I Promise Again, part 9
By Aldric
Copyright 2004 by Aldric, all rights reserved.
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I Promise Again, part 9
Saturday was the first and only dress rehearsal for the
play. They would be presenting the play at the elementary
school on the following Friday. Lisa Jent, who was the
costume designer for the play, handed Jared's costume to
him, which didn't amount to much. It had a lather belt that
fit tightly around Jared's waist and attached to the front
and back of the belt were two pieces of tan material. "I
sewed some lead weights in the bottom of each piece of loin
cloth so they hang down," Lisa said as Jared took the item
from her.
The backstage area was divided between boys and girls, and
there was no private area for changing. Jared noticed that
all of the boys who were playing natives also had loin
cloths that looked identical to his except their's also had
a second piece of cloth that was fastened in the back and
could be pulled up across the groin and snapped to the front
of the belt.
Most of the boys who had loin cloth costumes shared one
thing with Jared they were looking for somewhere else to
change instead of the middle of a group of other boys. A
few who didn't care were already naked and pulling the belt
around their waist. Jared decided he may as well join them.
He moved next to Brad, who would play one of the hunters,
along with Ron Jent. Freddy Kraven had the lead role for
the group of hunters. The hunters all had canvas pants and
brown shirts to wear, so they only needed to undress to
their underwear.
Each child in the play had a small box in which to put their
street clothes. Considering everything that had happened to
Jared in the past few months, he knew this was a dangerous
idea, but he didn't have much of a choice. He did, however,
take his house key out of his pants pocket and drop it
inside the fake moccasins he wore in place of shoes.
After getting into their costume, the natives went to Lisa
and two of her helpers to get 'painted' with body makeup to
make their skin appear brown, all except for two boys whose
skin was the right color naturally.
If Mr. Haverty noticed that Jared's costume was missing a
vital piece, he didn't say anything, but all the other kids
were aware. Jared learned not to turn too fast because the
clothes would rise up, exposing more of Jared's legs. Jared
also realized he had to make sure he was never sideways to
the audience because the crack between the front and back
pieces of the loin cloth offered a view of his buttocks or
groin depending on the angle.
They ran through the play twice, and a few parts they did
several times, before Mr. Haverty decided everyone was
ready. He gave a last few instructions and guidance, and
asked those who had trouble remembering their lines to be
ready, and then announced that practice was over.
"Mr. Haverty, I'm not sure my hunters were all doing well
enough," Freddy said before anyone left. "Could we stay and
practice a little longer?"
"I don't know, Freddy, we've been at it a long time" Mr.
Haverty started. "I can't stay to help you because I have
some business in town. Do any of you hunters have a problem
with staying?"
Only two hunters said they couldn't stay, and Mr. Haverty
gave permission for the rest of them to practice longer.
"Lisa, if you could stay with them, and then let the janitor
know when you're done so he can lock up. And don't practice
too long, everyone needs to get out and get some fresh air
and sunshine today too."
With assurances from everyone that they would do as he said,
Mr. Haverty dismissed the rest of the cast and other kids.
Once they were alone, Freddy ran through the scene where
they capture Tarzan and tie him between two posts. "Brice
and Garrett, when you tie him up, don't just slip a single
loop of rope around his wrist and leave it dangling like you
did. You need to tie him so he can't escape." Freddy
showed both of them a couple of simple knots, but it was
taking too long to tie them.
"Why don't you tie the knots before the play starts, and all
they have to do is slip them over his wrists and pull them
tight?" suggested another hunter. Before Freddy could
answer, Brad spoke up.
"Because you would reduce the circulation in his hands, and
the ropes might cut him. There's a better way, it's called
'rope handcuffs.' It's a complicated knot, but we can tie
his hands behind his back with it backstage, then all we
have to do is tie his elbows to the trees." Brad was tying
a short piece of rope into a weird knot that had two loops
sticking out of it.
