One hot Friday afternoon, Margaret was walking her dog in the park, like she does every day. She has a fixed daily routine and wouldn't dream of ever diverging from it. Every day, she wakes up at 6 am, has breakfast - black coffee and two slices of bread an jam - and takes her dog for short, 5 minute walk. She then heads off to the gym on her block. Here, she does the same workout every day. Starting with a 10 minute warm up run at precisely 6.9km/h, she heads to the stair machine, walking for 5 minutes before heading to the dumbells. Here she does 50 squats, with varying weight (sometimes she challenges herself to try a slighlty heavier one), one minute plank and 20 knee-assisted pushups. She finishes off by toning her upper back muscles, 3 reps of 5. Needless to say, she was quite fit. She noticed men looking at her, but never thought much of it. It's not that she didn't like men, but they always seemed to be eyeing her with nothing but lust. There was no interest in getting to know her in their eyes. She ended up wearing baggy clothes in an attempt to lessen the attention, but even so, she couldn't hide her great figure and big booty. So she had learned to accept and ignore the stares as she walked past.
After her gym session, and the according shower, always in the third stall, she headed back home to drop off her stuff, feed her dog, change into her neat two piece suit, with a white shirt buttoned all the way up, and headed to her office job. She was a receptionist at a big accounting firm, and enjoyed chatting with people. But by the time she got home, her social battery was spent, and all she had energy for was making a quick dinner, walking the dog, and spend the rest of the evening reading a book, usually a romantic one. If she was feeling bold, she'd put on a movie and even make popcorn sometimes.
So her days passed, until that one Friday afternoon. It was Friday the thirteenth, but it wouldn't be unlucky for her. Not at all! As she was walking her dog, wearing a short skirt that hugged her body, and a halter top, a man came up to her.
"I'm sorry to disturb you miss. Do you see that group of boys over my shoulder?", he said.
A bit confused, but still curious, she glanced over his shoulder, seeing a group of 5 boys looking at the pair of them. She gave a short nod.
"Well, the thing is, they're my friends, but they've been making fun of me for being shy for a while now. They're always saying that I would never get a girlfriend, and that I could never chat up a woman. I was fed up with their remarks, so I told them to pick out the hottest girl in the park and I would convince her to get back to my flat. Now, I'm not asking that of you, but would you do me the favour of walking with me for a bit, until they're out of sight. We don't even have to talk. I just want them to stop bullying me."
Margaret just stood and stared at him for a moment. She wasn't sure whether he was telling the truth, but he was blushing the whole time and she couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
"So we just walk next to each other until we get out of the park? That's it?", she asked.
"Yes, if it's not too much to ask.", he said shyly, his face turning into a new, darker shade of red.
"Okay, I can do that.", she said.
"My flat's that way, is it okay for you to take that exit?", he said pointing his finger to the furthest exit.
"Sure."
They headed into the direction he was pointing at. After a minute of slowly strolling, Margaret's curiosity got the better of her.
"So your friends think I'm hot?", she asked, turning her face to look at him.
He was blushing again. "Yeah, definitely.", he added quickly.
For some reason, Margaret liked hearing that from him, even though it was the same type of lust she hated in the gym. She wondered what he thought of her. He wasn't very special in any way, average height, average build, not particularly handsome, but also not ugly. Just average. But she thought he was cute. His shyness definitely added to that. She got a terrible urge to hug him and tell him everything will be alright.