My Friend Jennifer By M.C. How my strong, tough and wonderful girlfriend changed my perspective on life Hello out there. My name is Joan and I'd like to tell you about the day my best friend Jennifer changed everything about how I thought about life. Jennifer (or Jenny as I call her now) moved into the house across the street from me about a year ago. Although as we were the same age and in many of the same classes in school, we weren't really what you'd call friends as I had my own clique that I hung around with and Jenny, being new in the neighborhood as well as school, wasn't a part of. I wasn't snobby to her (or at least I didn't think I was), but as a cheerleader, I also didn't go out of my way to include her in my circle of friends; and then one day all that changed. I was sitting on a bench just outside our school and crying when Jennifer just happened to walk by. She saw me sitting there crying and sat down next to me. "What's the matter Joan?" she asked. "It's Greg, my boyfriend, or my ex- boyfriend I should say. He dumped me for Karen because he said she was prettier than I was (both Karen and I are on the cheerleading squad and Greg is the star quarterback of our high school's football team). And when I got angry and yelled at him, he slapped me hard across the face several times and told me to shut the fuck up. That bastard!" Jennifer thought for a few moments before asking, "and where is Greg now Joan?" "He's in the weight room, working out with some of his teammates. Why do you ask?" "I think it's time I had a little 'talk' with this ex-boyfriend of yours Joan. Nobody should be allowed to slap a girl around, even if they are the star of the football team. Come, let's go and pay him a visit." I followed Jennifer to the weight room and entered behind her, still perplexed about what she wanted to do, and why; after all, like I said before we weren't really good friends at the time. When we entered the weight room we saw Greg and two of his teammates, Rick and Rodger, working out together. All three of them were large, strong, tough guys. Each one stood at least six feet tall and must have weighed between 220 and 240 pounds - to Jennifer's five foot-six inch 130 pound frame. So what the hell was she planning to do? "You stay here Joan," she comely said to me and pointed to one of the corners. "I'll handle this." And then my strange neighbor bravely approached them. "Rick and Rodger," she said in a firm tone of voice, "my issue here is only with Greg for slapping my friend Joan around. So I'd stay out of this if I were you." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Was Jennifer actually challenging three of the strongest and toughest boys in our school to a fight? One single girl was facing off against three guys who must have outweighed her by at least five hundred pounds? But as strange as it seemed, Jennifer wasn't showing even the slightest trace of fear as she confronted them. She was either very brave or totally insane - or maybe both. But either way, from my vantage point the outcome didn't look too good for her. "What happened between Joan and me is none of your god damn business miss whoever you are!" Greg barked with his usual arrogance as he starred down at her. "What the hell business is it of yours anyway?" "Joan is my neighbor and friend (actually, as I said before, I had never considered Jennifer to be a friend of mine, just a girl who lived across the street from me). And you slapped her around. So for that, you need to be punished." "And who's going to punish me?" Greg said and smirked at his friends, "You? What are you going to do Bitch? Spank me?" "Why what an excellent idea Greg. Thank you for suggesting it. Just give me a moment to get ready." Jennifer put down her purse, opened it and took out a pick ribbon. She fluffed up her long, beautiful brown hair before tying it back into a ponytail. Then she took off her shoes, winked at me and put her hands on her hips. "O.K. big boy," she said as she looked up at Greg, "it's time to teach you some manners." Wham! In the blink of an eye, Jennifer whorled around and landed a hard, roundhouse kick to the side of Greg's face, stunning him and driving him backwards. THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! She then hit him with three strong punches to his belly which forced him to keel over before - CRACK! - landing another hard kick underneath his chin which sent him crashing to the floor. Stunned by what they had just seen Jennifer do, Rick and Rodger began to move towards to her, but she stopped them in their tracks with a cold stare. "I told you guys to keep out of this!" Jennifer sternly said to them. "This is between Greg and me; and I will not warn you again!" Greg was on his feet now so Jennifer turned her attention back to him. WHAM! POW! SMACK! CRACK! And with three more hard punches to his face and another kick to his jaw she put our star quarterback back on the floor again. "Let's get her Rick!" Rodger yelled. "I'm sure the three of us can take her. I mean after all, she's just a girl." And so ignoring Jennifer's warnings, the two large boys converged on her. Big mistake. "I warned you boys twice to stay out of this didn't I?" Jennifer said as she