Little did Rachel know, she was being observed silently by someone touring the fitness facilities along with Jared the manager and head trainer of the center; Sean Garret Grayson the third, entered the track area shortly after Rachel began her warm up. His eyes became so captivated by her performance he stopped to watch and forgot all about Jared. Sean was not a just a visitor to Total Body Fitness, he was the owner and CEO of the chain of fitness centers which were opening up facilities in all the major business buildings in the eastern United States. The former pro-football player started his NFL career as an offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles. However, at 6'6" and 265lbs. of power packed brawn; Sean had been picked up by the Atlanta Falcons when he became a free agent after two seasons with the Eagles. As a Falcon, Sean had not only donned a new jersey, but had been assigned a new position as a starting tight end because of his agility, incredible speed, and catching abilities. In his new position as tight end for the Falcons, Sean was instrumental in taking the Falcons to a win in the National Football conference which resulted in the Falcons first appearance in Super Bowl XXXIII. Unfortunately during Sean's last carry of the game he sustained a critical injury to his neck, upper back, and right shoulder and never played professionally again.
Sean, a native of South Carolina, fell in love with the Georgia climate and decided to make Atlanta his new home after he left the Falcons. He came up with the plan for his fitness chain while in rehab from his injuries and along with his best friend and former Eagles teammate; Jared Rollins, launched Total Body Fitness. Sean came up with the idea to contract with major business corporations putting state-of-the-art fitness centers in companies concerned with the health and wellness of their employees. Facilities like this one near the campus of Emory University and Hospital, located in the Center for Disease Control building. Sean negotiated a deal with all three establishments giving all the employees membership access to a world class spa and fitness center. The employees of Emory University and Hospital along with the employees of the CDC now had access to the center before, during, and after business hours. Total Body Fitness centers provide their patrons numerous amenities such as heated lap pools, Jacuzzis, an Olympic size pool, saunas, tons of state-of-the-art-weight and cardio equipment, basketball & racquetball courts, an on-site masseuse, and nutritious meals served in the on-site cafe. Also, a staff of trainers was always available to help with individual diet plans and work outs programs. Sean's centers were unique in that fitness membership contracts were purchased by the companies housing the facilities. Therefore, the CDC, Emory Hospital, and University secured full memberships for their employees to give them as signing bonuses, and to promote employee wellness. With Sean's help these companies began to see how much they saved in insurance claims for employees suffering from chronic health issues related to poor fitness levels. Some CDC's employees even received complementary memberships to Total Body Fitness, paid by the company, for joining the company's wellness program. The CDC paid for their employees annual memberships as long as they visited the facility three times a week. The employees earned perks, like monetary bonuses, and additional vacation time because they were not using sick time. Sean and his partner were make lots of money; the companies were saving lots of money, the employees were reaping the rewards of a healthy new lifestyle, and everyone was happy.
Sean, just arriving back home from the opening of his 100th facility in the New York City's CNN building, decided to stop in at the CDC facility on his way home to his Virginia Highlands penthouse apartment. He decided to meet with his friend and partner, Jared, to discuss some potential staff changes; and to get in a good workout before he headed home. Although he had a perfectly functioning gym in his home, Sean wanted to take advantage of Total Body's on duty masseuse, as his old football injuries began to protest all the traveling he'd been doing over the last seven months. Sean continued to observe the woman through her yoga routine, amazed at her level of flexibility and the fluidity of such a voluptuous, curvaceous body. Her bending, stretching, and flowing from one Yoga posture into the next was a sensual assault to his sex starved body. With the swelling of his manhood came the realization he been without sex for almost a year.
'Damn,' Sean said to himself as Ms. Bodacious widened her stance, bent forward at the waist, placed her hands flat on the mat and walked forward on her hands putting her luscious derriere at the perfect angle for his favorite sexual position. Sean, sporting a definite pronounced bulge in his pants shoved his hand into his pockets trying to inconspicuously readjust his package in his slacks before embarrassing himself in front of Jared. He vaguely registered his friend talking about something however, as his attention was totally taken with the bountiful beauty whose widening stance was sliding into a Chinese split right before his eyes. Sean thought it was the most erotic thing he had ever seen.
