Tanya – Part 1 By The Collector Muscles by Tanya, Strength by Julie Copyright 2000 The Collector This story is adult in nature and should not be read by anyone under 21. Send comments to ChuckSt35@aol.com It was early July, the time when our company usually shut down for a short period, notwithstanding a skeleton office crew. My boss ordered me to temporarily let one person go for a month and to let him know Monday. A tough choice as I had a good department and I didn’t like the idea of adversely impacting someone’s economic future. But I had to nonetheless. There were only three choices. Ken had a family to support so it couldn’t be him. Jean was a single mother ... out of the question. That left Tanya. She was 23, single, lived at home ... it’d hurt, but she’d recover quickly. While I didn’t like doing it, a part of me felt a sense of revenge towards her. I had made a very overt pass at her once. She refused me in no uncertain terms, as she should have, but I still felt somewhat resentful. And I had this huge crush on her anyway, for lots of reasons. I called her into my office late Friday afternoon, just before quitting. My office faced a long hallway. Tanya’s was about 60 feet away off to the side. Whenever she needed to see me, I had the pleasure of watching her come towards me. It was a highlight of my day whenever it happened as Tanya was strikingly beautiful ... one of those women that turned heads more than once whenever she showed up. Until Tanya started working here 18 months ago, Julie in personnel was easily the most beautiful woman in the office...a 10 by any standard. And as unlikely as it seemed at the time, Julie had proven more than once she was as strong as any man was. At 5’7”, she had arm wrestled every guy in the office and beat him handily with either arm. She even went so far as to say she’d spend the night with the first guy to beat her. It still hasn’t happened. One of the guys suggested she should make the same offer to any woman, but Julie just laughed. Until Tanya came to work. Julie’s jealousy of Tanya’s looks were evident from the first day she saw her. Julie would constantly chide her in front of others, attempt to get her to do things she should do herself, and would talk about her behind her back. One afternoon at lunch, Julie had inferred, without basis, that Tanya was ... promiscuous ... to be more gentile. As Julie left the cafeteria, Tanya followed her to the ladies room. No one knows what went on inside, but since then Julie has been totally deferential to Tanya. She’s never had a bad word to say about her and she even looks at Tanya with a far off look ... the way I look at Tanya. Tanya left her office and came walking towards mine at he end of the hall. She had on a light brown skirt, a beige top and sandals that made a sweet clicking sound on the floor as she walked. I glanced up and saw her ... and stared ... as soon as she smiled at me, knew I was checking her out, I looked away. Not in embarrassment, but at what I had to do. “Hi Tanya” I said as she walked in. She looked good ... no ... great ... as always. “Hi Tim ... what’s up?” “Have a seat ... this’ll only take a few minutes.” She sat down across and to the right of me and the hem of her skirt scooted up her leg and I saw perhaps the most beautiful thigh I’d ever see on a woman ... perfectly shaped, powerful, yet feminine. I lost myself for a moment and glanced down her leg to her equally perfect calf and her pretty toes. I’d give anything for a night with Tanya ... anything at all ... but I quickly recalled I had something else to take care of. “You’re staring,” she said smiling. “Sorry ... I didn’t mean to Tanya.” “Yes you did ... you always stare at me ... don’t you Tim?” she asked smiling. “Uh ... Tanya ... I have some bad news. Um ... you know this time of the year, things slow down a bit.” “Uh huh ... I know. The same as last year.” “Well ... I have to let someone go for a month and ... I can’t let Ken go ... he has kids. And Jean’s a single mother. I don’t want to because you’re great ... you do a great job, you get along with everyone but ... I have to let you go for a month. I’m sorry Tanya.” My voice was hesitant, yet sincere ... honest. “I think you made a mistake Tim ... I’m not going anywhere” she said. “Tanya ... I really hate doing this, but I have no choice.” I said as softly as I could. She rose from her chair, went to the door and closed it softly. Then she came to my desk, sat down on the corner, crossed her legs and looked down at me. “You do have a choice Tim. I guess it just depends ... on whether you value your health or not ... doesn’t it?” “What do you mean ... my health?” I asked. “You don’t think I’d let you get by with that ... do you Tim?” Her voice was soft, quiet ... and I felt her foot against my shoulder ... softly at first, then a bit harder. “Tanya ... I think we’d better ... ” I started as I attempted to rise from my chair. But Tanya’s foot easily pushed me back down. “Tim ... I think you’d better reconsider” she said hopping off the desk and looking towards the corner. “There are some things you shouldn’t ever question Tim,” she said as she walked to the corner and picked up the metal coat rack. It was a singular metal pole with hooks on top for two coats. She brought it over and set it down to my left. “One of them Tim ... is a woman’s strength,” she said. And she grabbed the two metal hooks at the top and bent them down easily. “Tanya ... how did you ... ” I asked. I was curious ... but curiously ... I was aroused ... that a woman as beautiful as Tanya could be so strong. “Impressed Tim?” “Y ... yes Tanya, but how could anyone do that? You’re a woman and” I started. “Tim ... only a woman can do that. You don’t seriously think a man could ever have the strength a woman has ... do you?” “But ... that’s not fair!” I exclaimed. “Of course it’s not