I Promise Again, part 7
  By Aldric
  
  Copyright 2004 by Aldric, all rights reserved.
  
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  I Promise Again, part 7
  
  The next day he dressed, starting with the briefs Roger had
  given him.  They were way too small, Jared guessed they
  wouldn't even fit Mike anymore.  No matter how he pulled
  them up, they only came to just above his dick, and left his
  cheeks hanging out both sides.  He remembered to take one of
  the pills as the bus arrived at school.
  
  In gym class, while everyone else was getting changed, Jared
  just hung around in the gym, still wearing his clothes and
  hoping the teacher wasn't really serious about making him
  participate in his underwear for forgetting to bring his gym
  clothes.  The teacher came over and asked him if he was
  sick.  Jared explained that he had forgotten his gym
  clothes.
  
  "I warned you guys not to forget, didn't I?" he asked.  "And
  what did I say would happen if you did forget?"
  
  Jared stared at the ground as he answered "You said you
  would make us take gym in our underpants.  But I didn't have
  any clean underpants today and I had to pull out old pair
  that don't fit."
  
  "I don't care if they fit or not.  You wear what you have on
  now, wear your gym clothes, or go naked.  You choose, but
  you'd better be out here when I blow the whistle or it'll be
  even worse."  The kids were just starting to come out of the
  locker room.  Jared turned and went inside and took his
  pants off, locking them in his locker.  He hurried out, his
  boner clearly displayed inside the tiny briefs.  Even the
  teacher smiled when he saw Jared, but he didn't say
  anything.
  
  They did some warm-up exercises for a few minutes; then they
  went out to play some flag football.  The coach divided the
  class into two groups, shirts and skins, and put Jared in
  the skins group, leaving him with nothing on at all but the
  underpants.  The boys couldn't help but notice his boner,
  and most of the boys made rude comments about it.
  
  Jared tried to stay off to the side furthest from the
  school, knowing that anyone looking out a window could see
  him playing in his underpants, but the other boys made sure
  he was involved in every play.  Several times boys
  pretending to miss the flag grabbed the underpants, twice
  pulling them down to Jared's knees.  Finally, near the end
  of class, one of the boys grabbed hold, giving a hard yank. 
  The elastic band parted and the underpants tore half way
  down the back.  Jared was then left with trying to keep them
  on while the football was given to him on every play, even
  by the other team.
  
  The teacher called them back inside and they went directly
  to the locker room to shower and change.  Once inside the
  locker room and away from the teacher, the boys really
  started in on Jared, finishing the job they started on the
  football field by ripping the underwear off his body.
  
  "You've been hard all class, why don't you go and take a
  cold shower and see if that will help" somebody suggested.
  
  "We should have made him beat off outside where everyone
  else could watch" said another.
  
  Roger came over and said, "If we throw you out into the
  hallway, you'd be stuck out there until we let you back in." 
  He stared at Jared until Jared indicated he understood what
  was expected.
  
  "If I had a piece of plastic, I'll bet I could get back in."
  
  "Bullshit, you've been watching too much television.  You
  can't unlatch a locked door with a credit card," Roger said,
  setting up the bet.
  
  "I'll bet I could too.  In fact, I'll prove it as soon as
  I'm dressed."  Jared began spinning the dial on the lock to
  his locker.  He had reached the last number and opened his
  locker when Roger said ""Oh no, if you believe you can do
  it, then do it now, just like you are.  Use your library
  card."
  
  Knowing he had to do it anyway, he pulled out his wallet and
  took out his library card, trying to keep anyone from seeing
  the picture displayed in the front of his wallet.  But
  Roger, who had been standing right next to Jared, had
  noticed he was trying to hide something, so as soon as Jared
  pulled his library card out, Roger pushed him to the door
  before Jared could close and lock his locker.  One of the
  boys took a quick look out the door.  "It's clear, nobody is
  in sight," the boys said, holding the door open while Roger
  pushed him out.
  
  Jared tried to use the card, but couldn't budge the latch
  that extended into the door frame.  He wondered how long
  Roger would leave him out in the hall, and guessed he
  wouldn't open it until the bell rang.
  
  Meanwhile, the boys were going through Jared's wallet.  The
  picture of him walking naked down Elm Street was passed
  around.  "Man, he must really enjoy being naked," said one
  of the boys.  From the way Roger's brother had found Jared,
  Roger didn't think Jared had been enjoying his trip, but he
  didn't say anything at first.  Then he had an idea.
  
