As Jennifer was about to cross the threshold of the school grounds where the team seemed keen to meet, she felt uneasy, though she wasn’t sure the cause. After all, she hadn’t had anything too upsetting for lunch, just a standard chicken salad she’d usually make for practice days, but the sensation kept billowing within her as she appeared in the sight lines of her friends on the field.
“Jen, girl, where ya been?” Said Vanessa, giving a gentle wave and a smile to match. As Jen crossed the gate to the school football field, she smiled and began to shout “Couldn’t find my sock!” However, all she said was “Coul-“ before her sphincter gave way and her cheeks began to flap aggressively. Her eyes widened as an odd sense of relief washed over her, standing in the gate of the yard alone a good 15 yards away from her team.
A million thoughts flashed through her head as she stood there. Can they hear this? Why is it still going? Is this the curse? What the fuck? Things like that.
She backed up out off the field, immediately testing the effects of the would be curse and sure enough: it stopped.
“Huh…” she let out, not unlike the sudden bugle call she’d previously been making. She looked up to Vanessa walking up to her in a bit of confusion. “You okay, sis?” She said, showing some concern for her friend and teammate. “Well, not really. I… um… I think I’m gonna sit out practice…” she said.
“What, why? You just got here.” Vanessa pressed, Jen felt Vanessa eyeing her over, as if to diagnose some sort of illness on the spot.
“… ‘essa, you know that stupid curse?”
“Nooo…” Vanessa moaned, looking over her friend with for any noticeable details. “Someone got you? What happened?”
Jen was a bit surprised by the response, though they never talked about it in detail with each other, she’d always thought Vanessa would be more of a skeptic. “I thought it was stupid and called their bluff. I choose transfor-“
“NoOo!” Vanessa said, her hands at her cheeks in shock, awe, and also surprise. “What’d they do? Did they make you a werewolf? Make your pits super hairy? Something weird and gross?”
“The last one is about right. Mind keeping this a secret?” Jen was a bit timid as her friend nodded, taking the situation much much more serious than expected. Jen sighed and passed the threshold again, to massive fanfare of a less than mature kind.
Vanessa looked surprised. She didn’t laugh, she didn’t grimace. She just stared. “They made you toot?” Jen nodded. “I can’t stop.”
“H…have you tried?”
Jen thought about it a second, and she clenched, and to her surprise it stopped completely.
“There ya go!” Vanessa say, touching Jen’s arm in comfort.
“Thanks, it’s not very pleasant.” Jen said, feeling a mild pressure building.
“Well, let’s go. Practice is gonna start here in like 10 minutes, everyone else is either waiting on the field on almost here.” Vanessa said as she began to make her way back to the rest of the team.