Alice: A Blind Date By danboyii@aol.com (DanBoyII) Alice was the cousin of a friend of a friend. Just out of the Army at 22, I thought I was a real hot shot and only agreed to the date as a favor to this friend of mine. We were supposed to go for a drive on a Saturday afternoon. It became a problem when it started to rain like hell in the morning with all indications that it was going to rain all day. I called the girl to cancel our date but somehow she talked me into coming over to her family's apartment anyway. Alice turned out to be a plain looking girl of 20 who was short at about 5'2" and maybe 125 pounds. At 6', I towered over her and out weighed her by about 50 pounds. She had dirty straw colored hair, cut short and full of little curls that tumbled every which way. Her face was round with a million freckles bunched in the center mainly over the bridge of her nose. Her front teeth were separated by a prominent space. She was wearing a cotton print dress and flat slippers. Her legs were bare, thick and muscular. Her legs didn't seem to go with the rest of her body because she had such a narrow waist and boobs that barely showed their presence under the loose fitting dress. Her mother and sister were out so she was home alone. We sat in the living room and talked. The apartment was clean and neat but showed the signs of age and modest means. Alice was quite nervous and I immediately got the impression that she didn't have many dates and that few if any boys had ever visited her home. She brought out some very good coffee and as we talked, at least some of the early fidgeting disappeared. On leaving high school, Alice had taken a job in a large laundry company. She said that the work was very strenuous but that you got used to it after a while. She spoke softly and only maintained eye contact momentarily. I couldn't keep my eyes away from her legs. They looked so powerful on what otherwise seemed to be such a small girl. I said something about her legs and she turned beet red. She stammered that the laundry work had made her very strong and pushed her sleeve up to show me that her arms were surprisingly well muscled too. I didn't let on but I knew immediately that her arms were larger than mine. I complimented her and really meant it. I like a fit woman and I told her so which seemed to put her a bit more a ease. I also told her that it might be fun to play wrestle or arm wrestle a little so that I could get an idea how strong she really was. Secretly, I thought it would be fun to play around with this "plain Jane" named Alice and at the same time show her just how strong and quick an in-shape recently discharged vet might be. Alice reluctantly agreed to try some arm wrestling. We went into the kitchen and sat across from each other at the sturdy looking maple table. We locked hands and began to apply pressure slowly. The harder I pressed, the harder she pressed until I was pressing with all my might and our arms still didn't move. I had had my head down and raised it to look directly into her eyes. At that moment she smiled and pressed my arm hard to the table. I was both surprised and embarrassed. And speechless! Alice made nothing of it. She even apologized for slamming my hand down so hard. Chapter 2 Macho guys usually find ways to talk their way out of embarrassing situations. Old football injuries have a way of reoccurring when the situation is a physical one, as in this case. I thought of bringing up an old non-existent shoulder injury, but then I also wanted to try her again. She had already proved that she was very strong and there was no doubt that her upper arm was larger than mine, yet I had this completely unfounded feeling that given another chance I could surely take her. Alice had just smiled and gotten up and had busied herself making more coffee. I decided to meet the problem head on. "Wait a sec. You don't get away that easy. I demand a rematch." "Are you mad?" Alice was suddenly looking at me with great concern. "You said that you really liked girls with muscles and wanted to see how strong I really am. I'm sorry. Please don't be mad." "I'm not mad, but I will be if you don't give me another chance. And make sure you try just as hard as you can, OK?" She said that she would and took her place facing me once again. I figured that this time I would go for a quick kill and get her before she was ready. We positioned our arms and I took the opportunity to feel her forearm and then her upper arm, making it look as though I was just assuring that we were both in proper position. This time, I said that we would start when I said "ready, set, go". She nodded and said that would be fine. I gave the signal. 'READY......SET.....GO", and I went for the kill just a tad ahead of "GO". Her arm moved only about ten degrees before she caught me, reversed the direction and slammed my arm down in no more than two seconds. We wrestled two more times. I quit the "ready, set, go" strategy and went back to starting with gradual pressure. Then we wrestled three more times with the other arm. Alice won every time in convincing fashion. There was little I could do but admit to myself and also to this little strong girl that she was not just stronger than me, she was much, much stronger than me. "You are really something", I marveled. "Do you know how much you can lift? Do you have any idea how strong you are? Would you please make a muscle and let me feel your bicep? You must have known that you were strong enough to beat me, didn't you?" I babbled on firing question after question at her without giving her an opportunity to answer. I got up and taking her hand guided her to stand and flex one arm. She obliged and I