slammed her right fist deep into the pit of Rick's gut. "But you wouldn't listen to me," she nailed Rodger with a lightning fast kick to his head. "So now I'm going to teach you both a lesson too." And as I watched in awe, my neighbor from across the street - a girl my size! - became a blur of punches and kicks as she literally began to batter three of the toughest guys on our high school football team all around the weight room. But what was just as amazing was that as she moved from pounding one guy to the next, Jennifer started a casual conversation with me as the fight was going on! "You see Joan," POW! (she punched Greg hard in the face), "these guys aren't so tough," WHACK! (then she gave Rick a solid kick to his head), "at least not for a girl who has studied martial arts," THUMP! (Rodger got smashed in the nose), for over fourteen years," CRACK! (Greg got yet another hard kick to his already bruised face), "and holds black belts in both Taekwondo and Kung-fu." SMACK! WHACK! PUNCH! CRACK! And as I watched this amazing girl smash these three large, strong, tough football players all over the place, (with her long, pretty ponytail swishing around as she did so) I began to feel something strange happening inside of me; something that I had never felt before. Something, well erotic. All my life I've been attracted to strong, macho athletic guys like Greg and his friends; I guess that's why I became a cheerleader in the first place. And yet here - right before my eyes - all three of them were getting their ass kicked (quite literally) by an 18 year-old high school girl no larger than I am; and carrying on a conversation with me while doing so! Overwhelmed by what I was witnessing Jennifer doing I suddenly found myself blurting out "Oh Jenny, you're wonderful!" By now Jennifer had already put Rick and Rodger down for the count (they were both lying on their backs side-by-side and, judging by the looks of them, not getting up anytime soon), and had Greg backed up against the wall. With her left hand she had a firm grip on his sweatshirt and her right arm was cocked back as she prepared to smash the now hapless football star in the face for the umpteenth time. When she heard me say how wonderful she was Jennifer paused, turned around and flashed me a pretty smile. "Thanks Joan, that really means a lot to me," then she returned to bashing Greg. After a few more punches Jennifer released her grip of his sweatshirt and he slumped to the floor; battered like his two friends by a single girl! Jennifer turned around and smiled at me again (I have to admit I had butterflies in my tummy when she did this), bent down and grabbed one of Greg's ankles in each hand and, seemingly without exerting herself to much, dragged the six foot-four inch 230 pound football star over to where Rick and Rodger were lying and placed him next to them. Then she put her right foot on Greg's massive chest, flexed her muscles and winked at me. "Take some pictures with your cell-phone Joan so we can look at them later," (It's amazing that I hadn't thought of doing that earlier while the fight was going on - they would have been truly awesome). I must have taken at least twenty pictures of Jennifer in various posses with the three badly beaten macho jocks like flexing her muscles while standing on them, sitting on their faces and fluffing her long, pretty hair (as well as a few others which I won't describe but you can use your imagination). After we finished our 'photo session' my mighty new friend grabbed Greg firmly by his hair and literally dragged him over the one of the weight room benches. She then sat down and yanked Greg across her knees. "O.K. Greggie (nobody in school ever dared to call him that), it's time for mommy to give you your spanking you naughty boy." Jennifer then pulled down the training pants he was wearing as well as his boxer shorts and, with her strong right hand, began to whack his bare bottom with hard spanks while lecturing him about how she expected him to behave from now on. "You've been a naughty boy Greggie," SPANK! "And not just today," SPANK!, "but for a long time," SPANK! "Well, those days are over," SPANK! "Because if I ever hear of you abusing a girl again like you did to Joan today," SPANK! "then the next beating and spanking that I give you," SPANK! "will be in front of the entire school." SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! "Understand?" As I watched the incredible scene that was unfolding right before my eyes in the weight room, I didn't just get aroused, I actually had an orgasm - probably the best I ever had! For here was this amazing girl who lives right across the street from me, having just beaten up three of the strongest, toughest guys on the football team all by herself and was now spanking Greg (who is arguably the strongest guy of all) to tears. I mean he was actually starting to cry! Again I just had to say out loud, "Oh Jenny, you're awesome - totally awesome!" And like before, she flashed me a pretty smile and said, "Thanks again Joan. Perhaps we should explore this a little bit deeper - after I've finished punishing this naughty ex-boyfriend of yours that is." Again I started to get aroused. When Jennifer finally