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Jackie sat silently in the lunchroom, sipping her milk carton, but not touching her pizza, fruit, or carrots.
Ted sat down in the chair next to her.
“Hey.”
“Hey,” she said with little emotion.
“Do you wanna sit with the rest of us?”
“No.”
Ted breathed deep, tapping his fingers against her table. “Look… I know that it was crappy of me and some of the others to not hang around you much…”
“I don’t really care about that anymore,” Jackie said. She rested her head on folded arms. “I don’t really care about anything anymore.”
Ted put his hand on her shoulder. She could tell from his unsteady hand that he was still not used to being around anthros.
“It’s going to be okay,” he said. “You can’t give up.”
“I’m not giving up,” Jackie said. “I’m accepting what’s happened.”
“Matt’s dad will figure out how to fix him and his sister. I’m sure of it.”
“Quiet down,” Jackie said. “Even bringing him up might attract attention.”
“Well,” Ted huffed, “it isn’t like people forgot he existed. What do they think happened to him?”
“They think that he’s in a coma,” Jackie said, flicking her straw repeatedly against the lip of the carton. “He may as well be.”
“And sometimes,” Ted said, “people do recover from comas.”
“And sometimes, when people wake up from comas, they have severe brain damage.”
“I….,” Ted started saying something, then seemed to change his mind. “Look. We are all having a hard time. Matt was a good person.”
“Is a good person,” Jackie corrected with a furrowed brow.
“...Matt is a good person,” Ted said, “from what I understand, he helped you a lot.”
“Yeah…,” Jackie swallowed. “He… he…”
“Hey hey,” Ted gripped her shoulder tighter, “it’ll be alright… but it’s okay for you to cry.”
She shook her head. “No… people will see. They’ll have questions in their minds.”
“Then cry a little bit,” Ted said.
Jackie sniffled, doing her best to let a bit of it out.
“Matt helped you,” Ted said, “but what I’m seeing… as soon as you don’t have Matt, you can’t stand on your own.”
“Gee,” Jackie said sarcastically, “how could you tell that I’ve been a broken mess for the past few weeks?”
“What I’m saying is,” Ted said, “is that Matt would want you to be happy. And if you aren’t able to have him back… at least for a while… you need to learn to stand on your own.”
Jackie wiped her eyes, and licked her snout. Ted was right. And there were deeper things that he didn’t know. She had not really solved her problems - she’d had intense anxiety about who she was, and had only felt better because of Matt.
In the time since what had happened to him, Jackie had continued to feel nothing but shame and embarrassment whenever she walked around in public. School, surprisingly, was one of the few places where she felt more comfortable.
There were more anthros still now. Once restrictions had loosened a bit around the time Matt and Ashley had been kidnapped, the virus had spread a lot. They’d tightening restrictions again, and then by now were loosened a little bit. It seemed that everyone had now learned by experience to be more careful. Hopefully.
Where maybe there’d been 1/16th of the school who’d become anthros, if that - which was still a very high number compared to the rest of the country - it now was higher, maybe 1/8th or more. She had kept her ears perked up, open to hear what people were saying about the virus. She’d heard many people who were still quite negative about it - and some who, despite becoming anthros themselves, still seemed very prejudiced against anthros.
Surprisingly though, she’d heard and seen some people… some people who had not only gotten used to it, but seemed to kind of like their new forms. Embracing it. They openly panted and wagged their tails, had stickers of pawprints on their phone cases…
Jackie had pushed these observations aside, refusing to believe that others were like her. But confronting the thoughts now… she wanted to be herself. She didn’t want to let anyone dictate who she could be. She liked being an anthro. It was who she was, and no one was going to stop her.
So she went with Ted to their table, and let herself be happy, tail wagging and all. She let herself relax as they talked, and she was able to lighten up a bit. When they finished eating and were leaving the lunchroom, she passed a guy leaning against the wall with his friends.
“Hey girl,” he said, “come here girl! Come eat my math homework for me!”
He and his friends laughed.
“Sorry,” Jackie smiled, “I don’t like eating math homework, the numbers taste terrible. English ones are a little better though.”
Douglas standing behind her chuckled slightly, but the guy bullying Jackie just seemed frustrated.
“Really smart talk coming from a dog,” the guy said.
“Yeah,” Jackie licked her nose, “it comes from eating all the English homework.”
“Whatever,” he said, and then turned back to talk to his friends.
Jackie walked away, and something… some kind of realization clicked in her mind. Matt perhaps would’ve deconstructed their behavior in some clever way, making them feel like crap. In the past Jackie either would’ve shrunk inward, or lashed out at them. Somehow, making light of things had made them upset - she hadn’t given them what they wanted.
People who bullied others wanted a reaction. They wanted to hurt people. Some people thought hurting back would make them stop. Others stood stoically, trying to deflect their insults like a brick wall. But Jackie realized that she could outright deny them what they wanted, could make them feel foolish.
Being happy, showing that you were not a freak, that you could live a meaningful life even while being an anthro… that was what these people didn’t want to accept.
But it was something that she accepted. Finally.