started feeling the huge ball of muscle without waiting for permission. She stood holding her sleeve up with one hand, patiently allowing me to explore her flexed arm to my hearts content. It was hard. And big. Much harder and bigger than my arms, there was no doubt. I estimated that her arm at the bicep must be over 15 inches since I wasn't quite able to encircle it with both my hands. I was becoming very excited when she said that the coffee was ready. She moved to the stove as I stood watching. Good thing we weren't arm wrestling now. I was weak as a kitten. Chapter 3 I accepted another cup of coffee from Alice and walked back into the living room where I took a seat in the wooden rocker by one of the front windows. It was an upstairs flat and the window gave me a clear view of the street below. The rain continued to pour down hard. I had always liked to sit and watch the rain and the wet people dodging their way through it. Of course I liked it best when I was watching from a nice dry comfortable vantage point. Like right now. Alice came in with her coffee and placed a straight wooden chair opposite me and took a seat. We talked. Her nervousness had returned. I said something about the rain and I think she thought I was about to leave. She stammered that if I wanted to arm wrestle some more she was willing and if I wanted to win that that would be OK too. When I said that maybe I did want to wrestle some more and scolded her for thinking that she should let me win, she began to relax once more. As we talked, it became more and more clear that I was dealing with a "plain Jane" who thought she was more homely than she actually was. Also, she was physically strong as an ox and emotionally soft as warm butter. I learned that her full name was Alice Anne Abbots. In school, she had been known by friend and foe alike as "Triple A". She said that she had always been pretty strong and that she was teased from an early age about her "monster legs". In junior high, she had wanted to be a cheerleader but when others found out they just laughed. They called her "thunder thighs, tree trunks, and girder gams". The last was a name supplied by one of the male teachers whose invitation for a ride in the country she had refused. In answer to my question about sports she explained that she had played some soccer as a freshman and had been good because she seemed to be stronger and faster than everybody. But she only played 5 or 6 games and quit because her after school jobs were more important. She didn't actually graduate from high school but left midway into the junior year because a full time job was necessary to help keep the family afloat. I was beginning to have a true empathy for this girl. She spoke softly with such feeling that it was obvious that she was laying her emotions wide open for me to see and feel. It occurred to me that any man in my position might use and abuse her because she allowed her feelings to be so nakedly and vividly viewed. This girl had already had plenty of hurts in her young life. And she knew little but hard work. I didn't ask, but the more we talked, the more certain I was that this girl had had few experiences with the opposite sex and was starved for some real male affection. The big tough guy that I thought I was, wasn't sure how to handle this situation. On the question of how much she could lift or some measure of how strong she really was, she gave me a strange answer. She wasn't a gym person and didn't lift weights. She told me that she was the only person at her company who could lift a full laundry cart. Now this is really tough. I mean it's tough to identify with what the hell lifting a full laundry cart amounts to when you've never even seen one. She tried to explain but came up short. Finally she said that she could easily lift me. Or even two people my size at the same time. As soon as she said it, the nervousness surfaced again. Surely she was afraid that she would do or say something that would chase me away. Trying to both put her at ease and have some real fun, I said, "OK, Triple A, let's wrestle!" She nearly dropped her coffee cup. I had been thinking like the macho guy that I was. In school I had played several sports. I had been on the wrestling team. I wasn't great, but I had won about two thirds of my matches and I did know how to wrestle. I was resigned to the fact that Alice was much stronger than me but that didn't mean that she would automatically beat me in a wrestling match. She said OK, that we could wrestle if that is what I wanted to do. We moved the furniture a little and just as she finished moving a large chair I grabbed her from behind around the waist and pulled her down. Not really. Alice sort of folded up and let me do it. She was like wrestling a piece of spring steel. But at first she did let me pull her down and get on top, straddling her chest and pin her arms up above her head. I realized what she was doing and told her to stop letting me win and try to get up. She wiggled about and raised one arm and then the other. I couldn't stop her. She was just too strong. Quickly she was free and on her way to pinning me. I squirmed and twisted but she kept getting the better advantage. And then she wrapped one arm around my neck and the other around one thigh and locked her hands together. I was trapped in a cradle hold. She squeezed my body so that I was folded neatly with my knees up by my ears. My arms were more or less free but there was nothing I could do with them. She had me and we both knew it. The more I tried, the weaker I got. Truly, I was helpless as soon as she got the hold on me. She maintained the hold and raised herself to one knee. Then with a demonstration