Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:13:19 -0500 From: Richard <rwestgate@rogers.com> Subject: Naked School Teacher: Chapter 1 This work is original and completely fictional. Naked School Teacher Chapter 1. David Jones stared with open frustration at the twenty teens sitting in the classroom facing him. They stared back with ill-disguised hostility. For the moment it wasn't too noisy, though there was the constant mutter of comments. He never seemed to achieve the utter silence that other teachers managed. What exactly was wrong with him? Glancing at his watch and seeing that the end-of-day bell was due any second, David made up his mind about something. "Macdonald, stay behind after class, I want a word with you." Spencer Macdonald's head bobbed up from where it had been laying almost flat on his desk facing his friend Delroy Carter. They had been chatting most of the lesson. "Me? I ain't done nuthin," he complained loudly, arrogantly. "You're not in trouble, I just want to discuss an idea I have with you." "He want's to suck my dick!" Macdonald smirked none-too-quietly to Carter. Carter snorted, the rest of the class chorused, "Oooooooo!" David closed his eyes momentarily. This could not go on. Fortunately the bell sounded before he had a chance to respond, and the class en masse made a bolt for the door, chairs crashing all over the place. "Quietly! Slowly, take your time," David yelled futilely into the din. He turned from where he'd been perched on the front of his desk and closed the classroom door. He looked at Spencer Macdonald still sitting sullenly at his place, and crossed the floor to sit in the chair beside him. Macdonald regarded him silently. He was a wiry tough black kid from the inner city. Fourteen years old and already in line to be king-of-the-hill at this residential school for difficult boys set in the middle of the Kent countryside. David wondered quite where to begin. Only twenty-one himself, and a recent graduate from a three-year teacher-training college program, David was slim, about 5'8" white skin with fair hair and blue eyes. A greater contrast between two people could hardly be imagined. David had done well at college, with the notable exception of being able to keep order with unruly, rambunctious kids in his various teaching practices. In some schools he did well, in those that did not have the old-fashioned English discipline imposed from the Headmaster, and individual teachers had to live by their own ability to keep good order, David did terribly, and hence his problems with this class. This class was the worst. Younger kids and David got along like a house on fire. Somehow as they reached the mid-teens and began to challenge authority, David felt more threatened and he responded by getting uptight, losing his great sense of humour, and generally becoming a complete asshole. He recognized it, but didn't know how to correct it. He'd thought of counseling, but was reluctant to admit he couldn't deal with it. So here he was about to embark on the plan he had decided to try. "Um, Macd...., er, Spencer," David began. Macdonald grimaced, "That's Macdonald to you," he sneered, glaring at David. David swallowed and started again. "Okay, sorry. Macdonald. I know you don't like me." "No shit!" "Just let me say this. I know you don't like me. I admit to you that I can be an idiot sometimes." "Try most o' the time!" "Okay, okay. You're not making this easy." Macdonald just sat slumped in his seat with that look on his face that communicated utter disdain. 'Oh boy,' thought David. "Okay, look, what I want to say is that I would like us to get to know each other, outside the classroom. I need to be able to relax and talk to you as a person, not as a teacher. I think if we get to know each other a bit, maybe we'll be able to get on better in class." David ran out of breath, having delivered this speech all in a rush. "So?" "So, I'm thinking maybe I could get permission to take you out with a couple of your friends on Saturday." "Where?" "Oh, anywhere you like. Your choice, you name it." David felt a little encouraged, at least he hadn't turned down the idea out of hand. "So who's going with us?" 'He's agreeing!' thought David in delight. He permitted himself a slight smile to encourage Macdonald. "Who do you want to take with us - any two people you choose." David had a pretty good idea who he'd choose. "Carter and Smith." Stated Macdonald categorically. Exactly who David expected. Delroy Carter was also black, originally from Uganda, and Tom Smith was an East End Londoner, as white and cockney as they come. "So where do you want to go?" "We'll go to the beach." "Okay, you're on! I'll make the arrangements with the Headmaster, and clear it with your houseparents. We'll leave right after breakfast on Saturday, I'll pick you up at the main entrance." Spencer Macdonald stayed slumped where he was, and regarded David with the same contempt as before. "This ain't gonna