"Let me show you how this works," Brad said when the knot
was done. "Put your arms behind your back," he said to
Jared. "See, you just slip this over his wrists and pull
these two parts, and that's it. It won't slip, it can't be
loosened, but it doesn't bit into the skin, the pressure is
here on the top of the knot. Go ahead and try to get your
hands out," he said to Jared.
Jared tried everything he could, but he could not reach the
knot, nor could he loosen the loops. "It doesn't need to be
pulled any tighter than this."
Jared could see that Freddy liked it. "I want to learn how
to tie that," he said to Brad, who promised to teach him
later.
"Okay, Brice and Garrett, now tie him to the trees." The
two hunters used the rope to tie Jared's elbows to the two
fake trees bolted into the bottom of the raised stage they
were on. "Pull the ropes tight, like you really want to
hold him captive."
With his hands behind his back and his elbows pulled out to
the sides by the ropes, Jared was truly tied in place this
time, unlike the earlier practice sessions.
"Can we gag him too?" Brice asked.
At first, Freddy thought that was a good idea, but Jared
reminded him he needed to be able to make his 'Tarzan yell'
to bring the animals to his rescue. "Let's try it with a
gag, and maybe he can still do the yell. If not, then we
won't use the gag on Tuesday" offered Ron, and Freddy
quickly agreed. Lois produced a piece of leather and a ball
of cloth for the gag.
Jared resisted being gagged, but all they had to do was hold
his nose closed and he quickly had to open his mouth to
breathe. Once he knew he was defeated, he allowed them to
insert the gag without any additional struggle.
"Now its time to practice the torture scene," said Freddy.
"What torture scene?" asked Garrett. "There's no torture in
the script."
"Yeah, but maybe we could add it," suggested Freddy. "Let's
try a few ideas and see if they work out."
"Myfffer daagh uffer!" With the gag in place, Jared
couldn't move his tongue and lips to make any actual words.
"I think he said he can take any torture we try," Ron said,
grinning. "It makes sense, after all, he's Tarzan. He can
take it."
"I think I'll torture him here," one of the youngest hunters
said, using his plastic rifle to raise the front of Jared's
loin cloth. "I could shoot off his balls. Bang! Bang!" he
said, moving the rifle to each of Jordan's balls.
"I think Tarzan needs a good spanking" Lois said. "And
since its Tarzan and he's so tough, he should get it on the
bare."
The hunters all thought that was a perfect idea and two of
them quickly pulled the loin cloth down around Jared's
ankles. "Mrrrffft meeannt gggophhen peese" Jared said
through the gag.
The younger hunters all crowded around with three or four of
them slapping Jared's behind at once. Jared kept yelling
something into the gag, but even if they could understand
him, nobody was really listening anyway.
"Hey, look, he's getting a boner," one of the older hunters
said.
"That's because Jared here likes to be naked and spanked,"
Freddy said.
"Whack his wiener!" one of the younger hunters yelled, and
the boys turned their attention from Jared's backside to his
front, where his dick was just hard enough to begin
extending out from his groin. Hand smacks across his dick
had him howling through the gag.
"Call the animals to come and save you" Freddy said to
Jared. Through the pain, Jared managed to do a weak yell.
"That's not good enough to get you saved" Freddy said.
"Keep at him boys, work from both sides. Maybe a pink belly
too."
Jared managed a better yell, and then finally a yell that
actually sounded a little bit like the famous Tarzan yell
from the movies.
"Hey, that was pretty good," one of the hunters said.
"See? I told you he could do it, all he needed was a little
encouragement" Freddy said as the kids stopped slapping
Jared. "But I don't think we'll be able to torture him in
the play. Maybe we need to continue the torture just a
little longer to make sure he can still yell."
Jared didn't wait a second, but let out another yell, this
one even better than before.
"Okay, I guess that settles it, he can do the yell without
the torture. I think we'll add the gag to him for the play.
Unless you guys want to practice some more, I think we're
done here."
One of the boys wanted to practice torturing Tarzan some
more, but Freddy decided it was enough and sent them home.
