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Chapter 30 � Two days in the forest
Thursday and Friday passed uneventfully as the pledges went to class,
did their chores, and attended their evening training seminars. Lisa
continued to wear her thong on campus, but by Friday the novelty was
wearing off. The stares and whistling had from her onlookers had
diminished considerably. By the following week she would be continue to
be the object of curiosity and of the numerous men who enjoyed looking
at her, but within a few days everyone on campus had seen her at least
once.
The planned camping trip had to be postponed for a second time because a
severe weather front moved across the Mid-West over the weekend. The
first thunderstorm caught the pledges Friday afternoon as they were
returning to the sorority house, drenching them and pasting their skimpy
clothing to their bodies. Upon getting out of the rain they opened their
backpacks to see how badly damaged their books were, only to discover
that everything was perfectly dry. Tracy had the foresight to provide
them with waterproof book bags.
For three days thunderstorms dumped rain on the city, but that did not
deter the Four-Betas and Tri-Alphas from exercising outside. As cold
rain poured down on their bodies, the sophomores and pledges spent a
very unpleasant hour doing calisthenics Saturday morning. They were
ordered to go outside completely naked and used shower mats instead of
the usual exercise mats. On Sunday the weather eased just enough to give
the first and second year students a chance to get to the stadium and do
their normal stair run. Bernadette continued to struggle, but she
already had broken the psychological barrier of passing the stair
challenge. With difficulty she was able to finish the run for the second
time.
Because they were confined to the sorority house, the pledges were
prohibited from getting dressed during the entire weekend. Tracy
constantly stayed with the group, sleeping with them, bathing with them,
and eating with them. Whenever her pledges were undressed, she was
undressed with them. The other members of the sorority gossiped and
wondered why on earth Tracy suddenly had decided to live like a pledge.
Oh well, if that�s what she wanted to do, that was her business, but it
was something no other Pledge Mistress had ever done. Maybe she wanted
to establish a new tradition�
The fact that Tracy had quit wearing clothing and had given up the
rights of a senior was a source of gossip and speculation among the
members of the Tri-Alpha Fraternity as well. Not knowing about the
intensified rivalry between Tracy and Heather, most of the Triple A�s
assumed the Pledge Mistress was being punished. Anyhow, over the weekend
nearly all of the fraternity members paid visits to the sorority to
satisfy their curiosity about seeing Tracy without her clothes.
Tracy ignored her notoriety and spent every spare moment forcing her
group to read ahead for their classes. Apart from the readings and
assignments, there were house chores and constant �exercise breaks�. She
carefully watched her pledges� faces: the moment she noticed one of them
appearing bored or sleepy, she shouted at everyone to do 20 push-ups, 20
sit-ups, and run in place for several minutes. The constant threat of
impromptu exercising did wonders to focus the pledges� attention on
their work.
Tracy also was on the lookout for what she called �bad attitude�. She
kept a small leather paddle with her to punish minor infractions ranging
from complaints and disgusted sighs to eye-rolling. The punishments were
very quick. Tracy ordered the offending pledge to stand up and bend over
the table and delivered 10 hard swats. Upon finishing, she ordered the
pledge to sit back down and continue studying. The pledges were not
allowed to rub their bottoms or spend more than a few seconds recovering
from their spankings. Kathleen was paddled once and Bernadette, the most
rebellious member of the group, received the paddle twice. On Saturday
afternoon Tracy also paddled Lisa, mostly to demonstrate to the other
pledges she was not playing favorites.
The pledge who was punished the most that weekend was Cherine. She
received the paddle four times because Tracy was determined to break her
annoying habit of eye-rolling once and for all. After the fourth
paddling on Sunday she had taken 40 hard swats and gingerly rubbed her
bottom as she stood up and bit her lip. Tracy was unsympathetic.
�You get your hands off your butt and get studying�now! Or maybe, if you
want, I can give you a really good reason to rub your butt!�
The Pledge Mistress punctuated her statement with a hard slap of the
paddle against the palm of her hand. There was no doubt in anyone�s mind
that she was perfectly ready to give Cherine another 10 swats.
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The fifth week of her internment as a pledge seemed to fly by for Lisa,
with her time completely taken up by studying, exercising and working.
The weather cleared on Monday and the pledges spent several hours
washing mud off the patio and raking leaves and storm debris from the
back yard. The rest of their afternoons were filled with studying and
training seminars, including several that focused on physical
self-defense. In addition to house cleaning, morning PT, and the nightly
seminars was Tracy�s constant exhortation to study. At the end of the
week her efforts paid off: the three freshmen took exams in two classes
on Friday and all scored in the mid �90�s.
Lisa continued wearing her thong on campus, but it didn�t matter very
much because on a typical weekday she only wore clothing for
approximately four hours anyway. She was dressed for attending class and
for walking back and forth to the sorority, but that was it. As soon as
she entered Burnside�s office she stripped, and as soon as she entered
the sorority she stripped. By the end of June she was so used to being
nude that she felt much more at ease being out of her clothes than being
dressed. It no longer bothered her in the least to be naked in front of
Ruth Burnside and Jim Halsey. In fact, whenever she entered either of
their offices, she automatically took off her clothing with as much ease
as an ordinary person would take off a coat upon entering a hot room.
