I advise you to read the previous chapters if you haven't done so already. In case you don't, here is a summary:
Jenny, a shy 21-year-old college student, met Sophie, a strong-willed, cool girl, on her first day at her new school. Sophie then tricked Jenny into getting her ears, nose, and belly pierced, something her very strict parents had strictly forbidden her to do. At a Halloween party, Jenny and Sophie get together. The previous day, Sophie dragged Jenny back to their piercer to get her tongue triple pierced. Back in their dorm, they spent their first intimate night together.
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Chapter 4 - The Call
The next morning, Jenny was woken by the sun falling on her face. Sophie was still sleeping on her back next to her. Her breathing was heavy. Jenny moved closer to her and gave her cheek a careful little kiss. Her mouth hurt. A LOT.
Slowly, to not wake her, Jenny got up, put on her top and soiled leggings, and walked across the hall to her own room, where she immediately undressed again. She looked at her tongue in the mirror next to her bed. It was very swollen and painful to move. She got worried and thought about calling an ambulance. At that moment, she heard the door open behind her. She instinctively covered herself with her hands. When she saw Sophie enter, she relaxed.
Jenny opened her mouth and pointed at her swollen tongue.
Sophie gave her a smile of understanding and said with a strong lisp, "Don't worry, the swelling is normal for tongue piercings. It'll go away in a week or two."
This worried Jenny very much. "Two weeks without being able to communicate," she thought, "even worse, how am I supposed to eat?"
She solved the first problem by picking up one of her notebooks, wrote her second question down, and showed it to Sophie.
She answered, "For the first few days, you might need to rely on liquids. You know juices, smoothies, or porridge. After that, your swelling will have reduced enough for you to eat normally again. I'll help you."
After a long shower and with fresh clothes, they headed out to get breakfast at a smoothie bar that was close to the campus. The cool drink was wonderful. It helped a lot with Jenny's pain. This gave her the idea of getting some ice cubes to suck on. This turned out to be a great idea, and she popped one in now and then to reduce her discomfort. She spent the whole Sunday relaxing with Sophie. After yesterday's events, Jenny wasn't in the mood to do any school work, though the thought about her enormous pile of unfinished homework lowered her great mood a few times that day. As the evening grew closer, she got increasingly worried about the reaction her fellow students might have. The studs were out of sight, but there was no way to hide her inability to speak.
Not in the mood for another night screwing with Sophie. She hugged her goodbye and went to bed early. Her worries and her pain made falling asleep very difficult. When she finally did, her nightmares made her wake up covered in cold sweat several times. Waking up early and not very rested, she took a quick shower and headed to the smoothie bar on her way to her first lecture.
She walked into the lecture hall with all the other students. Jenny's throat felt dry and scratchy when a girl standing next to her asked in a Spanish accent, "Hey can I borrow a pen? I forgot my stuff." Jenny almost choked. She could only nod and stare back. The girl, the borrowed pen in hand, turned around and walked off. With a sigh of relief, Jenny turned back to the professor, who had just entered.
She managed to avoid talking to anyone all morning. She knew that this couldn't last and when her class before the lunch break ended, she found herself once again surrounded by her classmates.
One of them asked her, "Do you want to come with us to the cafeteria?"
She shook her head, took her notepad, and started to write her answer.
She hadn't written two words when he interrupted her, "What's up? Cat's got your tongue?"
She crossed out what she had scribbled, wrote the two words "tongue piercing" and showed it to him.
He nodded and the other students, who had noticed the awkward situation, looked at her, puzzled. She looked around, her brain desperately seeking a way out of this situation.
The young guy, she had just shown her notepad to, took the matter out of her hands as he said loudly, "She can't speak because of her tongue piercing. She must have gotten it recently."
All of a sudden, everyone wanted to see her latest piercing. Most of them were shocked when they saw she had not just one, but three piercings there.
One of them said "Wow Jenny, that's hardcore. I can't believe you went through with that."
He took out his phone and took a picture of Jenny's pierced tongue. It felt like within minutes everyone knew about the freak who had a triple-pierced tongue. Everywhere she went, people stared at her.
Arriving at her next lecture, most people either avoided her or just stared. Two things sustained her through the next classes. One was the memory of the great sex she had. The other was that a few of her classmates, whom she knew a bit better, were at least talking to her, though answering in writing was very cumbersome. She was humiliated by the situation.
After her last lecture, she returned to her dorm and knocked on Sophie's door. She wasn't in her room so Jenny walked across the hall, crawled under her blanket, and cried. "Why are they so mean to me?" she thought, "Why can't they accept me the way I am?" She fell asleep still sobbing from time to time.
Over the next few days, the other student's interest in her latest body modification went away. By the end of the week, her tongue's swelling had reduced enough for her to eat normal food again and talk a few words. It still hurt when she moved it but her biggest worry now was to not bite on one of her studs. As she hadn't seen Sophie all week she was ecstatic to bump into her on Sunday afternoon.
They hugged and Jenny asked with a terrible lisp "Whad's up? Where have you been all week?"
"Sorry, I've been very busy." Sophie replied, "I'll make it up to you tonight!" After that, she hurried off.
Jenny, having only a few hours until their date, spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for the evening. For the first time in her life, she not only shaved her armpits but also her crotch area. It took ages to get rid of most of her curly pubes and, in the end, her mound was quite red. Out of time to do a better job, she quickly dressed and walked across the hall. Jenny knocked on Sophie's door and was quickly asked in.
Sophie sat at her desk, looking stunning. "One second!" she said.
She finished writing something down, turned around, and asked, "Are you up to a continuation of last weekend's fun?"
Jenny grinned and answered, "I foughd you'd never ask."