make any difference ya' know." "Well, let's give it a try," said David with all the sincerity in his voice that he could muster. "Your money," said Macdonald, getting up and leaving, knocking over his chair as he did so. As David picked up the chair and began straightening the classroom, he reflected whether he was doing the right thing. Time would tell though things surely couldn't get much worse. It was only David's third month at this school located in a huge rambling Victorian mansion in the idyllic Kent countryside, yet already things were going badly wrong with this particular class. If it was just inside this classroom, that would have been one thing, but the kids from this class continued their disrespectful manner all around the school whenever they saw him. They'd mutter insults just loud enough to provoke laughter that followed him down the halls. They would openly defy him if no other teacher with more authority were around. When they provoked David to near livid, incoherent rage, they'd just laugh and walk away - or if he got mad enough, suddenly cave and do what he wanted, seeming to exactly judge the point at which David was provoked enough to call in the Headmaster, or take the matter further. David brushed back his mid-length blonde hair, locked up his classroom and headed through the School grounds to the little cottage he occupied with his wife and small son. Saturday finally came, though the week dragged. Macdonald's class was no different. The three boys he was to take to the beach exhibited no change in behaviour, and never even mentioned the outing. David almost expected them not to show up. But when he drove his station wagon around the building, there they were lounging on the steps. They piled into the car, Macdonald taking the front seat next to David. They were their usual rambunctious selves, talking loudly and insultingly about everything from sports to their own sexual conquests which, given the social backgrounds of the three boys, could possibly be true David reflected. David didn't join in the conversations, but nor did he interrupt even when the language turned the air blue. The boys gradually began to realize that David was not going reprimand them for either their language or the topic of their chat. "Are you gonna report us for talking like this?" Demanded Macdonald after some time. "No I'm not. I want you to know that for today, I'm not your teacher. Anything goes. And nothing goes outside of this group. I will not tell anyone about what you say." "Coool." Said Tom Smith. He was a little runt of a guy. Skinny and boney, green eyes, fair slightly reddish hair, and an imp-like face. Delroy Carter was the biggest of the three. Quite muscular and solid. Absolutely jet black skin and bottomless pools for eyes. It was early July and the sun was shining. I was a beautiful day, very warm with a gentle breeze. David had dressed in khaki shorts and a white tee-shirt. The boys were in baggy jeans and tee-shirts with rock stars or soccer stars on them. The drive was uneventful. David resisted their incessant questions about where they were going. He had decided to take them to Camber - Camber Sands. It was a wild stretch of coast along the English Channel, characterized by miles of sand dunes and tufted scrub grass, flattening out to the sea in a long sloping beach. You could walk almost a mile to reach the water at low tide. David had thought about going to Brighton or even Hastings, his home town, but the thought of these three misbehaving amongst the crowds of tourists was too much, so he'd elected Camber, remote and lonely with few people around. As they approached the area he was aiming for, the boys started to get excited. "Hey look at that! Where is this place. I didn't know this existed!" David parked, picked up his picnic bag, and led the way into the dunes. They walked quite way towards an area David knew would be quiet, away from most other people. He chose a depression in the dunes, just on the edge of the flat beach. The sea was in retreat - the tide was going out. Their little camp spot was surrounded by dunes topped with long spindly coarse grasses waving in the breeze. It was hot in the little hollow sheltered from the wind. David spread a couple of blankets, dropped his bags and flopped down. The kids did likewise, somewhat out of breath from struggling across the shifting sand. After a while the boys began stirring. "What are we gonna do now?" "Fancy a swim before the water goes too far away?" "Okaaay," cheered Smith, jumping up and rummaging in his bag for his towel. Finding it, he stripped off his clothes revealing that he was already wearing a tight black speedo-style swimsuit. He filled it out nicely, and it showed dramatically stark against his painfully white body. "Don't you ever get out into the sun," asked David wondering how anyone could be so white. "Nah," said Smith. "Well, you better use this sunscreen or you're going to burn badly. Want me to