"Lisa and Ron will help me untie him, you guys get out of
here and get some fresh air like Mr. Haverty said."
Once everyone else had left, Freddy noticed Ron digging
through Jared's pants pockets. "Anything good in there?" he
asked.
"Naw, nothing so far. I haven't gone though his wallet yet,
maybe he'll pay us to untie him." He opened the wallet and
immediately noticed the picture in front that Scott told him
to keep in his wallet.
The three of them had a good look at the picture, and Lisa
seemed especially interested. "I think we should hang on to
this for a few days," she said. When Jared reacted by
yelling something into the gag, she added, "It will just be
for a few days. We'll give it back after the play on
Friday."
"What about him?" Ron asked. "We can't just leave him here
like this or we'll get in trouble."
"It looks to me like he likes to run around naked" Freddy
said. "Let's just untie his elbows and throw him out the
door." He and Ron laughed out loud, but waited to see if
Lisa had any objections before they carried out Freddy's
plan.
"What if he gets caught?" she asked. "I don't want any part
of that trouble. As far as I'm concerned you guys are going
to untie him and let him go. I'm going to go tell the
janitor we're done and I'll meet you out front. It will
take me ten minutes to find him."
After she left, Freddy looked at Ron. "What did she mean, I
don't get it. Do we let him go or not?"
"She's just protecting herself, its cool. Her story is that
we were told to untie him and let him go. Just don't say
anything more about it in front of her. If he gets caught,
we'll get in trouble, but we're just two little kids; all
that'll happen to us is we get grounded. I say we go ahead
with your idea."
"I'm afraid somebody might steal his clothes if we leave
them here, maybe you should put them in your locker. We can
give them back to him Friday after the play," Freddy said,
warming up to the idea. Ron picked up the box with Jared's
clothes in it while Freddy untied the ropes to the trees.
Jared was talking up a storm behind the gag, but Freddy
couldn't understand a single word. Once the ropes were
untied from the trees, Freddy used one to pull Jared towards
the door. With the loin cloth around his ankles, Jared had
to be careful not to step out of it since it offered the
only protection he was going to have.
Ron came back as Freddy reached the door, and helped to get
Jared outside. "Are we going to leave him with his
costume?" he asked.
"Yeah, I guess. He's a lot less likely to get us in trouble
with that then if he were naked," Freddy answered. "But if
we just leave him here, he'll run right back inside and get
the janitor." He thought for a second. "I've got an idea,
let's take him over there and tie him to a real tree." They
tugged Jared along to some trees away from the school and
tied the ropes dangling from his elbows to a small tree.
"You should be able to reach this knot without too much
trouble," Ron said, stepping back. "And if not, you can get
around to the other side and people on the road can see you.
See you on Tuesday." With that, they took off back to the
front of the school to meet Lisa.
The loin cloth had come off as they pulled him over; Jared
could see it laying on the ground a dozen yards away. He
worked his hands around the tree until he could feel the
knot they had tied. It was actually several knots, all on
top of each other. It took him about thirty minutes to get
the last one untied.
Next he went over and retrieved the loin cloth. It was
difficult pulling it on with his hands behind his back, but
he finally succeeded. He was on his way back to the school
to get the janitor to untie him when he saw a pickup truck
pulling out of the parking lot. He peered through the
bushes and saw it was the janitor. The truck was on the
road before Jared could get to where he had any hope of
being spotted.
Jared considered his options. He could flag down a car and
get released, but that would involve a lot of questions, and
possibly the police. If the police caught Freddy, Ron, or
Lisa with the picture, he would have a lot more explaining
to do then they would. So that meant a long walk home. At
least this time he wasn't naked.
He spent much of the trip home trying to work the rope loose
from his hands, but it was useless. Nothing he pulled on
made anything loosen up, and as Brad had said, he couldn't
get at the knot to untie it.
