NO!

I stood in proud defiance. “I am Queen Gina, leader of royal magnificent. The most powerful person of Noname High! No matter what, I still have my pride and will never submit to you!”

Marel led out a disgusting shudder and moan. “Oh, my little Ocelot, that just makes me want you even more! Yes, yes! That pride of yours is just...exquisite...ohh!!! I am looking forward to the day I will have you fully dominated! I will drown you in pleasure!”

Good thing I said no, holy fuck.

“To be honest, I would have been quite disappointed if you accepted so readily.” Marel continued a little less deranged. “Still, if not me who else? Please don't say Lauren, that girl will eat you alive, sweetie.”

“I...will manage”, I pressed out.

Marel chuckled. “You don't have to.” she flicked the money to me.

I looked at her, completely flabbergasted.

“Watching you present yourself for me, looking all scared and embarrassed was all the payment I needed. Think of this as a token of our friendship. Or perhaps an advance payment.” She gave me a creepy wink.

I really didn't want to be in Marel's debt, but this was no time to be picky, so I grabbed the money. “T-thank you”, I somewhat managed to blurt out.

“You are welcome, my little Ocelot.”

I hastily made my retreat.

This worked out way better then expected. Still, a part of me regretted not submitting to Marel. Despite her creepy attitude, she does care about me in her own weird way. What exactly was it that made me choose stupid cow, after all the awful shit she put me trough?

No, this is nonsense. I didn't choose stupid cow, I choose my pride! I will never submit to anyone!

Stupid cow made eyes like saucers as I presented her the money. Yeah, how about that? Don't freaking underestimate me, you stupid cow.

“Well, that was unexpected”, she finally managed to say. “But a deal is a deal. You won't have to gain anymore weight.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Even better then stupid cow's reaction was the expression of utter hatred on Susan's face. “So we just stop feeding her?”

“Well, not quite...”

I did not like the sound of that all. “You promised!”

“Gina, tell me are you familiar with Sisyphus?”

“Syphilis?”

“Well I suppose you are more acquainted with that one. But no. You see Sisyphus is a character from Greek mythology. He angered the gods and thus was punished with pushing a boulder up a hill. But every time the boulder almost reaches the top, it somehow falls back down.”

“So you want me to bush a boulder up a hill.”

“Metaphorically speaking.” Stupid cow let out an obnoxious sigh. “There will be no change in your diet, but you will be allowed to exercise. I suggest running and quite a lot of it. We will have to do a bit of experimentation, but in essence you will be allowed to exercise exactly as much as is needed to maintain your current weight.” Stupid cow smiled. “See the connection?”