Bob and I were waiting by the change rooms for the cheerleaders when they finished their practice. I nailed the captain as she walked past.
"Excuse me, Marie, but could I have a quick word with the team before they get changed. Preferably in the change room."
"Why?"
"I have a proposition to put to them And I think it's only fair that they all hear it. It's an all or nothing kind of deal."
Marie held up a finger indicating I should wait a moment and ducked in to the room, telling the girls to hold it for a moment.
For some reason most of the cheer leaders were seniors this year. They were all aged eighteen or up, which was fortunate for me, because the whole idea would have been dead in the water if any of them had been underage.
Bob and I, I'm Andrew, by the way, were both in our mid-twenties. Bob, in my opinion is a born loser, though he's got the arrogance of a winner. He just can't understand why he doesn't get anywhere. I'd like to point out that he is an acquaintance, not a friend.
He'd been running down women in general and I kind of took exception to some of his remarks. The result was that he challenged me to put my money where my mouth was. I pointed out that the bet he was asking for would be a bit difficult to resolve. That's when he'd indicated the cheerleaders and pointed out they'd be a fine test group. He'd irritated me enough that I had actually taken the bet, and now I had to carry through with it.
Then Marie stuck her head out of the change room and told us we could come in. We sauntered in, Bob acting like he invaded girl's change rooms every day, me rather more politely.
"OK, ladies, this deal comes in two parts. Part two only comes into play if part one is successful from my point of view, so I won't go into that right now. The whole thing comes from a bet I've got going with Bob. I don't stand to make anything from this if I win as I'll donate the money to the cheerleader's funds as you'll have earned them. Bob, on the other hand, stands to win two hundred.
As I'm sure you suspect, as well as discussing sport and cars, men have been known to discuss women. Now Bob and I seem to have diametrically opposed views of women. Bob has taken the stance that women would be quite happy to dress in the burka at all times while I have gone to the other extreme and pointed out that women really have no objection to nudity.
Now I can see some of you smirking and nodding and thinking you know what comes next. You think I'm going to ask that one of you get undressed to show that you're not afraid of nudity. It's not that easy I'm afraid. Bob insists that having a woman undress proves nothing. I have to have the entire team agree to undress, right now.
So basically, if the entire team agrees to strip, Bob will give Marie the first hundred dollars and we can then discuss the second part of the bet. If any one of you say no, then I strike out and have to cough up the full bet to Bob and, even worse, I'll have to listen to him brag about it for the next year.
May I suggest you discuss it and let us know your answer?
Ah, you might notice that we do not have a camera with us. This whole affair will be private and deniable."
The women went into a huddle. There was a lot of talking and giggling, some of the girls nodding and some shaking their heads. A point was raised and Marie shrugged and came over.
"The girls are wondering what part two is about."
I could feel myself blushing slightly.
"I'd just as soon not mention that unless I have to. It could kill the whole deal before you even decide on part one."
I probably said too much. Marie was now consumed with curiosity.
"Well, how about you tell me. I won't tell the others, but I think I should at least know."
So I told her, speaking quietly.
I could see she was trying not to giggle.
"I'll vote for part one just to watch your face when you try to sell part two," she said.
She joined the girls. I knew they asked her about part two by the way Marie giggled and shook her head. The fact that she was amused was eating at them and probably contributed to their decision. The couple of hold outs seemed to shrug and finally nod.
"OK," she said. "You're on. But don't expect us to stand around while you inspect us at your leisure."
With that she started peeling off her top while the other cheerleaders followed suit. Some laughing and eager, others blushing and a little nervous, but going along with the crowd.
It was quite a sight. Fifteen, count them, fifteen lovely ladies in the altogether. People would pay big money for a view like this. The women moved around a bit. Some of them were shyly trying to stay behind others and using hands as shields. Some others didn't care, and a couple were deliberately showing off their figures. Not that I blamed them, they had something worth showing.
Marie snapped her fingers, hand out. It was a case of deed done, pay up. Bob hesitated. He hadn't really expected to have to cough up. I gave him a look and he brought out his wallet and produced the cash. From the look he gave me I guessed he was expecting that part two would be a flop and he'd recover his hundred from me. I was expecting that, too, but at least losing one hundred is better than losing two.
"Now why don't you explain part two to the team, Andrew?" said Marie, her voice all silky and kind, as though she was encouraging a toddler. I through her a nasty look and broached the subject.
"Um, yes, part two," I said, ignoring Bob's snigger and Marie's giggle. "Well, that revolves around the subject of sex. Bob was saying that women don't really like it and if left to themselves would never have it. I on the other hand said that women enjoy sex just as much as men and that they don't have nearly as many hang-ups as men."
I paused at this stage and a cynical voice observed that this was a ploy to demand that a couple of girls go with us and get laid and we'd pay them the extra hundred.
"Ah, not exactly," I said, before the girls decided to run us off in a hurry. "I'll admit that sex is involved but there are some stringent terms that Bob insisted on. If one of you goes along with this we're not allowed to pay them the hundred. It has to go to the cheerleader's funds.
Only one of us has to have sex, but we have to have it right now."
My voice faltered and I shut up, trying to look miserable about the whole deal. Bob was grinning like a baboon and, although he couldn't see it, irritating several of the girls, including a couple I'd flagged as likely candidates.
One of the girls had a question.
"When you say right now, you mean that one of us has to pick one of you and go with you and have sex right this minute."
It's rather hard to blush at will but I can manage it sometimes. Like right now.
"Ah, no," I said. "Bob means right here, right now."
That through the cat among the pigeons.
"What, with everyone watching?" came the question.
"There's no need for anyone to watch," I pointed out, and that was met with disbelieving laughter. As though they'd be able to resist looking. And probably commenting.
Most of the girls were giggling, but it was in a not me fashion. Some of them were looking thoughtful.
"Let me get this straight," said one of the thoughtful girls. "One of us had to pick one of you and give them an exhibitionist fuck, for which the cheerleader's funds get a hundred dollars. What happens if we say no?"