decided that Greg had had enough she stopped spanking him and let him cry for a minute or two. Then she ordered him to stand up. After he had done so Jennifer grabbed him firmly by his sweatshirt, dragged him over to where I was standing and forced him to get down on his knees. "Now I want you to apologize to Joan for slapping her around and beg for her forgiveness." When Greg hesitated Jennifer said, "Well, I guess this means you want another spanking, doesn't it? How about I spank you in front of the whole school?" With tears streaming down his face, the once mighty football star - now reduced to nothing more than a pathetic crybaby - swallowed what was left of his shattered pride and did what Jennifer ordered (I have to admit that, despite his dumping and slapping me, I actually began to feel sorry for Greg as I watched his total humiliation at the hands of this masterful girl, a girl who was now forcing him to grovel at my feet; so I forgave him). Jennifer then dragged the humiliated Greg over to Rick and Rodger (who were still lying on their backs) and forced him to lie down next to them. As she stood over the three battered jocks, Jennifer smiled, fluffed up her long, pretty brown hair again and put her hands on her hips - like a conquering Amazon warrior which, in a sense, I suppose she was. "Well, I hope you boys learned your lesson here today. Treat girls with respect from now on. Because if I ever hear of any of you mistreating a girl again, then the beating I just gave you will seem like a game of patty cake compared to the next one you'll get from me. And it will be in public too. Understand?" Satisfied that her message was understood (indeed, how could it not be?) Jennifer walked over to where I was standing, gently took me by the hand and, in a soft, sweet voice, said, "Come Joan, let's walk home together. I believe my work here is finished. And I think that it's time that you and I got to know one another better (wink)." And so, hand-in-hand, my amazing new friend and I left the weight room and began to walk home. One Hour Later Jenny and I were sitting on her bed and giggling like little girls. Her parents were in Europe on vacation and, as she's an only child, we had the house all to ourselves. All around the room there were trophies that she had won in various martial arts competitions - many of them coming against men! Jenny was sharing one of her favorite hobbies with me, reading from her vast collection of Wonder Woman comic books. "Ever since I was a little girl I've had a thing for Wonder Woman," she told me. "Sometimes I fantasize that I really am Wonder Woman." "Well you certainly were this afternoon in the weight room Jenny. I mean those were three of the strongest, toughest guys on the football team. And you not only mopped the floor with them, but you were casually carrying on a conversation with me as you did so. So if you weren't Wonder Woman, you certainly were Wonder Girl." Jenny smiled, reached over and playfully pinched my cheek; then she got serious. "I have a confession to make Joan." She paused before continuing. "Although I have gone out with guys before, I am bisexual; and I think I actually prefer female companionship. When guys find out just how good I am at martial arts they just don't seem to be able to handle it. I guess their egos get in the way. Before we moved here I was dating a nice guy named Joey. I really liked him a lot. Then one day I saw that he was being pushed around by Bill, the biggest and strongest boy in our school; a real bully if ever there was one. So I intervened and told Bill to back off or else. And when he laughed at me I beat him up. Joey watched the whole thing and our relationship was never the same after that. I mean I protected him, right? But Joey's fragile male ego wouldn't allow him to deal with having his girlfriend defend him by beating up the toughest boy in school." Jenny sighed. "Shortly afterwards we broke up. That's why when you said I was wonderful when I was punching out Greg in the weight room earlier today I said 'Thanks', because it really did mean a lot to me." Without fully realizing it I leaned over and rested my head on Jenny's shoulder and she put her arm around me. We sat there on her bed in silence for several minutes before Jenny asked, "Joan, will you be my girlfriend? I'll always protect you and promise never be abusive towards you like Greg was." "Yes," I said. "Yes Jenny, I'll be your friend. I'll be the best friend you've ever had." Epilogue: Two Years Later Jenny and I are sophomores at the university now. We're living together in an apartment just off campus and I couldn't be happier. I've long since given up cheerleading. Jenny is working her way through school by (what else?) teaching women's self-defense classes as well as an advanced class for brown and black belts only. I also began taking lessons from her and boy is she good. How she can shatter bricks and boards with her hands and feet never ceases to amaze me. From time to time I think back to that memorable afternoon when this strong, tough and wonderful girlfriend of mine easily beat up the three toughest boys in our high school because one of them slapped me. Jenny, what a great friend to have!