This is a Harbinger96 original and is not to be posted or reshared without my permission. All characters involved in sexual acts are over the age of 18.
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It felt good to be back in my clothes, at least for now. I can't say I didn't expect something like that to happen, because I totally did. There's no way to prepare yourself to get jumped and held down by four big dudes and then your bi best friend to come bail you out with her sick cunny skills.
What I also didn't expect was for "Brandon" as I called him, or was it Bradley, to actually go down on me as good as Lara did. It was actually mind blowing, and I didn't hate it. But now that I was all dressed, I just headed to my first lecture. I was going to be 15 minutes early, but I had a book I could read and I'd rather be early than be late because someone else decided to take a turn at me.
I had a good mix of classes I actually needed for my major and classes I thought would just be interesting, including this first class, "Governments of the Ancient World." When I entered the lecture hall, I was actually surprised to see the professor, Dr. Dollarhyde, already double-checking his first day stuff. It was just syllabus day, but Dr. D was a notorious hardass, and I knew he'd be assigning homework.
Dr. D wasn't a bad looking guy; mid to upper 30s with a bit of a dad bod, but he also liked to play sports. Sometimes he'd play pick-up basketball games with students. He was clean shaven, had a hardass's eyes but he looked kind when he laughed and smiled. He had really nice, light brunette and swishy hair. He had a temper that could surprise people, though.
"Good morning, Kate," Dr. D greeted me with a half-smile. I'd had him for a number of classes before and I'd say we were on a first-name basis if we ran into each other off campus. "Ready for the semester?" he asked, just making small talk as I took a seat in the second row. My distance vision was far from fantastic, but weird vanity stopped me from admitting I probably needed glasses.
I laughed a little nervously and tried to hide my rose. I really just wanted to be left alone during class hours. I liked and respected this particular professor, and the class seemed genuinely fascinating. I didn't want my Rose status to ruin his class or my time in it. I needed good grades to keep scholarships, and I was pretty damn worried about my ability to focus if I was the class toy.
"Are you okay, Ms. Riddick?" he asked a little more seriously, coming to sit on the edge of the desk in the middle-front of the room. He had this cool-casual uncle vibe. Like he had seen some shit but he still knew how to keep it together, like it made him better and not a mess.
I looked up at him sheepishly and bit my lip. He was going to find out, and maybe these 12 minutes before class started could give us time to work out a game plan. "I have a personal problem, courtesy of the State, and I don't want it to affect the quality of my education here or your class," I said, and then I brushed my hair back.
"Ah, I see," he said, nodding slowly, his eyes on my cheek, and then on the bottom of the QR poking out just under the sleeve of my t-shirt. "Yeah, I could see that being a distraction to everyone. Unfortunately, once you're scanned, you're fucked. Well, not vaginally." He was blunt, but effective.
I narrowed my eyes at him. "Why did you so specifically mention just not vaginally?"
Dr. D studied my face for a moment. "It's criminal they don't make Roses take a full course on being a Rose," he muttered. "They could at least have a policy update mailing list or some shit. Roses have been a thing for 10 years. That's plenty of time to get it together."
"Professor, what are you talking about?" I was starting to get genuinely anxious. What the fuck was going on?
He went over to the podium and pulled something up on his laptop and then connected it to the projector so I could read it from my seat. It was on the official State website. It was a new Amendment to the Rose Law.
*Many Roses have filed complaints to the Office of Tax and Labor about the unfair treatment of Hetero Roses compared to Same Sex Roses. The Committee on Rose Conduct and Duties has seen fit to roll back the protections provided to Same Sex Roses in the name of fairness and to distribute the tax generation burden among Roses. As of June 19, all Roses of the female sex will be permitted to perform oral and anal services for all citizens that pay the Rose Fee. Vaginal penetration of a lesbian-identifying Rose (identified by brackets surrounding a rose) is still a prohibited act and will be punishable as previously stated...*
Jesus. "W-what the fuck?" I asked, my jaw dropped. "Why the fuck does it matter what hole? If I don't want a dick in me, that should be it, shouldn't it?" I was indignant, I knew, but again, what the fuck?
Dr. D turned off the projector, and I'm glad he didn't leave it up for the other students to see. "It sucks, but unfortunately, they don't really care about you, Kate, and other Roses like you. They want the money you can provide them, and it appears other Roses want you to be in the trenches with them in a fuller capacity, so to speak. "If I have to suffer...." So do I. Having to do something against your will is the same for everyone, I guess.
"As for what to do in class, each professor sets their own rules. I can threaten to hurt class grades and take action against students for disrupting my class, and I can try to curve your grade given your unique circumstances if we fail to protect your focus, but I legally can't stop them once they've scanned your code. I don't want to alter your experience or alienate you, but if we need to make special seating accommodations closer to the front and off to the side to make it harder to harass you, we can discuss that as well."
I smiled a half smile at the kind professor. "I know there's only so much you can do, Dr. Dollarhyde, but I appreciate your understanding. If anyone cares more about academic integrity than flesh, I had a feeling it would be you."
He nodded and kept going over his notes, and turned the projector back on, but this time it was the front cover of the class syllabus, and I smiled in relief. I really hoped at least one class would be normal for me this semester.
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"Governments of the Ancient World" syllabus day was just as boring as it should have been, thanks to Dr. D. He pretended I wasn't even there. He even skipped over me when it was the boring ass introduction stage of name-where you're from-major-fun fact stage. What would my fun fact have been? "Hey, I'm Katie Riddick, and the State decided I'm a whore for them!" Yeah, no thanks.