After the Sergeant-at-Arms� thong-buying excursion, Tracy never let Lisa
out of her sight while in the house. Lisa might have resented the
complete loss of any independence, but was perfectly happy not to repeat
her unpleasant outing with Heather. Because the control over their lives
was tightened, her sexual affair with Kathleen had to be suspended. Lisa
could tell that Kathleen was deeply upset by not being able to make love
and further develop the relationship. The unhappy girl cast longing
glances at her and resentful looks at the Pledge Mistress for not
letting them have any time alone. What made matters worse was that
neither Lisa nor the Tracy felt they could explain why it was imperative
that she always stay with her group and the group always stay together.
In contrast with her lover, Lisa welcomed the break from the
relationship and the chance to think about topics other than her
romantic problems and complicated personal responsibilities. She came to
enjoy the regimented routine and the opportunity to improve her health
and move ahead in her studies. She also realized the relationship had
moved way too fast and was relieved that Tracy�s constant presence
allowed her to slow down with Kathleen without having to risk hurting
her feelings. Yes, she was in very deep with her troubled lover, but at
least during the fifth week she didn�t get in any deeper.
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Friday evening the sorority held its weekly meeting, which included the
annual birthday spanking for a sophomore and various announcements about
the house. There was a small piece of bad news; water had leaked into
the dining room and the next week all of the dining room furniture would
have to be moved so the room could be re-carpeted. Several members
glanced at the pledges, because the burden would fall on the newcomers
to move the furniture.
The meeting concluded with the announcement that the summer camping
trip, after having been postponed twice, finally would take place. The
Tri-Alphas had rented several SUV�s for an expedition that would last
about 36 hours. There would be a three-hour drive to a remote forest
location in southern Illinois followed by a nine-mile hike to an
isolated camping spot. The fraternity and sorority members would camp
overnight and hike back the following afternoon. The main purpose of the
excursion was physical fitness, but it also gave fraternity and sorority
members a chance to spend two days doing an activity that was not
related to their studies. There would be several stops for swimming,
some wilderness training and plenty of opportunities for nature
photography for the camera enthusiasts among the group. Upon reaching
the destination, a large campsite would be set up and there would be a
series of group activities.
The camping trip was a favorite event for many of the members of the
sorority and fraternity. People in sexual relationships were encouraged
to take advantage of the natural setting to enjoy each other�s company,
since the normal restrictions against public displays of affection were
suspended in the forest. Couples could sleep together in the same tent,
go skinny-dipping alone, or make love in the open air in one of the
numerous clearings near the stream that flowed near the campsite. There
were organized games such as volleyball and naked twister. The hike was
entirely clothing optional, although normally only a few of the
Tri-Alphas chose to do the entire hike in the nude. Once the group
arrived at the campsite everyone was required to be fully naked, weather
permitting.
The camping trip was somewhat more demanding on pledges than on
members-in-full-standing. To begin with, pledges were required to be
naked during the hike as well as at the campsite. The only articles of
clothing they were allowed to take were their hiking shoes and several
changes of socks. Everything else needed to stay behind in their
lockers. Also, pledges were required to pose for anyone who wanted to
photograph them. Following the excursion there would be a figure
photography competition followed by a public exhibition and fund-raising
art auction of the better pictures. Many other photos were posted on the
official Four-Beta website, which helped boost web traffic and
advertising revenue. The pledges, since they had to be naked anyway,
provided very convenient models for the upperclassmen and their cameras.
There was a final detail about the trip. All participants, both men and
women, were expected to carry their own items and water. To that rule
there was one exception. The Four-Beta pledges were not allowed to cover
themselves at any time during the hike, which meant they could not carry
backpacks. The solution was for the Tri-Alpha pledges to carry supplies
for both themselves and a female counterpart. To prevent chafing on
their shoulders, the male pledges wore special T-shirts for the trek
that were cut off just below the chest. From their ankles to their
mid-sections the males were as naked as the females.
Everyone in both the fraternity and sorority wondered what Pledge
Mistress Tracy would wear on the hike. Since she was committed to living
with them, the pledges expected she would go on the hike naked. However,
because she was not a pledge, she had to carry her own camping supplies.
Her solution was to find an old T-shirt that had become too tight and
shorten it to match the shirts the male pledges had to wear. Like the
male pledges, she would hike totally bottomless.
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The trip started on Saturday at 4:30 when Tracy woke up her group and
told them to put on their hiking shoes and grab extra pairs of socks.
Tracy picked up her backpack and led her group outside, where the
Tri-Alphas� line of rented SUV�s was waiting. Each SUV was half-filled
with fraternity members, with the remaining seats left open for members
of the sorority. The vehicles� occupants would be balanced by sex to
encourage more interaction between the men and women.
The pledges had expected to ride down together, but Tracy ordered them
to split up. Only one pledge was allowed in each vehicle, to force her
to converse with upperclassmen and get to know them better.
Lisa started towards the SUV at the end of the group, but Tracy stopped
her.
�I want you in the third one, over there.�
When Lisa obeyed the Pledge Mistress and entered the vehicle, she saw
Ken in the back, and an empty seat next to him. She realized that Tracy
had wanted to give her and Ken the opportunity to ride down together and
the chance to talk. There conversation would not be private, but still,
they could converse about mundane topics and at least get caught up on
each other�s lives. It turned out they would have a small amount of
privacy, because no one else would be sharing the back seat with them.
Tracy dragged her backpack to the back of the SUV and put it on the
floor next to Lisa. She then ordered a Tri-Alpha to move two more
backpacks to the back, effectively blocking access to the seat occupied
by Lisa and Ken.