  He opened the door just a crack, and held it while Jared
  tried to come back in.  "Give up?" he asked, and laughed
  when Jared said he did.  "Go wait in the boy's bathroom at
  the end of the hall and we'll bring your clothes to you." 
  Roger closed the door before Jared could say another word.
  
  "If he likes to wander around naked so much, we'll give him
  a chance," Roger said to the other boys in the locker room
  as he gathered up Jared's clothes and put them in a gym bag.
  
  The other boys were getting dressed, hurrying before the
  bell rang.  "Are you going to give him his clothes back
  right away?" asked one of the boys.
  
  "I'm not planning on giving him his clothes back at all,"
  Roger said.  "But I might wait a few periods before I let
  him know that."  Most of the boys gave a nervous laugh, but
  a few expressed doubts.  "You can't just leave him there
  naked, he'll get caught eventually and then we're all in
  trouble" one boy said.
  
  They got to arguing about it, and finally Roger gave in. 
  'Okay, enough already!  I'll give them back, but not until
  after lunch."  The bell rang and the boys filed out into the
  hall and headed for the cafeteria.
  
  Jared hurried down to the bathroom and entered a stall just
  as the bell for changing classes rang.  He knew he was at
  Roger's mercy, and he really didn't expect Roger to show up,
  but he didn't have any other plan and couldn't leave now
  until after lunch at the earliest since kids were all over
  the halls during lunch time.  Several times he heard the
  door open and hoped it was Roger, but whoever it was just
  used a urinal and then left.
  
  Finally, near the end of lunch, the door opened and two boys
  came in.  "Okay, Jared, you still here?" he heard Roger ask. 
  Jared opened the door to the stall and stepped out.
  
  "Can I have my clothes please?" he asked, uncomfortable
  standing there naked in front of Roger and the other boy, a
  kid named Brandon.
  
  "Well, I don't know, you never did get the locker room door
  open," Roger said.
  
  "Please Roger, I was wrong.  I can't open the door with a
  library card.  I lose the bet, but I can't make it back to
  the locker room naked."
  
  "So, I've been thinking about how you like to take dares so
  much.  You lost that bet, and for payment, you have a
  choice.  You can go back to the locker room naked, or you
  can agree to do a dare.  Unless you have something else
  you'd be willing to lose in order to get your clothes back
  now?"
  
  Jared froze, thinking about what Roger might want.  "I don't
  have anything right now, you have everything.  What's the
  dare?"  It didn't matter much; there was no way he was going
  to run the halls naked when they were filled with students.
  
  "I haven't thought up a good one yet, but I'll work on it. 
  Next Saturday, meet me the same place you were when I saw
  you last weekend.  And wear the same clothes you were
  wearing too, understand?"  Roger winked as he asked the
  question.
  
  When Roger had seen him last weekend, Jared was not wearing
  any clothes.  He understood what was expected of him.  "What
  time should we meet?"
  
  "Can you be there by eight in the morning?"  When Jared
  indicated he could be, Roger said "Then just hang around in
  the clearing until I get there.  And I don't want to have to
  go looking for you, so be in the clearing when I arrive." 
  He dropped the bag with all of Jared's clothes in it.  "And
  make sure you show up, or Brandon and me will be sure and
  tell everyone in gym about how you chickened out on the
  bet."
  
  The rest of the day passed without incident, and the next
  day as well.  He had play practice on Wednesdays and Fridays
  after school, and other than the fact that two boys who had
  wanted the lead role left no doubt how they felt about
  Jared, even the practice was kind of fun.
  
  The following Thursday he had gym again wearing Mike's
  underpants as Roger had instructed, but other than a lot of
  laughter and joking around, he was for the most part left
  alone.  But in the locker room, the boys made it known that
  they had seen the picture in Jared's wallet and wanted to
  know the story behind it.
  
  At first Jared denied even having a picture, but a few
  threats to throw him out the door naked again got him to
  admit he did.  They all wanted to see it again, and Jared
  pulled it out and passed it around again.  "Roger's close, I
  don't really like taking a dare, I just made a stupid bet
  and lost," he told them.
  
  "My brother says kids in the elementary school say they have
  other pictures of you naked in other places.  Is that true?"
  