He made his way along the river, not cutting over to the
highway until the last minute. He was dreading making his
way through the business sections and residential sections,
but unless some good Samaritan were to show up and help him
out, he didn't have any other options. And the way things
had gone for him since the first time the girls had tied him
up he no longer believed in good Samaritans.
However, one did appear. He was approaching the light where
the highway entered town when Brad caught up with him,
riding up on a bike and skidding in front of him.
"Hey, sorry I didn't get here quicker, but I expected you to
cut over to the road back along the first trail. When you
didn't show, I doubled back and saw your footprints." Brad
was off his bike and working on the knot behind Jared's
back.
"Why are you helping me?" Jared asked. And then he thought
about it for a second and asked, "You are helping me, aren't
you?"
"I don't know, it just seems like a big price to pay for
nothing. I'm the one who put you in this. It sure is a
neat knot though, isn't it?"
The rope fell from Jared's hands and he looked at his
wrists. Not even a red mark was there to show he had been
tied up for the last two hours.
"You're still going to have to go home like that, they
locked your clothes up and I couldn't get them, but I'll
loan you my shirt. I guess if anybody asks, just tell them
you're in a play and wanted to get used to the costume.
It's kind of like that kid in "Jungle to Jungle" who had to
walk around New York City dressed like you are." He handed
his shirt to Justin.
"Yeah, but he was paid probably a zillion dollars to do it."
Brad's shirt was too small for him and he knew if he pulled
his arms up it would tear, but it was better than no shirt.
"I still don't understand, I've only had one friend through
this whole mess, and now you're helping. If you've got
something else planned, just do it, I'm getting tired of
surprises."
"Naw, nothing planned. Maybe we got carried away with the
video and pictures and stuff. The truth is, Gary and Luke
really like you, and me and Kevin and Adam wouldn't mind if
you came around some again. We can do stuff besides what
we've done to you. Anyway, I've got to get home, but think
about it, we'll be hanging around tomorrow. If you come
over just return the shirt then. If not, I'll get it from
you in school on Monday."
He rode off, leaving Jared to think about whether or not he
could trust him. He decided to worry about it later, first
he had to walk down the streets wearing nothing below his
waist but a drafty loin cloth, and there would be lots of
shoppers out. He decided to act just like the kid in the
movie Brad had mentioned and just walk home like he dressed
like this all the time.
Several people looked at him with obvious curiosity, but no
one approached him or asked him what he was doing. He made
it home without incident.
The next week Lisa caught up with Jared in the hall at
school. "I can't locate your costume, what did you do with
it after rehearsal last week?" she asked. Jared figured she
knew perfectly well what he had done with it, but he played
along and simply told her he had taken it home with him.
"Well, bring it in tomorrow, I need to clean it and make any
repairs that may be necessary before the play Friday. Oh,
and by the way, you have to give this to your teachers for
all your afternoon classes before Friday so they know why
you're not in class and they can give you your homework
assignments on Thursday. Don't forget, we catch the bus out
front at noon." She handed him three official notices
signed by Mr. Haverty and the principal excusing him from
class.
It was a quiet week for him in school. It was actually a
relief for him to participate in gym class dressed in his
gym clothes. The week passed quickly and then it was time
for the play.
The elementary school kids who had jobs or roles in the play
were waiting for them. Ron even had Jared's clothes from
the previous week with him, which he gave to Jared with a
smirk. An even bigger surprise was when he handed over the
picture they had taken from his wallet. "Nice picture, our
friends really enjoyed it. And my sister made copies of it
too."
The stage hands went to work getting everything set up while
Lisa was busy handing out the costumes to all the actors.
Two classrooms with paper over the window in the door had
been prepared for changing; one for the girls and the other
for the boys. Expecting the worse, Jared inspected his loin
cloth, but other than a thread hanging down from the back he
didn't see anything wrong with it. He quickly undressed and
put it on. Having learned his lesson from earlier
experiences, he put his house key in his shoe again.
