Tonya was in her last year of high school, 19 years old and the whole world at her feet. Her boyfriend was captain of the football team. Her circle of friends were the "cream of the crop" around the small town they had all been born and raised in. Her brother, James, was 18 and sometimes it was a popularity contest between the two to see who had more friends and the best grades. Her grades were matched only by the few honor students that roamed the halls of her high school and her looks were matched by no one. Tonya had always had what's called the "triple threat", meaning she had looks, personality and brains.
Standing at 5'7, a perfect 120 lbs, with long flowing red hair and deep green eyes, Tonya's beauty was usually the first thing people commented on. She had developed early in life, already sporting an impressive D cup by the time she hit 13 years old. This baffled her mother who had been cursed with an average B cup all her life.
Tonya was gorgeous, and she knew it. She never made excuses for her beauty, nor did she feel guilty when one of the other less attractive girls would feel sorry for themselves for not matching up to Tonya's looks. She kept a beautiful golden tan on her body, and kept her body beautiful by going to the gym three days a week after school. She had lucked out, one of her best friends' mother's owned the gym, so naturally she had no problem with giving her daughter's friends all access to the facilities.
One day, after school, Tonya stepped inside the gym, just like she had been doing three times a week for the past 2 years, when she noticed the janitor looking at her a bit strange. He was tall, medium built, but hard to make eye contact with considering he had on a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes and dark sunglasses on.
"What the fuck are you looking at?" she asked, obviously very upset that this low class man thought he had the right to stare at her, "Don't you have something to clean?"
The janitor just gave her a sideways grin and went about his business.
"Tonya!!!, so good to see you honey," said Gina, her friend's mother.
"Thanks, Miss Greer, listen you really should do something about that janitor, he gives me the creeps," she said, putting her duffle bag down at her feet.
"Who, Andy? He's been with us for years, he's usually on the night shift but he asked to work days for a couple weeks, he's harmless," said Gina, handing Tonya a cold bottle of water, "Enjoy your workout."
"Thanks," she said, picking up her bag and heading off to the locker room to change into her workout gear.
She always hated being in the locker room alone, something about it gave her the creeps, so she was always quick to dress out and get out into the main gym area.
Upon entering the workout room, again she noticed Andy staring at her as he mopped up around the treadmills. This time, she said nothing, she just went straight to the weight bench and begin lifting her normal 50 lbs, 100 times.
An hour later, after having done the weights, the treadmills and some kickboxing, Tonya decided it was time to head home. The clouds were getting dark and her windshield wipers on her car were broken, so getting caught out in the rain would not be a smart move.
After showering and changing back into her clothes, Tonya went to the front desk to tell Gina goodbye. That night, her phone rang, but no one answered when she said hello. Tonya shrugged it off and stretched out on her bed, thumbing through the latest Cosmopolitan. Twenty minutes later, the phone rang again. And again, no one answered when she said hello. She was beginning to get pissed, why call someone if you're not going to speak?
She dialed *67 to find out who her last caller was, but she didn't recognize the number. After deciding that not knowing would bug the shit out of her, she called the number back.
After 3 rings, a man answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Ummm, sorry to bother you, but someone from this number has called my house twice, but doesn't speak, can you tell me who that might be?" she asked, a bit nervously.
"Sorry dear," said the man, "I just got home myself, 10 minutes ago, and I live alone, I don't know who would have called your house."
"Ummm, ok then," said Tonya, sounding very confused, "Sorry to have bothered you then."
Her mind was racing as she hung up the phone. But, again, she shrugged it off. After noticing it was already after midnight, she decided to go to bed. She had to be up for school in 6 hours.
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The next morning, upon arriving at school and going to her locker, Tonya noticed 2 red roses taped to her locker door. Well naturally, she assumed her boyfriend, Ray, had left them. She happily took them off her locker and placed them on top of her books. As she made her way down the hall, she was quickly stopped in her tracks.
Just three feet in front of her stood Ray and the captain of the cheerleading team, Amy Morris, locking lips like two cheap whores in a hotel room.
"RAY, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!," screamed Tonya, throwing the roses at Amy and running away, dropping her books and folders, too.
"Tonya!!! Wait!!!," screamed Ray, following her down the hallway and out the front door.
Once outside, Ray found his broken hearted princess at her car, fumbling with her keys thru tear soaked eyes, "Baby, I'm sorry, it just sort of happened, you know the cheerleaders practice when the football team does. Look, I'm sorry, I didn't plan this."
"Fuck you, Ray," said Tonya, opening her car door, "Everybody said you were fucking around, but I wouldn't believe them because I'm an idiot. You two deserve each other, I hope she gives you an STD."
Tonya started up her car, slammed the driver's side door closed and sped off. Mile after mile she replayed the last two years she had been with Ray. She shook her head at her stupidity, cursing herself for not seeing the signs. Of course he would end up with a cheerleader, he's the captain of the football team, it only made sense.
Tonya decided she couldn't talk to any of her friends about this, they'd only side with Ray, like they usually did when he fucked up. Just then, she came upon the gym, she quickly pulled in and ran inside, hoping Gina wasn't busy.
Luckily, Gina was just doing paperwork in her office and was more then happy to lend a sympathetic ear. Tonya wasted no time dumping the dirty details about her so called, "perfect boyfriend."
"Well, honey, I'm sorry, I wish I had something wise to say that would make you feel better, but I don't. Most men are just clueless and don't really care what consequences their actions might bring," said Gina, handing Tonya a hanky and a sympathetic smile.
"Thanks, Miss Greer," said Tonya, smiling back.
A few minutes later, Tonya blew her nose and decided her little pity party was over, "I think I'll go work out, while I'm here," she said, "Maybe I can work out some of this new found anger."
"That's a good idea," said Gina, "I'd start with some kickboxing."
Tonya nodded her head in agreement, and headed out into the main gym, going straight to the kickboxing ring.
"Need a partner?" asked a man from behind her.
"What?" said Tonya, quickly spinning around and finding a tall, medium built man already decked out in kickboxing gear ; head gear, gloves, knee pads and plastic retainer for his teeth.
"I said, do you need a partner," repeated the man, climbing up into the ring.
"Sure," said Tonya, "But I should warn you, I've been doing this for over two years now."
The man just laughed as he began doing leg stretches, "That's ok, dear, I've been kickboxing for the past 10 years," he said.