on tremendous strength, she stood up lifting me in her arms while maintaining the cradle hold. She carried me to the chair where she had been sitting and sat down. In a small voice she said, "I can hold you like this all day." I squirmed and twisted in some little feeble attempts to get free and then I stopped struggling. Actually, it was a thrill for me to be held this way by this little Amazon. Finally, I asked that she please let me go. Immediately, she released me. I was now free but still sitting on her lap. She looked at me with questions in her eyes. She wasn't sure if I was going to be mad or not. I think I understood what was going through her mind so I put my arms around her shoulders and gave her the most passionate kiss I could force myself to create. On one hand , I was thrilled by her strength and I was thrilled to be overwhelmed by this strong woman, but it wasn't a feeling of passion on my part. At least not yet. I left that evening without meeting her sister or mother. She practically forced me to take her high school class ring and put it on the chain around my neck. I protested at first and then I realized that giving me the ring was her way of trying to assure that I would return. Chapter 4 I couldn't stop thinking about Alice. She was a most unusual woman with such a series of contradictions. Emotionally, she was one of the most vulnerable people I had ever met and yet physically she was just unbelievably strong. There was no doubt in my mind that she was strong enough to destroy me with her bare hands. I kept thinking about the arm wrestling but even more than that, was the memory of her overpowering me and clamping on that cradle hold. And then lifting me and holding me on her lap. She had been in total control. She had said it herself. She said that she could hold me that way all day. And there was no doubt that she could. She had held me so squeezed together that I could hardly breath let alone mount any effort to break the hold. And I loved it. It was such an erotic thing to be held this way by this powerful little girl. I just had to have the experience again. I called her on Monday evening. She answered the phone and seemed excited to talk to me. But when I asked if I could come over, she said "no". We talked some more and I asked if she would go to the gym with me on Tuesday evening she said that she would. When I pulled up in front of her house on Tuesday, she was waiting on the porch. She was wearing a gray sweatshirt and sweat pants. When she got in the car, her eyes were sparkling and she touched my arm in an affectionate but tentative gesture. Nervous again. I took hold of her upper arm and felt the thick hard muscle under the bulky shirt. She allowed me to pull her close. I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She reddened and looked at me as though I were some kind of saint. Just as we pulled into the parking lot for the Gold's gym she asked, " Do you know what women wear for underclothes when they work out?" I told her what I knew which wasn't much. She seemed most concerned because she was wearing an ordinary bra rather than a sports bra or leotard or other form of female workout gear. I said that it wasn't a problem without knowing if it was or not. Inside, I got her to look at the cloths available for sale and over her protests bought her a two piece work out set in dark blue lycra. I sent her to change telling her to just put the new cloths on under the sweats. I wasn't sure that I wanted to share her build with anyone. At least not yet. When she came out we did some stretching and I took stock of the gym. Not too crowded yet, still a bit early. We went to the free weights first. I took the ten pound weights and showed her how to do standing curls. She did exactly as I told her, good form moving slowly and keeping the stress on the arms only. We each did a set of 10 at 10, 15, 20, and 25. I tried 27 and did 6 reps. Alice did 10 at 27 and asked if I wanted her to go higher. I told her that that is why we were there, to find out what she could actually do. She proceeded to do 10 reps at 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and an incredibly perfect 10 reps at 60 pounds. From 35 on there were people watching. At the bench press I loaded the bar with a 45 on each end for a total of 130 and did 6 reps. Alice did 10 without problem. She said she could do a lot more. I put another 45 on each end and then asked one of the big guys to spot for her. I knew that I couldn't handle the weight myself and I wasn't sure that Alice was experienced enough yet. I shouldn't have worried. Alice did 10 reps at 220 with ease. I was going to add just 20 pounds more but Tom, the guy that was doing the spotting encouraged me to go big because Alice had handled 220 so easily. She did 8 reps at 310. I sent her to get a drink and when she came back she did 2 reps at 360. Alice was pressing nearly three times her own weight. Tom said there were few in the gym, man or woman who keep up with Alice. Later she did 900 pounds on the leg press machine and looked like she could have done more. On the way home we stopped for coffee. She thanked me for the fifth time for the workout clothes and said that she would pay me back. I said that it was a gift and we argued. I won when I said that she had to accept it as a gift or I wouldn't take her back to the gym. We laughed and hugged on the way back to the car. We were really beginning to enjoy each others company. We made a date for Friday evening. Chapter 5 When Friday came I knew I would have problems. I knew I would be expected to go bar hopping with the guys. That's what we did every Friday. And some of the girls from the office