  Jared thought about lying, but was afraid if he did the
  pictures might surface.  "They were taken the same day.  I
  haven't even seen them, but I was in front of the elementary
  school too, so they might have them.  But it was actually
  this high school girl named Liz that made me pay off the
  bet.  Her and Tina Wentworth."  That part was actually true,
  and Jared knew that most of the boys here knew of Liz and
  Tina, and what they thought of him.
  
  But another boy said "My brother heard some kids talking
  about a video tape of you being spanked.  How about that
  story, is that true too?"
  
  Again, Jared decided some truth was safer than lying. 
  "Yeah, the girls made me do that too, and they got two
  little kids to do the spanking.  But there wasn't any
  camera, at least not that I saw."
  
  "You are so weird, no girls could ever get me to pay off a
  bet like that" said one boy.  "Who were the boys that
  spanked you?  How old were they?"
  
  Jared didn't want to answer, but even Shawn had heard about
  the tape, and Jared guessed that some of the boys here had
  brothers who could give names.  Still, he decided to dodge
  the question if he could.  "They were little, like 10 years
  old.  The girls got them from somewhere, so I guess they
  must have a brother or sister in our school."
  
  There were dozens of more questions, but finally the bell
  rang and Jared was free of them.  A few boys had been
  listening intently, because the stuff they had heard from
  their brothers suggested that Jared had only been partly
  truthful.  A couple of them decided to do some checking
  around just to see what they could learn.
  
  Friday passed in a breeze, and Saturday as Jared was leaving
  for his meeting with Roger Ashley found more evidence of a
  wet dream on his sheets, putting him even more in debt to
  her.  He decided as soon as this play was over he would have
  to find a job.  He'd start with sitting for Luke and Gary if
  he could.
  
  Jared reached the clearing a little before eight.  He went
  ahead and stripped like he was expected to; realizing that
  he would have to stand there naked until Roger came, and in
  the meantime anyone might pass through.  He looked for a
  good spot to hide his clothes, but not many places existed. 
  He finally just covered them with branches and leaves about
  ten feet back from the clearing.
  
  While Jared was waiting nervously for Roger to arrive, Roger
  was putting together his plan.  He told his brother Mike to
  meet him by the trail across from his school on their motor
  bike.  "And don't forget the cameras.  I need for you to
  have them in place and set up before I get there.  Oh, also
  make sure you wear your blue helmet."
  
  "Aw, that helmet sucks.  Its too heavy and you can't see
  anything when you're wearing it."
  
  "I know, but bring it anyway.  And put the dust filter back
  in it too."
  
  "But that thing plugs up in seconds, and then you can't
  breath.  I want to bring my yellow helmet."
  
  "No, bring the blue one.  And when I get there with Jared, I
  want you to act like it's the best helmet in the world. 
  When I ask you to give it to him, you argue with me, okay? 
  Don't give it up without complaining about loaning out your
  favorite helmet."
  
  At last Mike understood, and he left to get the bike ready
  while Roger went the other way to meet up with Brandon and
  then to go pick up Jared.
  
  Jared felt that last time he had been here he must have been
  very lucky.  Several times while waiting for Roger he heard
  voices coming from the trail along the river, and he was
  able to hide until the kids passed.  When he had been here
  before he had been very effectively bound and movement, let
  alone hiding, was not an option.  He was peeking out from
  behind a tree watching three boys and a girl make their way
  past him when a noise from behind him caused him to spin
  around.
  
  "I told you to wait in the clearing," Roger said to him,
  "but I guess I found you easily enough.  Where did you leave
  your clothes?"
  
  Without thinking, Jared pointed in the direction he had
  hidden his clothes and said, "I hid them under some sticks
  and leaves over there."
  
  "That should be good enough, this won't take long," Roger
  said, heading down a trail that lead away from the river. 
  Jared had little choice except to follow.  He hadn't noticed
  Brandon hidden back behind the trees near the clearing.  As
  soon as they left, Brandon headed in the direction Jared had
  pointed out and began looking for Jared's clothing.
  
  "Uh, where exactly are we going?" Jared asked, not knowing
  where the trail they were on went to but knowing they were
  going in the general direction of the elementary school.
  
  "Not too far," Roger answered.  "We'll meet up with my
  brother along a bigger trail just south of this one, and
  that's where I'll give you the dare you need to complete. 
  Brandon Tyler will meet us there too.  The dare is pretty
  lame, but I decided that if you showed up and did it I'd let
  it go.  If you chicken out though we have a whole lot of
  other ideas."
  
