Perhaps running to the nurses station wasn’t her greatest idea. Her chest was already sore enough, but without a bra her bouncing twins practically cried out in agony. She had to resort to simply walking at a brisk pace and ignore the hungry looks from those she passed. 

Please don’t run into Julie, she prayed to god as she carefully proceeded across the Grand University Campus. When she finally arrived to the pharmacy and medical center she was welcomed by the smell of harsh cleaning solutions. It had that hospital smell that unnerved her every time. 

The Medical center was available to everyone on campus, it had a discrete services window where one could pick up medicine or contraception quickly along with a waiting room for appointments. Keri never had to worry about contraception before, but now she wondered if she should change her mind? 

Keri signed the sign in sheet and marked emergency on the pamphlet. The seating wasn’t comfortable in the waiting area, each chair had a thin cushion and cold handle bars. An older box shaped television hanged on the corner of the wall and displayed the local weather. There were few others in the room, she kept her face down trying not to draw any attention.

“Keri Pryde?” A male nurse summoned her. Apparently marking emergency on the form only made her wait twelve minutes? 

She followed the rather handsome nurse down the hallways to a private room. A doctor was already waiting for her. Keri recognized her immediately. Bethany Fulbright was iconic among all the sororities for her safe sex practices seminars that she hosted for all new freshmen. Keri’s first thought when meeting her was ‘Is that a model or a doctor!’. Bethany Fulbright preferred to be called ‘Nurse Beth’, even though she had a PHD. She also had a habit pretending her body was naturally so well endowed, and not obviously sporting massive implants! Her vibrant chestnut hair and glorious green eyes betrayed her age which hovered in the forties. Other than that she seemed to love the girls on campus, constantly being available whenever a serious inquiry was needed. Keri guess it made sense for her to be here, although she half expected someone else. 

“Hello Nurse Beth,” She spoke politely and closed the door behind her. The room smelled only a little less like Clorox compared to the hallway.

“Keri,” Nurse Beth smiled and motioned for her to sit on the padded chair at the center of the room, “What seems to be the problem today?” There was a mild sense of concern in her voice as she read her chart.

Keri felt suddenly very awkward as her bottom sank into the examination chair. She felt uncomfortable explaining why she felt so urgently she needed attention, “I’m um,” she paused looking at Nurse Beth. 

Nurse Beth sensed her confusion, “It’s ok Keri, please tell me what’s bothering you. You can trust me.” 

Keri Sighed, shifted her position in the chair, and let it all out, “My chest feels like its been beaten by a sack full of rocks, and I think someone injected me with something.” She couldn’t hide the fear in her voice.

Nurse Beth raised her eyebrows in shock and jotted something down on her nurse pad, “Ok honey, lets have a look.”

Keri nodded and pulled the shirt over her head. At least the temperature was warm in the room, she thought to herself. Her bare chest kissed the air without too much discomfort but she did feel a sudden urge to cover herself.

Nurse Beth got up and gently studied her. She carefully felt each of her breasts and noticed how Keri grimaced just from being touched,  “I see, is the discomfort focused on any one spot, or is it everywhere?”

Keri tried hard to remain still but she was failing miserably. Her anxiety was causing her to shiver, “It hurts everywhere, please be gentle.” 

The doctor proceeded as carefully as she could, and applied pressure only to hunt for any abnormalities. Even the smallest amount of it made Keri fluster and moan in pain. Beth’s examination paused once she noticed where the abrasions were. “I see, this definitely looks like an injection site. Let me get a closer look, I know it hurts but I need you to hold as still as you can.” She spoke compassionately.

“Doing my best.” Keri bit her lip as she felt her fingers trace the outline of the abrasion. 

A few seconds later Nurse Beth sat back, “Interesting, lets run some tests and see what we have here. Are you suffering from any other symptoms?”

Keri placed a palm on her forehead, “No, other than a killer hangover.”

“I can get you something for that, but lets draw some bloodwork first.”

The mention of bloodwork made Keri’s heart spike! That meant needles, long pointy needles! “Bloodwork!”

“Don’t worry I’ll be gentle,” she responded with a wink.

Thirty minutes later Keri couldn’t stop looking at the bandage wrapped around her left arm. She could feel her heart beat from the vein that had just been opened by mankind’s cruelest innovations, NEEDLES! Keri rubbed the spot with her thumb, just glad it was over. Nurse Beth was gentle, but Keri still couldn’t watch when the needle was about to go in and her precious blood filled the vial. 

