Lucy (Finished)

The hard part about being smart is everyone treats you like a nerd. Lucy may not be the most physically attractive girl, but she made up for it by studying hard and staying on top of her grades. Lucky for her, Lucy was accepted to the top school in her state and even won a full-ride scholarship. While at school, she suffered from the infamous “Freshman fifteen” which did her no favors. The shy brunette never carried her weight in the most flattering way and had a little bit of a belly with hardly any boobs or butt to speak of. Her lack of figure and intense program meant she rarely went out to make friends unless she met them at a lecture or study seminar.

Lucy signed up to be a tutor for a couple of nights a week to make some extra money. She didn’t mind helping people but hated it when they wouldn’t put any effort into the work themselves and just wanted her to do their homework for them.

One afternoon, she was sitting in a tutoring room in the library, waiting for someone who needed help to come in when she met him for the first time. He was a tall man, with shaggy brown hair the same color as hers and a kind face. He wore a loose T-shirt but she could tell that he was well built beneath it and clearly worked out.

She knew her face was beet red but tried not to show how flustered she was when she asked, “Do you need help with a class?”

“Yeah, is this the tutoring center?” he said, his voice was deep and seemed to vibrate through Lucy, going straight to her core.

“Yes… Yes, it is.” She said as she shuffled the papers in front of her.

“Bet,” He said, “My name is Chris.”

“Nice to meet you Chris, I’m Lucy. What class do you need help with?”

He laughed a little and joked, “All of them?”

“That’s okay!” She said cheerily, “Where do you want to start?”

“How about Algebra,” Chris said, setting his binder on the table and pulling out an assignment. Lucy slid it over and tried not to roll her eyes, the homework he was assigned was probably the easiest math course available at the school.

“Okay luckily this stuff is pretty straight forward so we should be able to get some good progress done tonight.”

Lucy did her best to not get distracted by Chris, not only was he charming but he also sat close enough that she could catch a whiff of his cologne, which was strong without being overpowering.

“So this first problem is a good place to start, the slope is represented by “m” and the intercept is represented by “b”. When you graph this, start by plotting the intercept.” Lucy explained, clearing her throat to try and keep the jitters down. She had never been one to crush on boys but Chris had a certain vibe to him that drove crazy.

Over the course of the hour, Lucy tried her best to explain what she thought were rather simple concepts while Chris did his best to understand and memorize them, his focus was attractive to her and was the cherry on top.

The duo wrapped up the last assignment just as her shift ended and the library was about to close. As Chris packed up his books, he slid a paper across the table to Lucy.

“Can you sign this for me?” He asked her

“Sure what is it?” she said as she picked it up and clicked a pen.

“It’s for my coach. My grades aren’t where they should be so I may be ineligible to play unless I get them up, but this gives me some leeway since it proves I am taking steps to improve my grades.”

“Oh for sure!” She said cheerily, “What do you play?”

“I have a football scholarship, full ride.” he responded.

“Oh, that's so cool!” Lucy said as she signed the paper, “I’m glad I could help and if you need any more tutoring you can use the schools' website to schedule with a specific tutor.”

“Sounds great! See you around Lucy.”

She watched him leave, meeting up with some people she assumed were his friends. Lucy grabbed her backpack, giddy with excitement and sporting the largest smile on her face. She honestly never thought she would crush on a football player but she couldn’t help it! He was just so cute and charming, she just wished that she had the guts to ask for his number.

Deep down she knew that he likely wouldn’t want to go for her, she was well aware that she wasn’t particularly good looking. Not for the first time, Lucy wished she had a more attractive figure so she could catch his attention, or anyones for that matter.

Lucy wandered back to her dorm, the campus was gorgeous at this time of night. The sun cast long shadows across the courtyards and the sky was painted a constantly shifting rainbow of colors as it set. The wind was warm, perfect for the t-shirt and shorts she was wearing.

She thought about Chris the whole way back to her dorm, which was on the other side of the campus and a considerable walk, Lucy used her keycard to unlock the door. The building was old but had been remodeled, so it had a sleek interior, modern appliances and fancy electronic locks to get in.

Her room was on the first floor, just a short walk from the door she entered. Lucy was lucky to get a room by herself, the trade of being that she had to use a communal bathroom. She decided she needed to study before she took a shower, which usually left her tired and ready for bed so all responsibilities needed to be done before that.

She dumped her backpack onto the bed and shook her shoulders, releasing the tension that had built from carrying her heavy bag. Her mind once again thinking back to the study session, the tension in the room had been thick but she was certain he was immune to it.

Cleaning off her desk and turning on the lamp, Lucy prepared to study her own classes. Her workload was much more intense than Chris’ and required much more effort, but she simply couldn’t muster it. Her mind kept wandering back to Chris and before long, she gave up entirely and began procrastinating while scrolling through social media and other sites.

“Come on Lucy,” She said to herself, “focus up.”

But it was no use, she couldn’t help but get distracted and found herself scrolling on her phone before she even realized she was on it. While mindlessly swiping past videos and memes she came across an odd advertisement for a game she had never seen. She squinted against her phone's bright screen and did a double take as she read the game's description.

Are you unhappy with your life? Want to catch the attention of your true love? Look no further than Mod Life Mobile, the app that can change your life for the better! Simply download and play to customize yourself down to the smallest detail.

