The Library Sneezes (F)

[NoV]

The Library Sneezes (F)

Lucy drew in a massive breath and sneezed, utterly uncovered and snapping forwards at the hips as if to further expel the sneeze out of her. Her blonde pigtails whipped across her shoulders with the force of the explosion, her face scrunched with the torturous joy of release. The bright sunlight of the campus grounds threw her shadow across the grass.

She loved to sneeze, loved it with a passion. The sensation of a fast approaching, reflexive sneeze barrelling down her nostrils was something she lived for. She didn’t care that it made people tut at her, or shake their heads in disapproval. She didn’t care that she caused people to jump at the cinema, or spin round in shock in the street at the sound of her shotgun sneeze. She only wished that she could sneeze at will, to feel the rush within her chest and the tingle that ran through her entire body when it came.

Lucy’s nose reacted to several things, but it was the sweet smell of freshly cut grass that truly pulled her most violent sneezes out of her. She remembered when she had first discovered this fact, on a school trip to a local museum. She had been walking across the carefully mown lawns towards the entrance, surrounded by her classmates, when a sly tickle came creeping through her sinuses. She had sniffed sneezily, feeling her nose twitch with a familiar, insistent itch.

Her best friend Jodi had tried to talk to her, but already she was past any hope of responding. Her breathing had become uneven and frantic. Her big blue eyes had begun to close, her freckled nose pointed to the sky as her head tilted back.

‘Oh, Lucy… are you going to…?’

Jodi never got to finish that sentence. Lucy had sneezed with volcanic force, her nose violently attempting to clear itself of the allergens that had invaded it. There was no way that this was ever going to stop at one – Lucy continued to sneeze, echoing blast after blast, convulsing this way and that until her entire class had come to a halt, all staring at the crazily sneezing girl in their midst.

Lucy never covered her sneezes. For one, she struggled to react quickly enough as the need came burning through her nose so fast that she could not bring her hands up in time. But even if she had been able to attempt to muffle them, she would have hated it. Despite the horror it provoked in those around her, she loved the sensation of the sneeze leaving her mouth utterly uninhibited, and the echoes of her previous sneezes resounding in her ears even as another one built up in her chest.

Today, Lucy was in heaven. It was a glorious day on campus, the first really hot day of spring. She had passed several freshly cut lawns, and breathed deeply to capture the potent scent. Already she had sneezed three vast single sneezes that had bent her so forcibly at the waist that she had begun to worry about the shortness of the skirt she had chosen that morning. She had even let loose a stupendous double which turned the heads of several passer-bys, fascinated by the petite blonde with the incredibly loud sneezes.

But Lucy felt that the best was still yet to come. The cataclysmic sneezing fit that normally surfaced in these conditions had so far remained elusive. She passed another bright green expanse of lawn and felt the shimmering haze of pollen teasing her nose. Several times she felt herself gearing up to sneeze, eyes squinting, body tensing within her white t-shirt, but each time – nothing.

Eventually she arrived at her destination, the library. Her bag of books was heavy on her shoulder, as she pushed up her sunglasses in the shade of the atrium. Her blonde hair, despite her attempt to tame it in pigtails, was slightly in disarray from her previous violent sneezes. She sniffed; the sneezy sensation tempting, taunting, but remaining just out of reach.

Desperate for a satisfying series of screamed sneezes, Lucy felt frustrated and unfulfilled. She marched through the doors, unhappy that the perfect conditions for triggering her allergies outside had failed to give her the uncontrollable fit she had so needed. She grumpily headed for the returns desk, thumped her bag down on the counter and…

…Lucy sneezed with the force and ferocity she had never experienced before. She was bent over double, her sneeze an inconceivable scream that ripped through the silence of the library like a lightening bolt. She sent a stack of returned books cascading from the side, pages fluttering in confusion.

She started to succumb to an enormous bout of sneezing. The horrified expression of the librarians was the last thing Lucy saw before she was utterly under the control of her nose. The library fairly rocked with sneeze after sneeze, which Lucy did her best to direct away from those around her. She was loving it, all the attention, the way she was totally at the mercy of the pollen. Her paroxysms had settled into a rhythm, each release coming maybe 8 seconds apart, feeling like they would never end.

This was the sneezing she loved. She knew that all the shocked faces of those around her betrayed their lack of understanding of just what this meant to her. It was more than a release, more than just the way she reacted to the allergens. It was a way of defining herself.

At long last, her final sneeze rang out, sounding drained and worn out. Her nose was red, her cheeks flushed with exertion and contentment. She did indeed wish that she had chosen a longer skirt. But listening to the mutters, the disapproval as people turned back to their business, she knew she could not wait until her next allergy attack.

It could not come soon enough.

[Giant Steps]

Wow! Lucy sounds like my kind of girl!!

This was the sneezing she loved.

Look, we have so much in common!

This is great. Written like an epic obs, really. I liked it a lot!

[Sneeze999]

Damn right It can't come soon enough! That was AWESOME!! an amazing piece of literary genius, Thank you!

[count tiszula]

Fabulous! Yes, my kind of girl too....

I do hope that her screamed sneezes end in a properly satisfying CHoo! Ideally a nicely messy one too....

[Chanel_no5]

Ohhh, yummy! I really liked this, it was lovely!!

[Skiffy]

I really enjoyed reading this- entertaining and beautifully written. Oh, and yeh, pretty hot too.

[Demosthenes]

You are a genius!! Thank you for such a great story.

[Mr. Black Cherry Berry Tea]

NoV does it again with another brilliant story! You, sir, are a genius. Killer story as always!

[Kiwifruit]

Oh my goodness, the descriptions, especially near the start... Three words: A-MAZ-ING

[NoV]

Thanks for all the positive comments! I love writing stuff for you guys and am glad I can give back to the SF community in some way. There are more stories to come...

Edited April 13, 2011 by NoV

[Candy]

*squirms in her seat*

Oh my gosh, I lovvvvve the description in this one! I've always enjoyed your stories, but the idea of her enjoying the sneezing fits...ohhhh my gosh, it pushes all my buttons! I can noootttt get enough of sneezers loving to sneeze!

[zneeze]

I'm a little late on the comment, sorry, but this was fantastic It was a nice change of pace to see a character of yours liking to sneeze rather than getting in trouble for it Very nice as usual, NoV!

[Mybabysitteravampirefan]

I liked this a lot I can't wait for more btw can u do a fix like this exept the person doesnt wanna sneeze In the library