So, it's quarter to six and I'm finishing up my Saturday morning jog
through the park when I hear the whistle--and when I say whistle, I'm referring to a classic cat-call, perfectly executed, that pierces the early morning fog like a spotlight aimed straight at my ass.
"Lookin'
good!"
I spin without slowing and flash a middle finger at my ogler, shirtless and stretched into a yoga pose on a patch of grass just off the path. He cranes his nick to grin at my tits, unabashed.
Fucker.
I jog on, flushed with annoyance. I mean, I
do
look good. I have a fantastic ass. I work hard to keep it that way, thank you very much, and my skin-tight sweat pants make sure that the world knows it. I am, if I do say so myself, one sexy motherfucker, and I appreciate being appreciated.
But a
cat-call? Seriously?
Show some fucking class, mate.
When I finally get home, I head for the shower, still hot and bothered. In
all
the ways--the memory of my shirtless ogler is stuck in my head and it's starting to have less and less to do with his commentary and more and to do with the imagery of our encounter. I pull my sports bra over my head and close my eyes: I can picture him like he's standing in front of me--his chest, with just enough curly brown hair to mark him as masculine but not enough to obscure his perfectly sculpted abdominals, the faint wet gleam of sunlight off the skin of his shoulder, his own thin tracksuit bulging over his muscular thighs. If the situation had been reversed...
Suddenly self-conscious, I realize that I've started to absently stroke my own erect nipple.
No,
I tell myself,
you'd be able to come up with something far more clever.
Satisfied with this course correction, I mentally embrace the heat that's been slowly building between my legs, looking myself over in the mirror, tugging on my nipples until they stand out, spike hard, from the smooth slopes of my breasts, then sliding my hands down my sides to slip out of my pants and bikini bottoms--soaked now with more than just sweat.
That's right,
I tell myself. Y
ou're smart *and* sexy, and you could make that fucker beg if you really wanted to.
My shirtless ogler, on his knees, staring up at me with naked need. My lips part at the thought.
All
my lips. I let out a soft moan as I drag a finger through my eager slit and up to my hard little button.
I'll have to give this a little more thought...
I think, but then I lean back against the cold tile of my bathroom wall and set to work on my clit in earnest and I don't think about much of anything at all.
In fact, I don't think about him again until a week later,
when I'm out jogging again. The early morning air is cool and damp with fog. It feels great on my flushed and sweaty skin, and my nipples are hard with the chill. I can feel the texture of my bra as they shift against the fabric with every stride. Running always turns me on a bit, and as I come closer to the spot where I'd encountered him I begin to wonder what I should do if he's there again.
I can think of one or two things...
Stop that. He may have been attractive, but he's also a dick. It is with a mixture of disappointment and relief, then, that I finally reach the spot and find him absent. I'm all alone.
I stop for a moment, breathing hard, calves aching. Sweat drips down my chin, rolling into the cleft between my breasts. The grass to the side of the path is matted, marking where someone has recently been. I stretch out a bit a look around, trying to convince myself that I'm not really standing here looking for that man, but of course that's what I'm doing.
And suddenly, it pays off. There, in the trees, a flash of red where red should not be.
Are those...track pants? Could I possibly be so lucky?
Only one way to find out.
I make my way through the undergrowth, prowling with what I tell myself is cat-like stealth. The foliage gives way and a small pool comes into view, a bend in the creek that is all but invisible from the trail. My breath catches in my throat. Those are indeed his track pants, carefully folded over a branch. Those are his sneakers on the rocks, socks and sweaty white briefs folded carefully on top of them. I know this, because he is standing waist-deep in the creek, back turned towards me, laving himself, splashing water against his chest and up over his shoulders, up into his groin. I watch him wash for a moment, admiring the bulge of his trapezius, the smooth plane of his latissimus, shifting under his glistening skin. Water runs down his back in rivulets that collect just above the crack of his ass, and I allow my gaze to sweep down the curve of his gluteus. The creek is clear as glass. I can see everything.
I collect myself, draw in a breath, and execute my cat-call
perfectly.
He spins around in surprise, and locks eyes with me above my knowing smirk. To his credit, he does not feel compelled to immediately cover himself, so
now
I actually
can
see everything.
"
Lookin'
good!"
He starts, slightly, in recognition.
"You're the girl from last week."
I incline my head, playing the haughty ice queen, though my act is perhaps hampered by the impish gleam in my eye.
"I suppose this is karma."
"I suppose so," I reply, triumphantly, then (genuinely curious) "Why are you naked in the creek?"
He grins, awfully sly for a man in his position. I make a point of staring at his dangly bits, still in full retreat from the cold. He wilts, confidence slipping, posture shifting unconsciously away from my gaze.
"I usually work out early, then have a dip here. I like how clean the water is. I only ran into you last week because I was out later than usual." He's broken eye contact now, looking down. Discomfort has settled on his shoulders like a weight.
"I'm sorry about that, by the way." He adds, more than a hint of chagrin in his voice.
I say nothing for a moment, the thrill of victory fading in the face of his vulnerability. I rally and looked him in the eye again.
"You should be," I say, "but I think we can call it even." I take one last lingering look just to drive the point home, and then, with mixed feelings, I turn away to leave.
"Hey, wait up a sec," he calls, and my heart leaps--just a little.
Traitor.
I wait.
"Do you--" he starts, pauses, rethinks. "Are you into yoga?"
"A bit," I say, over my shoulder.
"You wanna work out with me sometime? I--" but again he loses the words.
"Yeah, sure," I reply, turning back to face him. "Next Saturday?"
"That'd be great!" His face is genuinely alive. "I'm an instructor, I'd love to show you some stuff!"
I arch an eyebrow, smirk returned.
"Not that, you know. If you want. I'm...not really as much of an asshole as I'm making myself out to be." He grins, sheepish. "I'm Tim, by the way." He extends a hand, then realizes I'm not going to wade out into the creek to shake it and wilts a bit.
"Abbie," I say, " and good. And I'll see you next week." And with that, I turn and leave.
I won't pretend that the anticipation failed to make me hot,
but when Saturday finally rolls around, I play it cool. We meet on the grass and he greets me like a gentleman, all professional and fully clothed--a fact which leaves me just a teensy bit disappointed. He takes me through some poses (I actually do benefit from his instruction) and refrains from staring at my ass even once, though I secretly kinda want him to. I do not refrain from checking
him
out, as much as his tight teeshirt and track pants will allow, but I'm really imagining him as he was in the creek, gleaming wetly in the sun.
And then it's an hour or so later and he's wrapping up our set and I realize I'm not ready to be done.