  They followed a small trail as it wound through the woods
  until it suddenly opened up to an old trail that was quite
  wide and open.  Jared felt much more naked once his cover
  was gone.  Up ahead, he could see somebody sitting on a
  small motor bike, but he couldn't see any of the other
  person's face through the helmet.
  
  "You ever ride a motorcycle before?" Roger asked as they
  finished their hike.  The person on the bike got off and
  removed the helmet and Jared was glad to see it was Roger's
  brother Mike.  Jared had been worried it was a girl or
  someone else from school.
  
  Jared said he had, a few years before.  Roger showed him how
  the clutch and gears worked, and then told him to ride it
  back up the trail a little ways until he was used to it and
  could change gears okay.
  
  The bike was small, and easy to drive.  It took a few
  attempts to time the clutch just right, but within a short
  time Jared was riding back and forth without any trouble. 
  He rode back over to where Mike and Roger were standing.
  
  "Well, I don't know where Brandon is, but I won't make you
  wait for him," Roger said.  "Here's the dare; I want you to
  ride down this trail here until you reach Morris Road.  You
  turn right on Morris and go about a quarter mile to the
  entrance to the gravel pit.  Make one circle and ride back. 
  That's it."
  
  Jared was already shaking his head.  "Morris has way too
  much traffic on it, and what about workers at the pit?"
  
  "I've thought of that, don't worry.  The pit doesn't open
  until noon on Saturdays, and Mike has already ridden the
  bike back there.  Mike, did you see anyone around?"
  
  Mike said he hadn't seen anyone, and the traffic on Morris
  was only heavy during the week, there was little traffic
  this morning.  "But a lot of the workers start showing up
  around eleven, so he needs to be out of there by then" he
  added.
  
  "You're going to wear Mike's helmet, and with that thing on
  nobody can tell who you are.  You really only have one bad
  area, that's in front of the school on Morris.  Just don't
  miss the turn off for the gravel pit though or you'll be out
  to where there are houses."
  
  Mike picked up the helmet and held it close.  "Hey man,
  nobody wears my helmet but me.  You didn't say anything
  about me letting him wear it.  You should have brought your
  helmet."
  
  A brief argument was held, but in the end Mike reluctantly
  gave up the helmet to Jared.  "I'd better get it back
  without any scratches on it or everyone's gonna know it was
  you riding naked down Morris," he said as he handed it over.
  
  "Make sure you go all the way down the road to the pit.  The
  gravel on the road is bigger and it's too hard to turn the
  bike around on.  Once you get to the opening there's some
  clay and smaller gravel, turn around there.  And wait a
  second before you go, Mike's been riding around, let's make
  sure the gas tank is full."  Jared watched as Roger took the
  cap off the tank and filled it with gas.
  
  Jared put the helmet on, surprised at its weight.  Mike
  helped him pull the strap under his chin to hold it tight
  against his face.  The front sloped back so much it was
  difficult to see out of it, and he had to breathe hard to
  get any air in.  He started to complain, but Roger adjusted
  the choke and started the engine, holding it up for Jared to
  get on.  As the engine smoothed out, he pushed the choke
  lever back.  "Hurry up and get it over with" he shouted over
  the noise.  "As soon as you bring the bike back, the bet is
  paid."
  
  Jared got on as Mike reminded him to take good care of the
  helmet.  The engine was running smooth, and Jared decided to
  just get this over with.  Maybe it was hard to see with the
  helmet on, but at least while he was wearing it nobody could
  tell it was him.  He let the clutch out and quickly shifted
  gears as he followed the trail.
  
  He came upon Morris sooner than he expected, and was shocked
  to see a group of kids playing on the playground equipment. 
  Hearing the sound of the bike, they all looked as he rode
  past.  Jared knew they would be watching more closely when
  he made the return trip now that they realized he was naked. 
  He drove down Morris as fast as he dared, and turned into
  the gravel pit.
  
  The engine coughed a few times as he made the turn, but then
  smoothed out.  The road was made of big gravel, several
  inches in diameter.  Roger had been right about that, trying
  to turn the bike around here would certainly result in a
  spill.  Jared noticed that the engine was lugging and
  coughed each time he tried to feed it a little gas.  The
  dust was swirling around, and it was getting harder and
  harder to breathe.
  
  As soon as Jared rode off, Brandon came off the trail from
  behind, carrying Jared's clothes in a plastic bag.  "I found
  them right away," he shouted over the noise from the
  receding bike.  "Did everything here go as planned?"
  
