The last class of the day

"Wait" Maya stopped Chloe right before entering the classroom, and whispered something in her ear. Joey was still behind them, but he didn't listen in.

Chloe looked back at her with confusion. "What? Why?"

"Just don't, okay?" Maya lowered her voice, glancing back to the door. Her face was still a little flushed. "You know the nurse wasn't exactly following the protocol"

Chloe rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. "Ugh, fine. You’re no fun"

They slipped into the classroom just as the bell rang. Joey set at his desk in the back, hunched over his notebook. The girls took their seats in the row directly in front of him, he cursed mentally at the assigned seats.

The teacher droned on at the front about something, but the words washed over Joey. His world had shrunk to the three desks in the back corner. A soft giggle broke his musing and he stiffened.

"Pssst" Chloe whispered, leaning sideways toward Maya. She held up a standard pen, balancing it on her fingertip. "Look. The cap is almost the same size, right?"

Maya looked over, covering her mouth to suppress a snort. "Chloe, stop," she whispered, though her eyes were dancing with mirth. Joey gripped his pen until his knuckles turned white. He looked at the cap.

"It was cute" Maya murmured. "Like a little mushroom cap"

"Mushrooms are usually bigger" Chloe countered. She reached into her pencil case and pulled out a small, pink eraser shaped like a teddy bear. She held it up, blocking the teacher's view with her textbook. Joey risked a glance up and through the gap between the girls, he spot the tiny object. He knew, with a sinking dread in the pit of his stomach, that they were imagining him. That was what his entire persone was reduced to, he felt something raising in his throat so he put a hand on his mouth to stop it.

"Do you think he can even... you know..." Maya asked. "With something that small, does it even reach?"

Chloe shifted in her seat suffocating a laugh. "Jeez Maya! I think it would be really hard to keep it in" she whispered back, the words sending a jolt of humiliation through Joey.

The rest of the lesson passed liked that, Joey couldn't relax or focus on the teacher. His face was white, every time one of them giggled, he felt sick and when the bell rang Joey was the first to bolt out of the room.