"That son of a bitch," I gasp in anger as I look at the graffiti within the bathroom stall. Anger seems to boil out of my 19-year-old female body at the sight of the vulgar depiction of myself that someone drew in marker in this boy's bathroom stall here in the Digital Technology building on campus. And I know who did it too. This time he's not going to get away with it.
I'm not worried that I'm a female inside the men's restroom because the building is empty. It's always empty on Saturday afternoons which is when I use the lab. So I take my time staring at the graffiti, letting my anger rise more and more.
The graffiti shows a crudely drawn image of me, naked and bent over. On either end of my image are what are supposed to be professors that teach here, each with a comically large penis. I know who these characters are supposed to be because above each one is a name. Those penises are supposed to be, well, sexually using me. And there's a speech bubble coming from my image that says, "This is why I get the grants and no one else does!"
Ricky did this. Really reeky Ricky. The little cocky shit is so confident and full of himself that he even left his initials at the bottom as there's an "RR." And at the top, the fucker put a title to the drawing calling it "Lara Jetson's Grant Application Process."
My name is Lara and yes, I have received a few grants here but not because of any sexual favors or sexual intercourse with anyone. I got those grants because I had a great idea or experiment and applied for them in the proper way. I can honestly say I never did anything like blackmail or leading people on, but following the rules when I applied. I was able to prove just how valuable my programs or ideas could be and the Technology Grant Committee agreed. Heck, one of them is a new program nation-wide that will be able to pinpoint food from grocery stores that is 48 hours from expiration that is statistically not going to be sold so it could be pulled and given to the homeless.
Ricky is a rich asshole that's been given everything his entire life. Sure, he's smart, extremely smart, but he's such an asshole. Out of everyone in this college, he is the only one that comes close to matching me in terms of grades or successes. But instead of being able to work together, we can't even be in the same room for too long before a fight breaks out. It's been like that since the day we met.
Furious, I exit the stall and look at myself in the mirror. My normally pale white face is very red from how upset I am. My long black hair hangs down which normally gives me what people call an angelic look, but right now makes me look more like a devil. In fact, every part of me looks upset. My body is tensed and a little hunched over, as if about to go into an MMA cage. Hell, even my boobs which have always been on the larger side look like they are ready to pound someone instead of trying to be humble and hide.
I know I should just report it and let it go. Let the college handle it. But in the end, he'll just be fined which is no matter for him because his family is rich. That's why he has been able to do so many experiments as he has no trouble with funding while I have to fight for every penny. He's been handed everything while I have to fight just to get 2
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hand items for my experiments.
Not this time. This time, he's gone too far. Knowing him, he's drawn these all over campus. This time I'm not going to let it go. I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago and embarrass the fuck out of him. Since the college isn't going to do anything about it, I will. And I will hurt him in the place it'll hurt the most...his pride.
5 minutes later, I'm on the campus bus. You see, I know where Ricky lives and big surprise, it's at a frat. It's one of the dumber frat on campus, probably the only one that would take him, but that's because they tolerate him because of his 4.0 GPA and the fact that he's rich. His family probably pays the rent for the house and supplies all the booze.
And you know what I mean by a dumb frat too. It's the place with the yard that always has beer cans and liquor bottles out, making it look more like a redneck playground than a place for higher learning. And I think they made it a by-law that if the frat isn't having at least one party a day, they have to close down. This is the sort of frat that is proud of its' drop-out rate as it's the highest on campus.
Finally, I get off the bus as I am dropped off on Frat's Row, which is where most of the frat houses are. Stomping down the sidewalk, I head right for his frat passing by frat after frat. Ricky's is the last frat on the road and even from this distance I can see that they are having a party. I know this because I can feel the bass from the music not to mention smell the cheap alcohol. I mean, come on, it's what, 2pm? How can they drink when the hot sun over head?
When I get closer, I see a large crowd in the front yard. Not just large, but huge. It's a mixed crowd filled with both men and women and I'm guessing it is an open party as I spot quite a few that have nothing to do with the frat. The closer I get to it, the more impressive this party looks as I'm sure many concert promoters would love to have this many people attend. I mean, this is just the front yard, no telling how many people are inside the house or in the backyard.
