To the park

It was a quick ride over to the park; not that Lily couldn’t have jogged there, but depending on how hard she pushed herself, and how well these new shoes fit, she wasn’t sure she wanted to have to go home on foot as well. Stepping out of her car, Lily stretched a bit, her toned, tanned arms bare in her blue tank top, gray sports bra visible underneath. Lower, past a sliver of her toned stomach, she wore a pair of black workout pants, made of breathable fabric but tight enough that she couldn’t hide her toned calves, thick thighs, and shapely ass. And of course, her new sneakers.

Placing her headphones into her ears and her phone into a band on her upper arm, she made her way over to the track running around the park, and started off. At first, it felt like any other run; easing into her pace on a brisk almost-noon sun, black ponytail bouncing as her pulse and pace quickened. But then something unusual happened. Lily was used to being a bit faster than other folks on the track, but at a certain point the people around her seemed almost static. One blond, pink-clad woman, another of the park’s regulars, she could have sworn she’d lapped her twice now, and right next to the same water fountain both times. One man had been tying his shoe since she got to the park. A dog hadn’t yet caught the frisbee it was being tossed— seemingly because the frisbee had yet to descend any lower than it was when Lily had last seen it.

Feeling a little disoriented, Lily brought herself to a halt, and suddenly everything seemed normal again, though people were turning their heads and giving her an odd look. At first she thought they might have noticed something strange too, until she looked down and saw that it probably had more to do with her own appearance...