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My Story Part 70
   By Corbin
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   An awesome workout can send me into a euphoric high, feeling so good in
fact that I can do things absent mindedly.  On this particular eveing I
walked absent mindedly to the women's shower at the gym before heading
home. Normally I would shower at home.
   My life seems to take odd turns quite frequently, or is it my powers of
perception that read far too much into a situation, creating my own little
dramas in my head?
   I can drive myself crazy with what I call 'circular analysis'.
   For the the first five minutes I was alone, I stood hands braced against
the wall and let the hot water just pour over me.  On a side note, I am a
germ freak, I wear flip flops when I infrequently use the shower or walk
around the pool at the gym, I never understood how women or men can trapse
around the floor in bare feet after dirty shoes have been tracking across
that floor all day...nasty.  Sorry, side rant.
   But then I sensed it, I wasn't alone...well...not any more.  I glanced
over my shoulder, even turning my upper body to the left to get a better
look, of all people there stood Jenna.  I wasn't startled, just caught off
gaurd a bit.
   She stood staring at me, white towel wrapped around her midsection.  I
suppose that Jenna and I always had some rivalry going on, but we had never
seen the other totally nude before, well she was obviously getting a good
look at me now, checking me out if your will, and not making any effort to
hide that fact either.
   I watched her right hand move up, cross over her chest and tug at the
towel, peeling it away from her body, so she too was now fully nude, but
that was just physical, it was that combined with the psychological effects
that caused me to push off from the wall and stand up straight.  There was
a momentary 'WOW' factor going on in my brain, Jenna had a killer body,
very hard and there was some comparisions going on here, who's body had the
more sculpted look and so on.
   "Hey Corbin." Jenna's mouth finally uttered.
   "Hey." I said in return and turned back around to finish up.
   In what I can only describe as a complelty awkward moment, I would turn
to steal glances, and caught Jenna doing the same.  When I would catch her,
she wouldn't smile, just blink a few times and turn away a little startled.
   It was a nice indulgence and a few `what ifs' flew around my brain, but
in the end it was not possible, `I'm in invovled with Sharon' and the
thought of betraying her created so much pain inside that I instantly
snapped out of my daze.  Besides, the fact that I was contemplating
anything 'happening' between Jenna and I was messing with my head something
aweful.  It was the first time such thoughts had ever entered my mind.  I
quickly grabed for the towel hanging on the wall and wrabbed it around my
body, "See'ya later!" I called out and gave a short wave.
   She waved back, but if she said anything I didn't hear, I was already
moving quickly towards my locker to get dressed.
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   It was Sharon who spoke first; "I'm going home this weekend to see my
folks, and I want you to come with me."
   Now that didn't seem odd to me, I had gone with Sharon many times to
visit and stay weekends, but I never got the chance to give a reply as
Sharon dropped THE bombshell; "And, I'm going to tell them about us."
   I froze, everything seemed to freeze...even time (how I wish), the
reality of it all came crashing down on me once again, every new hurdle was
becoming excruciatingly painful it seemed, emotionally painful.  But I also
knew the time for talk and half-measures was over, Sharon needed to hear
something supportive and not any of my whining concerns.
   "I'd like that." I whispered with a smile.
   Suddenly Sharon draped her right arm over my shoulder, brushing and
picking away strands my hair, her dark eyes serious.  "I'm glad." Sharon
sighed.
   "Should make for an interesting weekend." Corbin smiled.
   "Oh yeah." Sharon replied.
   
  
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