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Ted sat down in the chair next to her.
“Hey.”
“Hey,” she said with little emotion.
“Do you wanna sit with the rest of us?”
“No.”
Ted breathed deep, tapping his fingers against her table. “Look… I know that it was crappy of me and some of the others to not hang around you much…”
“I don’t really care about that anymore,” Jackie said. She rested her head on folded arms. “I don’t really care about anything anymore.”
Ted put his hand on her shoulder. She could tell from his unsteady hand that he was still not used to being around anthros.
“It’s going to be okay,” he said. “You can’t give up.”
“I’m not giving up,” Jackie said. “I’m accepting what’s happened.”
“Matt’s dad will figure out how to fix him and his sister. I’m sure of it.”
“Quiet down,” Jackie said. “Even bringing him up might attract attention.”
“Well,” Ted huffed, “it isn’t like people forgot he existed. What do they think happened to him?”
“They think that he’s in a coma,” Jackie said, flicking her straw repeatedly against the lip of the carton. “He may as well be.”
“And sometimes,” Ted said, “people do recover from comas.”
“And sometimes, when people wake up from comas, they have severe brain damage.”
“I….,” Ted started saying something, then seemed to change his mind. “Look. We are all having a hard time. Matt was a good person.”
“Is a good person,” Jackie corrected with a furrowed brow.
“...Matt is a good person,” Ted said, “from what I understand, he helped you a lot.”
“Yeah…,” Jackie swallowed. “He… he…”
“Hey hey,” Ted gripped her shoulder tighter, “it’ll be alright… but it’s okay for you to cry.”
She shook her head. “No… people will see. They’ll have questions in their minds.”
“Then cry a little bit,” Ted said.
Jackie sniffled, doing her best to let a bit of it out.
“Matt helped you,” Ted said, “but what I’m seeing… as soon as you don’t have Matt, you can’t stand on your own.”
“Gee,” Jackie said sarcastically, “how could you tell that I’ve been a broken mess for the past few weeks?”
“What I’m saying is,” Ted said, “is that Matt would want you to be happy. And if you aren’t able to have him back… at least for a while… you need to learn to stand on your own.”
Jackie wiped her eyes, and licked her snout. Ted was right. And there were deeper things that he didn’t know. She had not really solved her problems - she’d had intense anxiety about who she was, and had only felt better because of Matt.
In the time since what had happened to him, Jackie had continued to feel nothing but shame and embarrassment whenever she walked around in public. School, surprisingly, was one of the few places where she felt more comfortable.
There were more anthros still now. Once restrictions had loosened a bit around the time Matt and Ashley had been kidnapped, the virus had spread a lot. They’d tightening restrictions again, and then by now were loosened a little bit. It seemed that everyone had now learned by experience to be more careful. Hopefully.
Where maybe there’d been 1/16th of the school who’d become anthros, if that - which was still a very high number compared to the rest of the country - it now was higher, maybe 1/8th or more. She had kept her ears perked up, open to hear what people were saying about the virus. She’d heard many people who were still quite negative about it - and some who, despite becoming anthros themselves, still seemed very prejudiced against anthros.
Surprisingly though, she’d heard and seen some people… some people who had not only gotten used to it, but seemed to kind of like their new forms. Embracing it. They openly panted and wagged their tails, had stickers of pawprints on their phone cases…
Jackie had pushed these observations aside, refusing to believe that others were like her. But confronting the thoughts now… she wanted to be herself. She didn’t want to let anyone dictate who she could be. She liked being an anthro. It was who she was, and no one was going to stop her.
So she went with Ted to their table, and let herself be happy, tail wagging and all. She let herself relax as they talked, and she was able to lighten up a bit. When they finished eating and were leaving the lunchroom, she passed a guy leaning against the wall with his friends.
“Hey girl,” he said, “come here girl! Come eat my math homework for me!”
He and his friends laughed.
“Sorry,” Jackie smiled, “I don’t like eating math homework, the numbers taste terrible. English ones are a little better though.”
Douglas standing behind her chuckled slightly, but the guy bullying Jackie just seemed frustrated.
“Really smart talk coming from a dog,” the guy said.
“Yeah,” Jackie licked her nose, “it comes from eating all the English homework.”
“Whatever,” he said, and then turned back to talk to his friends.
Jackie walked away, and something… some kind of realization clicked in her mind. Matt perhaps would’ve deconstructed their behavior in some clever way, making them feel like crap. In the past Jackie either would’ve shrunk inward, or lashed out at them. Somehow, making light of things had made them upset - she hadn’t given them what they wanted.
People who bullied others wanted a reaction. They wanted to hurt people. Some people thought hurting back would make them stop. Others stood stoically, trying to deflect their insults like a brick wall. But Jackie realized that she could outright deny them what they wanted, could make them feel foolish.
Being happy, showing that you were not a freak, that you could live a meaningful life even while being an anthro… that was what these people didn’t want to accept.
But it was something that she accepted. Finally.
Previous: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46153239/
Next: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46210696/
First Part: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43399487/
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Category Story / Transformation
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