The First Draft

Elise couldn’t sleep. It showed on the bags under her eyes and the lack of focus from the patrons. Kar worked for a few hours with the blonde on Tuesdays before he set off for the night. He saw how distracted she was, and caught her attempting to nap a little between customers. He tapped her shoulder during one of her naps. She yelped and looked back angrily. “Can’t you see I’m…”

“Trying to sleep on the job?” He said, smiling.

Elise sighed and rubbed her head in frustration.“Shut up…”

“What’s the matter? I’ve never seen you this tired before.”

Elise began to explain her situation yesterday. From the Suzi interaction to them walking home, to her offering to be a model for the contest tonight. “...And I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”

Kar wasn’t as impressed. “So you couldn’t sleep? Come on, bro. You might be investing a bit too much in all of this. What is making you so anxious?”

“Well for one,” Elise responded as she got up to grab her bag of art supplies. “I could mess this all up and have her hate me. I could be too distracted and end up messing up the project. A lot of reasons Kar!”

He scoffed. “Sometimes you don’t gotta think about the problem. Sometimes you just gotta…do it.”

“How can I do things without thinking about it?”

“You’re overthinking, Elise. That’s the main issue. Maybe next time, just say what comes to mind. Try to get out of your own head and just go for it.”

Elise hummed. “Just do it….Just do it…”

Kar smirked and clapped. “That’s the spirit!”

The anxiety was still there throughout the day. Elise knew that the only thing that was hurting her is herself, she was just overthinking, like what Kar said. She wanted to stop, but every time the modeling came up in her mind, there was this pit feeling in her stomach. A rising fear she couldn’t control. She’d had to put the fear away for now, as the moon made its appearance, signaling the gym’s closure.

Elise wandered the halls to find the tanned muscled woman, only to find her in her tank top and jogging pants, getting a drink of water in the hallway, next to the locker room. One saw Elise and smiled after getting her last swig of refreshing water. “Hey there!” She approached the blonde, happy to see her. “I’ve been working out extra hard for this! I’m just so excited to be drawn!” Suzi was grinning ear-to-ear, while slightly bouncing in place.

Elise also smiled slightly as she kept her posture terribly hunched over in Suzi’s presence. She hid her hands to hide how sweaty her palms were. Eventually, she forced herself to speak up. “G-great. I’m sure it’ll be fun!” She responded though she was still somewhat quiet.

Suzi followed the smaller woman as she did her closing routine, keeping her bag close. She couldn’t help but study the blonde again. She was a lot cuter with that social awkwardness, or at least to Suzi it was. Her body wasn’t anything to scoff at, as well. Elise was slim and short. Her face was also smaller than most, with the majority usually covered by her beautiful blonde hair. Her lips were small and thin, but the rare times she smiled made Suzi feel something pleasant inside her.

Elise locked the gym down and began walking down the streets with Suzi. The night was humid, with a clear night sky. Since Amor was a small town, the stars were plentiful. The crickets and other night creatures made their music, giving the walk some atmosphere. The blonde looked at the ground, thinking of anything to say. The fear of failure crept up on her like a demon, so she blurted out something before it ruined her. “How are you?!”

The blue-haired girl giggled as she heard her basically yell out the question She tapped her chin for a moment. “I’m ok. I’ve just been enjoying my summer vacation so far. I love Amor in July. It’s my favorite spot to come to.

“You don’t live here?”

Suzi shook her head. “I live in Miami.” Amor was a little over an hour away from Miami, making the small town more like a gateway into the Flordia Keys. “Miami sucks in the summer. Too many people want to go over there and party. And don’t get me started on the drugs. It’s bad year-round but it’s unbearable in the summer.”

Elise nodded, listening closely. “Yeah, it’s always quiet here. Some say it’s boring but I love how small this place is. It’s so romantic”

Suzi looked at the other, curious. “How so?”

“Because there are so many personal spots here. Downtown is small but there’s full of restaurants and the park is gorgeous this time of year. And the beach? Oh my, The ocean is lovely. I could always stare at it to clear my mind.” Elise sighed happily, thinking of the landmarks in Amor. The clear love for her city was clear in her eyes.

Suzi chuckled at her cute soliloquy, playfully bumping the blonde’s shoulders as they neared her apartment complex. “Maybe you can show me some of those places, eh?” She winked in an attempt to flirt.

Elise’s white face was once again flushed with pink. Her head went low, allowing her hair to cover her face. Her natural response to getting hit on. It was a rare occurrence, especially from a big, strong woman. She got to the door of her complex and opened the door, walking her way to the second floor. When the duo went inside Suzi took a look around the small apartment, which was slightly messy with scribbles and broken pencils on the ground. The walls were littered with more complete drawings, ranging from her favorite show characters to most recently muscular women, oddly looking like Suzi.

The muscle woman placed her bag down and unzipped her jacket to show her chiseled body with her sports bra. “So I can sit down here? Or…” She pointed to the living room couch.

Elise attempted not to faint and calmed down, nodding as she saw the bigger woman sit down and got comfortable. She grabbed her stool and art supplies to place them down in front of the couch, moving the table out of the way to get close enough to Suzi to see her…assets in all their glory. Thanks to the lamp light made her tan skin almost glow against her oily skin. Elise gulped as she flipped her sketchbook to a new page. “O-Ok… Let’s start with something simple. I just want to get your full features, so I want you sitting straight up, I need details on your face and body.”

Suzi nodded and adjusted her posture, sitting up with her arms down, making a neutral expression, though she was quite excited about being the subject of a drawing. she made sure her body was shown as the artist got to work.

The woman started off simple, putting her pencil down to begin sketching the outline of Suzi, from head to mid section. Once she made the outline, she added the details, making short, wavy lines symbolizing her hair. Next, she got to work on her small ears and nice eyes, adding small details to finish her iris. Suzi’s medium-sized nose was next, only taking a few moments to add the detail of her nostrils. Elise moved her pencil to finish the head by making her nice, full lips.

Suzi couldn’t help but break into a smile as she saw Elise’s blushing face. “Can I see what you got so far? You seemed to be enjoying yourself.”

The blonde fixed her glasses and looked away shyly. “Y-Yeah…” She passed the strong woman the notebook, seeing her head. “Wow… I love it already. Can you finish this tonight?”

Elise checked the time. “I can’t. I usually sleep around this time.”

“Oh? It is like eleven, I forgot.”

“Yeah. I’ll be sure to send it after work.” Elise walked over to open the door for Suzi. Meanwhile, the muscular woman got her bag and jacket on to stand next to her.

“Ok. I’ll see you around!” Suzi hugged the woman, using her muscles to hold and comfort the lonely artist. She soon let go and walked away.

As Elise closed the door, She slid down it, panting due to pure pleasure. She covered her mouth to hide how loud she was. Her heart was pumping madly, she shook and smiled at how happy she was, it was nothing but bless from her end. 

My heart can’t take this, I need to kiss her!