Naked With My Best Friend [1000 Watcher Special]

Vision blurry, eyes almost shut.
Why did I agree to this? I am usually still in bed by now.
Gasping for air, I grab tight on the treadmill’s bar,
barely able to keep up with the ridiculous pace Tania set for me.

I still remember the first time I met her.
Those were the times. High school. No stress, no responsibilities.
Five years have passed and, as most high school best friends go,
we both went our separate ways.
Tania, a successful lawyer, a motivational speaker and Olympian,
a true inspiration for anyone in their early twenties.
Then there is me, a lazy unemployed engineer, staying home all day,
eating chips and binge watching series after series, until I pass out on the couch.

Lost in my thoughts, my gaze wanders, landing on Tania. Such finesse, such beauty,
an unfamiliar aura of confidence and determination oozing as she goes.
My eyes lock on her perfect body.
Smooth glistening skin, toned muscles,
a firm rounded bottom forming under her tight yoga pants,
breasts the size of melons, held in place by that slim fit sports bra.
Sweat running down her porcelain face,
droplets leaving the tip of her nose and mouth, hitting the treadmill,
others rushing down her back, her neck, her exposed abs.
I keep looking in awe, while my brain starts doing something terrible.
As I look at every part of her perfect body, my mind projects a mental image,
an image of every part of mine.
I turn my head straight forward looking at my reflection on the window.
Sleepy me, panting and grunting in my loose tracksuit.
Thanks to my genes, I never really had to work out in order to stay in shape,
but Tania, one look at her and your whole self-confidence goes out the window.
As the time goes by, I catch myself glancing at her body, over and over,
admiring every single bit of it.

Now that I think about it,
it has been a little over a year since we last met in person.
Why now? Why here?
She just randomly showed up at my door in her gym clothes this morning,
barging in, basically forcing me in these clothes,
dragging me all the way over here.
Looking at the clock, I realize it is not even eight yet.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I lower the pace and turn to Tania,
“So, are you going to say anything?
I mean, you did basically kidnap me and brought me into a gym,
more or less against my will.”, I say, still trying to catch my breath.
A big smile forming on her face with every word coming out of my mouth.
She leans her head towards me and says,
“You needed this. I know it, you know it, your body knows it.”.
“What? What is that supposed to mean?”,
I reply, my face getting redder and redder every passing second.
“Your body and mind need this exercise.
Most people think that they go to the gym in order to keep their body healthy.
What they don’t understand is that their mind decides pretty much everything there is to their life and,
if their mind is idle for extended periods of time, they start hurting themselves in one way or another.”,
she explains, waving her hands around the whole time.
My hands start clenching around the treadmill bar harder and harder.
I exhale deeply and punch the stop button. A nervous smile, my heart racing.
“So, is this an intervention? People think I am depressed or something?”, I mutter,
looking at my best friend with watery eyes.
Unfazed, she calmly stops the treadmill and tells me,
“You haven’t left the house in over a month, you eat take-out food and chips for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sometimes you feel too bored to take a shower. Is this all hitting home Sophie?”,
she keeps looking at me, straight in the eye, an alarming kind of stare.
Pupils dilated, my body stiffens, goose bumps all over.

She gets off the treadmill and approaches me gently, landing her hand on my face,
“Do you think that I don’t know what my best friend is doing just because we don’t hang out anymore?
Do you believe that I have forgotten about you? Straight up ignore you?
Do you think that I don’t blame myself for not being able to spend time with you?
The fact that we grew up means nothing. You are as important to me now as you always were.”,
she whispers, her eyes glistening, her thumb running up and down my cheek as she goes.
Unable to take it anymore, with my vision blurred from all the tears, I lunge forward,
landing into her arms, “I missed you!”, I whisper, sobbing.
“I missed you too Sophie.”, she replies, rubbing her hand on my back.
Wiping the tears off of my eyes, I lean back and look her in the eye,
“How did you know?”, I ask, still baffled by her unexpected visit.
“You do know that your next door neighbor used to be our school’s janitor, yes?”, she asks,
“Well, she is part of the cleaning crew at our firm and we talk from time to time.”, she adds.
I sigh. All this time, so many people caring about me. How foolish.