  "Yeah, while Mike was helping him with the helmet I shut off
  the gas from the tank.  He'll ride fast down to the pit, and
  should run out of gas back there.  Unless he knows where the
  shutoff valve is, he's screwed," Roger answered.  "Let's get
  to the cameras, this should be very interesting."
  
  "It's even better than you planned," Mike said.  "There was
  a bunch of kids playing at the school.  He can't get past
  them without being seen unless he cuts through the woods."
  
  "Don't worry, he doesn't know his way around.  The swamp
  will force him back to Morris.  I don't think he's smart
  enough to go south from the pit and follow the river back,
  so the only other way back here is up Morris, and we'll be
  ready for him."  They could hear the engine cough as they
  followed the trail to Morris.  "Don't worry Mike, as soon as
  he passes my camera, I'll hide your bike so that nobody
  steals it."
  
  The bike died just as Jared reached the end of the road to
  the pit.  Jared got off and tried several times to restart
  it but without success.  He wasn't sure if he had been set
  up or if he was just unlucky, but with the dust still
  settling he found he could hardly even breathe, so he took
  off his only measure of protection.
  
  Looking around, he saw the back of the pit was filled with
  high piles of loose rock, and the sides and entry road were
  ringed with dust-covered trees.  He fooled around with the
  choke setting and tried several more times to start the
  bike, but nothing seemed to work.  He checked the tank, but
  it was still full.
  
  At first he started to push the bike out, but the big gravel
  on the road made walking difficult, pushing the bike out was
  beyond question.  Jared pushed the bike onto the shoulder
  and leaned it against a tree and headed into the pit to find
  a way back to Roger and Mike.  He knew he needed to head to
  his right and he had to come across the trail they were on.
  
  But after a hundred yards of pushing his way into the trees
  without finding a path, he came to an area of brambles and
  thorny plants on the edges of a wide, murky swamp.  He
  followed it back until he came to the edge of the gravel
  hill.  Six feet above the ground the rocks kept sliding
  down, and a few big pieces from the top had tumbled past him
  and crashed into the swamp.  There was no way he could get
  past here safely unless he could get past the thorns.
  
  After several deep scratches, including one just above his
  dick, he gave up on getting out to the north.  He tried to
  find a path back to the pit area.  Once he got back to the
  bike he tried again to start it, but it was dead.
  
  He remembered Mike saying that the workers started showing
  up around eleven.  Jared didn't know what time it was, but
  he didn't think he had very much time.  He didn't want to
  get caught back here naked and try to explain how that had
  happened.  Resigned to the fact he had to go out the way he
  came in, he started up the entrance road, listening for the
  sound of any car or truck coming in.  He carried the helmet
  along with him; at least it would hide his face later.
  
  The rocks made travel difficult; he had to move slowly to
  keep from twisting an ankle.  As he got closer to Morris
  Road he kept looking for any kind of opening to the left
  that would allow him a passage without his needing to be on
  the street.  He could hear traffic on the road by now.  His
  attention was to the north, so he didn't notice Roger in the
  trees to the south with a camera taking pictures of his
  progress.
  
  When he reached Morris, he still hadn't found any way
  through the trees.  The only protection he had was a
  drainage ditch about three feet below the road surface. 
  Putting the helmet on, he waited for a passing car to get by
  and then started up the ditch.
  
  Several times cars came by, and each time he dropped down
  prone into the ditch.  He wasn't sure if passing cars could
  see him or not, but none of the cars stopped.  He was almost
  back to the trail when he heard a voice from the school yard
  yell "Look, there he is!"  Jared didn't even hesitate, he
  took off running.
  
  But the helmet was allowing too little air inside, after
  just a dozen yards he was gasping for breath and started to
  pull the helmet off.  The kids caught him then and forced
  him to the ground, holding his arms and legs down.  Jared
  though he could get free if only he could get a breath, but
  to do that he had to get an arm free.  He struggled with the
  kids, only to find he was losing because he was out of air. 
  Finally he gave up and lay flat, gasping for air as he
  looked at the kids who had captured him.
  
  There were ten of them, six boys and four girls.  The
  youngest was a girl of about nine, the others ranged up to
  about age twelve.  Jared recognized three of them from play
  practice, realizing with horror that Freddy Kraven and Ron
  Jent were there.  They had made it clear they didn't like
  him for taking the lead role they both had wanted.
  
