As soon as you got dressed, you ran out to the bus stop, where Andrew was already waiting for you. "Yoooooo!", he shouted as he waved over to you.
"Hi Andrew", you greeted as you pulled your rolling backpack along.
Andrew handed over a toy robot. "Thanks for letting me borrow your Hot Rod", the boy said.
"It's okay." You got your toy from him, only to discover a piece was missing. "Uh, Andrew?", You asked. "What happened to his titanmaster?"
"The what?"
"Firedrive? His titanmaster? The little robot that turns into his head?"
Andrew laughed nervously and rubbed his neck. "Oh, uh... I was kinda... hoping you wouldn't notice..."
You let out a disappointed sigh. "Stevie?"
"Uh... yeah..." The one thing you were more worried about than Andrew's little brother getting ahold of you was him getting his little hands on your toys. Any time he touched one, at least a piece of it was going in his mouth. That was a reason why Andrew locked his own toys in a chest and sometimes asked to borrow your own. "I'm really sorry, Jack."
"*sigh* It's fine.Extras are pretty cheap..." You unzipped your backpack and put your toy away. "Just be more careful with them next time, okay?"
Andrew gave you a hug, squeezing you tightly as you were squished in his grip. "Thanks for being so cool with it! I promise i'll- oops!" Your friend led go as he felt your body start to flatten into his chest.
It didn't take long for the indention Andrew had made to fill back in. "Least I didn't get totally squished this time. Hehe."
You waved over as your mother drove off with Kat and Zelina. On reason you preferred the bus was that your mom embarrassed you in front of other kids, as her overprotective nature would often earn you a day or two worth of teasing. On top of that, she always made you stay close by your sister, at least until you got inside. She'd always whine or try to call your mom if you tried to pull her along with you or left her alone, so you always had to follow her around when she talked to her bratty friend. You enjoyed the safety of her car, but you didn't think it was worth getting picked on by the other kids.
"Hey, you've been taking the bus a lot lately. Is that because of your new sister?", Andrew asked.
You pouted as you groaned. "Yeah", you answered. "She's such a whiny butthead. I tried to get along with her like my mom wanted, but she's become such a brat. Then there's that dumb cat of hers..."
"That's kinda mean", Andrew said. You cringed a bit as you could hear some disappointment in his voice. "I mean, she was an orphan before your mom adopted her. I mean, yeah, she's kind of annoying sometimes, but she's probably just acting how she thinks little sisters are supposed to act."
"Yeah... But you gotta admit, that cat is a real pain."
Andrew cringed a bit. "Yeah... i really don't wanna get bit again..." Andrew had been bitten by your sister's cat once before and was made squishy just like you. He thought it was cool at first, but soon realized just how bad you have it thanks to his little brother.
The school bus soon arrived to pick you and Andrew up. He followed close behind you, keeping other kids from trying to snatch you up or pinch parts of you off. It wasn't too long ago, when Andrew was sick at home, that one girl yanked you from your seat and spent the trip on the way to school munching on you. She got to skip breakfast, but you missed half the school day moving along her digestive system and had to explain to the principal why you had been found naked in the girl's bathroom. You found an empty seat, but it was half-occupied by another kid. "Hey gummy kid, you can share a seat with me", the boy said, licking his lips.
"Uh, n-no thanks." You went back further, only to find more students in half-empty seats taunting you. Finally, you got to the back of the bus.
"Don't worry, I got this", Andrew said.
You weren't sure what he meant, but you sat down in the lone bus seat, trusting your friend. You would soon find that your trust was misplaced, as he quickly jumped on top of you, squishing you beneath his butt! *SQUELCH!* "See? I told you i got it", he said as he wriggled his rump on top of you. "No one's getting their hands on my buddy now."
You could hear the muffled giggling of the other kids, mixed in with some disappointed groans. You weren't exactly happy with being sat on for the second time today, but at least with Andrew you knew you would be getting to school safely. "It could be worse...", you thought, letting out a silent groan as the bus drove off to the school. It wouldn't be long before you reached it, but you would have to wait a little longer before Andrew stood up, as he chose to wait until everyone else had left.
