I have always considered myself a lesbian, I guess. I never really looked at boys in a sexual way. Even when I was growing up I tended to look towards other girls. I have never been one to advertise my sexuality. I wasn't ashamed or anything, it just wasn't something that I needed to talk about. In high school I ran track and that landed me a full athletic scholarship to college. It also kept me well in shape. I have short blonde hair, just past my ears. I prefer short hair because it keeps out of the way easily if I need to put it up when I am running. I never liked the short spiky haircut, and this seemed more to my liking. I have blue eyes and I am told I have a cute face. I weigh 100lbs, am 5'4", and hope to keep my runners physique even after I graduate college in a few years.
I am a freshmen now and I am studying business economics. I am not sure yet what I really want to do when I get out of college, but my major lets me pick and choose eventually. I got lucky in my dorm and have a double room all to my self. I was able to have the unused bed removed from the room and have my sewing machine and fabric tables set up in it's place. I like to sew and create clothes from time to time. It's a hobby I learned from my grandmother. I had heard lots of the other female athletes complain about their sports bras and underwear, so I decided to make it a project of mine to try to come up with a new design.
I started out by asking what the other girls like and don't like about the existing options for female athletes. I then asked for any suggestions or wishes as far as new designs go. They all seem pretty straight forward: needs to not be made of cotton or any other sweat absorbing material, needs to flex with them, readily available and inexpensive, and no interior seems that could rub against them during whatever athletic activities they are doing. I then looked at the current options that are available to females. After that I compared them to what options are designed for males. I found that any tight fitting undergarments were made in about the same ways. I settled on a spandex/polyester combination.
I designed several different options and then made them up. After that I used them myself to get to know what needed fixing, before I offered any sort of beta testing. I hit a few snags that resulted in two designs disintegrating while I was in the middle of practice. Luckily for me, none of the other girls noticed that my underwear was now nonexistent. I finally had six designs that worked for me, were comfortable, easy and inexpensive to make, and I was now ready for further testing. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was really onto something here.
I then posted a few fliers announcing that I was giving out my designs to female athletes for free. I would even design the items based on their measurements. They could have a custom made set of athletic undergarments for free, all they had to do is give me their thoughts and suggestions after they had used them for a while. My designs went fast. Within a week of posting, my whole track team was using my underwear and loving them. Word of mouth soon had the female basketball, softball, and aerobics teams beating my door down for their own sets.
I will admit to having a tough time keeping a straight face when I was measuring some of these girls. It was not uncommon for me to have a naked gymnast or cheer leader in my room, as I had to measure them for a proper fit. I was always professional, but WOW! I would sometimes have to relieve some tension after they had left. Everyone loved them. I had not one complaint. I even started having girls offer me money for more. I kept the price low enough that I undercut the leading commercial brands, but high enough that I was making some good money.
I had even been able to work out a good way to not have to custom make everything. I went with sizes 1-5 for all the underwear, that way I could avoid listing them as x-small to s-large. I found most girls hated to say that they were and extra large, even if they couldn't fit into a large. So the numbers system worked for me. The fabric was stretchy enough so that all the girls that used my underwear were satisfied with the fit. The female coaches seemed particularly interested in my designs, one even helped me out in speaking to a lawyer and working a patent through.
At any rate, I had enough to do between school work, track practice and meets, and the making of the underwear that my social life took a dip. I really didn't notice at the time, as I was never a real party girl to begin with. But the other girls on the track team commented that I needed to get out more. I usually just shrugged it off, but they were adamant that I needed to get out and have a good time. It was known that I was a lesbian, and not the only female athlete that was a lesbian, and it was not a big deal. But I got dragged to a frat party on a Saturday night.
I hated frat boy and most sorority girls with a vengeance. I had yet to meet a frat boy that didn't make a comment about bringing me back to "the winning team" or implying that I just needed to be with a real man and I would not be gay anymore. Ironically I also got asked if I had any lesbian friends that I could bring to a threesome, so that was always fun. I had also developed a bit of a reputation for nut shots after a comment or suggestion was made about my sexual preference. And I viewed most sorority girls as cum dumps, considering how I saw them act. So I was not in the best of moods when I got dragged to this particular party.
But I figured I could have a good time, and maybe laugh at some drunken idiot's or skank's ability to showoff and inevitably injure themselves. I dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt, as it was my usual attire. I kept close to a few friends as we mingled, as I sipped a beer for the majority of the night. I eventually made my way to the upstairs balcony and was relaxing by myself. I jumped a bit and spilled the rest of my beer over the balcony when a feminine voice behind me said hi. I turned around and saw a very cute brunette standing in front of me. She apologized for scaring me, as she unsuccessfully tried to stifle a giggle.
She was my height and about my weight, though her breasts were easily a D cup, as opposed to my small C cup. Her hair was down to her shoulders and it was pulled back in a tight pony tail, that showed offer her beautiful face and gorgeous green eyes. She was still trying to hide her smile at my jumpiness, but her cheeks had an amazing blush to them. Her skin was paler than mine, as I usually had a full time tan due to running track. She extended her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Amy Waters. I really am sorry, to scare you. I really wasn't trying to sneak up on you."
I shook her hand and was happy to not stutter when I answered, "Jessica Martin. It's cool. I really couldn't hear much over the music."
She smiled shyly, as she tried to hand me her beer cup, saying "Sorry you dropped your beer. You can have mine. I really don't drink much anyways."
I shook my head saying, "It's ok. I am not a big drinker either. I just took that to be nice when a friend gave it to me. I've been nursing it for over an hour, so it was pretty much flat anyways."
She continued to smile shyly as she asked, "Do you mind if I join you out here? I'm really not a big party girl. I got dragged here by a friend, who seems to have ditched me."
She seemed really hopeful and obviously out of place. I nodded and beckoned her beside me as I said, "Sure. I'm not a big fan of these things either. But my teammates seemed to think I needed to get out more, so here I am."
Amy leaned against the balcony beside me and sat her beer down untouched. She seemed to enjoy the quieter atmosphere out here, as opposed to the loud ruckus of the party inside. She smiled pleasantly as she turned to me and asked, "You said your teammates brought you. What team do you play for?"