"YOU!" I yell with all of my furious anger the moment I walk into the yard and see him. He's in a small group, talking to three other frat boys, all with a bottle of cheap beer in their hands. With my yell, most of the people here turn and look at me. As I stomp towards him, people actually get out of my way at seeing how pissed I am. Only when Ricky sees me, he smirks as if enjoying the sight of me upset.
"A friend told me about the little drawing you left," I growl as I reach within a few feet of him and his idiot friends.
"That's right, a friend. I know you probably never head of that word before. You see, that's someone that likes you for you instead of pretending to like you because you have money. And that drawing was pathetic. Anyone that looks at it knows what a limp-dick you are as that's the closest to sex you can get without having pay some poor woman to white knuckle her way through the act with you," I berate him with everyone going quiet to listen. They even lower the music so people can hear.
Some people chuckle at my words. Other actually start to laugh but try to pass it off as coughs. A few jeer and to put a cherry on top, a large group of women laugh. Their laughter cuts through the air like a knife as it's very clear they know how true my words are.
This effectively wipes the smirk off his Rickey's and replaces it with a look of horror/anger. His face even goes slightly red as he knows everyone is laughing AT HIM. If he actually had a bit of courage I might be scared a coward like him might strike me, but he's far too cowardly for that.
So I keep going off on him, making sure he'll regret drawing those pictures. Some of the things I say are telling everyone about the rumor he had to pay off the janitor who caught him trying to sneak inside the women's restroom or how the campus corner store had to specialty order extra-small condoms just for him as he's the only one that uses them.
Ricky stands there and takes all of it while his face gets redder. The best part is when a couple of the guys that are in his group laugh and ask, "really bruh?" at some of the things I say. I mean, Rickey normally acts like he's 7 foot tall and is built when he's really 5'8 and weights maybe 160.
I stop berating him so I can catch my breath and let the building laughter echo around. Now it's me who is smirking while he looks utterly pissed. I think what got to him is when I suggested that he wasn't man enough to say anything but that he'll get his father to send the company lawyer to sue me for small-penis humiliation of their client.
"I bet that felt reallllllly good to say, huh?" Ricky finally says. Only instead of sounding upset, he sounds only slightly annoyed. I will say this surprises me. I thought for sure when he did say something, he would have an adult-sized fit. But no. Instead, he then takes a sip of his beer as if not caring about being emasculated in front of all of his so-called friends.
"I am actually happy you are here Lara," he tells me once he's finished with his sip. Now he looks oddly calm, as if he needed that sip of cheap beer to calm himself.
"You see, there's been one experiment I've been working on all year that I've never got to test," he tells me, acting as if we are friends instead of bitter enemies.
"You on something, or are you really this stupid?" I ask him, feeling very unnerved by this calm demeanor. I mean, he should be yelling and screaming at me. That's what he normally does when we fight. He starts by calling me stupid and trying to point out flaws in my work, which then devolves into him making fun of my body. The best insult I think he's ever said was calling me "two-boobs," as if that is some sort of bad thing.
"I told you all about it, right?" Ricky then asks the guys that are for some reason still hanging around him. No doubt because this is better entertainment than Netflix. They look at him and shrug as if saying "I don't know."
"Yeah, y'all know, it's the brain wave one," he clarifies. After that each of them seems to light up as they clearly remember. A moment after that, one of the guy's eyes open wide as if surprised. He then becomes downright excited as he starts to exclaim, "You're joking," or "Oh shit!" This makes Ricky smile a very evil looking smile. Then he turns his attention back to me.
"I thought the experiment up after reading an article about how vets and animal caretakers will sometimes play certain music and sounds to calm animals down. They've found that certain sounds have a pacifying effect on the brain in these animals, forcing it to become docile and not aggressive," Ricky explains, still oddly acting as if we are friends.
"You've lost it. Not surprising from a little coward like you," I tell him. As I have done what I wanted to do, I turn to walk away. He'll know that all these people are going to share what they saw and heard. That everyone saw the real him, not the version he pretends to be by paying people to like him. And that will spread all over campus.