As she sat next to her former boyfriend, several thoughts ran through
Lisa�s mind. It was strange, and also very tempting, to be sitting right
next to him with neither of them wearing any clothing. Lisa also was
surprised that she was happy at the thought of sharing the trip
with him. She realized that while she might have thought her
relationship with Ken had ended, apparently Tracy did not agree, because
she had carefully set up an opportunity for them to spend three hours
sitting by themselves. It was obvious that the Pledge Mistress was
convinced that Ken and Lisa needed to share as much time together as
possible, because this was not the first time she had arranged for them
to be together. Lisa wondered what Tracy expected, apart from
encouraging her to come to terms with Ken. Did she want Lisa to renew
her relationship with him and break off her relationship with Kathleen?
The convoy pulled away from the Four-Beta house and within a few minutes
was headed south on an Interstate. The sky already was getting light as
the vehicles passed out of the suburbs and into the open countryside of
central Illinois. Although most of the vehicles had a naked occupant,
there would be no problems with other drivers because the windows in the
back were tinted. It was very strange to ride along the freeway, totally
naked, and watch trucks, busses, and minivans full of unsuspecting
families pass by.
Lisa took advantage of her situation to talk to Ken about what he had
done over the past two weeks. She always had enjoyed talking to him and
was genuinely concerned about how he was coping with his sexual
confusion and struggles. She also wondered how the Tri-Alpha pledge
group was doing, given that she had only seen them from a distance since
their week at the sorority house.
Ken related that Pledge Master Arnold had offered his resignation upon
returning to the fraternity and the directorate considered his request
to be relieved of his duty. In the end the chapter president decided
that, if he could draw up a training plan for the pledges and submit it
for approval, he would prefer that Arnold continue as Pledge Master.
Arnold e-mailed Tracy, who responded by sending him a copy of her own
training plan. Arnold made a few modifications and submitted it. The
crisis passed, and Arnold returned to his position in the Tri-Alpha
directorate.
During the week Bernadette was struggling to overcome the stadium stair
challenge, the Tri-Alpha pledges received a series of classes in male
sexual awareness. There had been some lessons and practical exercises in
masturbation techniques, followed by lessons on anal sex and anal
stimulation. The session concluded with two live demonstrations of anal
sex. The first one was given by a Tri-Alpha member and his girlfriend.
The second demonstration was given by a gay couple, both of whom were
Tri-Alpha juniors.
Following the demonstrations, the Tri-Alpha pledges were offered the
opportunity to participate in practical exercises. The practical
exercises were voluntary, one of the few times the Tri-Alpha pledges had
a chance to turn down a portion of their training. Of the five remaining
pledges, three, including Ken, decided to participate.
The volunteers were paired off with upperclassmen and were given the
choice to experience anal stimulation by hand, anal stimulation with sex
toys, and anal intercourse. Ken volunteered for everything, determined
once and for all to find out if he was gay or not. He discovered that he
liked having his bottom rubbed and his sphincter stimulated by hand.
However, he was surprised to find out that he did not enjoy being
entered by a male partner. In fact, he found the experience very
disappointing, comparing it to feeling badly constipated.
Ken somewhat more enjoyed the experience of entering his practical
exercise partner, but had trouble achieving an erection until he
fantasized about Jason. Once he was able to focus on that increasingly
vague vision of his friend, he was able to push into the other guy�s
bottom and enjoy a decent orgasm. He found the experience somewhat
similar to his lovemaking with Bernadette. He was able to perform only
when he became detached from what he was doing at the moment.
That was it for Ken�s curiosity. After several years of wondering, now
he knew what having sex with another man was like from personal
experience. He had discovered that, while he found some of what he did
pleasurable, his orgasms with his practical exercise partner did not
come anywhere close to the orgasms he had enjoyed with Lisa.
�Looks like I�m back to square one,� he noted sadly.
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By 7:30 the convoy was passing through forested hills as the trip was
nearing it�s destination. Lisa chatted about her own experiences; the
story behind her thong, Bernadette�s struggles on the stadium stairs,
and the pre-dawn streaking adventures with Tracy. She gave a partial
explanation about Tracy�s lack of attire and mentioned that she now was
sleeping in the basement with her pledge group.
There were several significant details about her life that Lisa chose to
omit, including the impending confrontation between Heather and Tracy. A
much more important omission was her sexual relationship with Kathleen.
She decided not to bring that up, because she no longer was convinced
her relationship with Ken had ended. She thought about his comment
�looks like I�m back to square one.� Did that mean �square one� with
her? What about Lisa�s thoughts on the matter? Was she willing to go
back to �square one� with Ken? If that happened, what would that mean
for her relationship with Kathleen?
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The trailhead had a small parking lot with 16 spaces. The Tri-Alpha
convoy had 16 vehicles, which meant all spaces would be taken over the
weekend and no one else would be likely to use the trail. Just to be on
the safe side, the fraternity had contacted a forest ranger and had made
private arrangements to reserve the entire lot until the fraternity
vehicles were parked.
The walk itself was not particularly hard for Lisa and her companions.
The group passed through stands of old-growth forest mixed with meadows
and open woodland. As the pledges walked, the photography enthusiasts
took numerous pictures of both the group and of them individually. Some
of the pictures were posed, others were taken while they were walking.