Lucy had always heard the conspiracy that our phones listened to us and gave targeted ads based on what was discussed, but never had one felt so specific and as far as she could remember, she hadn’t voiced her insecurities in quite some time.

Just for the hell of it, she clicked on the ad and let it take her to the app store where she downloaded the game. Despite the small file size, it took longer than she expected but once it was done, the game loaded itself.

The screen rained confetti saying, Congratulations on taking the first step towards improving your life! Click below to see the complete list of games where you earn points to upgrade yourself. First start by taking a picture so we can create your very own avatar!

Lucy clicked the button labeled “Games” and was redirected to the avatar creation tab, where she was prompted to take a picture. She snapped a quick photo of her face and was once again redirected to another page, this one had a list of games and challenges.

Congratulations on completing the avatar creation process! In this tab you will find games and challenges that earn you points. Once you win a few games, check out the in-game store to spend them on yourself!

By now, Lucy had grown bored with both the game and studying, so she grabbed her showering kit, flip flops and a towel before heading to the dorm bathrooms to shower. The bathrooms were dimly lit and much longer than they were wide, on one side there were showers and the other side had bathroom stalls.

Lucy was glad that the bathroom was empty so late at night, it was always awkward having to shower while using the bathroom, plus she got to take the large shower at the very end of the room. Each shower had two curtains with a space between so the residents could dress without getting their clothes wet. She stripped down while the water warmed up, testing the temperature with her hand before jumping in.

The warm water ran over her body as she washed herself, lathering her soft and pudgy body with soap. Lucy thought about Chris as she washed the soap off, thinking about how she would never have a shot with him with a figure like this. She finished her shower rather fast and as she got dressed, she remembered the game she had download just a few minutes ago.

Dressing herself quickly, she rushed back to her room with her hair wrapped up in a towel and her wet flip flops squishing under her feet. Once in her room she opened the game, what if it really could change her? She could be the perfect girl that Chris wanted.

Lucy unlocked her phone and messed around with Mod Life Mobile before finding herself in the apps store, where she found that she was given 50 free points to start. Getting tired, she scrolled through the list of options she could pick from and began getting overwhelmed. If the game was real, she would be able to change her hair color, skin tone, body shape, each one with sub-categories beneath it to tweak the change even further.

She couldn’t do much with just 50 points and besides, she was still skeptical the game was even real but she felt some kind of draw to the game, like a subconscious need to at least try it.

The cheapest change she could do was a simple change, one like modifying the color of her hair so she did just that. Lucy selected the hair change and two color wheels appear, one was a rainbow of colors and the other contained basic hair colors. Between the two wheels was her avatars head, the hair was highlighted and as she spun the color wheel it changed her hair. Selecting certain parts of her hair allowed her to use the rainbow color wheel to create highlights and streaks of color.

Lucy settled on blonde hair, forgoing highlights for now to save points. She hit enter and confirmed spending 20 of her 50 points to change her hair from brown to blond. The anxious girl sat patiently as the game loaded and said, Thank you for your submission! Changes will be implemented soon!

She continued to wait, and wasn’t surprised when nothing happened. She chided herself for believing that a mobile game would be able to modify her body. Lucy laid in bed as she began to get tired and played some of the games that the app provided, most of them were easy but some gave her trouble. By the time she stocked up an additional 50 points she was fighting back sleep so she elected to turn her phone off, falling asleep almost seconds after plugging her phone in to charge.

While she slept, she dreamt of Chris. In her dream, Lucy was waiting in a study room when Chris came in.

“Wow,” He said when he entered, “I love your hair, has it always been blonde?”

Lucy smiled at him and said, “Of course! It always has been.”

He muttered his approval as he took his textbooks out, even in her dreams she couldn’t escape schoolwork which made her chuckle.

As they studied, Chris seemed to shift impatiently before looking up at her. Lucy felt her heart skip a beat as he leaned toward her, his eyes closing as he put a hand on her leg and moved to kiss her. Lucy leaned in, the smell of his cologne was strong and just as their lips were about to touch, her alarm went off.

Lucy rubbed the sleep from her eyes and felt her excitement waning, being replaced by disappointment as she realized she had dreamt the entire encounter with Chris. When she sat up, she ran her hand through her hair and teased it. Some of her hair fell in front of her face and she felt her heart skip a beat.

“No way,” She said as she grabbed a handful of hair and pulled it infront of her eyes, “it really worked!?!”

It certainly did work, her hair had gone from a light shade of brown to a stunning blonde that seemed to glow as it caught the morning light that streamed through the window.

“Holy shit! I’m blonde!” Lucy cheered. Her heart beat intensely as she grabbed her phone and opened Mod Life Mobile with shaky hands. The possibilities were endless and Lucy knew it, she also came to the conclusion that she could win Chris’s affection if she modified herself just right. Lucy opened the apps store and scrolled through, not sure where to start. She had 80 points currently and that still wasn’t enough to do as much as she wanted, but it was a great start.

For 50 points, she could upgrade a more expensive option if she wanted, the three that stood out the most were:

Increase height 3 inches.

Skinny and petite, slim down avatar as you wish.

Makeup connoisseur.

Her finger hesitated over the button, she only had enough for one change so she had to pick carefully.