Author's note: This is a fictional story that includes sexual themes. The sexual descriptions in this story take place between adult characters aged 18 or older.
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For three and a half years I've been the school slut. Or at least, that's what you'd hear if you asked around. Every school has their "mean girls" clique and mine was Vicky, Leslie, and Miranda. They're the ones who started this rumor about me having sex with any guy who looks my way. They always have a short list of insults to throw about my weight and my looks too, even though I'm not very fat and I definitely look better than Vicky with her disgusting snaggletooth.
Despite the rumors, I've never actually had sex before. In fact, believe it or not, I never even knew how to masturbate until three or four months ago. Sure, I've spent a lot of time since then soaking my bedsheets, but a couple fingers or an old magic marker aren't the same as being with a real guy. Even virgins know that. Anyway, I wasn't interested in living up to my reputation; I wasn't really planning on having sex until college, or maybe this summer. That is, until William and I started talking after health class last Friday.
"Julia's so loose down there she probably can't even have a baby. I bet it would just fall out of her." Vicky cackled on her way out of the classroom, followed by Leslie and Miranda, who repeated the same insult down the hallway.
"Why don't you ever fight back when it comes to those three?" William looked at me with a raised eyebrow, half-heartedly trying to put the rest of his things away. The substitute bolted out of the health class as soon as the bell rang, so it was just the two of us.
"What the hell do you expect me to do, smash their skulls with my huge ass?" William and I don't know each other very well, and I've always had a mild irrational dislike for him. I guess he just had one of those faces you wouldn't mind seeing get punched. He's a nerdy type who rarely speaks up, especially to girls. One might guess that he'd even look attractive in a few years. Either way, I wasn't exactly in the mood to talk about the mean girls.
"Dude, you have to know that you're not as fat as they say you are." William said through a nervous chuckle. I was getting upset but saw he was beginning to sweat already; this might be the first time he's spoken one-on-one with a girl who wasn't his mom.
"What the fuck? You call a girl 'dude' and then say that and think it's supposed to make me feel better or something?" I shoved one of my binders hard into my bag for effect.
"That's not...I'm..." William was turning beet red and I started feeling a little bad about disliking him for no reason. "Look, I'm sorry...I just say 'dude' because, I guess I'm just less nervous when I talk like that. And I didn't mean to call you fat, either!" I gave him a bit of the stink-eye at that again.
"Well, what was it you did mean to say to me, then? Am I fat or not?" I sat still with my arms folded across my chest, waiting for him to eke out a coherent response.
"Man, I'm sorry...again, I mean. I don't mean to say fat or anything. It's just...well, I know those girls make fun of your weight a lot but I think you're..." He wiped the sweat from his forehead, pushing back his hair in the same motion. I leaned forward with my hands held out waiting for him to finish. "Well, what I mean is you shouldn't worry about that; you've got perfect proportions. Way better than Vicky or Miranda, anyway."
I tried not to smirk. I tried not to feel flattered at his clumsy compliment, but I was beginning to look past his punchable face and I was seeing a dumb, shy sweetheart. Surely he's heard of my reputation around school by now, but maybe he didn't believe the rumors. Or maybe he just didn't care. Either way, I got a wild idea, or rather more of an urge, to tease William a bit before heading home.
"You really think so?" I left my bag and walked across the room to stand directly across from William. I lifted my baggy hoodie over my head to reveal a plain blue t-shirt that fit me just tightly enough to accentuate the curves of my hips and breasts. "I never liked these," I said, grabbing one of my love handles. "What do you think?" William's eyes were fixed to my torso; I've never seen anyone gawk at my body like that, and it made me feel good. I think for the first time I felt both confident and sexy.
"I uh...I like those." I smirked again, turning to glance out the window into the hallway. There was no sign of anybody; the school had been quickly emptying for the weekend and the teachers who remained usually stayed in their classrooms with the door closed. I walked over to close the window blinds, quietly close the door, and turn off all but one row of florescent lights.
"William, I have a question." William just stared blankly at me while I walked back in front of his seat. "Do you like rubenesque women?" My question made him blink, as if waking him up from a trance.
"I uh...I don't really know what that is." I took his hand and guided him out of his seat and to the other side of the table, next to me.