AUTHORS NOTE: The following short story has been submitted as a part of the
750 Word Project 2023
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I see her quite often, the blonde in black.
She frequents the gym I attend regularly. She is always on the treadmill; her long blonde hair in a ponytail, tied back through the strap of the black ball cap pulled low over her eyes.
I've never seen her face; not all of it. Only a glimpse of well defined cheekbones; a glance at her rounded chin.
To view her fully, I would need to cross right in front and look directly at her.
And I don't want to be that guy. The creepy older man staring too long at the beautiful younger woman as she works out.
So I admire her from afar, and from behind, while putting in my own steps.
Her long, toned legs, hugged intimately by tight black yoga pants, move with a graceful ease that causes her round, peach shaped ass to sway in perfect rhythm with her rapid pace.
The black hooded sweat jacket with the college logo on it she wears suggests a student, perhaps in her mid-twenties, certainly not much older.
Her breasts remain hidden beneath, and I can merely speculate on their shape and size. But in my mind's eye, I am sure they splendidly match the rest of her svelte, feminine frame.
She is always alone. I've never seen her engage with anyone else, and she rarely looks up, or around, to take in her surroundings.
I never see her come. She is always there when I arrive, and always still on the treadmill long after I have finished my fifteen minute warm-up and moved on to other exercises.