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Chapter 24 - Epilogue

That’s how the rest of the year went. Many of the kids, it turned out, enjoyed the nudity they experienced, and quite a few admitted that they had acquired a measure of exhibitionism. Many were surprised at how “natural” being nude felt—they said that they felt liberated or more open with other nude students, just as Roy had told Drew. And like Evelyn and Roy, there were a fair number of new friendships formed. Sherrill and Wilma did join a small group of GBH students to go on several naked shopping mall excursions, but they couldn’t convince Jennifer, or their boyfriends, to join them. Of course, Drew and Connor gave that activity an emphatic pass.

Vanquishing the OSA didn’t end the Program, of course. It still continued at the high school and by the spring term, only a third of the kids were getting naked for the Project. The Monday Program participation calls were still largely being ignored and most Program “resistors” were now brave enough to declare to the Program official—not Werthur; he had been replaced—that they were resisting. Thus the cries of “Reasonable Request” continued to be not heard in the halls at Glen Burnie High.

Gerberin’s and Werthur’s charges were reduced to disorderly conduct and they were given warnings not to engage in similar activities in the future. The enforcer Taser users from the classroom battle were charged with endangering a minor and their pending kidnapping charges were dropped, since they had no intention of taking anyone away from the school.

Drew’s soccer season continued with her dominating opposing teams with her defense and the Gophers reached the finals at State in their division, where they were defeated by a perennial powerhouse team in overtime, 2-1.

Connor did well on the swim team; indeed, his breast stroke set pool and conference records and he was a strong contributor to the Gophers coming in second in their conference.

Drew received many full-scholarship offers but she chose to stay local. She accepted the offer from the University of Maryland. Their soccer program used formations which complemented her playing style. And Connor’a swimming performances attracted several scholarship offers; he chose Maryland’s; the athletic staff was very interested in his self-taught athletic training and offered a partial swimming scholarship, supplemented with a needs-based scholarship to cover the rest of his attendance costs.

Jennifer, Sherrill, and Wilma all chose Maryland as well, as did a number of other core Project planners, so they were able to closely maintain their friendships.

The Project at GBHS lost a little momentum when the seniors graduated; Emma’s resort subsidy had ended and when school began the following fall, there were fewer strongly motivated students who cared to organize it. And Program resistors no longer needed the naked camouflaging support of their classmates—they simply refused to participate. Despite this, the Project had become a sort of tradition in the school and many students did continue to go nude for years after the first Project year and the school’s administration was careful to prevent the typical Program abuses which happened in other schools.

The premise that Andrew had first expressed, that of bringing nudism to a high school in place of the Program, turned out to be valid. The voluntary nudity that Drew had originally proposed, even though it was motivated somewhat by the frightening prospect of the impending Program, had become embraced by a significant number of teens, who found out that they enjoyed the clothes-free-freedom of the Project. And Drew Harper found her personal freedom through companionship and her successes in soccer.

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Hi, it’s Drew. Thanks for reading my story, although I must say that my narrator embellished some parts somewhat. Let me bring you up to date. My college career with the Terrapins was fantastic; we took the NCAA Division 1 women’s soccer championship during my sophomore through senior years. I studied business and graduated with a BBA but during my senior year, the U.S. Women's National Team had been scouting me and I was offered a berth on the team. I played in the next two Olympics and I became a household name. Apparently I was an exciting player to watch. Yes, we won the gold both times and I played my favorite position, stopper, and, all modesty aside, had top stats too. I joined a professional league after my Olympic career and when my playing days are over, I think I’ll become a coach.

Connor and I married in our junior year. He did take a degree in sports physiology and went on to medical school. He’s now board-certified and specializing in physiatry; it’s a branch of medicine that’s dedicated to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of all types of disabilities related to the brain, nerves, bones and muscles. Connor likes to work mainly with injured athletes to rehabilitate them to regain as much function as possible. His practice is very successful.

Did I ever become a “full” nudist? Here’s a secret... I did; at the resort on one weekend during the spring term of my high-school senior year, surrounded by all of my friends and Connor, my beloved, who joined me in nudity. Surprisingly, I felt very little anxiety as I shed my pareo and became nude in mixed company for the first time. I discovered the pleasure of nude swimming and sunbathing and just being nude in the outdoors. And back at school after that weekend, I decided to fully participate in the Project; to the amazement and delight of everyone in my home room class, I stripped off with everyone else in the room when the participant names were read, and got many nude hugs from my thrilled friends. And now that I’ve experienced the physical sensations of being clothes-free, now I really know what “freedom to be free” means.

I hope that you find your own personal freedom as I did.

The End

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