I stepped out of the plane door and could feel the dry air of early spring in Phoenix through the airport walkway. I picked up my pace to get to the air-conditioned airport terminal. I was visiting Phoenix to see my old college friend, Maya. We had been teammates on our college's soccer team. After being roommates our freshman year we became best friends.
We shared a lot in common, from taste in movies to sense of humor, you name it, we liked the same things. We had stayed close, even while she went to graduate school halfway across the country in Phoenix. I had moved back to the small town I was from to help with the business side of the restaurant my parent's friend owned.
Maya was about to finish graduate school in a couple weeks and I had wanted to visit her out here in Phoenix before she left. I had never been to Phoenix and I loved travelling to new places. My fiancé James was a homebody and not much of a traveller so I took my opportunities when I could find them. Plus, any chance to catch up in person with my best friend was welcome. I was excited for my weekend.
I made it through the terminal and to the passenger pickup area and saw Maya pulling up in her car. She excitedly burst out of the car screaming, "Cailyn! I'm so happy you're here!" She wrapped me in a fierce hug and lifted me off the ground causing me to burst out laughing.
Maya was not very big, only about 5'1" and she looked like she didn't weigh very much. Her looks were a little deceiving though. She had always been very strong, squatting as much as anyone on our team despite being 30 and 40 lbs lighter than some other girls. Her commitment to being strong didn't seem to have waned, evidenced by her ease lifting me off the ground and her prodigious backside I was getting a good view of hanging over her shoulder. Maya set me down and took a step back to take a good look at me, allowing me to do the same to her.
Maya wore her hair the same as she had in college. It was light brown and her effortless curls hung just above her shoulders, surrounding her kind face. I noticed a few differences though, a twinkling little stud perched itself on her cute little nose. Her face and exposed skin also sported a darker tan than I had ever seen her have. She wore an old college t-shirt and running shorts. She had never been big chested and that didn't seem to have changed. Her shorts were straining against her ass and I chuckled to myself, as it appeared that her ass, which had already been plenty big in college, had grown even more.
"You look great Maya! It looks like the desert has treated you well," I gestured to her tanned legs and arms.
"Well you know, the apartment complex has a nice pool setup, I hope you brought your swimsuit, we could even catch some sun this evening if you'd like," she said as she grabbed my duffel bag and placed it in the car. She walked around the driver's door and got in as I opened the passenger door and sat down.
As we drove from the airport to Maya's apartment complex we caught up with each other. We had made sure to text and call with regularity during Maya's time in Phoenix, and we had seen each other some. Maya had been back during school breaks and such. She had managed to make it up to my hometown for our annual Fall Festival last year too.
It was nice getting to see her again and our easy camaraderie made me feel like we were still in our college days bantering about classes and soccer. Maya had told me a little about her new boyfriend Luke not long ago and she was telling me more now. I filled her in on what was new with James and I, which was not much. She was set to be my Maid of Honor and was anxious for us to get moving forward with the wedding preparations, but James didn't seem to be overly in a hurry about all of that. She allowed me to vent some about that and as I was finishing up my complaining we arrived at her place.
Maya lived in a little 1-bedroom apartment inside a decent sized apartment complex. It was just down the road from her school campus and she could walk to classes pretty easily when the weather permitted. Maya insisted on carrying my duffel bag for me and I took my backpack and followed her into the bedroom of her ground floor apartment. She tossed the bag down and immediately began stripping off her clothes.
"Grab your swimsuit, let's get outside to the pool. I've gotta take advantage of this weather before I graduate and leave."
She had her naked back to me now and I couldn't help but peek as she slipped her shorts to the floor. Her back was toned and I could tell she still enjoyed finding time to make it to the gym. She had several tattoos along her sides and one that wrapped around her hip. My eyes fell lower to see she was wearing a simple pair of blue cheeky panties that had lace on the waistband and leg openings. They hugged her large ass tightly and did their best, but still only managed to cover about half of her ass cheeks. She finished her rummaging and turned before I could avert my eyes.
"Quit drooling and get your stuff Cailyn," she mocked, but made no effort to cover up. I turned to my bag blushing with embarrassment and began digging through my clothes for my swimsuit as she changed.
"You get ready in here, I'm gonna go prep a pool bag for us, there is a mirror on the back of the closet door if you need it" I heard Maya bounce out of the room and down the hall as I found my swimsuit.
I shut the closet door and began changing. I took off my t-shirt and leggings that I had worn for the flight and slipped out of the sports bra and thong I'd worn underneath. Standing naked in front of the mirror I stole a glance at my body. My blonde hair was up in a ponytail, but when I let it down it came down straight and to about my shoulders. My eyes were a light blue and my face was a nice round shape, I'd always liked how it looked like I was constantly on the verge of smiling.
My eyes travelled down my body and examined my 30C cup breasts. They stood proud and high on my chest and my nipples were a nice dark pink contrast to the paler color of my breast. Even though they weren't huge I thought they looked great. James was rather vanilla sexually, but he had always enjoyed my boobs and I knew I could drive him crazy if I trapped them in a push-up bra.
My stomach and arms were not as toned as they had been when I was playing soccer in college, but I still made my way to the gym here and there and always enjoyed a good run. I used to be able to see the hint of abs and couldn't now, but I was still rather slim and my 5'6" frame carried my 140 lbs well. I had gained weight since my college days and while some of it had been in my midsection, most of it was in my ass.
My ass had never been in Maya's league, but it had been respectable through high school and college. When I had been playing soccer my ass and legs had always been really toned, if not all that big. Now though, my ass wasn't as toned and muscular as it had been, but the additional fat had filled it out nicely and given it a large round shape. I still wasn't on Maya's level, but I'd caught more than one man stealing a look at me in my leggings just during my trip today.
I slipped into my rather chaste, simple dark green bathing suit. The bottom offered almost full coverage and the top left a fair amount to the imagination. The color was flattering to my paler skin and I was admiring my form in the mirror when I heard Maya bound back into the room.
"Hot damn girlie!" Maya emphasized her statement with an emphatic slap of my ass.
"OW!! What was that for?" I yelped.
"You're looking damn good Cailyn, just thought you should know," she stuck her tongue out at me as I turned away from the mirror rubbing my ass where she'd slapped me.
"Yeah well it hurt!"
"Yeah well it hurt," Maya mocked me and flipped her hair drawing my attention to her body and her swimsuit.