While the Four-Beta pledges enjoyed their walk totally unencumbered, the
same could not be said for their male counterparts. The guys sweat
heavily under their backpacks, weighted down with double-loads of
camping equipment and water. Nine miles was a long way to go, but
fortunately the Tri-Alpha pledges had spent the past month getting into
shape and were up to the task being thrust upon them. Even the guy
Heather targeted had made remarkable progress shaping up over the past
five weeks. He still was slightly overweight, but certainly no one apart
from Heather would feel justified calling him �fat bitch� and "blubber
boy".
Tracy led her group stoically carrying her backpack, sticking close to
the pledges and keeping an eye on Heather. Hiking with a backpack was
nothing new to her, although she felt very uneasy about her lack of
attire. She wondered if there really was any point to what she was
doing, pursuing her strange idea of living like a pledge because she was
so determined to watch over her group. Was all this really necessary?
Oh, well, nothing she could do about it now, even if she wanted to. Like
the pledges, she had left her clothing behind at the sorority house and
was committed to spending the next day and a half wearing nothing but
her shoes and cut-off T-shirt.
During the walk, Kathleen�s behavior surprised her companions. She
seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself as the journey progressed. Most of
her shyness wore off as she had a chance to show off her physical
fitness. For the benefit of the cameras and an approving audience she
ran and did summersaults across open meadows, jumped over logs and
rocks, climbed several trees, and even scaled a rock-face. Of the four
pledges, Kathleen�s athletic abilities made her the favorite subject
among the photographers. Lisa noted that her lover liked showing off and
the open sunny environment had made her cheerful.
While Kathleen jumped around for the cameras, Bernadette and Cherine
walked at a relaxed pace and chatted about their lives. After the first
rest break Tri-Alpha Vice President Jacob joined them and began chatting
with Cherine. Bernadette realized, as she noted Cherine�s starry-eyed
expression, that she should gracefully exit the conversation. She
excused herself and moved ahead a few steps to join Tracy.
With Bernadette absent, Cherine and Jacob finally had a few minutes
together to start getting to know each other. She was extraordinarily
nervous, not only because she finally had the chance to talk to the guy
she had been fantasizing about, but also because she was naked. Granted,
she had been naked most of the time over the past month and a half and
was used to it, but now she was confronted with the presence of a man
she badly wanted to impress. How could he take her seriously if she
wasn�t even allowed to wear any clothes?
Jacob did take Cherine seriously, very seriously. As June went by and he
caught brief glimpses of her, the pledge filled his thoughts and
desires. He couldn�t explain, even to himself, why he wanted her so
badly. As for her nakedness, seeing her body had the opposite effect on
him than she thought. Cherine�s nakedness only enhanced her innocence in
his eyes, because in her unadorned body he saw a pure and unencumbered
soul. Precisely because she was denied the accessories of modern
civilization and was presented to him as God had made her, he was able
to idealize her.
It was a strange coincidence that the snack for the pledges for the
half-way rest stop was apples. Tracy passed out an apple to each member
of her group. Cherine took an extra apple and offered it to Jacob. To
see that lovely young woman in her naked innocence offering him an apple
made Cherine the true reincarnation of Eve.
Fortunately for the VP�s aspirations, he was good at casual conversation
and at getting other people to put themselves at ease by talking about
their lives. He used that talent on Cherine and was rewarded with a lot
of information about her family, her ambitions, and her reasons for
joining the Four-Beta sorority. Cherine talked about her friendship with
Bernadette and her changing opinion of her Pledge Mistress. As the miles
passed and the day grew hotter the conversation became more two-way, as
he talked about his own pledging experience with the Tri-Alphas and his
years as an officer in the fraternity. He became class leader when he
was a sophomore, then Social Director as a junior, and finally VP as a
senior.
Jacob answered one of Cherine�s questions before she had a chance to ask
it. As he talked about his studies, he mentioned that he planned to
attend graduate school at the same university. He had not yet decided
whether he wanted to seek the chapter presidency of the fraternity,
although he did want to continue serving in the directorate.
Lisa and Ken continued their conversation as they walked together. She
realized that pledging with the fraternity had been an enormously
beneficial experience for him, because he had been able to explore some
of the questions he had about himself and what he wanted from his life.
There were plenty of hints that he wanted to get back together with her,
but there also were plenty of hints that something was still missing. He
needed something more, but wasn�t sure what.
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At the half-way point there was a pond with a small beach and a couple
of picnic tables. It was a good spot to rest, take a short swim, and
have a snack and some water. Up until that moment only the pledges had
been naked, but most of the fraternity and sorority members stripped to
go into the water. The nudity rule about the sorority�s pool applied for
the pond; no one was allowed to swim unless completely naked. After
swimming many of the members of the expedition sat on towels at the
picnic tables, enjoying the sun on their bare bodies and resting up for
the final portion of the trip.
When the group started hiking again, the amount of clothing they were
wearing had diminished considerably. About half of the Tri-Alphas
continued the journey completely naked, along with 9 of the sorority�s
members. President Alexandra�s outfit was reduced to a sports bra and
panties, while Heather stripped completely. Also completing the trip in
the nude were Tri-Alpha Vice-President Jacob and Pledge Master Arnold.
Jacob had decided to complete the trek in the nude partially to put
Cherine at ease by making her see him more as an equal. Seeing him
wearing nothing but his backpack did not put her at ease, however.