  "Listen to him," one of the girls said, "he can't breathe,
  we need to take the helmet off before he dies."
  
  "Naw, I've had a racing helmet like that.  It's got a dust
  filter that's clogged.  He's getting some air, just not
  enough," answered Freddy.  Freddy looked into the face
  plate, but the smoked glass prevented him from seeing the
  face inside.
  
  "We'll take off the helmet as soon as we make sure you
  aren't going to run from us again," he said to Jared. 
  "Stand up and put your arms behind your back."
  
  Unable to catch his breath, Jared allowed them to pull him
  up.  A small cord was quickly tied around his wrists.  Then
  they pulled the helmet off his head, nearly taking Jared's
  ears off with it.
  
  "Hey, I know you" Ron said.  "You're that kid that got the
  part I wanted in the play.  What are we going to do with him
  Freddie?"
  
  "I don't know yet."  The girls were very interested in
  Jared's dick and balls, and his dick was rising in response
  to their attention.  "Who else knows you're out here?"
  
  "Two other kids, the ones who dared me to do it.  They'll
  know the bike broke down by now and will come looking for
  me."  At this point, Jared hoped that was true.  Again, he
  didn't notice Mike in the trees with a video camera.  Mike
  had spotted Jared coming up the ditch and used the zoom lens
  to get a clear video of Jared's progress up a busy street. 
  The gang of kids just added to his enjoyment.
  
  Freddie thought about it.  Jared's answer made sense; it
  didn't seem likely he would have come out here naked on his
  own.  Freddie, as an experienced bully himself, guessed that
  Jared was being picked on by someone bigger, and Freddie
  didn't want to become the next target.  It was time to be
  getting back to the school yard.
  
  "We'll let you go if you agree to two conditions.  First,
  you don't wear the underpants part of the costume in the
  play, just the cover cloth.  And second, next weekend after
  dress rehearsal you stay behind for some more practice with
  Ron and me."
  
  Jared said he would, but Ron said, "He says he'll do it now,
  but what's to make him do it later?  I say we tie him to the
  pole over by the road and leave him there."
  
  That idea was tempting to Freddie, but he didn't want to
  chance it.  Messing with someone else's target could piss
  off the bully, and Freddie didn't want to piss off any guy
  who made Jared ride a bike down a busy street naked.  "He'll
  do it, or we'll tell everyone in the play how we found him." 
  An idea suddenly came to Freddie's mind.  "Kayla, do you
  have your markers with you?"  One of the girls handed him
  three magic markers.  Freddie walked around to Jared's back
  and put his initials on Jared's ass cheeks using a red
  permanent marker.  "That won't wash off before our next
  practice, so its proof we had him.  Come on you guys, let's
  get back to the school before one of our parents shows up
  and starts looking for us."
  
  The kids ran off, and Jared started making his way down the
  trail, trying to get his hands free while he walked.  As he
  concentrated on trying to get his fingers on the knot he
  missed Brandon with yet another camera taking more pictures.
  
  He just about had the knot undone when Roger, Brandon, and
  Mike came up on him.  "Where's my bike" Roger asked him.
  
  "It broke down in the pit," Jared answered as he finally got
  the knot undone.  He used his hands to cover up his dick,
  which was still erect from the being view by the girls down
  the path.
  
  "Too bad for you, but I told you, as soon as you bring the
  bike back the bets over."  Mike and Brandon laughed.
  
  "Aw, come on, Roger, you got what you wanted, a bunch of
  kids from the elementary school caught me already.  And what
  about the pit workers, they could be arriving soon. 
  Besides, the bike is broke; I can't push it back here
  naked."
  
  "When I added gas to it, I think I shut off the valve under
  the tank.  I might have forgotten to turn it on, did you
  check it?"  He already knew the answer; if Jared had checked
  it he would have ridden the bike back.  "You have about 40
  minutes before the workers start showing up, so I wouldn't
  waste any time."
  
  Jared wasn't sure what to do, but he didn't plan on going
  back to the pit naked again.  Besides, unlike the card
  holders, Roger didn't really have anything to force him to
  complete the bet anyway.  He started looking down the trail,
  thinking about just going home and wondering if the three
  boys would just let him leave.
  
