A Day at the Rec Center - Chapter 8

by Moonlight

I watched every head in the room turn to look at me as I opened the door and walked through it. I watched surprised expressions flash across the faces of the twenty or so people that were lined up by the pool in swimsuits, probably my competition. I watched the thirty or so people that had gathered around the edge of the pool room to watch the race whisper amongst themselves as I walked towards the small table set up for participants in the race.

I looked back at my competition and noticed that there were only two other girls and that each of them was wearing a one piece. I felt even more exposed as I realized that their conservative swimsuits made my nudity that much more noticeable and felt another rush of excitement as I realized that this would mean that everyone would be studying the details of my naked body that much more thoroughly. I finally reached the table to sign in on my shaking legs and looked up at the middle aged man that stood on the other end.

“I…I’m here for the race…My name is Heather…” I said nervously as he looked over my body.

“I’m not letting some naked teenager come in and make a mockery of our first swimming race,” he said, clearly not amused by my nudity. “Get out of here before I call security!”

I wanted to turn around and do what he had said, horribly embarrassed by his reaction. Everyone else that had seen my naked body up until now had simply stared and said nothing, except for April. I remembered how great I felt when April said she wished she had my courage…now I felt horrible as this man openly condemned my nudity. I was too scared to move and may have ended up frozen in place for hours if Lily hadn’t of come to my rescue.

“Hey!” She said angrily as she walked up behind me. “Swimming naked is perfectly okay by the rules of the rec center so leave her alone!”

“What the hell are you talking about?” There’s no way that-” the middle aged man’s angry speech was cut short by the entrance of another, much older, man.

“No, she’s right. Regardless, you are no longer required here so I must kindly ask you to leave,” the older man said.

The middle aged man suddenly looked worried, “Leave? Do you mean-”

The older man cut him off once again, “I mean that your employment with this facility has been terminated. Go collect your things and leave the premises, or do you want security to be called?”

The middle aged man fumed with rage as he stormed out of the room, stopping for a second to glare at me. The ordeal seemingly over, I relaxed a little and looked at the older gentleman who had sent him away.

“Thanks,” I smiled.

“Please forgive me for that man’s behavior,” the older gentleman said before smiling back. “My name is Eric Raines, and I am the owner of this rec center. I am pleased to make the acquaintance of the first person free-spirited enough to take advantage of our clothing optional dress code in years,” he continued as he extended his hand towards me.

“I’m Heather Lane. It’s an honor to meet you, Mr. Raines,” I said as I reached out and shook his hand.

“Please, just call me Eric,” he said with a smile. “As an apology for your earlier experience I’ll see to it that your membership is set to never expire.”

I couldn’t believe what Eric had just said, “I-I…Thank you!”

Lily spoke up from behind me, “You said that this place had a clothing optional dress code?”

Eric’s smile broadened, “Yes, although it’s never stated directly within the rules. Rather, as you must have already figured out, there are no rules that explicitly say that clothing of any kind must be worn. It’s a little leftover from when this place first opened way before you were born and people were much less uptight about their bodies.”

Our conversation was interrupted by a voice from the far side of the room, “All participants in the race please report to your assigned lanes. I repeat…”

“Ah, looks you need to go now. I wish you the best of luck with the race, Heather,” Eric said as he looked down at a clipboard resting on the table. “You’re in lane 6.”

I nodded and walked over to the pool, feeling a lot better about my nudity. I noticed that the other two girls tried to ignore me, but every male racer’s eyes were glued to my body. I shivered with excitement as I stood between two teenage boys that I didn’t recognize, my bare skin only about a foot away from their bodies.

I heard the signal to start and jumped into the pool. Most of the other splashes I heard where delayed which caused me to wonder if my competition had waited to get a view of my bare backside as I jumped into the water. I swam forward with everything I had, hoping to capitalize on my current lead, and noticed one of the other two girls just behind me as I pushed off the far end of the pool to turn around after making it across.

I focused on what it would be like to win. I focused on a free vacation. I focused on standing naked in front of the crowd as I was crowned the victor. I noticed that the other girl was about even with me now and that several of the boys were about to catch up to us. I put all of my strength into trying to reach the finish line as I saw the other swimmers close in on me. I looked up between strokes and saw Trevor and Lily cheering me on and focused on winning for them. I lost myself in the motion of each stroke until I finally touched the wall and waited for the winner to be announced.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Crowd favorite from the moment we all saw her ‘swimsuit’, Miss Heather Lane!”

I climbed out of the pool and looked around to see the crowd cheering for me. I wondered if their whistles were in response to my victory or my nudity…or perhaps both? I smiled and took a small bow before walking past the crowd to join Eric and the announcer in an open part of the room.

“Congratulations, Heather! Is there anything you’d like to say?” the announcer said as he handed me the microphone he was holding.

“Um…” I began as I took in the sight of so many eyes looking at me in admiration, looking at my naked body, “I’d like to thank my friend Lily for signing me up.”

“Was she also the one that choose your ‘swimsuit?’” the announcer asked.

I felt a wave of excitement course through me as my nudity was pointed out, not that everyone hadn’t already noticed, “I like being naked,” I admitted without thinking.

I quickly realized what I had done. I felt a wave of embarrassment rush through me, but it was quickly overwhelmed by an intense tingle that spread through my exposed flesh. I watched several faces in the crowd smile as I admitted to enjoying exposing myself and I found myself wanting to truly expose myself to them like I had truly exposed myself to Trevor. It took all of my concentration to keep my hands from straying to intensify the pleasure that was spreading all across my bare skin.

“We can work out the details of your vacation over dinner at the fanciest restaurant in town,” Eric smiled. “My treat. Does tonight work for you?”

“Can I bring my friends?” I asked.

“Of course! But may I ask you to pose for a picture with me for our website. This competition is going to the first of many designed to bring more people to this rec center and I wanted to get a photo with each winner. Don’t worry, I’ll have the picture censored when it gets posted online.”

I thought about having my picture on the rec center’s website. A picture of my naked body available to be seen by anyone at any time. A picture of my bare flesh that I could look at to remember the time that I stood naked in front of a crowd of people and told them that I liked being naked…

“Only if I get a copy of the original,” I responded.