Instead, seeing him in his entirety filled Cherine with sexual desire.
She very badly wanted to touch him�and�give up her virginity.
Unfortunately, on that trip a sexual encounter was not to be, because of
the prohibition on sex between pledges and fraternity members. No matter
what feelings or desires they might have had, they would have to wait
another six weeks.
The presence of Cherine complicated Jacob�s life and put his
self-control to the test. He couldn�t make love to the pledge, but he
was determined not to do anything that would hurt her feelings or
jeopardize whatever relationship he had pending with her. That meant he
could not risk making love to anyone else on the trip. He worried that
various women in the sorority would want to spend some time with him,
but he would just have to let them know that he preferred to be with
Cherine, and no longer was interested in anyone else.
The group arrived at the overnight campsite at 1:00 in the afternoon.
The site was an actual campground that overlooked a small lake and
included amenities such as barbeque pits, benches, and a small beach.
Upon arriving, everyone who was not yet naked got undressed and stowed
their clothing in their backpacks. The hike was clothing optional, but
tradition mandated that the overnight camping was a nude event. The
fraternity and sorority members spent the next hour setting up several
group tents, a volleyball net, and finally, several two-person tents.
There was a quick lecture on avoiding hazards such as ticks and poison
ivy, with the comment that, because the group was naked, poison ivy was
a much worse hazard than ticks.
�If a tick gets on you, you�ll see it and feel it right away. That�s a
big advantage about not wearing any clothing out here, there�s nowhere
for them to hide. Of course, your skin isn�t protected, either, so be
very careful about what you brush up against.�
Once the group was released, most of the fraternity and sorority members
headed straight for the water. A few paired off and disappeared into the
woods or into one of the tents, and a few others started an impromptu
volleyball game.
There was another tradition that was mandatory for anyone who was good
at running. Tracy grabbed Kathleen and three sophomores before meeting
up with Pledge Master Arnold and four members of his fraternity. There
was a race challenge for the best runners; a five-mile path that climbed
a hill before circling the lake and returning to the campsite. The
runners were expected to complete that challenge, the reward for
participating being not having to do any further chores at the campsite.
For the winner there was an additional reward, being excused from having
to do any chores the following week. Certainly that was motivation for
Kathleen, who was thrilled at the prospect of a break from her onerous
daily duties as a pledge. Five miles of running in exchange for not
having to do any chores for a week? Oh yes!
Tracy had thought about having Lisa participate in the run as well,
given that Lisa was the winner of the women�s division of the Tri-Alpha
nude 10-K run the previous fall. She�d make a good runner, but there was
no way she�d win against Kathleen. Besides, Lisa needed a break and
perhaps some additional time to spend with Ken. Tracy decided not to
include Lisa in the race, but decided to run herself, to see if she had
any hope of keeping up with Kathleen. At 2:30, wearing nothing but
cross-country shoes, the runners took off towards the hill and
disappeared into the forest.
With Tracy and Kathleen gone, Cherine with Jacob, and Bernadette
swimming in the lake with the sophomores, Lisa realized the Pledge
Mistress had given her what she most needed, an hour to be alone with
Ken. She lost no time finding him and tapping him on the shoulder. The
only comment she had was:
�Let�s go back to square one.�
Ken followed Lisa away from the campsite, not really sure what she meant
by her last statement. They walked nearly a mile before she found what
she was looking for, a place to sit down. What she discovered was
perfect for her purposes, an abandoned side trail with an old stone
bench that was out of site from the main trail.
Lisa sat down, and suddenly Ken understood what �square one� meant to
Lisa. She wanted to go back to that evening, nearly a year before, when
he lost a game of strip Poker and had to go over her lap for a hand
spanking as one of his penalties. Although they were not yet going out,
last September�s hand spanking was one of the most sensuous experiences
of his life, something that filled his fantasies for weeks afterwards.
Ken was not sure what Lisa planned to do was exactly what he wanted, but
he compliantly settled over her lap, figuring it was worth a try. She
was trying to reach out to him, trying to figure out what he needed. She
was making the attempt, something that no one else in Ken�s life had
ever done for him.
She did not start spanking right away. Instead she massaged his bottom,
taking her time to stimulate his skin with gentle touches and caresses
with her fingertips. Within a very short time his posture relaxed, as he
began to enjoy what she was doing to him.
To his more comfortable posture there was an important exception: she
felt his penis stiffening against her thigh. His organ became harder and
harder, which surprised her. She had not yet started to spank him and
yet he was just as aroused as he was when she had severely whipped him
in the spring. She had made a very important discovery about him. It
wasn�t the pain that excited him; it was the submission, the act of
surrendering control of himself to someone else.
Lisa started spanking Ken, but the spanking was nothing like his last
punishment back in May. She spanked him gently and sensuously, taking
her time to massage and stimulate his bottom cheeks between slaps. His
bottom would not bear the marks from a severe punishment, but instead
the faint pink of an experience that was much more stimulating than
painful. As the spanking continued, his penis pressed ever harder into
her leg.
�I really don�t know what I�m gonna do with you, Ken, I really don�t
know. This cute bottom of yours is so naughty, but I �spose even naughty
bottoms need love.�
With that she leaned down to kiss him, which only made his erection
start to pulsate. She realized he was ready.
