Miss Hartick?: A Short Story

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“Miss Hartick?”
“Hello, Shelly. Are you planning another interview today?”
“Like I said, I want as many as I can get. If you have time to go with me.”
“Of course.” Whatever it was Miss Hartick had been working on, it wasn’t as important as this. She was more than happy to set it aside to help Shelly get into the locker room. “Last time I told you that I might need to find another escort for you, in case I ever do get to busy.”
“Right.”
“So we’ll have to make a quick detour to Miss Devasquez’s room. I spoke to her about it a little while ago. We’ll bring her along so that you have someone else to go to if you need the help.”
“Sure.” Shelly wasn’t sure at all. Miss Hartick would let her get away with anything. Would another ‘escort’ be that helpful?
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I know that there’s never been a female sports reporter here at Prellis High, but why the need for an escort?”
“It’s just to make sure that Shelly can do her job effectively. If I hadn’t been along, the boys wouldn’t have been cooperative at all.”
“Really? Why would that be?” Then they were at the door that should have separated them from a private world. Miss Devasquez saw Miss Hartick push the door open as if it was the most natural thing to do. She had to ask, “We’re not going in there?”
“But of course we are. That’s where the boys are.”
Miss Devasquez was shocked, but she managed to keep her voice level. Her eyes were certainly wide though. “But this is the boys’ locker room. You’re not telling me that you’re going to bring this girl in there?”
“Miss Devasquez, what’s wrong with you? I’m not taking her on a field trip. I’m helping her to do her job as a reporter. This is why we come along. You can imagine how the boys might behave if Shelly came here alone. Young boys are terribly sexist.”
“They’re sexist? You’re going to watch them undress, and you think they’re
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She almost thought she was dreaming, but this was really happening. For Ron and Ted, it wasn’t enough to have to pretend everything was normal. Miss Hartick made them stand there right where the women could see them. Miss Devasquez wasn’t surprised at all to see Shelly’s eager young eyes move over those fit, naked bodies. Both of the boys moved their hands as if they wanted to cover, but they didn’t. They just stood there with their boyhoods on display, blushing furiously. Miss Devasquez felt so bad for them. This was clearly a humiliating experience for them both. She was so shocked that she didn’t even realize that she could look away. Instead, she just kept staring at these two bare boys. Miss Hartick was much more even toned now that the boys were behaving. She told them, “Don’t you think you owe Shelly an

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