Part One:
I would have to say, looking back over the past 16 months, that my good friend Tina is largely to blame for many of the events that have transpired. It is safe to say that the majority of the events that have rocked my otherwise calm and predictable world were set into motion as a direct result of conversations. Most of these conversations were initiated and led by her, with another friend and I who all worked together as nurses in the Emergency Room of St. Regis General Hospital.
At the time when it all began, I was pretty well convinced my life and future were set. Having just graduated from nursing school, I then married my life-long school sweetheart. We had been together as long as I could remember. Quite literally, since we were children having grown up on the same block with each other, sharing all the same friends, and attending the same school.
There was never much doubt in our minds that Jem and I would marry when we grew up. It was a given. All of our friends and families would have agreed on this point.
As our dearest childhood friend and confident Tim used to say, "Jane and Jem have been 'steady eddies' since they were born, and will be until the day they die!"
I suppose a few words about me and Jem would be appropriate at this point of the story. At the time that these events took place; I had just arrived at the ripe old age of 22, and recently become newest (if not most naïve) RN at St. Regis, and boy, was I proud of it. Getting through nursing school was no easy feat (though I was a very avid student, and graduated in the top 5 of my class).
I am approximately 5'5" tall, with jet black, straight, shoulder length hair and a somewhat pale complexion. I have big, hazel eyes that are accentuated by my glasses, which people have told me give me a studious and intelligent look (which works for me).
If you are a male, the first thing you might notice about me is that I am fairly chesty. Not that I have HUGE boobs, but they are ample 36Cs, and I have an extremely petite frame (weighing in at a rotund 92 pounds), so my chest has always somewhat stood out on me! According to Jem it is definitely my most 'amazing physical attribute'. His words, not mine. I have always been proud of my breasts, and they do seem to get me noticed – whether I like it or not sometimes!
Though only Jem would know this, my nipples are long and seem to become rock hard fairly easily. In fact, it's not just my nipples which become hard, but rather, my entire quarter-sized areola seems to puff up. Jem tells me that my ass is full and round, and that it fills out whatever I happen to be wearing (which is usually a tight pair of jeans if I'm not working and my white nurses uniform if I am).
The thing that attracted me to Jem at a very early age was his extreme kindness, consideration, and sweetness toward me. As we were growing up, he was the big brother that I never had – though as we got older it turned out that Jem didn't grow to be too BIG of a brother. When we got into high school, and everyone started growing, Jem stopped. He topped out at 5'5" – the same height as me. Our friends used to always tease us that when we got married, we wouldn't need those little people on the top of our wedding cake, they would just put us up there. HA-HA, real funny, right?
Anyway, you could safely say that Jem and I pretty much grew up together. In the process, we learned to trust one another, and fell madly in love. When I graduated from nursing school, and he graduated in the field of accounting and finance, we decided not to wait any longer, and tied the knot, not giving the fact that neither of us had ever dated anyone else even a second thought. Why should we? We were happy and had already found exactly what we wanted.
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As I had previously indicated, I had recently acquired 2 new friends at St. Regis; Tina and Raquel – though it seemed that I was working with Tina more than Raquel, though sometimes we all worked together.
Having only recently graduated, I was the youngest of the group by a couple of years, making me an easy target for Tina, who loved to tease and shock me whenever possible.
In the many repeated long hours that Tina and I had worked together, I got to know a great deal about her past. It seems that she – like me, had married her school sweetheart right out of nursing school. However, about a year ago, Tina had come home unexpectedly only to find her new husband cheating on her with their new neighbor. Needless to say, Tina was completely crushed and heartbroken. This rather horrible experience had served to make Tina more than a little bit hard and cynical. It was truly a shame for such a lovely young lady who was really just getting started in her young adult life. I truly felt sorry for her.
I felt sorry for her until a few months ago, that is! Growing tired of moping around the house, and fearing that she would just sit at home and become 'another fat nurse' (her words, not mine), Tina joined the local gym so that she could get into a regular workout schedule.
This had changed her life forever! It seems that Tina had signed up to have a personal trainer help her get started with her new workout. The new personal trainer was apparently a chiseled, handsome, black guy whom Tina was immediately attracted to, as he seemed to be the opposite of her ex-husband in every way.
Joining up at that gym would serve to be the single event that would not only change Tina's life, but also all of our little group-forever.
In the beginning, it had become a game for Tina to simply try to shock us (Raquel and I) by sharing personal details from their sex life. Raquel, though a couple years my senior, is single, and comparatively shy-so she doesn't go out much. She is about my height, Latino, with typical dark Latino features. She is about my height, and has a similar build as me, petite, but with less curves.
Tina is an attractive, dirty blonde. She is a bit on the heavier side, though not at all fat. She would thrill herself by shocking Raquel and I in any and every way she possibly could. And as time went by, she became quite good at it!
Sometimes Tina and Raquel would conspire together to try to catch me with some naughty detail – trying to gauge what my reaction would be. They were always quite proud of themselves when they would shock, embarrass tease, and otherwise simply entertain me.
Our little game was harmless enough, and what it did was serve to completely entertain all of us, making the working hours more bearable and fun-and passing the time. Though I was the target of their covert endeavors, it really didn't bother me, in fact, I completely enjoyed it. Plus, I have to admit, I was fascinated with hearing about Tina's new life, and couldn't seem get enough of it. It served to allow me to live vicariously through her.