Lisa ordered him to get up. She got on her hands and knees on the bench,
lewdly exposing herself and begging to be entered. He wasted no time
pushing in, thrusting vigorously�just like old times�oh yes�just like
old times�
There was one important difference. Ken�s thoughts at that moment were
on Lisa. For the first time what was on his mind matched what he was
doing. Making love to her in the woods that afternoon was one of the
most honest things Ken ever did.
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Reeking of sweat and orgasm, Lisa and Ken walked back towards the lake.
Instead of going straight back to the main campsite they took a detour,
pulled off their shoes, and jumped in the water. Once they were
reasonably clean, they picked up their shoes and waded along the shore
to the main campsite.
Already there was a smell of barbeque and the sound of cheering. Lisa
was just in time to see Kathleen sitting on the shoulders of two
Tri-Alphas, smiling shyly and giving a �victory� sign with her hands. It
turned out that she had won the footrace, even beating her male
competitors. Cherine and Bernadette were in the audience,
enthusiastically cheering for their fellow pledge. Tracy stood with
them, exhausted but happy that now she knew who was going to run the
Tri-Alpha nude 10-K race next September on behalf of the Four-Beta
Sorority.
There were some other games that afternoon, the most important of which
was naked twister. The twister games each had four players, two men and
two women. The games were played very seriously, because according to
the rules the winner of each round had absolute control over the losers,
including the right to demand sexual favors, for the following 60
minutes.
Lisa was amazed as she watched President Alexandra participate in a game
of twister and lose to a Tri-Alpha sophomore. The sophomore, dumbfounded
at his extraordinary luck, quickly got rid of the game�s other two
losers and forced the Four-Beta president to kneel while he took several
pictures. He then ordered her to put her hands behind her head and
follow him away from the campsite. The imposing Four-Beta chapter
president was due for a nice over the lap spanking, followed by a round
of sex. Yes, Alexandra might have been the most important member of her
sorority, but she had just lost a competition and had no more rights
than any of the other losers. As she always said in such situations, �if
you can�t pay, then don�t play�. Later, Lisa wondered if Alexandra had
lost on purpose, just to have a chance to step out of her role for a few
minutes and submit to someone else.
In the next round of twister Bernadette came out the winner, defeating
two Tri-Alphas and a Four-Beta junior. In Bernadette�s case, the rule
against sex between sorority pledges and fraternity members had to be
suspended so she could claim her victory. There was no risk of her being
victimized, because she was the one who had won temporary ownership of
her three competitors. Once she was assured she could do what she wanted
with her new servants, she dismissed the Four-Beta junior. She was only
interested in the men. She ordered them to bring her a picnic blanket, a
paddle, and some condoms. She made them kneel and kiss her shoes before
directing them to stand up and follow her into the woods.
There was no doubt Pledge Bernadette was getting the hang of being a
Four-Beta.
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Following a very late dinner, the members of the camping party gathered
around a large bonfire for yet another public spectacle, midnight tribal
dancing. The six Tri-Alpha officers pounded improvised drums while the
Four-Beta officers gave a performance that exceeded anything in that
style that Lisa ever saw on stage. The six naked sorority officers
performed very strenuous movements for over 40 minutes, their sweaty
bodies moving in harmony around the fire as the drums pounded and the
crowd of spectators clapped and chanted.
Lisa later learned that tribal dancing was a tradition for the sorority
and that knowing how to do it well was a prerequisite for running for a
position as a Four-Beta officer. The performance was an important part
of any camping trip, something that the sorority officers had to prepare
for in secret. Even Tracy and Heather had to put aside their differences
for the dance. A proper performance came before everything, even ahead
of a nasty personal feud. The next day the two officers would continue
their rivalry, but that night they worked together as their undulating
bodies complimented each other in the eerie fire-lit summer night.
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Lisa and Kathleen finally got into a sleeping bag at 1:30 in the
morning. Lisa had thought that they would be sleeping in one of the
communal tents, but Kathleen had made arrangements to get them one of
the smaller tents designed for two people. As a pledge, ordinarily she
could not have made such a request, but because she had won the footrace
President Alexandra granted her one of the smaller tents.
Lisa rewarded her lover with a pleasant orgasm, although she wanted to
keep things quiet and somewhat restrained. There was no spanking, and
Lisa did not want to lick her lover�s bottom-hole because she did not
have the chance to properly clean up. However, after nearly two weeks of
going without sex, Kathleen was very happy with finally having the
chance to make love to Lisa. The day had been truly wonderful for her;
an enjoyable hike, swimming, winning that race, the entertainment from
the sorority officers, and finally a love-making session with Lisa. Very
happy, she fell asleep in her lover�s arms.
Lisa waited for the sound of Kathleen�s breathing to change so she could
slip out of the tent without waking her. She wasn�t yet sleepy and
wanted to take advantage of the quiet night to go for one final swim.
She put on her shoes, exited the tent, closed the entrance, and made her
way through the dark to the flat moonlit surface of the lake. She groped
her way to the beach and slipped into the water. It was cold at first,
but as she swam out to the center of the silent lake her body became
used to the temperature.
Lisa knew that what she was doing was not smart. If anything went wrong
she would go under the surface and no one would see her. However, that
night she had been seduced by the lake, drawn into the water so she
could be forced to reflect on what was happening and put her thoughts in
order. She spent several minutes swimming and floating, enjoying the
quiet and darkness of her surroundings. Finally she felt enough at peace
to work her way back towards the shore. She swam in far enough to put
her feet on the bottom of the lake and satisfy her nagging conscience.
