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It would have been easy - so easy - to shriek and cover herself and hide behind the desk. People would have laughed at her, but she would have been covered.

She fought against the urge.

Feeling herself trembling, Audrey **** herself not to cover up and instead stepped into the small aisle between the rows of desks.

"What are you doing?" she heard Claire hiss, barely more than a whisper.

'What AM I doing?' Audrey thought to herself as she made her way towards the front of the class. She could feel every eye upon her. It was terrifying. Her mind recoiled from the terror, making the short walk feel like some crazy sort of dream. In a daze she placed the answer sheets onto Mr Hendrick's desk.

"Uh... th-thank you, Audrey." he managed.

Sometimes, when you're dreaming, you know - without knowing how you know - that if you do or say a certain thing then it will quickly turn into a nightmare. The thought of her classmates laughing at her sudden shame **** her not to cover herself and run. Instead she calmly folded her hands in front of her, covering her exposed crotch without grabbing it, turned and walked back towards her desk.

'My breasts sure do bounce a lot without a bra.' she thought to herself as she made the walk. 'And this floor feels so dirty beneath my feet!'

She sat down.

She was aware of Claire saying something, but the words sounded hazy; far off and distant. Audrey stared dumbly at the surface of the desk in front of her, not sure where she was or what she was looking at. When Claire began to shake her by the shoulder, however, she snapped out of it, waking up from... whatever that was.

"Did that... really just happen?" Audrey mumbled.

Claire's eyes were as wide as saucers. "Wow... that was... wow."

Audrey looked around the room. Everyone was still frozen where they stood, staring at her. Those who were sitting down were staring too, uncaring of Mr Hendrick's threat of detention. Even the teacher seemed a little stunned.

Under their scrutiny, Audrey felt her face begin to burn once again. Trying not to be too obvious about it, she folded her arms to cover her breasts.

A moment later, Mr Hendrick regained his composure. "Well now, I, I, uh, see one set of answer sheets on my desk. Where are the rest of them?"

The class seemed to snap out of it, and the procession of paperwork to the teacher resumed.

"Why did you do that?" Claire whispered.

"I... I don't know. I wasn't thinking when I stood up, but... when everyone was looking at me it was like... I didn't want everyone to laugh at me."

"You can be the rabbit, or you can choose to be the wolf." Claire quoted. There was a pause. "I think I got that from Zootopia."

Audrey had no answer for that. Her face was so red it felt like it was on fire. She just wanted the class to end.