The play was moving along well, only a few lines had been
forgotten and all of the props and setups by the stage hands
seemed to be in the right place and working. The only thing
that threw off some of the actors was the bright spot lights
being used that hadn't been used during practice. The spot
lights were necessary because the AV class from Jared's
school was here running both television and film cameras of
the play as part of a school project.
During the brief moments before Tarzan is captured Jared
allowed Brad to tie his hands behind his back again. "Can't
you just do a simple knot instead of that handcuff thing?"
he asked.
Brad said, "I guess I could have, but I didn't think of it.
It's too late now, I'm almost done." Brad felt the two
loops pull tight around his wrists. Then Freddy showed up
with the gag.
"Hey, shouldn't we make sure this is okay with Mr.
Hammpff..." The gag was tied off behind his head and his
two captures lead him back on stage and tied his elbows off
to the fake trees just as they had done in the last
practice.
Jared could feel a slight tug on the back of the loin cloth
and turned his head as far around as he could. He could
just catch Ron pulling on the loose thread. Jared felt the
loin cloth loosen and slip down a quarter inch. Knowing
what was going to happen, he began to struggle and yell, but
with the gag in he couldn't be understood and all the kids
in the audience thought it was good acting.
Jared was in the center of the stage with no other actors or
props between him and the 250 third, fourth, and fifth grade
students. He knew what was going to happen, he knew when it
was going to happen, but the worst part was knowing he
couldn't do a single thing to prevent it.
Just before they got to the line where Jared was supposed to
give his Tarzan yell, one of the hunters poked him in the
ribs with a plastic pistol just as Ron gave the thread a
final yank. As Jared jerked from the poke in the ribs, the
belt holding up both halves of the loin cloth parted and
Jared was left standing naked with his arms tied to the
sides, two bright spot lights shining directly on him.
At first the audience was stunned, then the laughter
started, and it grew in volume as Jared gave the mightiest
Tarzan yell he could, clearly being heard through the gag.
The kids playing the jungle beasts started pouring onto the
stage, which blocked Mr. Haverty and two other adults from
getting to Jared. Finally they got through the herd of
elephants, which had all stopped to stare at the naked
Tarzan, and ran over to help Jared.
"Quick, untie him," Mr. Haverty yelled to two of the
hunters. In the meantime, he was trying to untie the knot
holding Jared's arms behind his back. "What kind of a knot
is this?" he called out, unable to undo the knot.
Meanwhile, Ron and Freddy were having some trouble untying
the knots on Jared's elbows, even though they were simple
overhand knots. Ron and Freddy were also being very careful
to stand off to the side, not wanting to block the view of
Jared from the audience.
Finally one of the teachers took off his coat and draped it
over Jared, hiding him from view. Once the show they wanted
the audience to see was over, Ron and Freddy quickly got the
other knots undone, and Brad had come to untie his knot. A
shaken and embarrassed Tarzan quickly left the stage.
The AV team with the video camera quickly removed the tape
they had put in as soon as Jared's loin cloth had fallen.
They had been told it would happen, and Lisa had offered
them something they couldn't refuse for a copy of the tape.
And she told them they could make as many copies as they
wanted, as long as she got hers. They had put a new tape in
as soon as the loin cloth fell, but now the original tape
was back in the recorder. And just in time, as the AV
teacher came running over.
"We stopped taping as soon as his thing fell off," one of
the boys said. "There's maybe 20 seconds of it on the tape,
and some on the film as well, but we can edit it out."
"No, give me the tape, I'll take care of the editing. If
they decide to continue the play, start with a new tape.
And don't develop that film unless I am in the room,
understand?" The boys handed over the video tape, knowing
they had the whole thing secure on the second tape.
Jared was fighting back tears back stage, wrapped in a towel
now. He thought about telling the truth, but knew he
couldn't prove anything, and he figured pissing off Lisa,
Ron, and Freddy probably wouldn't make his life any better.
"It just fell off" he said to the adults who brought him
back stage. "When Garrett poked me in the ribs, I jerked
and my belly expanded, and the costume just fell off."
