occurred to her that they were kind of a crutch for Fran.
Jen looked Fran over. It was almost bizarre how serious Fran was being about this. A few months ago she would have laughed at the thought of Fran trading her cigarettes for a phone, yet here she was. The main reason she was doing this was obviously Umi, and Fran was serious enough to willingly change herself.
"You really like Umi, don't you?"
"Well... yeah." Fran fidgeted, feeling a little embarrassed. "I mean, so far. We only just met. We haven't done much more than talk and fuck."
"And that's a good start. Sometimes a relationship starts out as being friends. You just need to make sure it doesn't stay there."
"Mm." Fran mumbled as she thought about how much effort Umi was already putting in to get to know her.
Jen stepped forward and leaned into Fran, kissing her on the forehead.
"We'll go to the store on Saturday."
"Thank you."
"Now get to class."
Fran got up and left. Jen watched her go, then sighed and brushed a strand of her own reddish, auburn hair out of her face. Getting a phone for Fran would not be too bad since Jen budgeted very conservatively, and she really wanted to do anything she could to encourage this turn around in Fran's behavior. Hopefully it would be worth the cost.
On the way to class, Fran stopped by her locker and grabbed a few things. School was starting soon, so the hallways were getting busy. She grabbed what she needed and fought her way to class. Not much fighting was needed, though, as people usually just stepped out of her way.
"Good morning, Fran." Umi greeted Fran as she sat down at her desk.
"Hey." Fran replied.
Umi paused for a moment, her eyes drifting down then back up as she got a full picture of Fran.
"How was your work out yesterday?" Umi asked.
"It was good. Thanks." Fran said as she turned towards Umi. "How was your day?"
"It was... good." Umi smiled shyly. "I watched an old cartoon with my sister."
"What was it called?"
"I don't know, but it was about these two women who were fighters in a post-apocalyptic world. They could channel their arousal into power but they lose all their strength if they cum."
"I think I've heard of something like that."
"It's in a lot of shows, but this one was supposedly one of the first to do it. It's a really old show."
"Huh, cool." Fran felt like she knew what that was like considering how hard Umi could make her cum.
Fran let out a small sigh of relief and relaxed. She had been stressed about asking her mom to spend the money for a phone, but talking to Umi reminded her why she wanted one.
"So..." Pup said looking down at Rena. "What's up with you?"
Pup was sitting on Rena's desk, and Rena was slumped forward, her head in Pup's lap. She had bags under her eyes and her skin was a little pale.
"I played... such much Elnora last night." She mumbled.
"You look like you were up all night." Pup said.
"I... almost." Rena sat up and yawned, and her eyes were watery.
"Why were you playing so much?"
Rena's eyes went wide and she took a deep breath.
"Oh, it was so cool. So I got off that island the elves start on and it took me to this really cool new zone and when I was looking around the town I found the quest that let me turn into a bear!"
