[©2010 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS OVER THE AGE OF 18; NO EVENTS DESCRIBED ARE TRUE]
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"Oh, Tucker, your hands are so supple...umm, that feels so good!" cooed the lithe, blonde gymnast, whose legs were being massaged by yours truly.
So, how did it come to pass that I, Tucker H., would find myself giving a trainer's rubdown to a blonde goddess, petite woman on campus, the star of the state school's vaunted women's gymnastics team?
Well, it all started after the Civil Rights Act of the mid-1960's. Title IX (title 'nine') was a direct off-shoot of that. It laid down the law, telling any institute of learning that receives Federal funding (including all state schools) that they had to equalize funding between women's and men's programs. It was unrealistic on its face, as men's football at Michigan or Florida drew more at ONE GAME than the entire year of all woman's teams' attendance combined. That called for artificial 'justice', where revenues unearned by one side had to be compensated by the other.
An indirect effect of all these changes was employment. If you haven't noticed, (men's) football teams are replete with woman trainers, assistant trainers, and aides. Some of that was voluntary, some a trick to attract players who wouldn't be offended by women in the locker room (who's kidding whom; no man in history has ever been offended by the presence of a pretty woman regardless of his state of dress).
Then something else happened. Someone brought suit, saying that if the law is fair and justice blind, then men should have the same rights and access for employment. Oddly enough, the strong advocates for fair employment on the woman's side all of a sudden changed their tune, fighting bitterly against this 'equality.' It seemed that women, unlike men, were very very squeamish about having men around when THEY were in a condition of undress. But, God bless the courts, it was decided that fair is fair, women's teams had to hire qualified male applicants, end of story. Those that did not would incur the same sanctions as the male 'chauvinists' on the other side.
As an experienced athletic trainer in high school (a good choice for non-athletes; I highly suggest it), I got a scholarship and was trainer for the state football team. I remained upon graduation for six years. Now, at 26, I applied to replace the retiring trainer of the women's gymnastics team. With a degree in sports medicine and 13 quality work years, my resume was far greater than any female applicants, including the one that the coach desperately tried to hire instead of me. It took the university's legal advisor to step in, ordering my hiring lest the weight of Title Nine come and wreak havoc.
The day came and I was introduced to the team. There was Angela, Pam, Natalia, and Meg, among a few others. Fortunately for me, they were all 18 or above. Some teams had 'true freshmen' who often were 16 or 17. That might have caused a problem, but it was moot on our team.
It is always the case, without fail, with women's gymnastics teams. The team is made up of some competent, but imperfect, performing young women, with one performer who is not only the best performer, but virtually always the ablest and most attractive one. That was true with Cathy Rigby, Kathie Johnson, Courtney Kupets and Shannon Miller. Of course, this rule seemed to apply overseas too, what with Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut being the first perfect 'tens' in scoring and in beauty. Well, this 'rule' applied to our team also, where Angela was the most striking looking and best performing member of the team. In fact, I had her in hand at that very moment.
With all the power that my hands could generate, I stroked her powerful thigh muscles. It was amazing that from the fans' seat, or on TV, Angela's legs looked normal, if incredibly smooth, silky, sexy, and fit. Under hand, however, they were almost other worldly. They were as firm as cold forged steel, resistant to my most powerful exertion. It took 15 minutes for me to massage deep enough to penetrate Angela's muscle mass and reached her comfort level. It was a difficult job, but someone had to do it.
We had quite a mishap within one month of my starting my job. The spotter for the vault was paying no attention at all, lulled into complacency by 100's of safe vaults. Unfortunately, Meg's hands slipped and she had a nasty fall almost directly head first. The few degrees from 90 degrees (perpendicular to the floor) were enough to make the fall harmful but not deadly. I rushed to the mat in seconds and had my cellphone out for an (ambulance) unit from the very competent university hospital in less than half a minute. Spinal injury requires suppression of damage, usually by application of cooling and numbing agents, but time was incredibly crucial. My work was lauded as Meg pulled thru. It took 9 months of therapy, but she regained 100% of her functions; she never would return to competition, though.