did too. We generally had a wild time that lasted well into Saturday so that we often ended up at an all night spot for breakfast around 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning. I knew that when I told the guys that I wasn't going that they would know that something was up. Like I say, I knew it would be a problem, but I also knew that I was going to see Alice, no matter what. The guys thought I had a hot date with some model, a girl that I had danced with at one of the local spots several weeks ago. The truth is that all we had was a dance. We hardly spoke but the guys thought differently and at the time I made no effort to correct them. On top of that, my reputation as a lady killer is pretty good. If they knew that I was passing up a Friday night out to date a short girl with a nose loaded with freckles and a space between front teeth big enough to suck up a chicklet sideways, they would think that I had lost my mind. I told them that I had another date and would say no more. Let 'um fantasize, I thought. I arrived at Alice's place at the appointed hour. As I was about to knock, she opened the door. She had that look. The look of adoration usually reserved for someone like the inventor of penicillin or Mother Teresa, or maybe John Kennedy in his day. She was dressed in a black mini skirt with a cream colored peasant's blouse. She wore sheer black panty hose and on her feet were light blue fuzzy bedroom slippers. For her body, the cloths were well chosen. The mini skirt and the dark hose were perfect to show off her incredible legs and the loose blouse did the trick of showing off her arms while leaving much of the rest of her upper body to the imagination. I handed her a little pot of African Violets that I had picked up on the way over along with a bottle of a reasonably good Merlot that I had owned for some time. Alice was delighted. She was like the loyal little puppy that waits to pour out total love when it's master finally arrives. I felt a little twinge of guilt. Had I even for a moment considered not keeping our date this night? If I had, it was truly only momentary. But as I looked at Alice's face, I realized what a responsibility I really had. I would have to be very careful with this relationship because she was offering herself to me openly and unconditionally. It is so easy to hurt someone so totally and completely committed. Her hands were full so I leaned down and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She led me into the living room where she had a beautiful tray of cheese and crackers laid out along with two glasses and a basket bottle of Chianti. She put the two presents down and turned to embrace me for a serious kiss full on the lips. Holding her and being held by her was all that I had expected that it would be. Feeling her powerful shoulders and upper arms was such an erotic turn on. Hard, rippling, even brawny were all accurate adjectives. Feeling the strength of this woman in the tight embrace reminded me quickly that I am no match for this small Amazon. She poured the wine and we sat and clicked glasses and relaxed. We sat next to each other on the aged sofa. Her mother and sister were out again and not due back until late. The wine was good and the cheese was very good. Alice said that a good movie was going to be on soon if I was interested. Or if I just wanted to talk, that was fine too. I said that I had thought we might go to a show or whatever she wanted. We were feeling each other out and neither of us seemed willing to say something definite for fear it wasn't what the other wanted to do. I bit the bullet. I said that I still didn't know what her upper body looked like and that maybe I would like to arm wrestle some more. And there was no "maybe" attached to my desire to feel her muscles. She said, "You can feel my muscles any time you want to." I became a little giddy and began to get sexually excited at the same time. Time to act macho - take control - show her who is in charge - do something impressive. "You stupid jerk", I thought, "feel her muscle, she just told you that you could!" "L-L-Let me f-f-feel", I said, in my most macho falsetto. Alice immediately flexed her left arm, closest to me. I felt. I also felt feint. At that moment I realized that I didn't care what Alice looked like. I wanted her. I wanted her bad. I was afraid to stand because I was afraid that she would see my erection. I decided that the best thing to do would be to put my arm around her and just hug her clothes and run my hands over those spectacular muscles. That is what I did when we heard someone on the stairs and then with this little warning, a women burst through the door. "Hi Trip", she said, as though she were playing a role in a stage play. "Hi", said Alice along with a blank stare. Softly Alice said, "This is my sister, Nancy. Nancy, this is Tom Wills." Nancy was a strawberry blond, about 5'8" with a face and figure that would stop traffic at Time Square. Chapter 6 "Wow Trip, where did you find this handsome hunk?" Nancy was anything but bashful. Her very feminine, large busted, full figure had been poured into a form fitting silky green dress. The dress stopped well above the knees to provide a stunning view of her beautiful legs. She wore matching green, high heeled sandals that raised her eyes to my own height which I learned by having jumped up when she entered. My erection was still there but was quickly hidden because Alice got up too and stood in front of me. Nancy rattled on telling us where and what she and her date Ralph had just eaten. She had stopped in to get the concert tickets that she had left laying on her dresser. She said that if she didn't like