fair ... but there’s nothing you can do about it is there? It’s like I said Tim ... if you value your health ... you better come up with something. I don’t care if you have to go. If I go, I’ll hurt you ... and I can do it. Just ask Julie,” she said. “You ... you’re stronger than Julie?” I asked in surprise. “Of course I am ... and she’s so jealous of my strength ... and she should be” she said confidently walking back to me. “Tanya ... enough is enough.” I said gathering myself. “I’m sorry ... you’ll just have to ... ,” I said standing up. I was interrupted by her as she came to me, grabbed me by the shirt with one hand, picked me up, and placed me on the desk. She did it so easily, so quickly, it did more to make me aware of her how strong she really was than the thing with the coat rack. She came in front of me and looked into my eyes and rolled up her sleeve. I’d never seen a woman’s bicep before ... except Julie’s. But Tanya flexed her arm ... and a mountain of feminine steel rose before my eyes ... it was incredibly beautiful ... powerful ... feminine ... everything a woman should be. As her bicep rose, she stared into my eyes, then her left hand grabbed my shirt and she lifted me slowly off the desk. “Look at this Tim ... look at my strength ... ” “T ... Tanya ... no ... what’re you ... doing?” I asked my voice shaking. She broke out in a broad smile, then set me down. She didn’t need to say anything else. Then she walked to the door and stood there. “Open the door for me Tim ... I’m still a woman ... and don’t forget what I said.” I walked to the door, opened it for her and waited for her to leave. She started walking out, then placed her hand to my cheek. I flinched slightly, out of fear, then her soft touch overcame me. “You’ll think of something Tim,” she said. Then she turned and left. I watched he leave, her perfect legs trailing away, her rear swinging slightly, and that clicking sound on the floor again. She looked back at me for only a moment. “You’re staring again Tim,” she said smiling, her beautiful lips catching my eyes. I was slightly shaking. Her beauty was enough to send any guy to fantasy land ... but her seemingly nonchalant demonstration of what she could do physically was nearly overpowering. I didn’t know what to do. But I knew it had to be done by Monday. I waited till Tanya got her things, then watched her walk out to the parking lot. She must have known I was watching her. As she was about to get into her car, she looked back at my window and blew me a kiss. Then she got in and drove off. Then I reached for the phone. “Hello?” she answered. “Hi Julie ... this is Tim in accounting. Could I ... could I come talk to you ... it’s personal” I said. “Um ... OK ... but make it fast. I have to leave in a few minutes.” She said. “Thanks ... I’ll be right down” I said. I hung up the phone and dashed out my office to the far end of the hallway. I turned left to Julie’s office and found her putting away some files. She stood with her back to me, her long beautiful legs immediately catching my eyes. She must have known I was there. “Like my legs Tim?” she asked as she turned and sat down. How did they always know? “Sorry Julie ... I didn’t mean to ... ” “Yes you did ... you always stare at my legs. What do you want?” she asked. I sat down across from her and looked into her eyes. “I’m having a problem ... and I don’t know what to do. It’s Tanya. She ... she threatened my when I told her she was the person I was going to lay off.” I said. “What do you mean ... threatened you?” “Well ... she let me know that she wasn’t leaving ... and that if I valued my health, I’d have to figure out something.” “Why are you coming to me? What do you expect me to do?” she asked. “I was just hoping ... that maybe you could give me some advice. I mean ... you’re a lot like Tanya” “I know ... we’re both females aren’t we?” she asked avoiding the obvious. “No ... I mean ... you’re both ... beautiful ... and intelligent ... and ... ” “And what else Tim?” she asked. “You’re ... you’re strong Julie ... stronger than men are” I said stuttering, though a smile came to her face. “Is that so hard to believe Tim?” she asked. “Well ... yea ... sort of. I mean ... you’re so beautiful ... it doesn’t seem fair a girl like you should be so powerful ... and ... and your muscles ... they ... the look so strong Julie. And you’re still ... so feminine.” I said hesitantly not knowing what she’d say. Her brown eyes stared into mine as a smile came to her face. How did I get off the original subject dammit? “See? That wasn’t so hard was it?” she asked. “Actually, I like a man that appreciates a strong girl” she said softly. “But ... about Tanya” “Yea?” “She has a weakness ... you can get to her if you try ... you can get everything. If you’re sincere,” she said. “What does that mean?” I asked. “You’ll figure it out Tim” she said as she wrote something down on the back of her business card. Then she stood up, my cue to leave. I stood up, even more confused than when I walked in. She came around her desk to me and stuck the card in my pocket. “I gotta go,” she said. “Good luck Tim.” “Thanks ... I think,” I said as I turned and left. Walking down he hall, I thought of how little help she’d been. And I still didn’t know what I was going to do. But I had to do it before Monday. Walking down the hall, I reached for the card Julie had given me. I read it ... and was shocked at what it said. I turned around and saw Julie standing at the corner watching me. As soon as our eyes caught each other’s, she turned and left. I thought about the card ... and whether she was just teasing me, or if what she had written was actually true. But I had nothing to lose ... and I perceived much more to gain than I at first realized. I packed up my things and left the office. I’d spend the night figuring out what I was going to do.