ENTRY 23 STREAKING
Dear Diary,
I had my high school reunion recently, and a subject was brought up that I’d long forgotten. Apparently, no one else forgot about it!
When I was a freshman in high school at the tender age of 16, there was a basketball game going on late one afternoon. It was an important game, and nearly the whole school turned out, including the staff and parents.
I was with a group of about 6 or 7 girlfriends, standing by the girl’s locker room just to the left of the crowded bleachers. We giggled as we watched the boy’s basketball team run to the side of the court where we were and we’d blow kisses and act like silly girls. The boys would glance at us, but mostly kept to the game.
One of the girls suggested that someone should moon them. Then another girl said no, someone should open her top and flash them, and it went on and on like this. Then, money came into it. One girl said she would pay $10.00 to the girl that was brave enough to flash her boobs, and the next girl said she would pay $10.00 to the one that would show it all. Finally, I ended up taking the bet as it escalated to $70.00 for a complete strip down and streak through the game. There was a great deal of excitement as we went into the girls locker room where I took off every stitch of clothing but my running shoes! I covered up with a dark blue windbreaker and stepped close to the courtside. I looked up at the bleachers and saw just about everyone I knew up there. At the signal of my friends, when the boys ran to our end of the court, I was to drop my jacket and run out into the middle of them.
My heart was racing with the anticipation of making history and a name for myself that would live on. I wrapped the extra large jacket tightly around me and waited for the signal.
Finally, both teams came running to my end of the court, all eyes on them and the ball. Once they got close to the basket, I dropped the jacket to the floor and dashed out into the game.
At first, there was complete silence as the crowd sat stunned. A few of the boys stopped dead in their tracks as I ran past them, sepentining through the players.
Then, a loud cheer erupted from the stands as all my classmates stood and waved me on. The basketball coach stood about 20 feet in front of me with his eyes popping out of his head. His whistle dropped out of his mouth and he spread his arms wide as though he meant to catch me as I ran past. He had a look of terror on his face and I knew in an instant that he was afraid to touch a naked teen aged girl, so I ran straight for him.
Just as I thought, he chickened out and pulled his arms back as I ran by! By then, most of the boys on both teams were in on it, and as I ran naked across the court, the boys chased me and classmates chanted my name again and again. It was so AWESOME!!
Both coaches had regained their nerve and joined by some of the teaching staff as they all came out to chase me down. Here I was, 16 and an athlete trying to be caught by the overweight and elderly math and science teachers! They never even got close!!
I continued to run from one end of the court to the other because I didn’t know what else to do, but I knew that eventually, I was going to get caught. I realized that the boys on the teams were actually blocking me not from escaping the gym, but from the staff getting too close! They were cheering me on as well!
I finally ran right up the center court and stopped to spread my arms wide and smile at the crowd. I blew a big kiss to the crowd with both hands and stood there waving, giving a full frontal view of my naked body. It was time to face the music because there was nowhere to run. The spectators went absolutely wild and people came onto the floor as a giant melee broke out. A second later, I felt my arms being jerked behind my back and pushed up as I was subdued. I felt a muscular arm slide around my neck as the coach tried to cover my breasts, which were large and gorgeous back then, too! I was lifted off my feet and another man grabbed my legs and after someone threw a coat over me, I was carried off the court.
The court was filled with people, mostly students, cheering and reaching out to touch me as I was carried off, trying to block the coaches from taking me away. I laughed and thanked everyone.
I was sent home with a note explaining my actions and that I must receive counseling if I was to return. I forged my mother’s signature, of course, and got through the couceling sessions. After listening to my counselor tell ME why I did what I did, I finally just told him he was wrong. I told him the reason I did what I did was partly peer pressure, but mostly because I just love to shock people with the unexpected, and my body was very unexpected for a 16 year old. He quietly agreed.
After my 3 day suspension, (I was suspended 2 more times that month for other things) I was the school hero!
It was a story that was retold for years, and one of the first things brought up at the reunion, where some of the guys from the team said they remembered every detail of my body from that day. No wonder I received the “Most Likely To Be Remembered” award! I knew it wasn’t for my essays!