the concert, that possibly they would come back and drink some wine and watch the movie on TV with us. She pecked us each on the cheek as she whizzed by. She also gave my forearm an affectionate squeeze and then she was gone. "Wow, you have some sister," I said. "Don't I though," Alice responded without expression. "Do you think she is pretty?" "She sure is. She's a knockout", I responded a little too quickly. Alice sat motionless for a moment and then without a word, stood and walked out of the room into the kitchen. Now, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, or the most sensitive, but I don't need a piano to fall on me to call attention to some situations. Alice was gone for only a second or two before I realized what I had done. I had reacted like just about any red blooded American male on seeing Alice's sister Nancy, for the first time. And Alice recognized the symptoms right away. Alice didn't have much experience with boys or men, but what little she may have had included suffering through those times when she did bring some male home only to have his attention leap to her beautiful sister while leaving her alone and ignored. And it sure looked as though I was about to do the same thing. I decided that I'd better try to do something to fix things and I better do it quick. I headed for the kitchen. Alice had left a trail. She had walked right out of her slippers, one at a time, leaving one by the sofa and the other several feet from the door leading to the kitchen. When I entered the kitchen Alice was standing at the sink with her back to me. I moved toward her slowly trying to decide what to do. I was anything but confident. I wanted to tell Alice that she really did appeal to me and that I was beginning to care for her. This was only my third date with her, the second at her apartment and the only other being when I took her to the gym. But I was really drawn to this little strong girl and the fact that her sister was a beauty wasn't going to change that. How to proceed? It was now my turn to be nervous. If Alice were angry enough to turn on me, there was no doubt in my mind that she was fully capable of beating me up and tossing me out of the place if she wanted. I put my hands on her shoulders and attempted to turn her toward me. She shook me off and moved away. She was sobbing and she shoulders began to shake. I tried again. "Please, ........Alice or.... Trip, ......can I call you Trip? I put my arms around her waist from behind and this time she didn't fight me off. "Please believe me, I'm here to see you. And that's not going to change in the near future unless you don't want me. I'm here because you're you. I'm here because you're five foot two and I'm here because you're strong as a bear. I'm also here because you're a sweet girl and I want to know you better. OK?" Alice turned to me and looked up with those trusting, adoring large brown eyes that looked big as saucers. They were glistening with tears unshed making the little gold flecks at the edges contrast all the more with the dark chocolate color. "Oh Tom, do you mean it. I...I...". Her voice trailed off as she buried her face in my chest. I tightened my grip around her waist. I decided to lift her in my arms and kiss her. But she seemed so heavy. I did lift her but I had to bend backward some to do it and became unsteady so that I was unable to kiss her. Her head wasn't high enough and when I leaned forward I had to put her back down. "I think I'm too heavy for you," she said. "You better let me take care of the lifting and carrying and the other muscle stuff. You can take care of the words for both of us. You're very good with those. And I just like to look at you." It's embarrassing to be a six foot macho guy and have trouble lifting a little 125 pound girl. But she was right. I should leave the muscle stuff to her. She asked if I wanted to arm wrestle some more and I said that I would rather wrestle again because I still thought I might be able to beat her if I got the right hold on her. Then I got another idea. I reminded her that she had said that I could feel her muscles any time I wanted to. When she agreed that that was true, I asked her to carry me piggy back while I would feel her biceps. She readily agreed and turned and bent over, inviting me to climb on her back. I did and she straightened up holding a leg by each arm. I was obviously not much of a load for her. She carried me back into the living room without noticeable effort while I put my hands on her upper arms and felt guns hard as stone. She stood at the sofa and waited for direction from me. When I said OK, she put me down and I pulled her down on the sofa and we embraced and kissed long and hard. Her embrace was powerful to say the least. I knew that I was under her control. I was so excited I thought I was going to explode. Finally, I got up and went to the bathroom to clean up and calm down. This girl was driving me crazy. Chapter 7 We did do some wrestling that evening but before we started I asked Alice or "Trip" if she would change from the blouse and skirt into the outfit that I had purchased for her at the gym. She ran to do it as soon as I asked. I couldn't get used to her agreeable approach to anything I asked. As I sat and waited I considered asking her for something really ridiculous just to see if she would do it. I discarded that idea quickly. It seemed to be true enough that she was acting as though she were my slave but it had also been demonstrated that she was probably strong enough to kill me with her bare hands if she had a mind to. I made a mental note - "don't do something stupid". And then, there she was! Believe it or don't, the first