Chapter 7: N.I.P. with the Basketball Team

After they returned to the house, Coach Strickland noticed that Eveline seemed a bit pre-occupied as the evening wore on. She was sure that the problem was not the girl’s lack of attire, because she seemed to be getting used to being naked.

When the older woman asked the student if everything was all right, Eveline replied that she was worried about the fact her cell phone had been left in her school locker and she had not had a chance to check her messages for nearly two days. Two days is a long time for a person of Eveline’s generation to go without checking her phone. The coach seemed sympathetic.

“Yes, sweetie, it’s no fun to be cut-off from everyone, is it? Well, we’ll see about fixing that.”

Eveline’s hopes rose, thinking that maybe the coach could somehow help her get into her gym locker, and that she’d be able to retrieve more than just her cell phone. However, her hostess took her back to the house and logged onto her computer.

“Your cell-phone account is connected to an e-mail address, right?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Good. Then all you have to do is log into your e-mail and you’ll be able to retrieve your messages.”

Eveline took a deep breath as she logged into her e-mail account. The coach stood over her with her hand on the student’s shoulder, as she carefully observed while she enter her password. There were several threatening messages from her brother’s debt-collectors, a couple of class-assignment postings, and a message from one of Eveline’s teammates inviting her to go out with their group the following day to just hang out.

As much as Eveline wanted to have a break with her teammates, she started to type that she couldn’t go. The coach stopped her.

“What’s going on, young lady? Being a bit anti-social?”

“No, ma’am ... I just kinda thought ... well, you know ... my situation...”

“What’s that have to do with anything? Just because your house burned down doesn’t mean you’re suddenly a hermit.”

“No, really ... I just kinda ... you know ... without my clothes...”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You went out with me today, so you can go out with your teammates tomorrow. I’ll give you some spending money.”

“But, I...”

Coach Strickland’s hand clamped down on the student’s shoulder. Her grip seemed incredibly strong and her voice became very stern.

“Are you arguing with me, young lady?”

“No, ma’am.”

“Then knock it off with the loner bull-shit! Write her back and tell her where to pick you up, which will be here. Put down my phone number as the contact. I don’t know if word about your house burning down has gotten around, so you probably should let her know.”

With her heart pounding and her coach reading as she typed, Eveline responded to the text message, stating that she would be happy to join her teammates the next day.

She couldn’t believe this was actually happening...

Eveline’s teammates came over to their coach’s house early the following day. They weren’t yet sure what they wanted to do, but figured they would decide on their plans once they were all in one place.

Coach Strickland had a plate of whole-grain biscuits and mineral water (caffeine and anything with corn syrup were strictly off-limits to her players) ready for Eveline’s guests as soon as they had gathered in the living room.

Eveline had to greet and serve her teammates completely naked. The coach had never mentioned anything to her about clothing, and by the beginning of her third day with her mentor, Eveline knew better than to ask. The previous night’s grip on her shoulder and Strickland’s sudden, sinister change of voice resolved any remaining doubt in the student’s mind on that issue.

Eveline’s classmates stared at her in fascination as she moved about the room, serving them in the nude as though she was a waitress. Eveline’s companions had seen her naked plenty of times in the locker room and during the team’s “gymnos” practices, but to see her in their coach’s house and know that she had not worn anything for nearly three days intrigued them. While serving, she had to explain about the broken key in the locker room and what happened at her brother’s house.

So Eveline was now their coach’s permanent guest and completely at her mercy. Wow...

And ... it turned out that she would remain naked when they took her out of the house. Each of them was thinking how the group could have some fun with their friend’s dilemma. A couple of the girls had brought high-quality digital cameras with them, so Eveline’s day of nude adventures would be well-documented.

Eveline’s teammates often liked to just walk around downtown on the weekends, since there no longer was a real mall in the area and going to the local big-box stores to hang out didn’t cut it. The local downtown stores opened up early, including on Sunday mornings, to be ready to catch shoppers before lunchtime. There was always plenty to do downtown, even for high school students.

Eveline was used to going out with the others, even though she rarely had any money to spend. She had always been desperate to get out of her brother’s house before he and his girlfriend woke up and put her to work cleaning up their latest mess. So the call to go out with the group and Eveline’s acceptance was nothing unusual.

Of course, on that particular Sunday morning, Eveline’s complete lack of clothing was a novelty. The others were fascinated by the strange turn of events in their teammate’s life and were eager to see what would happen when they did their Sunday morning rounds with a naked companion. Fortunately, it was not illegal to be naked in public in Eveline’s town, but in the downtown area it certainly was not normal and not something one saw every day.

So, they’d make their morning rounds as usual. In fact, given that it was a very pleasant morning, the students decided to walk around much more than they normally would. They figured they’d stay out for about three hours, have lunch somewhere, and then go to several local landmarks for some group pictures.

Eveline had a lot of personal issues and weaknesses that she was dealing with. One of her biggest shortcomings was that she was desperate for acceptance, and would do literally anything to try to fit in. Jenny knew that about her teammate, so she decided to push Eveline’s weakness in an effort to dominate her completely.