{"sf1_id":531256,"sf2_id":"Vm2EbXWe","title":"Gina CatGirl 3","author":"KevinFoxboy","words":1700,"posted_at":"2013-04-26T08:46:00.000Z","tags":["Fantasy","Foxboy","Series","Transformation","felid","kevin","society"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/531256-gina-catgirl-3","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2EbXWe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/dd/9d/dd9dcfe2-8ea3-41c4-a8bb-6e2bef9df3c5","description":"#3 of CatGirl\n\n\"CatGrl3\" (c) 2012 Kevin Foxboy, all rights reserved.\nGina grows up, has social friction in Pride.","content":" Gina CatGirl 3) Growing Up  \n  \nCat-ette was fourteen now. In her months of helping the Pride  \nsteal from Humans she'd lost some of her fresh-muzzle innocence. Oh,  \nshe was still a useful baitfur, and would be for many years, but it'd  \nbecome familiar. At first, looking lost and helpless hadn't been an  \nact, she really \\*was\\* lost and a bit scared. Now it was more an act,  \nshe'd remember being sweet and innocent, and watch old Shirley Temple  \nmovies because Shirley tricked adults into helping her. Cat-ette tried  \ncopying Shirley's 'little girl lost' act, but she could see Shirley  \ngrowing up and in the later movies, the act looked fake.  \n  \nIn Cat-ette's line of work that would be the fatal flaw, it  \nwould get them all caught, and Cat-ette liked her new life too much.  \nShe talked with Tigress, the next-youngest, though no other fur knew  \nthe Cheetah's ages, they just looked almost eighteen. Tigress also  \ndepended on looking young and trustworthy, to steal ATM cards and PINs,  \nso the whole Pride needed Cat-ette and Tigress sweet and innocent-  \nlooking. Besides, that would distract the marks so the others could  \nwander off with wallets and purses.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; So this was another case where the whole Pride dealt with a  \nsingle fur's duties. Tigress was growing up too, almost eighteen, and  \nshe'd started looking at Tiger when she thought nofur was watching.  \nIt distracted her, and Lion had spoken sharply to her in the Lair's  \nplanning sessions, only he'd said everyfur needed to pay attention.  \nPart of why everyfur followed his lead was he didn't single anyfur out  \nfor anger. He'd just sigh and shake his head when it was obvious some-  \nfur had messed up, and that made the fur feel worse. They'd let Lion,  \nand the whole Pride, down!  \n  \nThey all kept expecting Lion to lash out at the guilty fur and  \nget it over with. Lion was very specific, not just 'well that didn't  \ngo right!' Mature furs were like that, made 'hmmm...' sounds when they  \ndidn't agree, or just changed the subject. Adolescents and children  \njust acted out, but mature furs thought through and asked how they'd  \nhandle it if a caper started to go wrong. Then the youngerfur would  \nhave to stop the 'look at me! Ain't I cool?!' swagger and the 'Nyah  \nNyah, you're doing something wrong, I can tell!' and have to show  \nthe evidence or eat their words!  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; And if one fur teased or flirted with another, it was up to  \nthat fur to defend him- or her-self. If he or she were silent and just  \nlistened, it wasn't right for another fur to get mad at the teaser. A  \nquiet 'that's enough now, let's do or discuss something else' was all  \nLion allowed, even when it was Leopardess or himself teasing or being  \nteased, because letting someone get mad and have bad feelings for  \nanotherfur was the quick way to lose someone, and then the whole Pride  \nwould lose.  \n  \nCat-ette had been surprised when Gina Catgirl first joined the  \nPride, she'd sorta rubbed herself on one of the Jaguars, knowing they  \nwere, um, 'close'. The one she rubbed just seemed to put up with it  \nquietly, but the other got mad and yelled at Gina! He was supposed to  \nhelp out by stopping arguments, but he got emotional and refused to  \nlet Gina know what he was mad about; he got involved, and yelled at  \nGina to get out! He also closed the door a few times when he saw Gina  \nwanted to come in.  \n  \nWhat was wrong with rubbing somefur? It was thatfur's duty to  \naccept or reject the rub, not the hot-head's. Besides, the otherfurs  \nhad rubbed the Jaguar, why not Gina? Lion just separated them and told  \nGina to stay away from the Jag and the Jag would do the same. Even  \nafter Cat-ette had become the Pride's baitfur and they'd all bene-  \nfitted from the money she'd brought in, the rubbed Jaguar wouldn't  \ntalk with her and doors would mysteriously shut in her face if the  \nhot-head Jaguar was around.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Sometimes conversations would die off when she entered a room,  \nbut when she left several voices would start up again. She wasn't  \nparanoid that they were insulting her, but it was a thorn in her side  \nthat hurt her feelings where the Pride was concerned. She also noticed  \nshe got fewer visitors to her room, even though she let the otherfurs  \nknow she was available, to talk, or listen, or whatever...  \n  \nWas she trying too hard, or not hard enough, to make friends?  \nOK, she was the new fur, she didn't know who was friends with whom, but  \nit seemed they were just making up relationships that conflicted with  \ntheir real ages. The Jags told stories about Tiger and Leopardess being  \ntheir 'nephew' and 'niece' even though the Jags were younger! And Jags  \ncouldn't make cubs with anyone except other Jags, everyone knew that.  \nThe one time Cat-ette pointed this out, the conversation died, everyfur  \ngave her dirty looks, and ignored her when they started talking again!  \n  \nEveryone had been so nice when she first showed up, welcoming  \nher, and now this! Why wouldn't anyfur just tell her what the bloody  \nhell was so wrong with what she'd been doing, and let her at least  \n\\*try\\* to fix it? She soothed her jangled nerves with furry crime  \nbusiness, what they wanted her to do to be baitfur, and did it well.  \nBut the treatment still rankled. Maybe it was a test, a twisted way  \nto see if she'd step up and do more for the Pride, but it was a damn  \nrotten way to treat another fur!  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \\* \\* \\*  \n  \nLion and Leopardess had each other for enjoyment, the Cheetahs  \nhad each other, Tigress spent more and more time with Tiger. The Jag-  \nuars kept to themselves too, so Gina was odd-fur-out. As she grew up  \nshe was more and more interested in Tiger and the one Jag, but she'd  \nbeen hurt before, she didn't come by so often just to chat. Why get  \nbeat up again?  \n  \nThey all got together every week or so to plan crimes, but  \nCat-ette saw they were more and more separate couples who happened to  \ntalk a bit, not one big nine-fur family. At the same time, Lion was a  \nbit less active, and the hot-head Jag was doing more. Just a coinci-  \ndence? OK, someone needed to lead, and if Lion had other things on his  \nmind, why not the Jag?  \n  \nRemember, CatGirls are kinda shy and innocent and want every-  \nthing to go smoothly. Gina wouldn't know she'd rubbed somefur the wrong  \nway unless they said so in words. Excluding her just said something was  \nwrong but not what it was. Part of growing up was dealing with unclear  \nsituations, knowing you didn't always get what you wanted, and Cat-ette  \nstill chatted with the other six furs. But she'd seen and met fursons  \noutside the Pride, and some Pride Kitties outside the Lair. They had a  \nlife outside the Pride, and Gina wanted one too.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; When Gina became a CatGirl she wanted to grab life by the paws,  \nand at fourteen she knew enough about furry crime to try a few things  \non her own. Just for thrills. She still had the Pride and the Lair, and  \nshe'd never give her friends up, least of all to the Humans, the law.  \nShe'd grown up in Chicago with cops committing crimes and reaping  \nrewards, and now Dad was dead she was on her own. Cops weren't friends.  \n  \nShe was Cat-ette to the Pussy Pride but Gina CatGirl to the  \nrest of the city. She wasn't ready for the whole world yet, just a few  \nfriends. Even Humans, she could fool them easily, and hide her crimes  \namong them. She was willing to try, she remembered Gina had Human  \nfriends, but she didn't dare go back to her old home, the cop drug  \ndealers might catch on she was still alive.  \n  \nShe knew some fursons from BioSyn, and the nurses disapproved  \nof her living on the streets, so they took her in. Maybe the 'little  \nCat lost' shtick still worked! When Gina turned fifteen, she'd been  \nbaitfur for over a year, and she was still young enough for it. But  \nher chest was filling out and she got more looks from men.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; That wasn't necessarily bad for a baitfur, but the Pride had to  \nswitch tactics a little. Tigress was an adult now and spent more time  \nwith Tiger, grooming or something, Cat-ette wasn't sure. The Cheetahs  \nwere still touching each other, they were related but who cared? The  \nJags kept stealthing off somewhere, they seemed to think they were  \nfooling furs, but everyone knew they were feeling each other out.  \n  \nGina had seen stuff on TV about touching, Cat-ette had heard  \ntalk about it, why were adults keeping secrets? If you're old enough  \nto be interested in boys, you're old enough to enjoy them! And if  \nthey're interested in you, why not? That's what Cat-ette thought, so  \nshe changed her baitfur act a little, put a little wiggle in her walk,  \neven showed a little fur now and then!  \n  \nShe did it awkwardly, hesitantly, and that fitted in with her  \n'lost and confused' act. Did the poor Kitty think she had to do that,  \nshow herself a little, to get help? It's a cruel world, men are per-  \nverts, what's a girl to do? A little leg, a little arm, OK the fur  \n\\*was\\* lovely, nicely muscled but still feminine. Pity the poor girl.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Cat-ette even learned to groom herself a little rough around  \nthe edges, a deliberate 'I haven't had time to do it right' lie that  \nmade humans want to give her money and advice. They didn't get upset  \nenough to call the cops when she took a little more than was offered,  \nyou can see she needs a good meal, she's thin but filled out, not a  \njunkie. Humans even fooled themselves, they didn't even know how Cat  \nGirls usually looked! Gina CatGirl realized she could support herself,  \neven without the Pride!  \n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"CatGirl","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/528291-gina-catgirl-2.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/536965-gina-catgirl-4.json"}}