Lita couldn't help herself, she actually purred as she ran down the steps of her apartment building. Finally she would get the chance to avenge her tennis loss to Andrew last summer. Not only that, she was going to have him all to herself for a few hours. She knew that Andrew was in love with Laura, but she was overseas at the moment and Lita was right here. It didn't matter to Lita that Andrew had told her on numerous occasions he wasn't going to betray Laura, she still loved to be in the handsome young man's presence. Of course, Lita loved to be around any handsome young man. That didn't mean that she was promiscuous of course, she was still a virgin after all. She just loved to be around men, and Andrew was one of her favorite men to be around. Whether it was at the game arcade, Student Union or on the occasional platonic outing, Lita could never bring herself to say no to Andrew when he asked. In fact, Andrew had almost as much trouble saying no to any of Lita's requests for company.
And now, after months of practice, Lita was going to try and erase the memory of the day she had finally met her match on the tennis court. At 5'10" Lita was much taller than your average girl, with a voluptuous figure. Her auburn hair was pulled back into its usual ponytail and held in place by purple hair balls. She was wearing a white tennis outfit, accented by thin green stripes at the sleeves, and a wider one around the rim of its pleated skirt. Even with a sport bra on her large breasts stood out and pulled the material of the blouse tight. On most women this would have seemed to be a deliberate attempt to draw attention to their chest, but Lita moved with the natural grace of an athlete, which somehow lessened that impression.
In fact, this outfit had been bought specifically because of the freedom of movement it gave her on the court. The silky looking material actually had plenty of give in it and was far from overstressed. Of course, that didn't mean Lita was unaware of its possible effect on her opponents, especially the male ones. She and Mena had spent four and a half hours carefully picking it out only 2 days earlier. Even the frilly lace on her panties had been argued over before being bought. After all, Tennis was one of the few sports where showing your panties was acceptable.
As she walked towards the game room, she wondered where they were going to play. All Andrew had told her was that he had found a new public court. One that almost nobody seemed to know about or use, and after her rather public and humiliating defeat last year, he was quite certain she would appreciate the privacy. The way he had said this had almost made her yell at him to book a court at the main city tennis complex. Only the obviously genuine concern on his face had stopped her from starting a scene in the middle of the arcade.
Now as she saw him waiting for her outside of the arcade, she forgot about the implied insult.
"Hi, Lita."
"Hi, Andrew. Are you ready to go?"
"Sure thing, come on, I had to park my car around the corner." As he led the way around the corner, Lita stopped dead in her tracks. The only car on this street was a bright cherry red Corvette convertible!
"That can't be your car!" she cried. "You can't get Corvettes here."
"Yes you can, you just have to be very patient, and make a few changes to the engines. It cuts down on the horsepower a bit, but it can still move when I want to.
"How did you afford it?" she asked, as he held open the passenger door for her.
"Oh, I didn't but it new," he said. "One of my dad's coworkers lived in Los Angeles for a while. After he came back, he realized that it would be politic to get rid of it. I mean, customs held it on the dock for inspection for so long he had almost given up hope. Since I'm young and still in University, I can still get away with having it." He stopped talking for a moment as he started the engine, and pulled into traffic. "I'll have to get rid of it before I graduate, or might have a hard time getting the kind of position I want."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, you know how it is. If you want to get a position with any of the major corporations, you have to live the right kind of lifestyle, not just have the best grades.
Lita would be testing for University later this year and hadn't yet realized just how important appearances might be once she graduated. "I thought all of that kind of stuff was in the past," she said.
"Oh, officially they are. But unofficially, it's best to pay attention to the old rules. Why do you think it's so hard to import American cars? We may have a quote "Open" trade relationship with the, but everyone knows the government makes it as hard as possible for anyone to actually buy one. Unless of course, you are chosen to be one of the token owners."
Lita sat there and thought about this. Then shaking her head she asked, "So, where is this new tennis court you found?"
"You know the park land around the shrine Rane lives at? Back on the south side is a dirt road that leads into the woods. You go back almost a kilometer and a half, and there it is.
"Huh! I've been throughout those woods with Rane, and I don't remember any tennis courts."
"I don't think it's on Temple land, Lita. In fact I think it might be on some land left over from some other temple. I do know that it's not marked as private, and it's in great shape."
Curious, Lita began watching the road ahead. Sure enough, right where he said it would be, a dirt road appeared leading back into the woods. Andrew slowed and turned onto the path. Almost immediately, the world seemed cut off as they passed under the first trees, and by the time the court came into view, Lita felt like she had entered another world.
"You are right, this does't feel like the land around Rane's temple. Still it does have a special quality to it."
"I know. When I first found it I knew I had to bring you here for our next match."
