An Edited Cover

“Are you almost done?” Sammi huffed, her hands on her hips, “We’ve been doing this for an hour! You’re gonna make me late for my weekly tan!”

James sighed, “We’ve only been here five minutes. I promise it won't be much longer. ”

She rolled her eyes, “I don’t have time for this…”

There are very few universal constants that everyone can agree on, but one certainty is that Sammi Felter is the worst. Being the daughter of the Headmaster she kept the entirety of Spremen University under her foot with threats of having students expelled. All the while, she took advantage of her fellow students having them gift her whatever accolades she felt she was worthy of receiving.

This week she had strong-armed herself a front page spot in the college magazine. Having aspirations of being a model, she not only wanted pictures featuring her in her bikini but also an article praising her talents as a student.

James, being the head editor of the newspaper, chose to take charge of both photography and writing for this story protecting his fellow writers from Sammi's wrath. Most men would be ecstatic to spend their afternoon with a beautiful woman in a bikini. However, Sammi seemed to be making sure every moment of this photo shoot would be as painful as possible.

“You’re moving too slow!” she exclaimed, “Hurry up and take your stupid pictures already!”

“I need to make sure the camera is adjusted correctly, otherwise-”

“Oh my god, Shut up! You’re talking too much! Just hurry up!”

James sighed, keeping himself reticent, and continued his adjustments. It wasn’t like he had much of a choice.

After enduring fifteen grueling minutes of passive aggression, he finally finished taking all the photos. Sammi didn’t stick around to check his work, instead speeding away the second he said it was done.

James worked through the dark of night editing the images in Photoshop. Despite her sour attitude, Sammi did look beautiful in nearly every image. Seeing her trim figure, flowing hair, and gorgeous smile was almost enough to make him forget her awful attitude.

A quarter past 12, he began writing the article. It began well enough, but as he listed off her achievements and went into her background his mood began to sour.

Why did she deserve this praise? She had been nothing but rotten to this entire campus and yet she expected to be rewarded for it?!

As his emotions began to stir, he gained inspiration for a devious idea.

Taking her images back into his photo editing program he made some minor adjustments and decided to take his article in a completely different direction. In a few hours, it was done and sent to the printers.

Sammi arrived on campus without a care in the world. She had pretty much forgotten about the photoshoot by this point and was more focused on making it to her manicure later that day. But as she walked through campus she noticed an unusual amount of focus on her. People seemed to look in her direction and smile slyly as she passed by as if they knew something she didn’t. It wasn’t until she happened to walk past a vendor displaying the college magazine that she began to understand.

Her brow furrowed as she noticed the images along the cover. They were all of her in different casual poses that she hazily recalled from her bikini shoot yesterday, however, they were edited. Black bars covered her chest and crotch, concealing her bikini and making her look… naked.

A shiver ran down her spine as she read the title.

“Sammi Felter Comes Out as an Exhibitionist!”

She read the title again and again, each time looking for some sign that this was some out of season April Fools joke, but to no avail.

Her cheeks flared red as she crumpled the magazine in her hands. She didn’t know who did this, but someone was gonna pay.