I laugh, resting my hand on her shoulder, “So, I believe that you made your point.
How about we go for a coffee? Catch up?”, I say.
“Oh Sophie, I have something way better planned for us!”, she says,
grabbing my waist, dragging me forward. Awkward unsynchronized steps as we go,
strolling through the empty gym. “First, we have to take a shower.”,
she says in a condescending way, as we reach the locker room.
“Oh, don’t worry, no one is around this early in the morning,
we have the whole gym to ourselves!”, she says, taking off her wet tank top.
I smile. This reminds me of our time back in high school,
when we used to get ready for a night out, changing in front of each other.
Filled with courage I unzip my tracksuit, unveiling my bare chest.
A-cups do have a positive aspect to them after all.
Throwing the top to the side I turn around only to be stunned by Tania’s beauty.
Bare, exposed, all in front of my eyes. With her sports bra off,
her breath taking bosoms, hanging gracefully, the shape of perfect water droplets,
curvy and firm. Her velvet skin shining, sweat rushing down,
drenching all the apertures across her bare body.
With a loud gulp, I take everything off at once.
As I rise back up, a surge of electricity rushes through my body.
Tania is standing right next to me, towel in hand.
I can see her perfectly shaped abs forming all the way down her pelvis,
a perfect V I think is what they call this.
“I am going to go right in.”, she whispers, “Don’t leave!”, she shouts,
slapping my exposed bottom, giggling as she enters the shower.
Touching my now red cheek, I pick up my towel and head for the empty shower next to her’s.

I turn the water on and just stay there for a while,
both hands against the wall, head facing down.
I moan lightly as the hot water hits my back,
streaming hot streams running down my body.
Lost in my own little world, I hear Tania’s voice through the shower gap,
“So, how have you been Sophie?”, she asks,
her voice echoing within the tiny cubical.
“Well, as you might have noticed, I have kind of given up on life in general.”,
I reply, still facing down, breathing heavily, as the steam starts hitting my face.
“Everything is going to be fine Sophie. You have me now!
And I promise to never let you down again!”,
a heartfelt, encouraging reply, a grin on my face.
I raise my head, taking a deep breath, letting the water soak my hair.
A moment of clarity, a sudden realization.
“Tania, how come you never had a boyfriend?”,
I mutter, my voice trembling. Silence.
I can hear her door open, wet feet slapping on the floor.
My door squeaking right behind me as I turn. “Never found the right one.”,
she said, handing me my towel.
“Come on, let’s go! This morning is yet to end!”,
she yells, grabbing me by the hand, dragging me across the room.
We both slip and slide, towels wrapped around our chests,
finally reaching the other end of the showers.

“Tadaaa!”, she exclaims, pointing at a small sauna room.
She opens the door and rushes forward, beckoning me inside.
“Have you ever been in one of these, Sophie?”,
she asks as she gently rests on the second level.
“I… No…”, I mumble, wandering inside.
“Close the door behind you and sit on the first big bench then.”,
she replies, reaching for the stove, firing it up, hotter and hotter.
Hesitantly, I sit sideways on the lower bench, both feet on it,
back against the wooden wall.
Time goes by as we talk. “So, how is adult life treating you, Tania?”,
I ask, looking at her sweaty face. “You know, the funny thing is, as they say,
you only know what something is worth when you no longer have it.”,
she mumbles, her gaze lost, eyes heavy. “I really missed you Sophie.
I am sorry.”, she adds, turning her head to me, locking eyes.
“Well, we are here now. We can keep coming to the gym every morning.
Seems like I need it after all!”, I say, giggling, running my hand down her calf.
We both lay back, as I extend my hand, letting it rest on the second level,
Tania’s reaching out, gripping tight around it.

Minutes pass and I can now feel the heat, the real magic of the sauna.
A strange euphoric feeling. My whole body sweating,
feeling the tingling of streams sliding down my body.
I turn around only to be left speechless once again.
Tania’s towel undone, resting on the bench.
A fully exposed angel at arm’s length.
I don’t think I ever saw her naked from this close.
A deviant feeling, an uplifting sensation, unknown to me. I look up.
I gulp loudly as I gaze upon that body of a goddess.
Firm, stiff shoulders, succulent little lips, a slim tight waist.
Her wonderful, statue-like legs crossed,
leading up to her perfectly built, rock solid, bottom.
And that chest, oh my, that chest. So elegantly resting,
fully covered in sweat, giving it a strangely arousing glow.
With her eyes closed, her head tilts slightly towards me.
I cannot resist, this perfect body, those inviting lips.
I cannot control my emotions, all this heat made me lose my mind.
Unable to take it anymore, I throw myself upwards,
only to be met with Tania’s foot on my chest.
“All those years, all those hints and this was all it took to make you realize?”,
she muttered, through her teeth. As I stand, my eyes widen, my body stiffens.
“Why do you think that I never had a boyfriend?
Why do you think we slept in the same bed?
Are you that stupid Sophie?”,
she cried, ramming her fist against the wood.
“You… Me?”, I mumbled, looking up at her in awe.
“Yes, you, stupid! It has always been you!”,
she yelled, pushing harder and harder on my chest,
pushing me closer and closer to the wooden wall.
I looked at her, still lost,
“Tania, if I knew you felt this way I… You are a successful lawyer,
you are something in this life. Me? I am a nobody n…”,
right before I could finish my sentence, I feel a final push,
my back ramming against the wall, as she launches herself towards me,
her sweaty naked body rubbing against mine,
her soft hands gently resting on my cheeks,
as her juicy lips touch mine for the first time.

I cannot believe, I am in love with my best friend…