There. Now my feet are planted on firm ground and I won�t drown. Happy?
With just her head sticking out of the water, Lisa reflected on her
situation. The day had been a momentous one for her, because she had
begun the important task of fixing her relationship with Ken. She also
was very relieved to find out that he had experimented with other guys
and had not found the experience as enjoyable as he was expecting. That
disappointment put him back at �square one�, in other words, back with
her. She was pleased about that, because she had missed him more than
she cared to admit. Whatever his faults, he still belonged to her.
With Ken still on her mind, Lisa shivered as she left the water. She
grabbed a towel that someone had left out to dry, wiped off her body,
and put on her shoes before finding her way to the tent she was sharing
with Kathleen. She was cold, and was grateful to get into a
sleeping bag with her lover�s warmth. At that moment Lisa did not see
the extreme irony of her situation: thinking about Ken while getting
into a sleeping bag with Kathleen.
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The following morning�s routine was very relaxed, because the first
group meeting for the campers was at 11:00. Until then everyone was free
to sleep, swim, hike, explore the lake, play volleyball, or go off in
the woods to have sex. The majority of the campers slept until about
9:00, then made their way to lake to rinse off. Lisa and Kathleen slept
until 9:30, before finding Bernadette and Cherine to join the Tri-Alpha
pledges for a swim. After getting out of the water, the pledges, with
the exception of Kathleen, had to report to the cooking tent to help set
up lunch. Kathleen was left with nothing to do, so she returned to the
lake and quietly sat on the shore.
At 10:30 Pledge Master Arnold blew a whistle as a warning that everyone
needed to return to the base camp within 30 minutes. At 10:45 he blew
his whistle a second time, and at 10:55 he blew it for the third and
final warning. Lisa noticed Tracy carrying several willow switches that
had been cleaned and soaked in water. She asked Elaine, the leader of
the sophomores, what was going on.
�When you have a group as large as what we�ve got here, there�s always
some idiot who doesn�t make it back in time for the midday meeting. So,
whoever�s not at the meeting gets their butt whipped.�
At 11:00 the presidents of the fraternity and the sorority stood
together on a picnic table and ordered a head count of their parties.
The campers organized by sex and by class, to allow the class leaders to
make sure all their groups� members were present. President Alexandra
called out:
�Sergeant-at-Arms Heather!�
�Yes, President Alexandra!�
�Roll call!�
�All seniors present or accounted for, President Alexandra!�
�Junior class leader Shannon!�
�Yes, President Alexandra!�
�Roll call!�
�Two juniors missing, President Alexandra! Michelle and Carrie not
present!�
�Noted, two juniors missing. Sophomore class leader Elaine!�
�Yes, President Alexandra!�
�Roll call!�
�All sophomores present or accounted for, President Alexandra!�
�Pledge Mistress Tracy!�
�Yes, President Alexandra!�
�Roll call!�
�All pledges present, President Alexandra!�
The same process was repeated for the Tri-Alpha Fraternity, but
fortunately none of their members were missing. The next priority was
determining what had happened to the two missing Four-Beta juniors. The
last anyone had seen of them was earlier that morning when they left to
go for a walk. They no longer were at the campsite and had to be found
before the group could start back.
While everyone else ate lunch and began cleaning up the campground, the
Tri-Alpha seniors set out to find the two missing women. After an hour,
they returned with the wayward Four-Betas. The two women were covered
with mud, had scratches on their legs, and wore very sad expressions on
their faces. It turned out they had left the main trail to climb a hill
and take some pictures, only to get lost on their way down and wander
into a swamp. They managed to get out of the water but were totally
disoriented when they finally returned to the main trail. They heard the
first whistle from base camp at 10:30, but panicked and took off in the
wrong direction. They were still going the wrong way when the Tri-Alphas
found them.
The seniors who rescued the two women ordered them to rinse off in the
lake before they cleaned and disinfected their scratches. After the two
wayward Four-Betas were clean and their injuries treated, the Tri-Alphas
handcuffed them and ordered them to kneel on one of the picnic tables.
President Alexandra announced the verdict. Michelle and Carrie had
missed the midday assembly because of their careless behavior in the
forest. For that offense, and for disregarding several safety rules,
they faced corporal punishment. Each woman would receive one stroke of
the willow switch from every member of the Tri-Alpha team that rescued
her.
Michelle went first. Without saying anything, she got off her knees and
was helped off the picnic table. Arnold unlocked her handcuffs and
directed her to bend over the end of a second picnic table. Once she
lying over the table, he told her to grip the other end with her hands
and spread her feet. She was to stay in that position until the
punishment was finished; if she let go of the table or tried putting her
feet together, she would be tied and the punishment would start over.
As the Tri-Alpha seniors lined up next to the offender, Tracy waved
three of the willow switches she was carrying to shake off the extra
water. She handed them to Pledge Master Arnold, who in turn passed one
of the switches to Vice-President Jacob. The VP quickly positioned
himself behind Michelle, tapped her with the switch, and sharply struck
at the base of her bottom-cheeks. Upon feeling the first blow, she let
out a faint whimper, but did her best to stay quiet. Jacob handed the
switch to the next senior, who positioned himself and laid another thin
welt across the Four-Beta junior�s backside. Arnold noted the first
switch was starting to fray after the sixth stroke and passed the
seventh member of his group a fresh switch.
