It's amazing to me how quickly people change. After my full frontal nudity fondling video was posted online most people I went to school with dropped it after only the first day back. There were plenty of sideways glances, whistles, texts, Facebook comments, etc. There were even a few people that genuinely wanted to know if I was "doing okay". Some of them were even guys! I was surprised at the response. But by Tuesday it was already old news and life went on as usual.
I managed to get the video removed from most of the sites it was posted on and the ones I couldn't remove were obscure anyway.
Jill and I graduated, I'm happy to say, and continued dating. Unfortunately for me she still wasn't ready to have sex, which I understood and respected. Thankfully, however, our heavy fondling and making out was going nicely. More than once, by the time we finished I had pretty much "glued" my jeans to my leg if you know what I mean, but hey, I'm a guy.
Jill got a job working at a place for children with autism and I continued my horrible job. College was on the horizon for both of us, but there was money to be saved first.
I maintained my swimming and started getting more serious about working out and eating right. I did make sure that whenever I would lie out by the pool that I didn't fall asleep and that the gate was locked before I went in.
I have no idea what happened to Martha Jensen, I heard that she moved out of state for college and the state is better off without her. Jen Tyler, on the other hand, is a skid-mark on the underwear of life and can't be gotten rid of. Jill and I would often bump into her around town and she always pretended like we were old pals, even though we only graduated a few months ago and we always hated each other. Jen was a stuck up slut that got everything she wanted in life. One time we saw her crossing the street and Jill joked about running her over, but I think somewhere in the back of her mind she actually considered itβthat's my girl!
I started making a habit of walking to and from the bathroom in my underwear and I was even caught a few times by my Mom or sister. They never said anything, but it still gave me a weird feeling being seen like that.
On one occasion my sister Cindy followed me into my room and started talking to me. I tried to be casual but then I started to get embarrassed and a little hard so I had to cover up. I think she knew what was happening, but she didn't say anything. After everything that happened to me, I was still shy as all hell and the more time went by, the more I seemed to revert to my extreme shyness.
This story gets interesting in August so let's jump ahead shall we?
Jill came to dinner one day.
"So I need some ideas for raising money. We are having a friendly competition to raise money for autism awareness. They're putting on a mental health carnival and each place has it's own table. We are trying to figure out what we can do to raise more than the other tables. Bob Rafelson, I think his name isβhe's some rich guy and he's agreed to match the table that raises the most money times four.
"So what are your ideas?" Mom asked.
"Well, that's the problem we don't have any good ideas. We do have access to a dunk booth, but those are lame and they don't raise that much money. I wanted to do something cool, but I can't think of anything." Jill looked down at her food dejected.
"How about a Karaoke contest?" Mom said.
I laughed. "Karaoke? How about something not so old fashioned like square dancing!"
"Don't make fun of me!" She scolded.
"See that's the problem, there's nothing good to do at a carnival. Oh and to make it worse guess who is at one of the tables? Jen Tyler! And you know she'll do something perfect that wins and we'll get thrown in the mud as usual."
"Okay, this just got personal." Cindy said. "We have to beat this chick!"
"So think, what can we do?" Jill begged.
There was nothing but silence, only the sound of forks hitting plates and chewing for a long moment.
Cindy finally spoke up, "The dunk booth isn't a bad idea, you just need someone famous to dunk. Someone that will draw a crowd."
"I called Justin Beiber, but he hasn't called back yet." Jill joked.
Cindy smiled a devilish smile. "What about somebody a little more local. A pseudo-celebrity, someone like, oh say, The Naked Swimmer!"
I flushed. I hadn't heard that name in a few months and I wasn't prepared for it.
"Cindy!" Mom came to my defense.
"What? It's a good idea; it even involves swimming sort of. That first video is still on Youtube and it's close to 126,000 views last I checked."
"How often do you check?" I asked in horror.
"Every now and then. What? You have a cute butt and it's funny. All the girls at work like it. They think you're sexy. They would come and pay to see you get wet. They're always asking me if they can meet you."
"Mom!" I used my only defense.
To my horror my Mom was smiling to herself.
"Tell her to stop! She shouldn't be looking at that!"
"Oh Mark, what's the big deal, she's already seen it. Besides, your butt is pretty cute if I do say so."
The three of them started laughing hysterically. I was red as an apple, but there was nothing I could do. I sat there and shook my head. My Mom touched my arm.
"I'm sorry, honey. I shouldn't laugh."
"No go ahead, it's funny, it's great." This just made them laugh harder. "They aren't going to let you advertise it with anything naked in the title anyway," I added.
"Well, you don't make a Naked Swimmer banner. You just spread the word privately. You can sign autographs for extra money, maybe we can grab a still from the video that doesn't show too much and print them up. Charge $10 for an autograph. This is a good idea, Mark." Cindy was enjoying this idea just a little too much.
Then Jill piped in, "We can keep the pictures low profile and just give them to the people that ask" she said.
I was once again shocked. "So now you're on board with this?" I couldn't believe it.
"If you want to, it's really not a bad idea. And it is for the kids." She flashed that look at me that melts my heart every single time.
I looked over at my Mom for advice.
"Well?" I asked her.
"It is for a good cause, if you're comfortable with it, why not? After all, most people will just be dunking you, they won't know who you are, and if some of them do maybe it will draw more money."
I looked at all of them realizing they didn't know what they were asking me. They clearly didn't appreciate just how shy I really am. In light of past events I don't blame them, but still!
"Anything for you Jill." I gave in.
They all applauded.
A week went by and Jill talked to her supervisor. They had agreed to it. I couldn't believe they went along with this. It was almost like hiring a porn star! But whatever, it's for the kids.
One day when I came home from work Jill was in my sister's room. I pushed the door open to see what they were doing. They were both sitting at the computer and playing my nude swim meet video over and over. It's a strange feeling to walk into your sister's room and see her and your girlfriend looking at a full screen image of your own naked body. They both turned and laughed when I walked into the room.
Cindy looked at me, "Hey you're just in time. What do you think . . . this one . . ."
She clicked a still they had captured showing me looking embarrassed and covering myself while still showing my bare profile.
" . . . or this one . . ."
She opened another one that showed me from the front covering myself but showing some pubes.