Trying to make excuses

She stayed crouching on the floor, doing her absolute best to stop her daughter from glimpsing her tits, or worse. She couldn't help but flush bright red.

"Should- should I get some of your..." Ruby tried to say. Her voice trailed off, eyes still wide.

"N-no!" Sam said.

She was panicked for a moment, remembering the consequences. She couldn't afford to get dressed, no matter how embarrassing it was. She swallowed, and shuffled again, making sure her arms were stopping Ruby from seeing too much of her kneeling form.

Not that two arms could take the place of, well, actual clothes. She was on her knees, legs tightly pressed together in the hope of hiding her pussy, though she still had one hand to make extra sure. Her other arm crossed over her boobs, constantly adjusting as she realised how much above or below was visible.

Oh god, oh god-

She tried not to whimper, tried to be confident in front of Ruby.

"Mommy just... needs to be n-naked for a while," Sam said, crimson-faced.

"What?" Ruby said.

Oh god, she was still staring. Well of course she was, still it didn't stop Sam's cheeks from burning.

"It's just, uh- you know sometimes you get sniffles? It's, uh, kind of like that," Sam tried.

"You're sick?" Ruby said.

"Um, yeah," Sam said. Well, it was technically true, Reign could be thought of as a disease. "And until I get better I'll just be, um, like this. Ok? It's nothing to w-worry about."

"Ok mom," Ruby said. She still stared. "Will- Will I catch it-"

"No!" Sam said quickly. "No, no one else will, it's not contagious. Just me. Um, don't- don't tell anyone. Please?"

As much as she'd wanted to spend time with her daughter again, it was still a relief when Ruby returned to her room. She still seemed a little unnerved.

Not that Sam could blame her, given her state. Still, it was rather clear that she couldn't really comfort Ruby while she was like this, and that she couldn't get dressed until Lena had a solution, which meant...

Oh god, what kind of stupid cover story was that? She'd panicked!

Though it wasn't like the truth would be any more believable. Oh, yeah, mommy's just going to be running around stark naked to stop an evil alien personality from taking over because apparently feeling thoroughly humiliated stopped her from taking over.

Oh god.

Sam whimpered, shuffling closer to the stairs. She still didn't quite want to stand up, much more comfortable where she was, taking up as little space as possible. If she stood-

She could just imagine it. Her legs on display, her ass far more visible, and then her arms would be trying to cover much more space. Shuffling along on her knees, though, it was slower but at least she felt better hidden.

Then Sam glanced around. Well she was home, and it seemed like Alex had been the only visitor, which meant that now Ruby was in her room hopefuly no one would be around to see.

Though the house still had windows. Sam flushed, emphatically refusing to stand up and be visible through them.

She crawled up the stairs, before spotting her room, and crawled along the floor to the window. She reached up, flushing furiously, and did her best to tug the curtains shut before she at last stood, and at last turned the lights on.

It was evening. Normally she'd spend it with Ruby but... that really wasn't an option like this. Ruby seemed about as weirded out as Sam was embarrassed.

Still, she was in her room, the curtains and door were shut, no one could see.

She might almost have been able to relax, if not for the fact that she was thoroughly aware of the fact that she was still going to be in this state when tomorrow came. Which was probably the point, perpetual embarrassment meaning perpetual freedom from Reign.

She_ really _hoped Lena could find a cure, sooner rather than later.