Jen had been on the university gymnastics team for two years when Sara arrived from another school. The first time they spoke Jen found out how dedicated she was to her sport. Sara had already competed in the state finals and she had plans to win the collegiate all-around that year. Jen watched her on the bars and balance beam each day and she showed no fear. She decided she liked her that day when Sara fell off the beam and yelled out,
"Shit!"
Jen just loved to watch Sara exercise and stayed late for that purpose. Sara's body was powerful and she was capable of amazing feats of agility. She could do a split on the beam and then easily raise herself from there to a handstand. She was five foot five, somewhat tall for a gymnast, but her size (130 pounds plus) had no effect on her mobility. She even scoffed at the skinny, little dwarfs that ended up representing the U.S. in the Olympics.
"They'd never win state!" she told everyone.
Jen and Sara ended up talking after practice one day about her former school and all the weird stuff that went on there.
"I walked in on one of the male coaches having sex with one of the girls on the team once. They were humping like bunnies! All I saw were their asses stacked up, his on top of hers. They never even heard me- or if they did- they sure didn't want to stop!"
"Oh my god!" Jen replied, "Did you report it?"
"No, that would've only complicated my life, besides, some of those girls were horny after workouts."
"So you stayed there and watched?
"For awhile."
"Wow! That's crazy!"
"No, It's just the stuff that goes on. They seemed to be having a good time and it did get me a bit turned on. She kept saying "Oh god! It's so big!" Sara reported, impersonating the young woman's nasal voice.
From conversations like these Jen came to see that Sara had a liberal attitude towards sex. Jen wasn't sure she agreed with her, but somehow she wanted to be sympathetic to her. Sara didn't seem to be shocked by anything. The world was the way it was and somehow she was going to find a way to win in spite of it.
But Sara's description of that sex act in the locker room stayed with Jen. It made her think about the other girls on the team and the kinds of things they might be doing in secret. She watched them all more closely after that in the gym, wondering how many were just pretending to be virgins! She started to think about how tempting their bodies must be to men that saw them. After all, they were exposing themselves practically nude in skin-tight leotards that were up their butts for most of their exercises. Even Jen had many "cheeky" moments when her leotard got eaten up by her strong butt muscles during her floor routine. It made her feel paranoid the more she thought about it.
A few days later Jen was in the locker room showering after practice when Sara sneaked in and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Oh my god!" Jen cried out, "You scared me!"
This was the first time she had seen Sara in the nude and she was unable to disguise her uneasy fascination. Sara was clean shaven between her legs and her butt cheeks were so tight and developed they had indentations in them. Sara soaped up her hands and started washing her breasts and armpits.
"Sorry." she replied as she busily worked the lather up to her neck.
Jen just kept rinsing her hair and taking surreptitious looks at her. Then she said something that she immediately thought better of.
"You never had sex with that coach, did you?"
Sara didn't even seem phased by the question.
"Me? No."
Sara soaped up her crotch and butt next. Jen just continued to spy on her and gawk at her "etched in granite" physique.
"How do you know that girl wasn't being raped?" Jen added as an afterthought.
Sara moved into the water and let it take the soap from her face before she answered.
"One knows the sounds of love, Jen."
Jen was bothered by her use of the word "love".
"You mean "fucking"?" she clarified.
"Yes."
Jen dumped conditioner into her palm and rubbed it into her hair.
"I would have turned him in." she told her.
"Well, I guess it's a value judgment."
They were silent for awhile.
"Here, let me get your back." Sara proposed.
"Oh... okay." Jen answred tensely.
Sara moved in and rubbed soap over her. Then she gripped Jen's shoulders, squeezing at her trapezius muscle and sending floods of relief down her spine. Jen tried not to register the pleasure, but as Sara worked her thumbs into her back, her head tilted to one side and her eyes closed.
"How's that feel?" Sara asked.
"Nice." Jen replied softly.
Then Sara probed around her shoulder blades and found two points of tension.
"So why do you keep thinking about that coach?" she asked.
Jen was pensive for a moment.
"I just... thought it was wrong."
Sara smiled.
"Well, the body sometimes needs a release." she explained as she twisted her thumbs into the newfound tension spots on Jen's inner lats.
Jen felt like Sara had just found the two buttons that unwound every nerve in her body.
"Ah yeah... I guess." she replied with weakening resolve.
Sara moved further down her back after that until she got to her waist where she pushed her thumbs up along the muscles of her lower spine. Then she re-soaped her hands and worked her way back down to the crack of Jen's butt and did circles on the sides of her glutes. Jen's eyes re-opened as she started to feel self aware again.
"Sometimes a person has to forget about the rules and go with their instincts." Sara told her as she moved both her hands to the peaks of Jen's butt cheeks and kneaded them.
Jen began to feel conflicting emotions now. She wanted to have a close relationship with Sara, but she wasn't sure she wanted it to be this close. She tried to think of a reply but her mind couldn't focus.
"Women are really no different than men." Sara continued as she stepped in and pushed her body against Jen's back while her hands moved to her front.