The dressing room itself was no more than a large empty space with a few naked light bulbs stationed every few metres that provided an uneven almost dappled lighting effect leaving areas in semi darkness. A number of lockers lined one wall and along the adjacent wall evenly spaced along its entire length was a couple of wooden benches. The bright sun outside struggled to filter through the small rectangular windows that lined the walls leaving the sole occupant immersed in a slightly surreal environment.
For some strange reason Debra Barone seemed nervous. She stared as if entranced into the full length mirror that stood at one end of the room twisting her body this way and that allowing her eyes to scrutinise and inspect every inch of her petite body. She was clad only in a tight pink lacy bra that on first glance appeared to have great difficulty containing her ample cleavage, a relatively small tennis skirt and her shoulder length reddish hair was tied up in a ponytail. The newly purchased sneakers she wore made sharp squeaking sounds with each and every step against the rough floorboards that echoed and reverberated around the empty room.
"I'll suppose this will have to do," she remarked to herself as her fingers absent mindedly played with the strands of hair in her ponytail before the nervous expression on her face softened slowly into a brash smile "but damn its not too bad on such short notice!"
Her husband Ray had for some inexplicable and extraordinary reason presented her with tennis lessons as a present for her most recent birthday. Once the inevitable shock had quickly worn off she had vented her fury and anger in his direction, barely able to resist the urge to throw his so called 'gift' back in his face. The severity of her verbal tirade surprised even her, leaving him cowering in a corner of the living room with his hands shielding his face as she furiously waved the gift in his general direction. She had barely turned her back to him, breathing in great gasps of air to calm herself when he had the audacity or stupidity to say that she could stand to lose a few pounds. Unable to control her emotions or anger any longer it was then that she had stormed out of the house.
"I'll show you!!," she said defiantly and in almost angry tone of voice "lose a few pounds?!" She let herself spin around on the spot three hundred and sixty degrees causing the hem of her short tennis skirt to fly upwards showing just a hint of the pink panties she wore underneath.
"I don't look half bad for my age if I don't say so myself!" she exclaimed after she had stopped herself mid spin, her face quickly developing a contented almost devilish smile as she playfully teased the back of her skirt upwards. Her head twisted backwards to let her eyes proudly admire her panty clad rear in the reflection before she twisted her fingers into the elastic of her panties, gently teasing them upwards causing them to partly ride up into her ass crack. "Not too bad at all!"
"Mrs Barone."
Her eyes seemingly mesmerised by the sight of her rear in the mirror, Debra Barone was lost in her own private little world and totally oblivious to the voice that filtered suddenly into her self obsessed mind.
"Mrs Barone, Mrs Barone!" The voice was louder, more insistent now and was accompanied by a few rapid blows on the door that quickly and abruptly brought her back to reality.
"Ahh.....yes!?" Slightly flustered her fingers released their hold of the hem of her skirt with a start, quickly smoothing it down with her hands.
"Are you ready Mrs Barone? The lesson is supposed to start at three," there was more rapid knocks against the door that seemed louder rattling her leaving her slightly on edge "we only have the court booked for an hour and a half..."
"Ah...ok...give me five more minutes," she hurriedly glanced at her watch noting that it was one minute past three before hurriedly slipping on a tight fitting white sleeveless top over her head "won't be long...." Her voice was partly muffled and raspy as she struggled awkwardly with her top before taking a long, deep relieved breath after it finally slipped into place. In a rush she bent down to check if each of her laces were securely tied before once more standing before the mirror.
"Well here goes!" she whispered to no one in particular before she slipped a tennis cap, a white headband with a visor attached onto her head. Her fingers quickly and expertly retied her pony tail, teasing stray hairs into place before with one final deep breath she grabbed her newly purchase tennis racquet and with a quick look in the mirror she walked to the door and pulled it open.
She raised a hand to shield her eyes from the unexpected glare as the sunlight streamed in through the doorway temporarily blinding her. The figure of a man came into gradually into focus as her eyes adjusted to the light, noticing his foot tapping nervously against the ground.
"Mrs Barone if you would follow me.."
However, as her eyes slowly become accustomed to the bright sunshine Debra Barone did not move. She stood fast as if her feet were nailed to the ground, her head slowly moving up and down as she inspected the man standing before her. His long tanned legs joined together in a rather tight pair of shorts and he wore a sleeveless top that seemed to be a size too small for him. She was sure she could see his six pack through the flimsy looking material of his top, moving slightly each time he breathed. His handsome face was covered in stubble which contrasted starkly with his blue eyes which seemed to boring, drilling right into her mind.
For some reason she felt herself blushing like a schoolgirl as she found herself staring at him. She shook her head as if to clear her mind before she one took a step forward.
"Debra."
"I'm sorry?" he replied with a puzzled look on his face.
"Call me Debra," she replied as she flashed him a smile "Mrs Barone makes me sound like an old school teacher."
"Oh sorry I didn't mean to -."
Her hand waved almost if she was the one apologising as she interrupted him "Don't worry about it. Tell me-." She stopped suddenly in mid sentence, her eyes wide open looking in his direction prompting him.
"Jeff."
"Tell me Jeff," she continued "you didn't get that physique from just playing tennis did you?"
"Well no," his face displayed an embarrassed smile "four years of college football and lots and lots of time in the gym. I was about to go big time when I did my ankle and I had to settle to coaching tennis. It was bad luck as I was one of the best tightends in the game!" He turned on the spot and started to walk away giving her a perfect view of his well toned and developed behind.
"You ain't just whistling Dixie! she whispered to herself. Debra could not help but lick her lips as if she was about to eat her favourite meal her as she followed, her eyes transfixed on his rear So hypnotised by his rear was she that she nearly ran headlong into him when he stopped suddenly in front of her.
"So have you played tennis before?" Jeff asked as he swung open a gate before stepping to one side to let her through.
Debra hugged her tennis racquet against her chest as she walked through the open gate onto the tennis court. The court was partially surrounded by a row of trees and she could see on the adjacent court two men, one black and one white engaged in a long rally. She watched in awe as the ball flew from one side of the court to the other at an often breathtaking speed.
"A little in college," she finally replied before offering shyly "I am afraid I am not that good."
"Well we will soon fix that" he replied with a smile.
He asked her to move to the other side of the court and she did as he asked.
"Ok," Jeff said as he produced a few tennis balls from his bag before stuffing a couple into his pocket "I'm just going to lob this one over the net and you just hit back to me ok?"
"Ok."
Debra watched as he bounced it a few times against the surface of the court before he hit a soft lob over the net towards her. She swung with all her might but all she managed to do is to splice the ball off her racquet directly up into the air above her head. It was only a couple of seconds later she saw the ball land almost at her feet bouncing a few times before slowly rolling away.
"You don't have to hit it hard just swing the racquet like this" Jeff demonstrated with his racquet, swinging through the empty air as if he was trying to swat a fly.
"I did not hit it hard," she exclaimed standing with her hands on her hips "the ball just came straight at me what did you expect me to do?"
"Well I expected you to hit over the net!" he exclaimed with a smirk on his face.