things I noticed about this incredible girl were her knees. Trust me on this. When a female has very strong looking muscular legs and the view of them is from the front, the knees take on a special importance. They radiate power. Round and full and thick and solid, they radiate up, to broad massive thighs with slabs of muscle layered in the front, supported by the thick cords of hamstrings in the rear. Downward, they connect to the shin that swells toward the rear to expose the incredible meat of flared calves that narrow to slim feminine ankles and small feet. But the knees remain a central point exuding the elements of power much like the wheels of a tank. Her wide hips and broad shoulders looked even wider and broader because of the very narrow waist in between. Seeing that waist for the first time was another shock. It was so small and looked so very hard. And this girl didn't even workout! Alice's breasts weren't very large but they were somewhat larger than I had thought, having only seen them before hidden behind baggy cloths. The arms and shoulders were large and thick with very noticeable definition. No real surprise here. I had felt the solids of those muscles only minutes ago. We moved the furniture a little as we had done before and I removed my shoes and downed a glass of wine. We circled and locked arms. Alice defended herself but did not try to mount any sort of attack. I tried to turn her to get an advantage from behind but I simply couldn't do it. She just fought me off with her superior strength. Arm twisting was out of the question. It was like trying to wrestle a marble statue that had the ability to change it's pose but only when it wanted to. Pressure by me accomplished nothing. I complained that she was not trying. She responded by twisting my arm into a hammer lock, reaching down with a free hand to capture a thigh and lift me momentarily and then dump me without ceremony on the floor. She then pinned me easily. She held me spread eagle and spread my legs by capturing them in a grapevine hold. I wasn't in any pain but I couldn't move either. I was hopelessly outclassed. She hadn't shown that she knew much about wrestling but it didn't matter. She was so damn strong, she could have been blind and had one arm tied behind her back and she would still have beaten me easily. We tried again, starting with her flat on her back with her arms spread and me on top holding her wrists. As soon as we started, she raised first one arm and then the other, pulled me off balance, rolled me over and pinned me just like she had before. Being beaten by this little girl was bad enough. But she did it so easily. Against her, I was like a child. A baby. Hard to take? Humiliating? Yes, but I had an erection as big and hard as a 4 D cell flashlight and had given up on any attempt to hide it. After Alice pinned me for the fifth time, she pulled me into the cradle hold as she had done the first time we wrestled. She squeezed me double and again with the same remarkable show of strength, she stood up and lifted me in her arms. Her power was absolutely irresistible. I was powerless from the very beginning and now whatever strength I may have had was quickly sapped by the cradle hold. Alice carried me to the straight chair by the window and sat down, holding me tightly on her lap. "Want to try again?" "I give, I give", I managed with a soft voice. She was worried that I would be angry that she had beaten me. She relaxed the hold but I continued to sit on her lap. As we talked I ran my fingers up and down her arm, exploring the muscles from her shoulder all the way down to her wrist and hand. We talked and hugged and hugged and talked. What an evening. Chapter 8 I started taking Alice to the gym with me on Tuesdays and quickly added Thursdays. I would pick her up at her place on Tuesday and then on Thursday, I would stop and find her waiting at the front door of the laundry company. The reason for the difference was because she was always scheduled to work several hours overtime on Thursdays. At the gym, I told Alice to wear the baggy sweats over the gym set because I just wasn't ready to share her body with anyone. I'll admit that as much as possible I was trying to prevent any competition from other muscle lovers. It wasn't possible to hide her phenomenal strength for long though. When working on the machines, I kept the weights for Alice very close to the weights that I was using for myself. For example, for pull downs (behind the neck) I top out at 110 pounds, so I let Alice do only 130 for her last set even though I am sure she could handle all the weight available on the machine (220). At first, only a few people noticed what she was doing on the machines but there was no way to hide Alice when it came to the free weights. She quickly became center stage there and that is how her fame spread throughout the gym. I had her top out on dumbbell curls at 75 pounds although I knew she could do more and she was soon benching 380 for 2 reps. People were astounded by these performances accomplished by such a small ( 5'2" 125 pound) girl. Other work in the gym came to a near standstill and I began to draw some attention too because Alice was obviously my girl. One evening I was sitting at the bar having a protein shake while I waited for Alice to shower and change, two of the gym regulars came up and started a conversation. They were both muscular, bodybuilder types. One was about 5'10" and the other probably 2 inches shorter but both had very muscular upper bodies and probably weighed in the 175-190 range. I had never seen either one of them bench as much as Alice and neither had ever spoken to me before. "Your girl is pretty