Hi all. I'm new to writing and welcome your comments. I'm thinking about making this a small series.
Hope you enjoy :)
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As the principal of an architectural firm, Soraya had outfitted her urban home with an office in the extra bedroom that looked out onto a pedestrian heavy street. She loved watching people walk by, especially when they stopped to admire the trees and flowers that the previous owners had carefully put into place, matured into an oasis after years of care. Getting lost in observing the neighbors casually strolling down the street helped her recalibrate throughout the day as she busily plugged away on her laptop, building and analyzing construction plans, models, contracts, calculations and the like.
She was once married to her college sweetheart. Twelve years later when they amicably called it quits, Soraya decided to go out on her own and take all the risks she was afraid of taking previously. Starting a firm was perhaps what she was scared of the most. But with her career experience and network, she found success immediately, and was able to save up enough over only a few short years to purchase her little home only seven months before, in a vibrant, walkable community. She loved trudging up and down the many nearby hills during her runs, and that her gym was less than a mile away. She used these tools to channel the grief from the ending of a relatively lovely relationship, and the stress of her startup, to take good care of herself and stay fit.
At 5'4" she certainly wasn't tall, but what she lacked in height she made up for in perfectly voluptuous curves. And at 35, she made sure to keep everything lifted and tight. Her smooth, deeply tanned skin welcomed the sunlight, and her exotic features were highlighted with eyes the color of honey, long lashes and perfectly plump lips. In her line of work, she could tell she made many a man uncomfortable. Afterall, she exuded sex appeal unintentionally. Soraya simply smoldered. And though most people hated her for her looks, they soon fell in love with her easy laugh and thoughtful conversation.
Many of the passersby were familiar by now. The couple who lived around the corner with the adorable toddler who always stopped to smell the tiny flowers at the end of her driveway, even though they didn't smell; the older couple who never missed their brisk evening walk, pulling along Corby, their old golden retriever; the abundance of runners and probably more abundant young hipsters who were the likely draw for the many great restaurants and bars within blocks of her home.
In summer she worked a bit later, as it stayed light out longer and her neighbors allowed for even more visual breaks. Soraya had no family in town, and although she had a good amount of friends, she mostly stayed to herself and put in a lot of hours to build the foundation for her company. She was not looking for a relationship, and had an unspoken rule of cutting men off at about six months of dating lest they get too attached to her, which happened often. She knew in large part it was her carefree attitude about being in a relationship that triggered the men's natural tendency to want to conquer her. She relished the attention, and frankly, the power she had in denying them at the end of their six month "turn." Her girlfriends laughed about it and made a nickname for each of them to keep them straight - like Scotty Pippin who was exceptionally short but very sweet and confusingly well-endowed, Bird who was dumb as a doorknob but was incredibly masculine and great at spontaneous adventures, and the Exec, who was a rigid and boring attorney but who delivered many a wild night and gushing orgasm from simply giving her a good hard fucking on the regular.
She kept a few on the side to call on if she ever really just needed a dick inside her, but had cut off the last six monther recently and had decided to give herself a little break.
Over the last few weeks though, she began noticing a new neighbor who had chosen her street as his regular daily running route. She had seen him on the canyon trail the previous Sunday too, doing intervals in the early morning, already glistening in the morning sun, his shirt hanging uselessly from the waistband of his shorts. She found him to be quite gorgeous, although the closest she had seen him was about twenty feet on the sidewalk outside of her office window.
She loved his curly red locks and freckly skin. She assumed he had blue eyes although she never saw past his sunglasses. She typically found herself attracted to blonds or redheads (although she preferred brunette women, in the rare few opportunities she was given). He was likely about six feet or just a touch more, strong and fit but not uncomfortably chiseled looking, the latter of which was never a look she swayed towards. She made sure to be at her seat every day at 530 pm, to see her hot neighbor use her street as his personal gym. She loved watching his bubble butt bounce by, and if she was lucky, he would periodically stop near her house and look to his gps watch as he probably checked the stats on his previous mile.
On one such occasion, he did his watch check, then put both hands on his hips and used the view of the beautiful garden to take a breather. Although she didn't realize it at the time, she was gazing at him absentmindedly, a small smile on her face, head cocked ever so slightly to one side. He looked up, saw her, stared back for a split second, realized she wasn't actually "seeing him," then cracked a brief smile, and then turned and ran off.
Soraya realized what had happened just as he was running away. She was daydreaming about him while she was staring, and was so completely lost in thought that the natural urge to react had been completely eliminated. As soon as she snapped out of it she gently teased herself with an "ohhhh that wasn't totally and completely obvious, Raya," shook her head and rolled her eyes, and then got about to completing her last task of the day. She would go for a quick run and head back for a light dinner, maybe a little more daydreaming about Red, which would probably turn into massaging her smooth hairless little puss, before drifting off to bed.
The next morning was Saturday and the sun was early and bright. On these days, she typically went for a run before it got too hot, then lay out in her backyard with an iced tea and her book, until plans materialized amongst her friends. That day she found herself feeling exceptionally good on her run and added a couple miles to it, so that by the time she came back she was completely exhausted and ready to lay down and relax. The day warmed up quickly while she was out, and as she poured her drink and gathered her book and towel, she decided to forgo the bikini and just lay nude. After all, her fence was high enough for all the neighbors on the north side to be completely viewless of her yard. On the south side, there was one narrow lot next to her, and a two-story home next to that, but with only one window visible from her backyard. She was not much worried about it. The blinds were usually shut and she figured if there was really someone who wanted to see her naked, they could have at it. It would be her good deed for the day, she chuckled to herself.
Of course this house belonged to her new neighbor, and although this wasn't the first time in the only two months or so since he moved in that he had caught a glimpse of her from his bedroom window, sunbathing in her yard, it was the first time he had seen her do so naked. In fact, he found that she had a bit of a routine on weekend mornings - a run followed by a little sunbathing. So he made a note to check for her each Saturday, and usually more often than not, she rewarded him for his attention.