Beth studied the forms in front of her, “I can tell you with almost certainty that you have been given an unsanctioned injection to both breasts. Your blood tests are mostly normal, but I’m seeing a spike in your hormone levels. There’s also a mild steroid causing your mammary glands to swell. Thats the cause for the sudden soreness.”

Keri gripped the bed, “how could this happen.”

Nurse Beth placed her hand on top of hers to calm her down, “I’ve already reported this incident, and there’ll be repercussions. Are you sure you never consented to some kind of hormone treatment?”

“Never!” Keri wasn’t even aware there was such a thing available.

Nurse Beth wrote several more lines on her pad, “Ok well let me run some more tests so we can figure out the damage, don’t worry we’ll get to the bottom of this.”

Keri submitted to a chest x-ray before she could put on her normal T-shirt again. She had now spent an hour in the medical center before the Nurse had some concrete results.

Nurse Beth tried to make her comfortable, but the anticipation was killing her,“I’ve tested your blood work extensively and can give you some good news.”

“good news?” Keri asked.

Nurse Beth cleared her throat before continuing, “It looks like the steroid is rapidly decaying in your system, it’s what’s causing the sudden inflammation of your mammary glands. Within a day or two it should fully pass and the soreness should go away.” 

“You said something about my hormones?“ Keri couldn’t help but feel alarmed. 

“Yes you’ve been given a hormone treatment, the official name is a hormonal improvement therapy. An injection is given to the sides of each breast, containing a large amount of hormones and a fairly descent steroid to accompany it. The steroid inflames the mammary glands which allows an increase in blood flow and thus easy passage for the hormone therapy.”

Hormonal Improvement Therapy? Keri pondered the meaning of the words, what was the purpose of this? What was trying to be improved? “What does it do?”

“Theoretically it artificially induces similar conditions that you’re body undergoes during puberty. The theory is that it encourages certain sex organs to develop faster without invasive surgery or implants,” Nurse Beth could see the terror in Keri’s eyes, “It has lead to some positive results in the past, including breast growth and even mammary hyper stimulation.” 

“So someone tried to fuck up my breasts!” Keri’s fear turned into rage!

“More like Encourage growth, yes. You’re nineteen, at this age your body is still developing. Its a sensitive time, where hormones are at their peak. Your also the most fertile your ever going to be right now! At this time, a hormone therapy would almost certainly stimulate faster development of you’re sexual organs, especially your mammary glands. With these hormones in your system its also more likely you’ll ovulate more frequently but only for a short term. So you should definitely contact me if you have longer or more painful periods.”

More periods! The tension never seemed to end, “Is there…a cure.”

“A cure?” 

“Yes a fucking cure!”

“Calm down, there’s nothing to cure, the hormones have already passed through your system and will likely flush out. However the damage has been done, the imbalance will correct itself naturally given a few days. But if this therapy, which is routine by the way, actually works as intended then there isn’t anything we can do revert the changes.”

“I think I’m going to be sick.”

Nurse Beth immediately stood up and offered to rub her back, “thats the hangover, and I should let you know that we do offer this form of hormone therapy on campus.”

“Really.”

“like I said its routine. This form of therapy stimulates your mammary glands to develop more than they would have naturally. Personally I’ve offered this treatment to several students, and have studied their development. On average I’ve seen improvements go as high as a full cup size. However this is the first time I’ve had a student come to me after receiving a non-consensual therapy,” Nurse Beth continued to rub her back which was starting to relax her a little bit.

Even if this was routine, Keri hated that it happened to her, “It hurts.”

“I’m going to file this report with campus security as well, they’ll conduct a full investigation. Meanwhile I’m going to prescribe to you a pain suppressor. It will make you sleepy though. So I urge you to stay in your room and rest for the remainder of the day. I’ll notify your professors that you are on sick leave for at least two days.” Nurse Beth stopped messaging her back long enough to fill out a prescription form, then helped her off the padded chair, “Tomorrow I’ll come check on you personally, the pain should subside by then.”

Keri accepted the prescription with a shaky hand, “Thank you.” 

“Its going to be ok, were going to get to the bottom of this.”

Keri knew that Nurse Beth meant well, but she couldn’t help but doubt her words. She left the medical center with a small bottle of pills and an empty feeling in her stomach. She felt like she was walking in an alien body as she returned steadily back to her dorm. Keri was disgusted by her own body, she felt like someone had invaded it and claimed control over her. She was angry, no angry isn’t the word…she was damn furious.