Mr. Haverty was examining the loin cloth, but of course
there was nothing obviously wrong with it except the
stitching holding it together was torn. "It must have been
too tight on you. I'll talk to Lisa about doing a better
job, but this isn't like her, she's normally a wiz at
costumes. Maybe she had someone else sew yours up." He
paused, and then asked "I don't suppose you could go back
out and finish the play, could you?"
Jared couldn't believe his ears, this guy only cared about
his silly play. He decided he had done all that Brad had
set him up for and could make his exit. "I really don't
think so Mr. Haverty," he said, pouting and letting tears
run down his cheeks. "I mean all those kids just saw me
naked, I, I, ah, I just couldn't go back out there again.
Freddy really wanted to be Tarzan, and there are only a few
parts left, why don't you just let him finish off. The
audience will understand."
"You're right, of course you are, I'm sorry for even asking.
Why don't you run back and get dressed and wait on the bus
then."
"If it's all the same with you sir, I live close by here.
I'd rather just go home. I don't think I could face the
kids in the play either."
Mr. Haverty was already moving to go find Freddy Kraven for
a role change and hardly even listened. "Well, I don't
know, you should go back with us, you know, I'm kind of
responsible for you. But if you live close by, I guess I
can understand how you feel. Go ahead and go, but go
straight home, don't stop anywhere, okay?" He didn't even
wait for an answer before he left.
Jared went back to the changing room and got dressed, but
instead of leaving he hid behind the desk that had been
pushed up against the blackboard. He heard Freddy and Ron
come in, Ron laughing at how they had gotten back at Jared
for stealing the role of Tarzan while Freddy changed from
hunter's garb to a loin cloth. As soon as they left, Jared
figured turnabout was fair, he found Ron's shirt and pants
and took those, then took all of Freddy's clothing. Putting
Freddy's underpants on top, he drew a picture of a flagpole
with underpants hanging from it and dumped both sets of
clothes in the girl's changing room. He was just ready to
leave when he remembered something and went back to the
boys' pants.
He was glad he checked, each boy had a copy of the picture
they had taken from his wallet. The copies had been run off
a color printer so Jared knew they had more on a computer
someplace, but he took the copies anyway. No use leaving
them for the girls to find.
He decided not to stick around and see the results of his
revenge, he was sure he would pay a price for it later. But
for now, it was Friday and he was out of school early. He
had lied to Mr. Haverity, his house wasn't close to here,
but he could still be home before his sister.
But the thought of his sister reminded him he still had to
earn two more pledge cards before she would give up the one
she held. And Scott Vanderville was holding the first two
he had earned; he needed to see what he had to do to get
them back. He really wanted to get this done, because it
was nearly Halloween, and then there were only a few weeks
until Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was when his mother's sister was coming with
her family, which included his cousins Carl and Carol. Carl
would be eleven now, and Carol twelve. Last time they
visited, at Christmas, Jared had held Carl down in the bed
one morning and tickled him until he peed. His mother had
threatened to put him in diapers if he couldn't hold it, and
Jared made sure he couldn't. His mother never carried out
the threat, but Carl was near tears the whole day. And
Carol had been teasing him without mercy until she had been
caught by her parents. Jared had been allowed to stay and
watch her get a spanking, a bare bottom spanking.
No, Jared really needed to be finished with this pledge
thing before then. He didn't even want to think about how
things would be if he had to remain naked at home the entire
time, and do what ever his sister asked him to do. Jared
decided he needed to press Lois for her card, and he needed
to get the fourth card to Ken. He decided he would try to
spend some time with his best friend Shawn, who he had been
ignoring for too long. But next week, he had to get those
cards back from Scott and earn the other two.
This ends "I Promise Again" but the Jared's saga will pick
up again in "The Last Promise" in which Jared will finally
earn back the last of the pledge cards and will at long last
be free of all of his tormentors. (Yeah, right!) Look for
"The Last Promise" here beginning early this year.