  "You're thinking about giving up on the bet I see," Roger
  said.  "You can leave if you want.  But I should tell you
  that it will be really hard to find your clothes again
  unless Brandon helps you.  And he won't help until you bring
  my brother's bike back, will you Brandon?"
  
  Brandon shook his head vigorously, smiling at Jared's
  plight.
  
  Jared though about which was worse, going back to the pit or
  going home.  But there was no choice really, the trip from
  here to his house had blocks of businesses and homes.  There
  was no way he could make it unseen.  And then he remembered,
  his house key was in his pocket.  He had to get his pants
  back, whatever it took.
  
  "And you promise if I bring the bike back here that you will
  tell me where my clothes are?" he asked.
  
  "Brandon will bring your clothes here, but only on one
  condition.  I want to find out how our gym teacher will
  react if you show up with no underwear and no gym equipment. 
  So next Tuesday, that's what you do.  And one more thing, if
  he threatens you with making you participate naked, you say
  "You wouldn't dare" to him.  You agree to that?"
  
  Caught between a rock and a hard place, Jared decided to
  take his chances.  After all, a teacher couldn't really send
  him naked through a two-hour class.  Jared said he agreed.
  
  "This time follow the road until you are just past the entry
  to the pit, then watch closely on your right.  As you get
  close to the first house there is a trail that runs parallel
  to the pit road and will take you back to where the bike is. 
  That way if any workers do come in early they won't see you
  and you can make better time on the trail than on the big
  gravel.  But you'd better hurry.  Leave the helmet here,
  you'll make better time."
  
  Jared was thinking that would also mean he would have no
  protection from being recognized as he drove the bike back,
  but Roger was right, he would have to carry it all the way
  there and it would slow him down.  Without another word, he
  took off running, and didn't slow until he got to the road. 
  No cars were going by at the moment, so he took off down the
  ditch, ignoring the shouts and yells from the kids still
  playing by the school.  He looked over as he passed and saw
  the number had grown, there were now about 15 of them.  He
  was glad they weren't chasing him, there was no way he could
  overpower that many.
  
  He only had to dive into the ditch three times for cars,
  feeling again that his butt must be visible to anyone
  driving past, but again none of the cars stopped.  As he got
  to the pit he could see a cloud of dust on the road and knew
  that somebody had just driven down it.  That caused him to
  speed up even though he was almost out of breath.  The bike
  was in plain sight and the workers might move it, which
  would be a disaster.
  
  He was crossing the gravel road when the next car passed,
  and he had no place to hide.  The car honked as it passed
  him, and he could hear teenaged voices yelling out to him,
  something about his shinny butt.
  
  He saw the first house and the trail he was looking for at
  the same time.  Without even caring if anyone was around, he
  turned up the trail.  Finally, he had to walk in order to
  catch his breath.  While staring at the trail, he saw fresh
  tracks in the sand.  Who ever had made them had crossed over
  towards the gravel road and then came back out and continued
  down the trail in the same direction Jared was going.  He
  had to choose between speed and stealth.
  
  Trying to use both, he picked up some speed while watching
  and listening.  He heard another car or truck on the gravel
  road, and knew he was running out of time.  He gave up on
  stealth and broke out into a full run, hoping he could
  sustain it long enough to get to the bike.
  
  He almost fell over it as he rounded a bend.  The bike had
  been moved from the gravel road to the trail he was on, and
  a bag containing his clothes was on top of it.  Now Jared
  had no doubt, this had been a setup all the way.  He dressed
  quickly and got the bike started.  It was a quick ride back.
  
  Roger, Brandon, and Mike could hear the bike coming up the
  trail.  "Well, I guess he made it," Roger said.  "Now when
  the other boys in your school talk about pictures and
  videos, you've got something to say back to them."
  
  "Can I use them to blackmail him with?" Mike asked.
  
  "Sure, that's why we went to so much trouble.  And, I really
  do want to see how my gym teacher handles it.  I'll bet
  we'll be seeing a lot more of Jared's skinny ass around the
  school.  What do you think Brandon?"
  
  "That's a bet I'm not going to make.  This is so much better
  than leaving him naked in the bathroom, I'm glad the other
  kids talked you out of it."
  
  Jared pulled the bike over to them and shut it off.  "There,
  I've brought your bike back," he said, fighting back the
  tears that were threatening to spill out of his eyes.  "I
  hope you had a good time."
  
  As Jared walked off, Roger said, "We did, and we'll have an
  even better time if you have to spend a day in gym naked. 
  See you next week."