“ So this is the Alvin Summers we’ve heard so much about” Jamila exclaimed, not so much surprised as she was sizing him up. Alvin could feel the red headed Titaness eyeing him, not with lust no, she did not have any carnal intentions with him.
“ I remember you, you spotted me and said I was some sicko of a peeping Tom,” Alvin spoke frankly to the redhead. Jamila grinned sheepishly and giggled, her error still fresh in their minds.
Her tongue brushed against the side of her cheek before she could give a decent answer, “ Oh that was a big snafu on my part, I’m sorry I called you that, probably should have thought why you’d be tied up in the first place.”
Alvin chuckled heartily, “ Yes, you definitely should have but no hard feelings to both of you, it’d take a lot more to keep me down than what Cassie through,” Alvin put in the utmost effort to keep his eyes fixed on Jamila’s eyes but they and his male mind conspired to peek at the rest of Jamila and once that was sated, glance at Nadya. Not that he could be faulted for having good taste in women and the decency to settle on more appropriate body parts when it was done.
Like Cassie, Nadya and Jamila were incredibly fit thanks to cheerleading and although each of their figures varied based on individual differences, it did not change the fact that all of them were very beautiful.
“Ya know I thought he’d be taller,” Nadya interjected, looking at him with little interest.
“ I don’t think a couple of inches is going to make a difference to you Nadya,” Alvin replied in a matter of fact way, which elicited a chuckle out of the dark haired Titan.
“ You’re right Al, it wouldn’t, does matter whether you’re six and a half feet or five and a half feet like you, you’d still be smaller than my finger but...” Nadya leaned in and examined Alvin, she found him to be physically unremarkable, short but probably not lacking in speed, “ Cassie said you are a decent guy, much better than the ones she used to mix with so Jamila and I will let you into our little group. I’m Nadya in case you hadn’t figured it out,” she said coldly to Alvin.
“ Don’t judge Cassie too harshly, she’s actually a really wonderful person once you get to know her, after getting past the dollhouse antics, ” Nadya added. Cassie noted her little addition and playfully punched Nadya on her bicep, the latter grunting in shock and rubbing her arm after being caught by surprise.
“ Aw come on Cass, you know it’s true!” Nadya smirked as she let her arm be, Cassie may have been able to throw a mean jab but Nadya knew how to take it, she’d been through a lot more than that.
“ That may be the case but lets not remind Alvin of it. Sorry about Nadya, she can be a little tactless,” Cassie said , resting her head on her knuckles, sheepish due to her gal pals’ frankness.
“ So Alvin, tell us about your sister, I mean stepsister, the little troll that’s been taking a shit on your entire life,” Nadya shifted the attention towards Alvin although her eyes shifted towards Cassie as she thought about how Wendy was faring as Cassie’s little foot toy.
“ It’s a long, tragic tale, it isn’t for the squeamish, you sure you’re up for it?” Alvin challenged Nadya, it was by no means a serious one , more of a playful jab.
Nadya chuckled, “ Cassie I like this guy already, he’s already better than your last boyfriend, you better not let Alvin slip through your fingers.”
Cassie rolled her eyes, scoffing at Nadya, “ Nadya would like to hear your story, just tell them what you told me.”
“Gladly,” Alvin answered stoically.
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While Alvin regaled his new friends with tales of his hellish life, Wendy was living her own version of it. She pounded fruitlessly against the taut roof of her new prison, there was barely enough room to breathe, her chest pressed against Cassie’s foot.
Each second brought with it a new movement or tick, Cassie tilting or bending her foot which sent the poor girl careening to wherever gravity dictated, the experience of which was akin to a being a ship tossed about by the sea. Wendy didn’t know whether Cassie was doing this to rub salt in her wounds or this was just a habit of hers. Then there was the small matter of temperature.
Under normal circumstances the heat from a Titan’s body would be bearable for a smaller person but in an area that was a claustrophobe’s worst nightmare, the trapped heat and humidity was unbearable. Wendy could even detect a faint acidic smell coming from Cassie’s sock. She had gagged on it but had not regurgitated her last meal just yet, Cassie’s foot hygiene too impeccable for that.
Exacerbating things was Cassie’s penchant to swivel her feet or in this case, point them down and trace a little circle. Which was fine if not for the fact that it made all the blood rush to Wendy’s head ; she prayed Cassie would stop fidgeting.