strong," the shorter guy said. "How come she hangs out with a wimp like you?" Both musclemen showed off toothy smirks with knowing side glances to each other. They settled in on stools on either side of me. OH boy, what to do now? How to win friends and influence people. These two bozo's are obviously cruising to embarrass me and either one of them can surely beat the crap out of me if this turns physical. After studying for a long moment, I said, "I don't know, it must be my winning personality." The taller guy made a sound that reminded me of the goofy half laughs of the obnoxious comic characters, Bevis and Butthead. On retiring the laugh, the tall guy said, "Maybe she's so strong cuz she's an ape. She's ugly enough, eggh, eggh, eggh." These two were making it really tough. I'm not a fighter by nature but I have been in a few. I also doubted that I could take either one of these guys separately unless I landed a really lucky first punch. Together it would be impossible. At that moment Alice came walking into the bar area. When she saw me with the two guys she stopped as though not wanting to intrude unless invited. She was wearing one of her unbecoming, almost formless, print dresses with a shapeless tan sweater loosely draped about her shoulders. No stockings and a pair of worn sling back flat shoes that didn't match anything finished off the picture. Even in my precarious situation with these two bozo's I was reminded that I just had to do something about Alice's wardrobe. "Look guys, I don't want any trouble.....", I started. "Trouble's my middle name, wimp.....", the shorter guy interrupted. Just then Alice stepped forward. "Hi, my name is Trip," she said brightly, sticking out her hand to the short guy who stopped his thought in mid sentence. He paused only momentarily and took her proffered hand. Immediately there was the sound like someone cracking their knuckles and it was like everything suddenly became slow motion. Short guy seemed to explode off the stool just before I realized what had happened. His mouth opened and "awaw" came out a split second before Alice captured his nose between the fore and middle finger of her left hand. Somehow she did that while he was in mid air between leaving the stool and crashing to the floor on his knees. The sound was so short that no one else in the gym except for the girl behind the counter seemed to notice. Short guy's free arm flailed without touching anything while his partner sat motionless. This whole thing happened in less than two seconds. "This is the thing," said Alice in her quiet voice with an almost affectionate manner not unlike a teacher explaining something to slow or unruly student. "I've probably broken some of the bones in your hand. Your nose hasn't been broken yet, but it will be unless you sit/kneel perfectly still. Now this is my boyfriend, Tommy (Alice had never called me Tommy before), and I want to make sure that you both understand.....," she paused and looked at the taller bozo who was still sitting on his stool next to me". ...that it would be very upsetting to me if you were to mistreat him or, heaven forbid, insult him in any way. I'm sure that neither of you would ever do that, but I thought I should let you how important it is to me. With that, short guy's free arm moved to try to aid his mangled hand and Alice broke his nose. "Now I warned you not to move," she frowned, as she let go both hand and nose just as blood began to pour. She reached and took my hand and as I stepped off the stool beside her she turned to the taller bozo still on the stool, "See you guys later," she said with a little wink. We walked slowly out of the gym. As we walked toward the car I asked, "How did you know that I was having a problem?" "It was written all over your face," she said. "I couldn't stand it if they hurt you or even made you feel bad. I wanted to make sure that they know that I'll hurt them if I have too." "I think you made your point," I choked out as I marveled at this little wonder woman that belonged to me. I hugged and she hugged. What a girl. Chapter 9 Driving to work the next morning, I tried to take stock of the situation. Trip and I hadn't talked much at all during the drive home. We did kiss and hug with great affection when we said good night and firmed the date to meet at her place the following evening. And then I went home and slept very poorly. As I drove along, I still couldn't get the pictures of little Alice confronting those muscle heads out of my mind. I realized that now in addition to a very unusual girlfriend I also have a very capable and loyal bodyguard housed in the same body. I kept seeing Alice as she snapped the guys nose. And the calm, nearly placid manner she maintained without anything close to stuttering or any other outward indication of nervousness. And what strength. Even for me, who knows first hand the power of this girl, it was a surprise to see how easily she first controlled and then punished the guy. Would she ever become upset with me to a point where she might decide to punish me for something I might do? Am I afraid of Alice? Am I falling in love? For someone who is used to having everything under control, I obviously had too many unanswered questions. The only thing that I seemed to be sure of was the fact that I couldn't stop thinking about this woman during every moment we were apart while I counted down the hours and minutes till we would be together again. I wondered if Alice was doing the same thing. That evening I arrived at her place at the appointed hour and as usual the door opened before I could ring the bell. But It wasn't Alice! Instead, there before me stood Nancy! "Hi Tom, come on in." Nancy