rub it in your back?" "Right! Let you get your fag hands on me? No way!" Smith laughed. The other boys laughed too, and high-fived each other. "Good one Tom!" David was silent, turning to finding his own towel, blushing furiously. He started removing his shoes, socks and shorts. Wearing just his Y-front jockeys and his tee-shirt he fished his swimsuit out of his bag. He turned his back to the boys, who were horsing around, Smith trying to obstruct the other's efforts to get their swim trunks on. David slipped his underwear off as quickly as he could, and tried to get his swimsuit on quickly. Unfortunately, he got one foot in, but stood on the swimsuit with the other, dropping the whole thing on the ground in the process. "Hey, I can see Mr. Jone's ass!" Exclaimed Carter. The others giggled. "Poke something up it!" one of them yelled. David wasted no time getting his swimsuit pulled up. He stripped off his tee. David was athletic, slim with nice but not overly-developed muscles. Very boy-next door looks. He was tanned an even slightly reddish brown, and his swimsuit was a sunshine yellow, also speedo style, but it had a mere one inch at the sides, and was slightly pouched at the front, so it allowed him to hang without restriction. It made him look gorgeous. The three boys looked at him as he turned around. They didn't say anything, just looked him up and down. "Fag," he heard Carter mutter under his breath. The other two broke up, rolling all over the blanket. "See you in the water!" yelled David, and took off before his blushing would cause further comments and laughter. David was a good runner, and the kids couldn't catch him before he made it to the water's edge. He ran into the water until it reached over knee-depth and he had to walk. They caught up with him, laughing and splashing in the waves. They splashed each other and him. David gave as good as he got, and they walked out deeper until the water was almost chest deep. David dived under a wave and swam out a little way. Turning he looked at the boys ... "Are you coming?" he yelled as they stood looking after him. They turned away and continued splashing each other, running up and down parallel to the shore. 'They can't swim,' thought David, a little glimmer of light going on in his head. The group splashed about, pushing and shoving, wrestling each other and trying to push each other under the waves. David hovered on the edge of the action but was largely ignored. Eventually the water had receded to the point that they had to either trek for miles to get to deep water, or give up. They gave up. "How about a drink?" suggested David. The boys took off, easily beating him back to the dunes, where they were busy swigging pop from the cans David had packed when he finally showed up. David took a can and drank from it, flopping onto the rug near the boys. And so the day went. They flew kites from the hard-packed flat sand where the tide had retreated. They even played a tag game that they allowed David to participate in. They ate lunch and then took off exploring the dunes. Finally in mid-afternoon under the baking sun, they all flopped down exhausted to drink the last of the pop. After laying around in the sun for half an hour or so, Macdonald got reenergized and sat up. "Now whaddawedo?" "Um," said David, temporarily out of ideas. He sat up a little leaning back on his elbows. "Let's play The Game," suggested Carter. The way he said it, it was capitalized and everyone except David knew what he meant. "What game's that?" asked David intrigued. "Oh, you wouldn't play it with us." Intoned Macdonald unctuously, some of his attitude, which had dissipated somewhat during the earlier games, returning in the sneer on his face. "I told you, today anything goes. Ask me anything and I'll do it with you. No limits. Today is about me getting to know you guys and trusting you. I'm trusting you." "Well ...," said Smith, "it's kinda like, well it IS, Truth or Dare." He looked David straight in the eye. David didn't react, just stared at him, with a million thoughts going through his mind. He'd just made his trust speech and here he was being put immediately to the test. It was put up or shut up time. "Okay," David tried not to gulp, "I'm in." "Aaaalriiiight!" cheered Carter. The three boys exchanged grins. David had even greater misgivings. "These are the rules," said Macdonald, his attitude vanishing in a second, he seemed eager and excited grinning widely. "We throw dice, and the lowest gets to be asked the Truth or Dare. Then if he does it, he gets to be ask the next loser." "Who asks the first question?" asked David. Smith piped up, almost beside himself with excitement, "Highest dice asks the first question." Macdonald continued. "If you can't or won't do the dare or answer, you get a penalty. Failure to do the penalty results in the other three forcing you to do something." "Like what?" asked David curiously, "and what's the penalty?" Carter chipped in, "We all decide the force thing at the time. The questioner sets the penalty." Macdonald continued, "No dares beyond the game, nothing that lasts more than two minutes." He produced four coloured dice from his pocket. 