“ Damn it, this is not how it was supposed to be! I’m trapped in this bitch’s foot while that shrimp is up there swooning over a pair of walking titties!” Wendy slammed her fist down on Cassie just after the latter had her foot flat on the ground. Given the space she had, the impact was negligible thanks to the rather , Wendy unsure if Cassie even felt it.
Wendy felt powerless, she may not have been the biggest Amazon around but this was the most emasculated she’d ever felt. In school, most of the Amazons respected her and those that didn’t, stayed out of her way. It had been easy maintaining her position at the top, shake up a few people and once they infected the rest of the population with their fear of her, it was easy. Occasionally she had to get physical to get them back in line, repair the cracks in her reputation.
This time, she feared she would never get it back. Cassie had destroyed it by treating her like an insole, her put downs and manhandling had shattered the little facade she created for herself. She had to get it back but that wasn’t a guarantee anymore.
“No”, Wendy thought to herself as she shuffled about to keep her blood circulating, it was a near insurmountable obstacle and in her mind, she knew who to pin it on.
“ Alvin….” She growled, no one else could hear it except for her. She’d make him pay dearly although she did have to applaud him for manipulating Cassie into doing the dirty work for him.
“ Brilliant, you send a T-rex to take down a lion,” Wendy said to herself, surprised she actually felt impressed by him. That was the only rational explanation she could arrive at, why else would Cassie even stoop to his level, to even consider that someone as insignificant as Alvin deserved to come close enough to touch a being like Cassie.
“ When I get out, there will be hell to pay,” She thought as she lay still, waiting for Cassie or anyone really, to release her.
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“ You never went to your stepmom, or a teacher for help?” Jamila asked, shocked at the explicit details. She poured over every inch of his body with her eyes, trying to spot the very bruises he described. She would find nothing, Wendy either a master at keeping it hidden or Alvin simply recovered flawlessly from beatings.
“ They never help, do they Alvin?” Cassie interjected, her arms now folded.
If they had, we wouldn’t be here, having this conversation , a thought she had mixed feelings about.
“ No they don’t,” Alvin confirmed Cassie’s thoughts, “ I told a teacher and they,” he used a pair of air quotes here, “ ‘helped’ by telling off Wendy. It worked, for two seconds.”
“ Don’t even get me started on Patricia, she couldn’t give a rat’s ass about me, other than the fact that she married my dad. Probably the only reason she keeps me around, she loves my old man too much to give me the boot.”
“ We’re really sorry to hear that, so I am guessing Cassie was the first person you told about your problem?” Jamila pushed on, she was now resting her chin on the table. Nadya still maintained her distance.
“ Yeah, she kind of left me no choice there which makes all three of you the first people to know about it. And…oh my god this is so awkward but…” Alvin scratched his head as he realised what he was about to say would be very embarrassing.
“ I’ve never spoken to a Titan before,” he finished with a sheepish grin pasted on his face.
“ What?” All three girls cried out in near unison.
“ Not even a wave or friendly smile?” Cassie asked, finding it very hard to believe what she just heard.
“ Okay, there’s Katharine but even when we did talk, it wasn’t the most heartfelt of conversations Never had time or opportunity for it, it just happened,” Alvin answered with a shrug of his shoulders.
“ Too shy?” Jamila hazarded a guess.
Alvin shook his head, “ I never had the time. Between all that track practice, finals, being the Cinderella of my family, girls aren’t high on the list of things I have to do. By the way, what did Jamila, what did Cassie call you about?”
“ You heard?” Cassie said incredulously. She made a mental note to herself to dial back on her volume level.
“ I did, the walls of your house aren’t exactly soundproof,” Alvin briefly turned back to address Cassie.
“ I called because I was at a loss, you were kind of scary back there. Are you fine, no trauma or anything?”
“ Yeah, no issues now. Guess I just needed to get it off my chest,” Alvin reassured Cassie, he actually did feel better after it.
His words did assure Cassie but as she gazed down at her foot, noticing the little raised lump made by Wendy and judged that Wendy had been having it too easy so far.
She pressed down on the lump and rubbed it vigorously, the pad of her thumb digging into Wendy’s back, she could feel her spine. Her lips curled up as she savoured the thought of delivering long overdue revenge to Alvin’s personal tormentor.