By now, after repeating his question to Sean twice with no response, Jared realized he no longer had his friend and partner's attention. Following the direction of Sean's gaze to the source of his undivided attention, Jared realized the lovely Rachel Matthews had virtually hypnotized Sean with her warm up routine. Jared strolled back over to join his partner who seemed glued to the spot. Sensing his friend's presence at his side Sean quietly asked, "Who is she Jare?"
Jared replied, "That lovely lady is Ms. Rachel Matthews." "Why do you ask?" "Could you be interested?" Jared asked with a raised brow glance at Sean.
Sean ignored his questions and Jared grinned as his friend tried unsuccessfully to stifle a groan as Rachel slid into another yoga posture.
"She is something else, isn't she?" Jared stated proudly. As one of Rachel's trainers Jared took pride in helping Rachel reach the level of fitness she now exhibited. He felt like a proud sculptor whose living work of art was receiving much deserved admiration.
"Tell me everything you know about her man," Sean replied.
"Well, let's see, Rachel is the executive assistant to the CFO at the Center for Disease Control. Her boss gave her the platinum membership as a promotion bonus about six months ago. Since receiving her membership, she comes in regularly every day about this time," Jared said.
Sean could not seem to tare his eyes away. He felt mesmerized continuing to watch Rachel stretch and twist her body into the moves of a professional contortionist.
"Is she married?" Sean inquired speaking to Jared never taking his eyes from Rachel.
"No, I don't think she is, man, and before you ask anything else, I don't know any more about her except that she seems to be a very nice lady. She usually arrives here somewhere between seven and eight pm, warms up for about 15 or 20 minutes, power walks a few laps around the track, does some cardio on the bikes and winds down in the Jacuzzi afterward." Jared informed him.
"Oh, wait, the other day she asked April if we had any plans to add a swim instructor to the staff. Apparently, she can't swim and wants to take lessons," Jared stated. He continued, "As a matter of fact, adding a swim instructor is one of the matters I wanted to discuss with you tonight." "Ms. Matthews is not the only member asking about swim lessons," Jared continued. Sean, only partially listening, thinking 'he would like to teach Rachel a few things and swimming wasn't one of them…but, then again, 'maybe that is exactly what I should do,' Sean thought. Teaching Rachel to swim would be the perfect way to get her to spend time with him because he was definitely going to be her lover. He had to have her.
Clasping Jared shoulder Sean said, "Jared let me run an idea by you," as he took one last long look at Rachel, turning to follow Jared to his office. Once both men were seated Sean pitched his idea to Jared.
"Listen Jare, I've been thinking about taking a few weeks off from all the traveling I've been doing lately. I just came from an opening in North Carolina, two in D.C., three in New York, one in Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. I am wiped out, tired of long distance drives, airplanes, hotel food, and missing home." We don't have any more openings for the next few months. All our new sites are still in the construction stages, so I will be sticking close to home for a while," Sean explained.
"Now, as you know I generally work out of our corporate offices at our facility in the AT&T building downtown, but I'm thinking about hanging out here while the construction is completed at our new sites. I want you to take over at the downtown facility while I take your place here," "What do you think, Jare?" Sean finished.
Jared smiled, "This doesn't have anything to do with a certain member we just saw warming up, huh?" he asked.
Sean started to deny it but knowing Jared for as long as he had he knew he could not lie to him.
"Well the lady is looking for a swim instructor, who better than me?" Sean said.
"I mean, wasn't I the captain of the swim team in college during the off season when we weren't playing football?" Sean reasoned.
Laughing Jared said, "Yeah, yeah, I know Sean I was there remember?" "Ok, when do you want to start?" Jared asked
"Today, is Thursday, so how about Monday morning?" Sean replied
"Ok," Jared said now that's settled let's get some of this paper work out of the way and decided on a budget for adding a swim instructor to the staff at the centers here in Atlanta. For starters, we will see how many members sign up for lessons, then implement water aerobics classes into the schedule, and see how popular these new programs work before adding similar programs in the other centers," Jared suggested.
Sean agreed hoping they would finish before Ms. Mathews left the hot tub because he had another task to complete tonight, meeting the woman who captured his attentions and reawakened his libido.