'Prepared, hmmm,' thought David. Each chose a colour. All three rattled the dice professionally in their fists and rolled them onto the rug in the middle. Carter got the high number and Jones got the low. "Alright! Okay Tom, Truth or Dare?" "Um. Truth I guess." Smith looked uncertainly at David, obviously feeling a bit vulnerable as the first one to go in this new situation with a teacher. "Tom, when my ten bucks was missing from my wallet last week, was that you?" Smith went beet red, and tears appeared to well up in his eyes. He looked at David. "Ah, well, I guess! .. Will you tell on me, Sir?" addressed desperately to the bemused teacher. "No, it's okay, I told you, I'll tell no tales from this weekend. My lips are sealed!" "I thought it was you," said Carter grimacing at him. "Little shit!" "I'll pay you back!" offered Smith anxiously. "Yeah, right!" After a moment or two of staring at his feet, Jones looked up and said, "My turn!" The dice rolled. David got the low number. "Hey, great!" Smith yelled triumphantly. All traces of his embarrassment at stealing from his supposed friend disappeared. David smiled at him. "Truth or Dare?" "Ah, dare, I think." David said it bravely smiling warmly at the little runt of a kid. Smith's gray eyes sparkled, and his hair had taken on a golden sheen in the bright sun. He looked quite beautiful, his bare chest beginning to flush from the sun, his boney knees drawn up to his chest. The Artful Dodger on vacation, thought David. "For two minutes, you gotta wear Macdonald's underwear over your head and face, with your nose in the crotch." "And if I choose the penalty?" asked David, not at all sure this was a proper activity for him to participate in after all. "You get naked for two minutes!" Exclaimed Jones in glee. "Gee, you sure don't waste time in getting down to it!" David had played this game of course as a kid, but it had taken his little group a long time to get to the 'rude' dares. Well, no way was he going to get naked in front of them - it could cost him his job. "What's it gonna be?" "I'll take Macdonald's underwear I think." Macdonald rummaged in his bag, and a pair of white Calvin Klein boxer briefs came sailing over to David. Trying not to think too much about what he was about to do, he twisted them around and put them over his head, with his nose in the inside of the crotch. He could instantly smell the sweat, piss and funk of Macdonald's crotch. 'Gross,' David thought to himself, but he sat there feeling ridiculous, inhaling the fumes. He tried not to think about the kid's cock that had been nestling in there for hours earlier in the day. The kids were killing themselves laughing, rolling about on the rug, high-fiving and generally having a great time at his expense. The two minutes felt more like 30, but eventually it was over. David removed the briefs when told to. He looked, red-faced, at the three boys. They smiled broadly at him, and slowly a smile replaced his embarrassment. To his surprise, they all high-fived him. "Didn't think you'd do it," said Macdonald with just a tiny, grudging smidgen of respect in his voice, "good on 'yer, Mr. Jones." David could not ever remember Macdonald calling him by his name, he never called him 'Sir' or Mr. Jones, didn't call him anything in fact, just as if he were an object beneath contempt. 'Progress?' wondered David. The dice rolled. David got the low number again and sighed, but they rolled again, "You gotta ask the question this time," said Carter. "Why don't three roll and leave out the 'asker'?" suggested David. "Hey, why didn't we think of that?" Macdonald burst out laughing. Macdonald got the low score. "Truth or dare," asked David. "Truth," said Macdonald instantly. David was prepared. "Why don't you like me?" He looked challengingly at the boy. Macdonald was unfazed, almost as if he'd prepared a speech he began naming points off on his fingers, "First you're a stuck-up son of a bitch, you hate blacks, you're so asshole uptight I'm surprised you can shit, you got no sense of humour, and you don't like the three of us, so why should we like you?" The tirade ended, leaving David almost breathless, even though it was Macdonald doing the talking. Suddenly in spite of how badly he was feeling, he was glad he'd done this day with the boys. Perhaps he was on the right lines after all. "Whew! You don't pull your punches, do you?" He looked up into Macdonald's eyes as they stared accusingly at him. "Actually, I'm glad we're doing this - I think maybe if we can get all this stuff out in the open, perhaps things can be better. Thank you for being honest Macdonald." "Yeah, whatever." Macdonald slumped back down onto the rug from his sitting position. The dice rolled. Smith got low score again. Macdonald