Wendy’s struggles were pathetic, she squirmed in some futile attempt to get away from Cassie but there was nowhere to go.
“ Alvin,” Cassie asked as she toyed with Wendy, “ Maybe you’d like to have a go at Wendy? I could hold her down, it won’t take too much effort, one finger is all I all need while you make her your own punching bag. What do you think?” Cassie tilted a head and offered her best smile.
Alvin was tempted, it would be great but then Cassie never had to face Wendy and even then, what could an Amazon do to something as powerful as a Titan? Then there was the fact that he’d be hitting a member of the opposite sex and despite her physical superiority, it still rankled him to even consider smacking Wendy.
“ No, I’ll pass, I can’t hit a girl,” Alvin said.
“ Oh, a gentleman,” Nadya added, breaking her silence.
“ That’ll get you very far with any girl.” She cooed. ‘ I wager between being pummeled by Wendy and being the studious boy you must be, you don’t get out much do you?”
“ No, not much at all,” Alvin replied to Nadya.
Cassie gave Alvin the thumbs up, “ I think I should follow your example, I barely scraped by the last test.”
“ Right, you’re the only cheerleader I know with a grade point average over three point eight and you’re worried about your grades. Ja and I are hanging on only because you’re tutoring us and we pay you with food and other stuff that we can’t remember,” Nadya pointed out, a little jealous.
“ Wow, you’re doing better than I am, guess I should be getting help from you,” Alvin replied, surprised that someone like Cassie had a brain to match her looks.
“ Maybe you sho-OW!” Cassie yelped, a sudden sharp blast of pain emanating from her foot, the very same foot where she had trapped Wendy.
In retaliation, Cassie gave Wendy a little flick on the back, or where she presumed her back would be. What was she doing down there, Cassie wondered. She could have sworn she felt teeth.
“ Anyway Nadya, I could be better and you could too, even if you want to be a model,” Cassie advised her.
Nadya shook her head wistfully, “ Oh Cassie, there’s more to life than grades you know, I already got offers to go audition to be a model. Before you know it, my face will be plastered all over the papers and buildings and you’ll be buying something I got paid big bucks to wear.”
Cassie chuckled, “ I really hope you do better than me. I tried to get a job at Luxom and they rejected me, said there wasn’t ‘ a demand for blonde Titans at the moment’ ,” She deepened her voice in imitation of the man who delivered the news to her.
Jamila lightly tugged at a lock of Cassie’s golden hair, “ There’s always hair dye. Maniere is having a discount on hair dyes and I think we can turn you into a stunning brunette in no time.”
Cassie yanked her hair free of Jamila’s grasp, “ Ugh no! I like to keep things natural, dying my hair would be to descend to their level. I don’t need to model that badly. Nadya can do it, they won’t say no to a brunette so easily.”
Cassie absentmindedly twirled several strands of her hair, promising herself to never change its colour, for better or for worse, she’d done a lot of that since she joined the squad.
“ I’ll breeze through it, play the sexy Russian card, give them a pout,” Nadya pursed her lips, making them appear fuller. “ Then there’s the smoulder,” She threw in a little squint. Alvin felt his heart pulsate a little quicker, she was attractive before but this was another level of beauty.
“ Definitely working-” Cassie yelped, almost jumping out of her seat, the pain was similar but greater in magnitude. This time she knew what it was, Wendy was a biter.
“ That little bitch,” Cassie was furious, she had expected punching and kicking from Wendy but biting?
“ You’re lucky I don’t do the same to you, you little bitch,” Cassie gritted her teeth, if they so much as parted she knew she’d be shouting.
She slapped the lump, Alvin winced as he saw it, it looked painful but an Amazon could take more of a pounding than any normal person could, their denser bones were built for it.
“ You aren’t worried someone will report this to a teacher?” Alvin realised people could hear Cassie, not just students but he could have sworn a few teachers, normal and non-normal had witnessed it too.
Cassie waved away his concerns, “ Most of the students don’t tattle on us but we’ve done our fair share of detention.”
Nadya giggled, “ More than fair I would say but if we go down, I promise that you won’t serve a single one,”
Sounds good, thought Alvin. He looked back down at Cassie’s foot from the edge of the table and in his mind, wondered how Wendy was faring. He’d need to thank Cassie for that.