After that day, the other women on the team who had treated me like the man foisted upon them by Title 9, started 'defrosting'. Whereas before, law or no law, they had bitterly and successfully protested to their coach about my presence anywhere near them when dressing or undressing, after my turn as 'hero', they stopped complaining. Sensing a new era, I walked thru the locker room when all of them were 'decent' with only one without a blouse on. No comments.
Eventually, I fit in so quietly that I could walk by the shower room, while it was being used, with no one taking notice. You can only imagine what it was like to walk thru a locker room with the fittest, sexiest women on campus, all in a state of dress or undress. Blondes, brunettes, and one redhead, it was awesome. I got very good at controlling my eyes. When I was young, if a 'babe' entered a room, my eyes would betray me, and I would be staring at her choicest assets with little regard that people would notice. With this new job, I learned to keep eyes straight ahead. It was tough, though, and some of the girls knew that. Most demurely turned away as I walked thru, but Natalia, a foxy brunette originally from Romania, would always start drying her incredibly sexy legs at that moment.
With her tiny but perfect little foot on the bench on demure tiptoes, that towel swept up the length of her spectacular leg. When that happened, I had to screw my eyes tight and just zoom by. As it was, I had to wear two sets of Jockey brand down below just so 'nothing ever showed'. With a sexy bitch like Natalia flaunting her fantastic figure in my face, drying her silky thighs or pert bum, it wasn't easy (I almost wrote it 'was hard'.) It came to a head one day, when the eastern European comedian in chief said that, "Tucker, you better be careful, you work too hard" or even cornier, "Tucker, I hear they fire you, then change mind, they will let you stick it out for the rest of the year." After those hilarious quips, I never approached her again unless she had a specific request.
Someone once said that if nudity was the norm, if clothes were optional, we would lose our sense of 'titillation', our thrill at seeing someone in the buff. Well, I cannot state this as a new scientific finding, but as for me at least, this was true. Whereas at first I have to confess a sophomoric thrill at seeing these nubile beauties in various states of undress, eventually it became so mundane that neither I nor the women took any notice of their nudity. It was the same distant, cool, professional attitude that all doctors are supposed to have, though not all of them do.
The one player in this production I have not mentioned at length was the coach, Hilda. She was like many of the coaches of women's gymnastics. A former performer herself, she had a granite-like exterior with an ice cold persona. These older women were almost universally fit for their age, attractive, but off-putting to any man who was interested. Of course, many of them were already married, but some were devoted to the team and the sport and avoided men religiously. That was our coach, Hilda.
There were rumors that she had been secretly married and divorced, but from my perspective, she was a 42 year old 'ice queen'. She had lobbied against my presence during my application and even afterward. When the girls persisted in protest about locker room rules, she continued her 100% support of those opposed to me. She was a glacier that never defrosted, as far as I was concerned. I learned it was hopeless with her, so I just stayed as far away as possible.
Relations with Hilda did not improve when the embarrassing incident occurred. Angela had had a really bad landing after practicing on the balance beam. All of the other young women had gone home while I was still administering freezing spray and then various Ace bandages to the area. For perfectly valid trainer reasons, I told her that a massage of the entire area would greatly reduce swelling. Well, it did reduce HER swelling, but for the 1st time in months, I got rock hard as I caressed the beautiful foot, slender ankle, perfect calves, and shapely tanned legs of the 'goddess' of our team.
My steely exterior was starting to rust and come apart. Angela, for her part, was breathing heavily too. Her powerful hands took my upper (left) hand and placed it squarely on top of her mound. I was thunderstruck. I had worked so long and hard (sorry about that) in controlling my urges that this brief interruption was confusing me. This was all academic, though. We both were startled when a certain person coughed as she stared at this 'passion play'.
Angela sprung up from the table and I turned, with dread. Yes, it was HER! The worst witness possible to my indiscretion, Hilda! To say that I was toast was an understatement. She glared, stared, smiled with a devilish ("Now, I've got you by the balls") look. Then, to my astonishment, she said, "Sorry to interrupt...carry on".
The door slammed and we could hear her footsteps fade and the outer door slam. Angela looked at me and said, "I am SO sorry!" she kissed me lightly. I gave her a kiss back that let loose 100's of restrained moments seeing those lithe bedroom athletes going thru their paces. I knew we dare not do anything more, but God, I wanted her. I would have walked thru Chernobyl if I knew she was on the other side.