Author's Note: This is a short standalone story, that will feature nose blowing humiliation.
This is part of the 'Sapphire Lane' universe.
The Story
Julie opened her locker to fetch the books she needed for her next class, sniffling a little as she had a runny nose. The girl was eighteen years old, and attended an all-girl private school called Ginerva Academy that had a school uniform of blazer, white blouse, tie, and blue plaid skirt as well as an optional blue Alice band which Julie wore.
She was a slim blonde girl, who was a little mousy with her hair in a ponytail and rectangular wire frame glasses that, along with her shyness, made everyone assume she was a nerd, which wasn't necessarily untrue... She certainly never felt anywhere near as cool as her hot stepsister Lupi!
"Hi Julie!" Two girls, Scarlett and Lily, said as they walked past.
"Hi..." Julie shyly replied, sniffing again and blushing in embarrassment at her runny nose, which had turned noticeably reddish. She was new to the school, having only recently moved to the neighbourhood with her mom and older stepsister, so didn't know any of the girls too well and despite how welcoming and friendly many of them were, always struggled to make friends.
Though she would have been shy any other day towards Scarlett and Lily, today her drippy runny nose certainly wasn't inspiring her to attempt to make further conversation.
There had been a big house party that weekend, hosted by a girl called Brooke, which Julie, like everyone in the year, had been invited to. However she had been too shy to go though felt bad about it as it could have been a good opportunity to make some friends.
She thought about going to the bathroom to fetch something to use as tissues, not having any in her bag, though the paper hand towels would be rough while it would be embarrassing to be seen wiping her nose with toilet paper! Julie wondered if the school nurse might have some however realised she needed to hurry to get to class, as she wasn't a girl who liked to have attention drawn to her so never wanted to arrive late and have to make excuses in front of everyone.
She arrived to maths class, and found the teacher had already let everyone into the classroom with there not being much choice of desks left so she took one at the front next to a girl called Mary. She was a freckled brunette with glasses who Julie had quickly learnt was the class keener, being a teacher's pet always keen to put her hand up to answer questions despite her otherwise shy nature.
Julie on the other hand, despite being assumed to be nerdy, wasn't really that academic and would rather sit somewhere where she'd be lost in the crowd as she hated having to speak in front of the class, and often panicked when asked questions by the teacher, mumbling even if she knew the correct answer. This meant the front row seat wasn't ideal for her however she had no choice.
With the class seated, Miss Salas began the lesson. She was a Cuban woman in her mid-thirties, with tanned skin and a petite, yet curvy, body with eye-catching cleavage and a big butt that made whatever pencil skirt she wore tight.
She was quite fiery, which made Julie a little afraid of her, as one thing she hated more than being asked to speak in front of a class, was being scolded in front of her peers... not that she ever did anything to get herself in trouble but a poorly answered question that suggested she hadn't been paying attention was enough to be told off by Miss Salas.
The girls all opened their maths text books, and followed along with what Miss Salas was explaining on the whiteboard, before they moved onto an exercise with the teacher giving Mary a stack of paper to hand out; the eager freckled girl seeming to be all teachers' default 'hander outer'.
The sheet had several questions on which the girls were told to work through independently and in silence, so they got to work with Miss Salas sat at the front, marking some papers.
Julie worked through the questions, sniffing as she felt her nose running again and reached up to subtly wipe her finger across her philtrum, as she felt it was a little wet. After the first couple, the questions became harder however she was pleased when she managed to crack the next one but then was startled by Miss Salas sternly saying her name.
"Yes Miss?" Julie squeaked, blushing at how nervous her voiced sounded. She had no idea why the teacher was addressing her, as she didn't think she looked like she was dawdling or shirking the work.
"Could you please reframe from that annoying sniffing. It's distracting me and I'm sure it is as equally disruptive to your fellow classmates."
Julie's eyes widened in shock, feeling a surge of unexpected humiliation at having Miss Salas rebuke her for sniffing, even worse in front of the entire class whom she didn't think would have actually noticed her quiet sniffs but certainly would now the teacher had drawn attention to them. "Sorry Miss!" The girl mumbled, before accidently sniffing again however Miss Salas returned to the papers she was marking.
Julie did her best not to sniff again however with her runny nose it was difficult, especially as she had no tissues so she knew if she didn't sniff, runny transparent snot would just drip out of her nostrils. She blushed, wiping some of this mucus away with her finger again which she had to just covertly wipe clean on her plaid skirt, feeling a little gross but determined not to draw attention to herself again, either from sniffing or raising her hand to request a hall pass.
She couldn't help sniffling still, though tried to do it as quietly and sparsely as possible in the hopes that Miss Salas, nor anyone else in the class, would notice as she was now paranoid everyone was listening out for her sniffs. However after a while of not being able to concentrate on her maths questions, so focused was she on monitoring her sniffing, Julie felt in horror a thicker glob of snot run out of her nose, and she had to quickly sniff deeply to prevent it dropping out onto her desk.
"Julie! You're really trying my patience now. I've told you to stop with that annoying sniffing." Miss Salas snapped and the girl blushed. "A girl your age should know how to blow her nose."