Jenny managed to survive the rest of the day wearing just the towel; she hid in the bathroom during breaks and desperately tried to understand why she’d even been allowed to wear just a towel around school. Something weird was going on, why was no one noticing that her being practically naked was strange?
Susan had made a passing comment about the towel being sexy but after that there’d been no mention of it being unusual.
She had to keep readjusting the thing throughout the day and made sure to keep a hand on the knot at all times to avoid the material falling. By the end of the day her hand was starting to hurt and as the final bell sounded she rushed as fast as she could to the office to retrieve her uniform.
“Hi, Jennifer Smith, I…er… I’m here to get my uniform back…” she said, nervously fidgeting with the towel.
“Of course, just a moment” the woman behind the desk had responded, reaching into a draw and pulling out what looked like her uniform.
Jenny was a relieved as she took the garment but was soon struck with a sense of horror as she felt the material. Someone must’ve added starch to the wash, her uniform was stiff as a board and completely unwearable!
“What did you do to it?” she shrieked.
“Er, we must’ve washed it wrong, sorry!” the woman responded with a smile, “tell you what, you can keep the towel” she added sweetly.
Jenny was furious, “WHAT?! That was my last outfit and you ruined it!” she yelled, straight at the woman’s face. She seemed to stifle a laugh which made Jenny angrier, “How could you!”
“You could always go nude” the woman said with a laugh. Jenny stood in stunned silence, the whole world was trying to get her naked, and she had to get away from here. Without another word she quickly turned and left the office.
She ran as best she could holding the towel with one hand and her bag with the other, she left her stiff uniform on the floor, her bare-feet slapping on the concrete of the car park as she got into her mother’s car.
“Afternoon sweetie!” Her mother said as they drove off towards home.