Yes and some bystanders too

Hitting Kennedy with the gun turned out to be easier than she thought, as long as she wasn’t too worried about collateral damage. Kennedy was on the cheer squad and it was practice day. Luckily for Becca it was also raining, so she knew they’d practice indoors. She just grabbed her bag and headed over to the athletics center.

The athletics center had upper levels surrounding the main gym, so it was easy to get in position looking down on the practicing cheerleaders. She spotted Kennedy talking to some of her friends, and lucky for Becca they had participated in bullying her too. After a quick check to make sure nobody was watching her she pulled out the gun. She wasn’t sure of the range, but if it really was a laser it should be fine. Wanting to get all three she aimed and pulled the trigger over and over in rapid succession while they were stationary.

After 10 shots she spun away and hid behind a column. She didn’t think they’d noticed at all, just like Cody hadn’t, but she didn’t want to be seen regardless. She put the gun away and slowly peaked around the column. From this distance she couldn’t see much, but she was pretty sure Kennedy’s hair colour was lighter. Trina and Lisa’s too. She smiled to herself, since they were already women, maybe they’d start to lose their intelligence. Kennedy might act like a flighty cheerleader sometime, but Becca knew just how smart she was. Maybe if she lost her intelligence she’d lose her mean streak too.

Becca zipped her bag closed and hurried away. She actually did have class today and didn’t want to skip it. Despite being present she found it hard to concentrate. She kept wondering exactly how those women were going to change, with a slight worry of how she was. At least she knew Kennedy wasn’t going to be banging on her door at 3am tonight.

It wasn’t 3am, but someone did knock on her door that night. She’d just been sitting at her desk studying before bed when she heard it. She opened the door to see Cody standing there with an overstuffed backpack, “What do you want Cody?”

Cody looked down at the floor, “Um. Please can I stay here tonight? I know. You were right. I was an ass. Am an aa. A really big ass. When we were studying together, I really was having a good time with you. I promise, I’m not just saying that. I don’t know why I went along with Kennedy…ok, well I do. I wanted to sleep with her, and I threw you under the bus for that chance. I’m sorry. I really don’t have anywhere else to go though. I grabbed some stuff from my house but I have nowhere to go. Please. I brought you some money to pay you back for breakfast.”

Argh, **** doesn’t taste as good when they apologize! And when they are so sad and hot. Wait, hot? Becca looked Cody up and down, she’d never felt anything for women before, but ya, Cody was hot. “Fuck. Fine. Come inside.”

Cody hauled his bag in and set it down, “Thanks I really…” He started to say.

“Stop. I said you can stay here one more night, but this isn’t a permanent thing. You’ve gotta figure something out and stop relying on me to bail you out. I’m still pissed about how you treated me, this doesn’t give you a pass on that.”

Cody nodded, “Right. I’m sorry. I’ll figure something out. I just need to get my head on straight. Today’s been wild,” He opened his bag and pulled out some bills, “Here. For breakfast.”

“Thanks.” She accepted the money, it was definitely more than she’d spent, but not by that much. She shoved it into her bag.

“Sorry, I just wasn’t thinking at all when I left my place last time. Today I waited until my roommates were out and snuck back in. I packed some of my stuff, but I had to leave most of it behind. None of my clothes fit anyway,” He shook his head and then subconsciously brushed a strand of long blonde hair away from his face, “I haven’t even tried to convince anyone else. I just feel like it would be impossible. I don’t think anyone else would believe me.”

Becca frowned, “But I believe you, I barely even know you. Surely you could convince your friends.”

Cody bites his lip, “Um. I don’t know that I really have any friends. I mean, the boys on the team, the cheerleaders. They all liked me because I was good at basketball. That was kinda the only thing they liked. I always felt like I had to be someone else when I was with those guys. If I tried saying I was Cody, they’d think it was just some prank. They’d keep thinking that until eventually they realized I, rather, he, wasn’t coming back. Then I’d end up in jail right? They’d all think I was like some psycho ex who had him killed.”

Becca had never really thought of that. Maybe this **** had gone way too far. Where was that shop again? Celestial Delights? She’d have to ditch Cody and try going back there tomorrow. Maybe there was some way to undo this.

“Right, I guess I get it. Well I was studying but I think I’m not in the right headspace to continue. Do you want to watch tv with me? Maybe take your mind off things too?”

Cody nodded. She had a small smart tv that faced her bed. Unfortunately the size and position meant that in order for them both to see it they had to sit side by side, practically touching, on the bed. She gave Cody the remote and let him scroll through options until eventually he picked some superhero movie. She was fine with it even if she preferred the source material to the overblown special effects budget presented in this film.

By the time it was over it was getting late, she turned to say something to Cody but he’d actually fallen asleep. She didn’t want to wake him, but obviously couldn’t stay like this all night. Slowly she extracted herself and gently laid him down on the bed. Well she wasn’t about to sleep on the floor so she turned off the tv and got under the covers. At least the sheets kept them a little separated, even if the twin bed was a little cramped for too. She was so tired she was asleep within minutes after closing her eyes.