grinned an evil grin. "Okay, boy, get them trunks off!" All Smith was wearing was his little brief swimsuit, "stand in the middle and turn around slowly for two minutes!" Poor Smith went beet red again, a rather charming trait, David decided. He looked at David, the other two also looked directly at David. They were quiet as if waiting expectantly for something. David looked from one to the other. He drew a breath. Another moment of truth. Almost imperceptibly, he nodded to Smith, who sighed, permission given. He stood up and stood awkwardly for a moment, then quickly slid his swimsuit down and stepped out of it. He moved to the middle of the group, and slowly turned around. There was silence between them, only the soft sound of the wind in the grass on top of the surrounding dunes, and the occasional cry of a seagull. David was unexpectedly entranced by the sight. Tom Smith, naked and slightly self-conscious was the picture of erotic yet innocent boyhood. His cock was long and slender, his pubic hair fair like a soft down. His balls were relaxed and hanging low in the heat. His skin, head-to-toe was perfect and unblemished except for a few scrapes on his legs. David drew an involuntary breath that caught their attention. Smith stopped turning facing him, the others looked at him. "Cute, ain't he?" said Carter, "don't you think, Mr. Jones?" David dragged his eyes away from the angelic sight and down toward the ground. "Yes," he admitted curtly. The boys all grinned at each other. Smith looked pleased. He put his swimsuit back on. The dice rolled. David was low. Smith was almost boiling over with glee. "Okay, Mr. Jones, Truth or Dare?" David closed his eyes, "Dare." "Mr. Jones, you gotta stand naked in the middle and turn slowly around for two minutes." Naturally. "With your hands on your head," he added in afterthought. So here it was, how could he back down after all his lofty speech? "Okay, but no touching," David stood up and quickly shucked his swimsuit, moving to the middle of the little circle. He put his hands on his head and looked at the three, they were glancing meaningfully at each other with kind of raised eyebrows. Why was that? What had he said? 'No touching.' Oh no, he'd just put the thought in their minds. He continued to turn cursing himself for an idiot. The three boys shuffled closer, and stared at his cock exclaiming at it's size, it's shape, the fact he was circumcised, the fact that his pubic bush was clearly trimmed and his balls obviously shaved. David was rather proud of his dick. It wasn't big, but it was a perfect shape, and just heavy enough to cup itself over his ample compact balls. His pubic hair like the hair on his head was fair, not blonde not quite brown. Sort of in between. David was a well-built young man, a swimmer's kind of body, broad shoulders, well developed pecs, but not overly so. Trim waist, narrow buttocks. His body had very little hair, and what little there was was almost invisible as it was so light in colour - a small patch on his chest and a narrow line from his navel to his pubes. He had an all-over tan, something the boys instantly picked up on. "Where do you sunbathe nude, Mr. Jones?" asked Smith excitedly. "I'm doing a dare not a truth," retorted David, eliciting raucous laughter from the other two. "Got you there, Tommy boy!" laughed Macdonald. The intense scrutiny of his genitalia began to have an effect on David, with a sinking heart he realized that his cock was coming to life and beginning to twitch. He speeded up his turning, hoping they wouldn't notice. They didn't. His time up, David thankfully put his swim trunks back on. The dice rolled. Carter. "Carter. You can walk slowly around the rim on top of these dunes - do the full circle," he paused, "naked!" "Mr. Jones!" exclaimed a shocked Carter, "you're a teacher!" David just looked at him, smiling slightly. 'Don't back down,' he told himself. "What if I don't?" "Well, your penalty will still be to get naked. You lay on your back in the middle, with your arms and legs spread out. We sit on your hands and feet, and we tickle you without mercy for two minutes." Carter as it happened was extremely ticklish, so the alternative held no allure for him. He dropped his baggy boxer swim trunks and headed for the hills. He made a graceful picture, lithe and solidly muscled, his skin gleaming like polished ebony in the sunlight, as he strode with his long athletic legs around the tops of the dunes. He must be visible for miles, thought David. His cock was very long, uncircumcised, with enormous balls, and thick wiry black hair framing the whole package. No other hair on his body, save for his legs, which had a lot of tight curly hairs. His head was covered in short cropped curly black hair. He was very good-looking David suddenly realized. When he lost his habitual sullen expression, relaxed his face and smiled with his chalk-white teeth, he was not just good-looking but utterly stunning. David felt his cock twitch yet again. Carter completed the circuit and slumped down onto the rug, putting on his shorts. "Well done," said David with feeling. The sincerity in his voice, and something else -was it admiration?