There were 18 seniors total, which meant that Michelle�s bare bottom was
marked with 18 thin red lines. The switching went fairly quickly and was
over within 15 minutes. However, after the final stroke it was clear
that Michelle was in a lot of pain and struggling not to let go of the
table and risk extra strokes. Pledge Master Arnold gave her a few
minutes to recover and handed her a cup of water before ordering her to
stand up. Her punishment was not over, because she had climb up on
another picnic table. Until her companion�s switching was finished she
had to remain standing with her feet spread and her hands behind her
head. Tears were flowing down her cheeks, but she dared not move until
she was released.
Carrie�s self discipline came nowhere close to Michelle�s. She cried
pitifully starting with the first stroke. After the fifth stroke she
tried to cover her bottom with her hands, only to be tied to the table
and forced to start over. She received a total of 23 strokes and was
left tied up and sobbing while the expedition�s other members finished
getting ready for the hike back. Michelle, on the other hand, was
allowed to get down from her picnic table and help with packing one of
the tents. Her punishment was over and she was allowed to re-join her
classmates.
Lisa thought Michelle and Carrie had been treated harshly and
commented her thought to Elaine. The sophomore disagreed:
�Pledge Lisa, we�re on a very tight schedule. We can�t leave until
everyone�s back, and if they weren�t so strict about the meeting, we
would�ve had 10 or 20 people wandering around instead of just two. We�ve
got to be out of here by 1:00, so we can be back at the parking lot
before 5:00, so we can get back in the house by 9:00. How�re we supposed
to do all that if everyone�s not ready to leave on time?�
�I �spose that�s true, ma�am.�
�Anyhow, those two shouldn�t have gone wandering off like that, without
even bothering to tell anyone where they were going. And they knew what
was gonna happen if they weren�t back here by 11:00. It�s not as though
it�s any big secret.�
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The hike back to the parking lot started at 1:00, right on schedule. It
was hot and Lisa noticed the expedition�s members were wearing
much less clothing on the return trip. Over half of the Tri-Alphas
walked the entire nine miles totally naked, along with 27 members of the
sorority. Jacob was among the naked Tri-Alphas, walking with an equally
naked Pledge Cherine. Michelle and Carrie also were forced to hike in
the nude, as part of their punishment. Even President Alexandra hiked
completely uncovered, as part of her forfeit from the previous day�s
loss playing twister.
Upon returning to the parking lot, all of the fraternity and sorority
members got dressed, with the exception of the pledges and the two
wayward Four-Beta juniors. Michelle and Carrie faced several more days
of exposure, because once they were back in the sorority house they
would not be allowed to cover their bottoms until their welts were
completely healed.
Tracy ordered the Four-Beta pledges to get into separate vehicles so
they could continue to socialize with upperclassmen on the way back. To
Lisa�s dismay, Ken was assigned to a different vehicle, as was Kathleen.
Tracy was determined that Lisa would ride back with people she didn�t
know very well so she could converse with them.
Pledge Cherine rode back with the Tri-Alpha officers. Letting her travel
with the top members of the fraternity was not what the Pledge Mistress
had intended, but Jacob wanted her to sit with him. Tracy was not at all
pleased about the blatant display of favoritism, but unfortunately the
wishes of the VP overrode anything she might have wanted for her pledge.
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The SUV�s returned to the Four-Beta house shortly before 9:00, right on
schedule. The fraternity members off-loaded the tents and other camping
equipment and carried everything into the back yard of the sorority. It
would be the duty of the sorority to clean the equipment, while the
Tri-Alphas took care of washing and returning the vehicles. Lisa sighed
upon seeing the mountain of camping gear piled on the back porch,
because she knew that the responsibility of cleaning it would fall
mostly on the pledges.
The first priority, however, was showering, checking for ticks, and
going to bed. The following day was Monday, the start of yet another
week of classes. Tracy warned the pledges that she expected them to be
in their cots with their eyes closed no later than 10:00. Bernadette and
Cherine did not have to be told to go to sleep; they were so tired that
they drifted off within minutes of lying down. Lisa was the last member
of the group to brush her teeth and crawl into her cot, but she noticed
Kathleen was still awake. Without saying anything, she got up to give
her lover a goodnight kiss and squeeze her hand. Kathleen drifted off to
sleep and Lisa made it back to her cot just before Tracy entered the
room.
Lisa had greatly enjoyed the camping trip, even though it had done
nothing to simplify her personal life or her romantic pursuits. Within a
12-hour period she had made love with two different people, but she did
not feel guilty about that. She rationalized that she was not cheating,
because she did not see her lovers as directly competing against each
other. They were not the same sex, their needs were very different, and
what she needed from each of them was different. Also, neither was
innocent or inexperienced. Ken had just experimented with gay sex while
Kathleen had various lovers before she met Lisa. Both of Lisa�s love
interests were imperfect, troubled individuals who needed her support.
She saw herself as deeply caring for both of them and obliged to bring
sexual fulfillment into their lives.
In the back of her mind Lisa understood that someday she would have to
choose between Ken and Kathleen. However, she reasoned with herself that
day of reckoning was years away and thus not something that needed to
concern her at the moment. Perhaps there would be a tense moment or two,
but as long as she could compartmentalize her life and keep her lovers
separate from each other, there was no reason why she couldn�t continue
both relationships.
The Pledge Mistress - Chapter 31
