During a drinking session with her roommate, Sarah-Jane, Lauren had inadvertently mentioned she hadn’t streaked at college.
Sarah-Jane then regaled her with her tale of streaking at college, saying how exhilarating it had been to be running naked outdoors, ignoring the fact it was her initiation into a sorority, rather than something she’d have willing chosen to do, and some of the exhilaration was the fact she was avoiding campus security, and other students catching her naked
She then said “Lauren, you should give it a go, live a little”
Pausing to consider the, as the alcohol affected her judgement, Lauren replied “No chance” thinking if she hadn’t streaked at college, why would she do it now
However, Sarah-Jane knew Lauren’s weakness; she could never back down from a dare
“OK, clearly you’re not wanting to have fun” Sarah-Jane said “I knew you wouldn’t be up for a dare”
The word dare resonated with Lauren “Are you daring me?” she said, without actually thinking what she was being dared to do
“Yes” Sarah-Jane answered “I am daring you”
“OK, let’s do this dare” Lauren said, annoyance in voice at the fact Sarah-Jane had suggested she wasn’t up for this dare, whatever it was
“Right, let’s walk a few blocks, so the streak’s not too local” Sarah-Jane said, grabbing her coat, and shoes
Lauren did the same
After walking a few blocks away, and putting some distance between themselves and their apartment, Sarah-Jane stopped, and said “Right, from here to the Starbucks, and back”
“Is that it?” Lauren said, slightly confused at it being a simple challenge, as well as being over confident in her abilities due to the alcohol
“Oh, you want to streak further?” Sarah-Jane said, pausing to contemplate what was best, a small streak as they were roommates, or a longer one, as that was what Lauren was asking for? “OK, let’s make it down to Costa” which wasn’t much further, but would appease Lauren
Lauren was about to start towards Costa when Sarah-Jane said “Right, now you know the distance, time for you to get naked for your streak”
This suddenly made Lauren realize what the dare was, it was to streak. Something a short while earlier she had said no to, but now it was a dare, and she never backed down from those
Now lacking the confidence she had a short while earlier, she stepped into an alleyway and slowly started to undress
Sarah-Jane was surprised Lauren was still going through with this, realizing if she needed Lauren to do anything in the future, it would be as simple as daring her
Lauren, naked bar her shoes, poked her head out of the alley, checking both ways to see who else, apart from Sarah-Jane, was around.
“Come on” Sarah-Jane said “The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll finishing”
“You’re staying her, right?” Lauren said “And keeping my clothes safe, right?” a nervous tone in her voice
“Yes, now get on with it” Sarah-Jane answered, slightly impatient with Lauren
A final check both ways, and Lauren set off streaking down the road towards Costa, leaving Sarah-Jane and her discarded clothes behind
What happens on Lauren’s streak?