- in his voice communicated itself to the fourteen year old. He looked up at David, with a completely disarming expression on his face, no trace of the usual contempt. "Thanks," said Carter. The dice rolled. David yet again. "Are these dice loaded?" he grinned. He was really starting to relax. Carter looked at him. "Mr. Jones. You are to get naked, stand in the middle with your hands on your head," David opened his mouth to say something, but Carter continued, "while we can touch you and do anything we want to you for two minutes." "Jesus," said David expressionlessly. "Your penalty, should you so decide," intoned Carter, anticipating David's next obvious question, will be to get naked and lay in the middle while we watch you jerk off." David gasped, "Oh my god!" Was there no end to their ability to challenge and surprise him? What the hell should he do? This was obviously going to go too far. Maybe this was a totally stupid idea in the first place? Still, there did seem to be some thawing in their attitude to him. He was trying so hard not to be a prick and get all dignified and holier-than-thou. Hell! "Okay," said David, and once more removed his swim trunks, standing between the three excited boys, with his hands on his head. He closed his eyes, maybe this is just a dream. He could feel the gentle wind on his body, raising goosebumps on his skin. The sun, slanting down towards the west now, was still warm. He felt a hand on his chest, another on his back, two more ran up his legs, others touched his arms. Their touch was surprisingly gentle, erotic, even affectionate, like a loving embrace. The hands moved over him touching all along his arms, his neck all over his chest and back, down towards his buttocks. Hands moved up his legs, around his thighs, coming ever closer to his genitals. David's breath increased, he was starting to feel light-headed. When a hand brushed his balls ever-so-gently, he jumped. At the same time two hands cupped his buttocks and kneaded them firmly. Fingers slid into and along his ass crack, lightly brushing his ass hole. He writhed in spite of himself, thinking that he had never before had such an erotic sensation. Sensation overload. His dick responded as of course it would. In no time he was not only rock-hard, but dripping copious amounts of pre-com. 'If they touch my dick, I'm gonna shoot,' thought David. Hands were gently roaming around his stomach and thighs, sometimes just brushing his balls. Fingertips very lightly ran up the length of his pulsating and dripping cock. He wondered if the two minutes was up, hoping it wasn't. It was. David opened his eyes. The boys had sat down and were regarding him somewhat in awe. "That sure is a grower," said Smith, wonder in his voice. "Boys, you know I could get fired for this, don't you?" David regarded them seriously. "Only if we tell," said Macdonald, "and anyway, no-one'd believe us, even if we did tell." David thought that was probably true, and for the first time in his life caught a glimpse of what their life must be like. Everyone hated you, no-one respected you. David picked up his towel to wipe up his mess and put his trunks back on. The dice rolled. Macdonald. "Truth or Dare?" "Dare," somewhat defiantly, Macdonald stared at David. Tempted though he was to follow the boy's example of moving toward a more sexual dare, he could not bring himself to. If this got out, he was toast. He could maybe retain a little self-respect if he remained just a fraction 'above' the conduct of the boys. It did not occur to him until later, that remaining 'above' others was precisely the personality trait that made some people hate him. "You get naked again, and you run out to the water, dive in and return," the dare seemed somewhat anti-climactic, and he could tell by the expressions on their faces that they were disappointed. However, it was significant dare, since there were a number of people wandering the hard flat sand between the dunes and the water, which had now reached ultimate low tide, and the water was a good half-mile away. Macdonald didn't hesitate. He whipped off his trunks and with his athletic lean muscles glinting and rippling in the waning sun, took off down the beach straight as an arrow toward the water. Several people noticed him, some just stared others actually cheering him on. Most people were laughing or smiling at what appeared to be a prank borne of youthful high spirits. While Macdonald was gone, Carter turned to David and asked, "Why did you give him such a wimpy dare? He's up for anything you know." "I know," replied David, "but I have to remember my position, and I just couldn't do anything too out of line." The sneer on Carter's face made David realize that all the apparent gains of the day