Weighted pressure

"Not our problem. But if you somehow win, then we'll buy lunch for the entire café, yours included. Deal?"

"I dunno..." Cheri began just as April grabbed her by the arm.

"Oh no you don't!" April said with a glare. "You're the one who got us into this, you don't get a say in the matter! We accept!"

"April..." Tanya said sternly as she pulled her friend off the naked blonde.

"See you there." Rachel taunted in a sing-song voice as she and Jack headed towards the weights and halters.

"April! We can’t afford two $1200 surfboards!" Ruby exclaimed, a look of worry on her face.

"And we won't have to when She-Ra, The Nudist Freak here lifts those weights!" April replied.

"How did you know that?"

"Look at the net and ask me that again."

"She's got a point..." Tanya muttered. At seeing Ruby give her a look, she shrugged and said, "I mean, she just showed us how freakishly strong she is. What've we got to lose?"

"'Freak'? 'Freakish'?" Cheri asked, blinking a few times before rubbing her arm and finding her feet more interesting. "I mean, I can probably find a way to -"

"Plus, think about it!" April interrupted as she placed an arm around the shoulders of her friends. "Not only do those buff bitches get humbled, but we get a free lunch out of it! We can order anything we want off that overpriced menu."

"But I -"

"Well, I have heard that their lobster lasagna is to die for." Tanya said thoughtfully.

"Maybe we can talk this out with them and come to -"

"And I checked the prices on their all you can eat dessert bar." Ruby said as she scratched the back of her neck. "And you girls know I have a sweet tooth."

"... Oh dear..."

"That’s the spirit!" April said as she and the others walked in the same direction as Rachel and Jack, Ruby falling back to gently lead a nervous Cheri forward.

Outside the café, a crowd of onlookers watched as the four came up to the weight area where Jack and Rachel were smugly waiting.

"That’s really the woman who busted our boards, is it?" Jack asked with a mocking laugh, "Look at her shake!"

Ruby looked over to see Cheri nervously shaking as she eyed all the people in the crowd watching her, the naked blonde's teeth chattering. "Are you okay, Cheri?"

"She's fine!" April said as she grabbed Ruby and dragged her to the sidelines. She momentarily paused as she muttered to Cheri, "Don't blow it."

"April!" Tanya and Ruby scolded as they went over to the sidelines.

Cheri gulped.

"Let me go first." Jack said smugly as she went over to a weight and attached two fifty pound weights to each side. "Watch and learn."

Bending down, Jack grabbed the bar and took a deep breath. With all her might, she lifted up and grunted before slowly lifting the two hundred pounds over her head, sweat beading down her neck and face as she strained. The crowd went wild with applause as Jack tossed the weight down onto the sand.

"Not bad. Not bad." Rachel said as she went over to a bench and added two fifty pound weights to the bar, one on each side as it added to the already established two one hundred pound weights. "But how about a little more weight...?"

Rachel laid down on the bench on her back, grabbing the bar with both hands as she took a breath. With a grunt, the brunette slowly lifted up the three hundred pounds with a yell, her muscles showing as she sweat bullets like her friend. Once more, the crowd went wild as Rachel slowly sat the bar back down and got up, her skin glistening sweat.

"Well, Scrawny, you're up!" Jack challenged.

"Um... I'd rather actually talk this out." Cheri said, giving her best friendly smile despite her nervousness. "Can we? Because I get really nervous under pressure and I think I can find a way to pay you back for your boards."

"Oh, we know you and your friends over there will pay us back."

"Who said we were friends?" April muttered. In a louder voice, she called out, "Just pick up a weight that weighs more, you weirdo!"

"I can't! My strength doesn't work if I'm self conscious or under pressure! And right now I'm both!"

"What does that mean?" Ruby asked in confusion as Tanya shrugged, equally as confused.

"Stop stalling!" Jack shouted, "Just lift those weights!"