PROLOGUE
This story takes place in the not-too-distant future. A sexually repressed political group has taken control of the country's government and installed laws that allow new punishments for any sexually related crimes.
Both Paul Catoni and his wife Mia voted for this coalition as they saw the prostitution in their city growing out of control. Little did they know how far the lawmakers would take their new powers.
PAUL
"All rise," the bailiff said as the judge appeared from the door at the side of the court wearing her long black robe. This was my second visit with the judge. Earlier I stood before her and, as my lawyer had suggested, pleaded guilty to public nudity. It was now time for sentencing.
This whole thing was stupid. A group of guys got together one Saturday night at a friend's apartment. There was some alcohol involved but not enough to make us sloppy drunk. Unfortunately, there was enough to get us doing some crazy dares.
I watched nervously as my friends put their heads together and whispered to each other. My dare was next. One of the guys would occasionally look up at me as if he was deciding whether or not I could handle whatever they were cooking up.
"Ok, Paul, your turn," my friend Don said. "You are going to go downstairs, run around the block, back up the stairs, and into the apartment within five minutes. If you don't make it, you get another dare."
That didn't sound too bad. "I can do that," I said confidently, even though I wasn't sure I could run that fast. I'm a small guy who has never been in as good shape as my friends. The worst that could happen was I'd end up with another dare.
"But wait, there's more!" Don continued. You are going to do it STARK NAKED!" There was a roar of laughter among the guys.
It may have been the alcohol or perhaps the need to win approval from my friends but I agreed to the dare, only negotiating to wear my sneakers. I knew I wouldn't have a chance of making it without them.
Moments later, I stood naked in front of my fully clothed friends which was not easy for me. I had always been a shy person, never comfortable naked. I was the guy who was often found pulling his underwear up under his towel in the locker room.
Two of the guys went downstairs to make sure I didn't cheat. Once they were in place, I heard the countdown. Three, two, one, GO!
I opened the door and started running. At first, I was nervously looking around worried that someone might see me but by the time I made it through the door and into the cool fall night I had decided that running fast was my best option. If anyone saw me I'd be streaking by so fast that I would escape embarrassment.
I passed the guys at the door without a word, turned left, and disappeared around the corner. It was dark and quiet as I moved to a steady pace. I was wondering how much time had gone by when my world instantaneously changed.
I first saw the blue lights bouncing off of the building in front of me. Then suddenly there was a loud siren next to me. I looked to my right and saw the police car coming to a standstill.
There was a moment when I thought m about ignoring them and picking up my pace but somewhere in my head, I knew better. I stopped, crossed my hands over my crotch, and bent down trying to make myself as small as possible. Moments later I found myself handcuffed and in a police car wearing a blanket that only partially covered me.
****
Now I stood before the judge awaiting my punishment for public nudity. I could feel Mia's eyes watching my back. My wife was there to support me even though she was pissed at me for being such an idiot and bowing to dares from my stupid friends.
My lawyer had suggested that she be there and that she dress nicely so that the judge would see us as a respectable couple with a husband who just made a silly mistake. Mia's idea of dressing up was not quite what the lawyer wanted. She arrives in a dress that showed off her shapely legs as well as her small but perky breasts.
She looked beautiful and I realized that day how lucky I was to have her as my wife. My friends always said that I married up in the looks department and it was true. I met Mia in college. She was just out of some sort of bad relationship with a guy on the football team and I was her rebound boyfriend. I was more than happy to fill that role and never expected it to turn into anything serious.
When Mia broke up with that guy she also lost all her friends. She never liked to talk about it and I never pushed. It was a big enough deal to push her away from all her college friends.
We were an odd couple that year. Her friends had shunned her and my nerdy friends didn't know how to handle me spending so much time with this hot girl. We were alone a lot.
Being alone had its perks especially because Mia was heavily into sex. I was a virgin and she quickly became my sexual mentor, showing me what to do to make her happy. And, of course, making her happy also made me happy in a way I had never known before. What had been daily masturbation sessions in my shower had quickly transformed into hot lovemaking in my bed!
MIA
I love Paul. He does some stupid things sometimes but he is my soulmate. He doesn't know it but he saved me from a life that would have most likely ended very badly.
One of the stupidest things he did brought him to his only day in court. I watched as he stood waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty to being so dumb as to accept a dare to run through the city without his clothes on. I couldn't help but wonder where those "friends" were right now. They certainly weren't here supporting him in court. They were probably off somewhere telling stories about how this guy accepted a dare and ended up in jail.
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here wondering what kind of fine we were going to end up paying for this dare. Fortunately, my good friend, Cathy, is a lawyer and she took the case for free promising us that she would do everything she could to keep things reasonable in sentencing. I was hoping that the fine would be low enough that we didn't have to take out a loan.
I watched Cathy speak on Paul's behalf.