It was the day that Karen Leasor looked forward to the least: her group swim at the rec center. Karen had a close group of friends who all went to the gym together, with each day focusing on a different workout. It was a great way to stay in shape for Karen, who had lost 10 pounds in the four months she had participated.
What was wrong with group swim? Karen was an excellent swimmer and a terrific body, but putting on a swimsuit exposed her least favorite part of her body: her completely flat chest.
Even though she was a successful woman, happily married and had three wonderful kids, Karen's flat chest had always torn her up inside.
In fifth grade, when her friends had small plumbs underneath their blouses, Karen still looked like a boy. In seventh grade, when her friend Chelsea had attracted all the boys' eyes (including Karen's boyfriend) with her strapless dress, held up by her full breasts, Karen still had no need for a bra. In high school, when her friends giggled about being felt up by their dates, Karen knew that it was nearly impossible for a boy to find anything save for her small nipples underneath her sweater.
A flat chest didn't keep Karen from being beautiful and blossoming in college, where her girlish looks attracted plenty of attention. Still, she felt so inadequate when the relationship turned physical. In her mind she could never measure up (literally) to other girls.
Nevertheless, Karen went to group swim that day (unlike other times) with her one-piece swimsuit in her gym bag.
"Hey shy girl, we missed you last night," Karen heard her friend Brenda say from behind. The girls usually go for cocktails on Thursday night, but Karen hung back because her daughter Mandy was having trouble as a high school freshman.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that, I know I'll make it next week," Karen said.
"I hope to see you," said Brenda. "And do you think you could slow down on the motorboat act in the pool today, you make the rest of us look like tugboats out there."
Karen followed Brenda inside the rec center and to the locker room, where they had a locker near the other three women in their group. They arrived to see Erin, Megan and Liz laughing. Megan, a tall party girl with light brown hair, was naked and telling of how her new nipple rings infringed on her last date.
"So my bra was still stuck to my right tit and he's trying to take it off . . ."
Karen stopped paying attention because she was once again reminded of how beautiful she could be with a large, full pair of breasts. She looked at Megan's small C-cups, topped with light brown nipples which looked perfect against her light tan. Then turned to Erin, who was just pulling her swimsuit over her perky B-cups, with tiny pink nipples. As she put her bag inside her locker, she couldn't help but notice Brenda to the right of her, who just shrugged off her 36C bra, exposing her full breasts, with medium-sized puffy nipples.
But it was Liz's chest who always made her the most jealous. As she was untying her shoes, she looked to see a naked Liz getting her swimsuit out of her locker, as she turned toward Karen she revealed her perfect 38DD breasts. Karen always regarded them as perfect, they were so full, and had the most perfect, natural shape, topped with large, pale pink aereolas.
"So how about it, Karen, could you slow down some today, so you don't make us look so bad?" Liz said while half-joking.
"I don't know ladies, it's hard when you're so hydrodynamic like me," Karen said while taking off her shirt, making a nod toward her braless non-breasts.
"You're right Karen, we should probably get a head-start on you," Erin said. "With these babies holding us back and all."