might be on the verge of disappearing if he was ultimately seen by the boys as a wimp, or worse, as the "stuck-up prick" or whatever Macdonald had called him. Smith chipped in, "I wanted to see you jerk him off - he's always doing it to us!" David blushed and looked down. "I couldn't do that." Carter looked at him evenly, "Well we gotta change that," he commented quietly. Inside, David shivered. The dare actually broke the rules, but no-one mentioned it. It was not possible, good a runner though he was, for Macdonald to make it to the water and back in two minutes. With his dive into the water, it was more like fifteen minutes before he returned, crashing to the rug, breathing heavily, a few remaining drops of water beading his skin like little diamonds, throwing off little rainbow halos. He recovered his breathing within a few minutes and they rolled the dice. "We'd better make this the last one, so we can get back to school before supper," said David. David lost. With a calculating look at the others, Macdonald said, "Okay Mister Jones," he emphasized the 'Mister,' in a way that clearly said to David that he had slipped in their estimation, and that the outcome of this whole day hung in the balance, "Truth or Dare?" David didn't dare select Truth, so he said, "Dare." He held his breath like a condemned man awaiting his sentence. "Naked, of course," said Macdonald, "and you stand in the middle and jerk off for us." "No way!" exploded David. "Yeah, I thought so," sneered Macdonald. "Okay, your penalty then is to be tied up to that dead tree over there," he indicated a long smooth tree trunk laying up one slope in their little sand dune hollow, "and we do anything we want to you." David gulped. Looking at them, he realized their original hostility was back. He could either write off this day and the whole thing would be a failure, or he could go all the way to redeem himself in their eyes. Either way, he had to think fast about the implications. "Boys, you have to understand, this is just too sexual for me to be able to do with a clear conscience." He pleaded with them, putting every ounce of sincerity he could muster into his voice. They looked at each other. "Well there is the final option," said Macdonald. "The three of us will decide on the forced dare." He turned to the others, "Conference," he said. They moved off together away from David and, putting their heads together began whispering. It lasted several minutes. In the end they returned grimly to face David. "Mister Jones. If you will do neither of the dares, this is what we will do. We will escort you naked to the car, over all the dunes we crossed. We will get into the car and you will drive us back to school and drop us off at the main door, and you will be naked the whole time. Totally naked." David's jaw dropped, and he stared at them aghast. "Jesus Christ," he breathed. "Just give me a minute." His mind raced, what the hell was he going to do? He could get arrested anywhere on the ninety minute drive, he could be seen by anyone at the school as he drove in. Talk about professional suicide. The more he thought about it, the more he didn't know what he would do. "I told you he'd chicken," muttered Macdonald to the others. "All that talk, but he'll never be like us - he's always gonna be too good for us." David heard, and it suddenly brought him back with absolute clarity to the purpose of this day. No-one had said it would be easy. David started out telling them, 'anything goes,' and now clearly he was saying that was a lie. How could he redeem himself in their eyes? In a blinding flash he realized how to recover the whole project. He had to come clean. "Listen boys, I want to say something." He was speaking to three sets of stubborn jaws and skeptical eyes. Contempt oozed. They waited. "Okay you are right, I was not prepared for this. I thought I was, but I wasn't. But deep inside I really want this relationship with you guys to work. I've just come to the conclusion that I will do anything to be accepted by you and to prove I trust you and am willing to work with you and in the future to help you. Today is only the first step in building that trust. You've set a hard test for me, but I'm going to do it!" "Which one," asked Macdonald, still skeptical. "All of them!" said David. It was their turn to be flabbergasted. "What d'ya mean, all of them?" yelled Smith. "I mean, I will stand in front of you and jerk off. Then you will tie me to the tree and do anything you like to me. Then I will drive naked back to school and drop you off at the front door." David paused. The three boys were gazing in open-mouthed astonishment. "This," continued David, "is my way of trying to prove to you that I am not a stuck-up-prick-asshole, but that I'm no different to you." David looked each of them directly in the eye. "So, whaddya say, does this get me back into favour?" Macdonald's voice contained genuine respect and admiration, "You bet it does, Mr. Jones."