"Sorry about that, buddy", Andrew said as he stood up, leaving you as just a butt print on the seat. He helped peel you off and watched as you reformed. "It sucks that we're the last stop for this bus."
"You're telling me", you sighed.
Andrew followed you out of the bus and you headed to the cafeteria to wait for the first bell to ring, passing briefly by the high school section and the weird staircase. You always saw smoke coming from those stairs and these kids in black going in and out. It always scared you to walk by there. You and Andrew called it the smoking staircase. As you neared the cafeteria, you stopped dead in your tracks your attention was immediately caught by someone. Time seemed to stand still as you caught sight of a new student, a young blonde girl just about your age. Your eyes went wide and your cheeks flush as you were certain that you had found the most beautiful girl in the world. Your stupor was soon put to a halt as Andrew snapped his fingers in front of your face.
"Hellooooo! What's the matter with you?", Andrew called.
"H-what?!" You shook your head as you came back to your senses. "S-sorry. I just..."
"Were you looking at the new girl?", Andrew blurted out, causing some of the kids around to laugh.
"Andrewww!", you whispered, trying to shush him up.
"What? Do you like her or something?", he asked as he looked over to her. "She is really pretty. I can see why you'd like her."
"Can you please keep it down?!", you asked. "I don't want her to think I'm... uh, where'd she go?" You looked around but the girl seemed to have vanished.
"She's probably being shown to her class room." You soon heard the bell ring to signal the start of school. "Looks like we need to head to class, too, buddy."
You sighed and began to make your way to Miss Carioca's class. You considered her to be a fairly nice teacher. You always did pretty well on her assignments and never really had a problem with her.
Class was the last thing on your mind at the moment, though. For some reason, you couldn't stop thinking about that girl. There just was something about her. You felt like you had to see her again. The only problem was you had no idea who's class she was in. "Uh, hey, Andrew? Could you do me a favor?"
"What's up?"
"Can you... Could you take my backpack to class? I have to use the bathroom, and you know how Miss Carioca is with going before class."
"Yeah, if we get our stuff in before we go, we get an extra five minutes before we're tardy", Andrew said as he took your backpack. "I got it for ya, but be careful. I can't leave class until she counts everyone's name."
"Thanks, Andrew", you said as you ran off. You didn't want to tell him the real reason for wanting to leave, but you didn't want him blurting it out to everyone. It wouldn't be long before the second bell rang and class started, and you only had five minutes after that. Everyone was too busy trying to get to class to bother with you, so you were pretty safe for now... or so you thought. As you turned the corner, you immediately made contact with a teenager, smacking right into their denim-clad butt before falling back and onto your own squishy butt. Almost as soon as you fell, your vision was blocked by the descending rump of the teen as it reduced you to a pancake! You mentally screamed for Andrew's help, but he couldn't hear you from your place stuck beneath the plump behind of the high-schooler. Even as they got up, you were still stuck, feeling every wobble and jiggle of the booty as they walked. Fortune would soon smile upon you as the teenager you were stuck to suddenly stopped and peeled you off. You mentally gulped as you were brought face to face with them and recognized them. It was your cousin, Kris, smirking as he looked down at you with the usual sleepy look in his eyes.
"I thought I felt something squishy cushion my fall", Kris said as he licked his lips. "You know, I didn't eat breakfast this morning. And a pancake does sound tasty right about now..."
You panicked as he began to raise you up near his open mouth, but your fears quickly subsided when he began laughing. "I'm only joking, Jackie!", he snickered. "I would never mess with my little cousin at school."
He set you on the floor and crouched down as he watched you reform. "It really is amazing how your body's able to restore itself... but we both really need to be getting to class."
"Y-yeah, sure, Kris..."
He waved back to you and headed over to his own class room... which made you realize that you were now in the high school section of the school, on the third floor! Regardless of which class room you were heading to, you only had a short amount of time to get there! Without thinking of where you were, you ran as fast as you could to the nearest staircase, hoping like hell that you could beat the clock...