was a vision in a soft yellow silk dress with dark hose and matching yellow high spike stiletto pumps that made her nearly as tall as me. Before I knew what was happening, she pulled me into her arms and gave me a warm hug and a kiss on the cheek. She then led me into the living room where a man in stocking feet was slouched in the soft chair watching TV. "This is my man, Ron," said Nancy. "We decided to stay in tonight and watch TV with you and Trip. That is, if it's OK with you?" "No problem," I ventured, and stepped forward and extended my hand toward Ron. Ron looked at it for a long moment and then took it without enthusiasm. He didn't stand up either. Great, I thought. I can see Ron and I are really going to hit it off. "Trip is in the kitchen making something special just for you, I think", said Nancy, anticipating my unspoken question. I moved toward the kitchen but paused in the doorway. There was Trip, in one of those shapeless flowered print dresses that I was learning to hate. No stockings and those worn blue slippers filled out the picture. When she saw me, she dropped what she was doing and ran to meet me. Even though I'm much taller than Alice and I just instinctively bend down for that reason, she takes total control with those power packed arms so that I feel completely helpless and at her mercy. The feeling was heightened this time by the memory of how she had destroyed the guy in the gym just last night. I helped her carry the trays into the living room and arrange them on the coffee table. There was an assortment of cheeses, a veggie tray, and a variety of cute little finger sandwiches. She handed me a bottle of better than ordinary Bordeaux along with the cork screw. As I started to pour the wine Nancy told me that Ron was not a wine drinker. Ron heard her and reinforced his position. "I don't drink that frog shit. Far as I'm concerned, that's only for those Frenchie guys with the pointed shoes." I could see that this was going to be a great evening. Before I could decide how to react to Ron's thoughtlessness, he said, "What's this crap?" He was examining one of the little finger sandwiches that just happened to be tuna salad. "Shut up and don't eat it then," was Nancy's response, as she handed him a beer. Nancy and I made small talk for the few minutes before the movie started. Alice busied herself making sure everybody was served. I think Ron gobbled up nearly half the little sandwiches. I was at one end of the sofa and when the movie started I gently pulled Alice onto my lap. Nancy had kicked off her shoes and sat at the opposite end of the sofa. Ron maintained he seat in the soft chair. My plan was to hold Alice so that I could move my hands over her body in very natural ways that would allow me to feel those rock solid thighs and then caress and gently squeeze those arms that could overpower me in seconds. Midway into the movie, it became all too obvious that the it was a dud. Nancy took stock of the situation, noting that Trip and I were not paying rapt attention to the thing. She picked up the remote and turned off the TV. And then all hell broke loose. Ron went ballistic. He berated Nancy for turning off the TV, but that was only the beginning. He didn't like the food; it was the wrong kind of beer; the TV picture was poor and he didn't like the "fact" that wine had been served for "Trip's date, or whatever he is"; and his likes had been ignored. Nancy stood up and went for him. She didn't say much before handing Ron a loud slap in the mouth. Ron was out of his chair quickly and started grappling with Nancy. Now Ron must have been six feet tall and probably around 190 pounds. Nancy, at 5'7" and about 150 pounds is not a small woman, but certainly smaller than Ron. He was bigger than any of us but that didn't really bother me. I figured that if it became necessary, Trip could handle this jerk with ease. Nancy actually seemed to be winning the struggle as she seemed to be pressing Ron's arms back and toward his sides but then Ron managed to get free and punched her in the stomach, sending her tumbling back onto the sofa. Trip was on him in an instant. She whirled him about and slammed him to the floor on his stomach with his right arm twisted high up toward the back of his neck in a very peculiar position. Nancy was up quickly, begging Trip not to hurt the guy. Trip released him and stood back. Before Ron could regain his feet, Nancy, in a high pitched trembling voice was ordering him out of the house. He left without a word. Trip made coffee and the three of us sat around and talked. Nancy explained that Trip had come to her rescue in the past too. There was more than one occasion when Trip, the little powerhouse, had jumped in to defend her older sister. Nancy also said that she was fairly tough too because she also shared some of those genes that helped make Trip such a strong woman, but that she wasn't in Trip's league because she was never as strong. And now in the last few years, it just seemed that Trip had become stronger and stronger. We three were getting along very well talking about Trips physical abilities, sometimes as though she weren't there. And then Nancy challenged me to an arm wrestling match. She said that she knew she was really pretty strong and admitted that she wanted to show off. And then she proceeded to beat me. Trip wasn't surprised, but I was. Nancy didn't look strong like Trip did. She did look like an athletic girl, slightly on the plump side. We wrestled four or five times and Nancy won them all. They were close though, and one time the struggle must have lasted for two minutes before my arm went down. As the evening wore on, Trip became more and more quiet.