Isabel's Increasingly Inconspicuous Inconveniences [Part III]
Giantess/Shrinking & Farts
chapter 10
by
RandomAnon
Isabel sort of become another ghost to haunt you, along the lines of Toxic Lily and Valentina and yet in a different capacity because those two were more of a legitimate threat whereas Isabel simply gave you a headache or made your blood boil. Your friends' presence has proven to be enough of a deterrent, well the female ones at least. There were times when you were just hanging out with the guys: Jim and Pete though in all fairness, it was far more frequent to have the whole group together. Still, unlike the 4 girls, their presence didn't really do much in the way of deterring Isabel from appearing.
One of those days...
"Whew. I dunno if I can say you're lucky or unlucky" Jim said as he was putting his stuff in a locker near yours while you were doing the same with your own.
"Jim, in what freaking universe can this bullshit situation be considered lucky?" You replied with some measure of snarky sarcasm and a more than obvious hint of exhausted annoyance in your voice.
"I mean, this girl sure is following you around and seems interested" Pete interjected, similarly grabbing and putting away stuff in his locker as well.
"By all accounts, I'd say that the little Spanish princess wants to play 'conquistador' and colonize someone for herself" Jim chuckled but in response you gave him the most deadpan look that you could manage, wordlessly saying 'REALLY?!'
"First of all, it'd be conquistadora since it's a girl and second... you did NOT just go there, man" You replied dryly.
"What? Can't a girl get her happy reverse Pocahontas ever after?" Jim struggled not to laugh any harder than he was doing already.
"Don't even joke, lad"
"Huh, he got mad for real" Pete noted, both he and Jim appeared surprised.
"Didn't think I'd touch a nerve there" Jim nonchalantly scratched his head.
"Jim, I swear that you're making me want to ask Lillian to bully you again" You said with a slight growl.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Jim's eyes widened when he realized just how real that threat was "That's a bit of an overreaction!"
"I didn't think this was a touchy subject all things considered" Pete said, rubbing his chin in thought.
"The hell you even mean 'all things considered' ?!" You felt your own blood pressure rising at that comment.
"I thought you were kinda used to it at this point" Pete shrugged.
"...what" That was all you could say in abject disbelief.
"No, no, he's got a point" Jim interjected "You're already dealing with so many girls, we thought that this was just run-of-the-mill stuff to you, man" He chuckled but then he noticed that one of your eyes had begun twitching.
"I mean, there's the whole dang business with Bailey, Maggie, Brooke, Celeste, Kaneli and uh... what's-her-name? Monique's friend too, the redhead" Pete said.
"Veronica? Oh! True, true!" Jim laughed some more as he remembered while you felt like at any moment the earth could split open and swallow you or that such fate would've been preferable to the nonsense that these two were inflicting on you.
"What in the world are you two even talking about?" You said quietly, forcing a straight face the hardest that you'd ever tried so far.
"Please! Half the school knows, it's plain to see! Plus, a few birdies told us what we didn't know already" Jim replied and all you could do then was to groan as you reached a new level of being annoyed previously not known to be possible and cover your face with a hand while at it.
"I don't have the energy or the patience to continue this conversation but it's not over and we will get back to it in the future" You said, slamming your locker shut as the most modest way of venting out how bothered you were "And for the record, Celeste doesn't friggin count because this is not goddamn Alabama or the deep woods. Also not really the category for Isabel's nonsense, you're absolutely delulu if you think that she-" You added but unfortunately were prevented from finishing the sentence.
"You rang?" Her voice, objectively rather melodious but to you it was the same as nails scratching on a blackboard, making you shudder by reflex.
"Oh my! Good morning, Your Highness" Jim said as he bowed dramatically though it was clear that it was done for the sake of a joke and not so much any actual reverence to the self-proclaimed nobility. Pete simply snickered while observing the situation as if he were some background character.
"Am I not allowed more than 5 minutes of peace?" You sighed and complained out loud.
"What? You called my name and I came" Isabel shrugged while giving that characteristic smug grin of hers "Good to see you not surrounded by the livestock... though I can't say your choices for male companionship are the most optimal"
"Well, sometimes in life you just gotta roll with what you've got" You shrugged dismissively.
"Hey!" Both Jim and Pete protested, expecting at least a minimal defense from you"
"Fair enough. This... place is not exactly where you'd expect to find the crème de la crème of society after all" She shrugged "And to be honest, most of those are hardly any better than the ones here anyway" Isabel then said and both Pete and Jim exchanged confused looks.
"What do you want now?" You sighed again.
"I just wanted to come and say hi, maybe hang out a little" She said, still maintaining that confident expression that she often had.
"Yeah right" You rolled your eyes but both Jim and Pete went full "Ooooh!" just to piss you off.
"It seems that they get it" Isabel smirked but then her mood shifted to somewhat more serious, still with some of that smug arrogance overflowing "What's this about other girls I just heard about?" she then asked.
"Ooooh! You were onto something!" Pete chuckled as he and Jim did a high-five.
"What the... what?!" You hit a new level of being baffled to the point that your brain needed to do a soft reboot just to try and process what the hell had just unfolded before you. Words couldn't even come out, you felt that you were losing your mind as you were trying to speak at this moment. This was just the kind of nonsense that you had truly never ever anticipated in any shape or form. It definitely took your brain more than a minute to essentially reboot all over again in safe mode to prevent further glitches.
"Just stupid things that my friends say. You're wasting your time if you listen to them but go off I guess" You then said, not wanting to have any further discussion. Upon trying to turn to leave you found Isabel standing right before you to block your way. In a way, kinda ridiculous given that she was significantly smaller than you but you weren't about to shove some girl even if she was annoying.
"Might as well spill the beans, dude" Jim chimed in, undeterred by the jab you had just thrown at him and Pete.
"What do you even care?" You asked Isabel with an annoyed glare "They have nothing to do with you. None of them has any interest in turning me into some kind of circus animal so your niche is uncontested"
Jim and Pete's eyes widened for a moment but then they looked at each other once more "Whooooah... now that's a sick burn" and this time it was Isabel's turn to find herself utterly baffled. She looked like she wanted to say something but she simply couldn't find the words.
"Have you considered writing diss tracks?" Pete chuckled but your side glance was more than enough to tell that this wasn't the time. Before this conversation could go on for any longer, Isabel spotted Jen and Lillian approaching with Cindy and Zuemy following nearby so she guessed it was best to quit for now while she was ahead...