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 ï>¿Surprise!!!! by Janie

   I went swimming this morning as usual, only none of my friends were
there -- all off shopping, I guess.  So after 60 laps in the big 25m pool,
I went to the little kiddie -(TM)s pool and did kick turns.  There -(TM)s
no one there for about four hours, now.  About six sets and I headed to the
showers, amid furtive stares from the lifeguards around.  I was the only
swimmer this morning; the lifeguards were about only other people around.

   'Merry Christmas,' I said to Thomas, a head lifeguard who works there,
passing by.

   'You too, Janie.  You're our best customer, you know... -(TM) Then
without warning, he continued, 'What's Santa gonna bring our little Janie
for Christmas?'

   OMG!!!  I thought, this was too fresh!  He's got to be at least ten
years younger than I am!  He shouldn -(TM)t talk with me familiar, like
that!!!!

   'I have no idea,' I replied, ignoring his precocious comment, without a
thinking at all.  Then it dawned on me again that he was looking down at my
swimsuit, again.  OMG!  (It was pretty skimpy, down there, I have to
admit.)

   'Well if I were Santa,' Thomas continued, 'I'd bring you a new swimsuit.
That one you -(TM)re wearing's pretty threadbare, you know --.'

   No I don -(TM)t know, darn you!  OMG, he'd noticed my swimsuit!!!  Even
while he stared!  Tom always stood above the little short pool, where I
practiced my kick turns.  It was just the right length to be there...  I
knew the lifeguards liked to look, but really, to stare at me now?  Then
comment about my swimsuit?  I mean really....  I was unemployed about a
year!

   'Because Janie, I love your swimsuit,' he continued, 'and it's probably
not right for me to say a word that I cared, one way or another -- I mean,
you must be close to thirty, I suppose.  Anyhow, I'm sorry, I mean I'm only
guessing about that -- surely, I shouldn't care.'

   'But Janie, what I mean is, you need a new swimsuit,' he continued. 
'The chemicals in the pool wear out nylon fabric, you know.  So Santa's got
a little gift for you at the entrance to the pool -- -(TM)

   OMG, I couldn't believe it!  They'd noticed my little old nylon suit
after all -- I was amazed.  So I did what only I could do, then.  I gave
Tom a big hug, telling him how much I appreciated his concern for what I
wear swimming.  I mean, after all, you'd think he was telling me politely
my sex showed.  Well cuz you know, maybe he could, I mean he could see a
little of my p*ssy.  Because I mean I could looking in the mirror in the
shower room.

   'Be sure to stop by and say hi to Bob on the way out,' said Tom.  'Merry
Christmas, Janie!' You -(TM)re the reason have of our swimmers are here,
you know! -(TM) (with a wink)

   Then it dawned on me, why I like swimming.  Wearing a light swimsuit,
shows my sex just a bit.  Maybe, I thought, well just maybe, it -(TM)s as
good as being nude  -" I mean almost.  In the morning, as long as I swim my
laps, and act 'professional' I can parade around exhibiting myself as much
as I want -- or dare.  That's why I love swimming!!!!  OMG I -(TM)ve gotta
go tell my psyche!

   On the way out by the desk, I stopped to say hi to the clerk, Bob.  Now
Bob's seventy-ish but still has that twinkle in his eyes, and he stares...

   'Janie,' he said, 'we've got a present for you.'

   'Here look, -(TM) he said with a grin.  He had a very nice package
wrapped up in a little box.  So excited, I couldn't wait to see what it
was. Plus Tom and the other lifeguards were watching through the windows.
But as I opened it, I realized it was a swimsuit inside that little
cardboard box....

   'Oh my gaawd, it's just what I ALWAYS wanted!' I bubbled, delighted.  It
was a very nice marmalade colored cross-back, my favorite Speedo style. 
And it was even made from.....  hmmmm, very, very light nylon.  Very
nice....  I mean very, very nice -- I was so embarrassed to get it, I was
turning red.  Then I realized there was only one little problem -- the
lining was still sewn in in front....

   That's okay, I thought to myself.  I can fix that in a heartbeat.....



   And just as I did, my sinuses opened up, pouring out what seemed like a
cup of water out from up there...  Oh my gawd, all over Bob's desk...  Now
I was embarrassed turning beet red --

   'Janie, you're wonderful,' said Bob, wildly laughing.  'Without you, I'd
do nothing here, but sleep, all day!  The lifeguards think about you the
same way I do, too.'

    -~Merry Christmas Janie, see ya Wednesday. -(TM)

    -~See ya, Bob.  Tada.  Say hi to the lifeguards for me -- -(TM) And
with that, I went prancing out by the big glass windows, smiling, blowing
kisses to the lifeguards holding up my swimsuit for them all to see!