The Show Must Go On Chapter 3

The Show Must Go On Chapter 3
by Steam Train

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Chapter 3: Boys ages 3 to 15, to be nude at all times!

If the behavior of Sarah Rogers and Beth Powell during the three day hiatus before the second concert in Edwardsville was unacceptable to their respective parents, the situation was little different for Jane Cooper in the tour bus with her son Ricky in Carroll. Despite her warnings Ricky had snuck out to be with his fans in Carroll. He felt a huge rush of adrenalin every time his fans flocked around him. He liked the attention, he drank up the fame, it was addictive! Added to this act of rebellion Ricky now refused to do any domestic chores on the tour bus without Jane having to harp and harp. He didn't pick up any of his dirty clothes which were discarded around his bunk. He didn't offer to help wash the dishes. He just disappeared back to his bunk to play video games or snuck outside if they were stopped.

The concert in Carroll had gone to schedule and Ricky had given his usual energetic performance. The tour buses were now parked a quarter of a mile outside the Benjamin county line, waiting the two and a half hours till midnight fell and Ricky could enter the county and use up his third exemption from nudity validation.

The wait was not popular. Not with the tour crew who wanted to get to the hotel and bed down properly in comfort unlike the cramped conditions on the second tour bus and the accompanying stage equipment vans and not with Ricky who likewise wanted the comfort of the hotel bed.

This had resulted in another argument between mother and son. Ricky insisting that if he went straight to his room no one would be any the wiser and in the morning he could validate his pink tag as if they had arrived only that day.

When Jane Cooper refused to break the law Ricky responded, 'I'm a grown up teenager now, I think I am capable of making my own decision about this, you just like to control everything, but it's me who everyone comes to see, not you, so I should make the decisions not you!"

"Ricky Cooper, that was totally inappropriate and uncalled for, please apologize at once" his mother commanded, shocked that Ricky's disrespectful attitude had sunk to a level lower than she could ever recall.

"Sorry, Mom," he said, sarcastically smirking at his mother.

"I'm going to the washroom," he announced, abruptly rising and leaving his mum still shocked and fuming."

'Right' thought Jane to herself. 'If that's what he wants we will drive into Edwardsville right now and if he gets caught out, well then he can only blame himself, I know he's tired after today's performance but so are all of us, that does not condone such attitude'.

By the time the tour party arrived at the Edwardsville hotel it was a few minutes after 10pm. Ricky and Jane had not spoken since the last run in and Ricky had actually fallen asleep despite his protests that the bunk in the tour bus was uncomfortable.

Even though it was late at night Jane Cooper was surprised to see that there was a group of about ten teenage girls waiting outside the hotel with Ricky Cooper posters, flowers and tee shirts that they had decorated themselves. Standing back behind them, Jane noticed a small huddle of bemused adults who she took to be their parents accompanied by two totally naked boys who were obviously accompanying their parents plus two equally amused police officers who had stopped on their night patrol round to check out the unusual small crowd and were talking with one of the adult men in the crowd.

One of the boys who was tall and very skinny looked to be about thirteen, had a very shrunken penis below his lightly haired pubic area as he stood outside in the cooler night air. Seeing this boy again made Jane wonder what her son's genitals might look like? The other boy was younger perhaps around eleven years old. Of average height and with dark hair and brown eyes, his private parts were still hairless with a small uncircumcised penis which despite its miniscule flaccid size still pretty much hid his tiny scrotum.

The excitement in the air as the teenage girls assembled near the exit to the tour bus in the hope of catching a glimpse or maybe even meeting their teenage heart throb was infectious.

Jane went and aroused Ricky and taking his pink nudity exemption tag from her hand bag placed it around his neck. It was a still sleepy and grumpy teen pop star that emerged from the tour bus with the protection of his security guard Chuck to the screams of the small assembly of girls. Ricky looked shocked and confused by the unexpected attention. He was tired and just wanted to get to bed. His usual adrenalin rush at meeting his adoring fans had totally deserted him on this occasion.

Ricky brushed past his fans not stopping or saying anything and made straight for the foyer of the hotel leaving his young fans with disappointed looks on their faces. The parents looked annoyed that their daughters had been so rudely treated as did the female police officer who said a few words to the adult male to whom they had been talking, then nudged her companion in the side and beckoned him to follow her after the young teen idol.

At the same time Jane noticed the fans reaction to her sons snub and went over to the girls and calling their parents over apologized for Ricky's behaviour explaining that she had just woken him up. To make amends she then told the parents to bring their children to the stage door at the back of the theatre an hour before the concert and she would arrange for them to meet her son plus she would ensure they had VIP seating near the front of the concert.

The looks on the faces of most of the young girls instantly changed to expressions of great joy and excitement. This was way better than a brief meeting outside the hotel they had hoped for and almost instantly their disappointment and resentment was forgotten.

In the foyer of the hotel as Jane spoke to the fans and parents outside the two police officers approached Ricky and Chuck as they waited for Jane to come inside. Running her eyes over Ricky checking out his pink tag that hung around his neck the female officer said, "Looks like we have a law breaker here."

"Yes it would seem so" the male officer replied taking his clue for his law enforcement partner. He knew she was deliberately making an issue of the non validation of Ricky's pink tag because of his attitude to the young fans camped outside.

"What did we do?" demanded Chuck.

"Oh you did nothing sir, it's the boy here that's breaking the law, he's wearing clothes," replied the male officer.

"See the signs over there, near the pink validating machine?" asked the female officer pointing to a large sign on the wall that read, "Child indecent inexposure laws strictly enforced. Benjamin County Ordinance 17- 769, requires boys aged 3 to 15 to be nude at all times. Little boys shouldn't be so modest."

"He's wearing an exemption tag" Chuck protested on behalf of the sleepy Ricky who didn't seem very concerned about the police or the consequences of the Benjamin County ordinance.

'Aye that he is" said the female officer "but it is not validated for today's date, the last validated date is two days ago."

"You can either turn around and leave the county now, as that's an option permitted out of county visitors," said the female officer, "or you can validate the tag at the validation station over there in the lobby."

Chuck had not read up on the fine points of the strange county ordinance that made all boys go naked and not wishing to leave the hotel and a good nights sleep he ushered Ricky over to the pink validating machine and soon Ricky was legally validated and no longer a law breaker.

The police now satisfied, said their good byes and went on outside to hear Jane finish up with the parents and fans. As they walked back outside the female officer said to her male companion, "I wonder what that upstart kids going to do tomorrow, there are no more days left on his pink tag for this month?"

The male officer just laughed and said "Well I'm guessing there might be a very different show on tomorrow than young Ricky Cooper is expecting to perform. As Sergeant Maddox said to you before, he's on duty at the concert tomorrow and he will be sure to check him out!"

"I almost wish I was on duty there too" responded the female officer.

When Jane came in shortly afterwards to sign up for their rooms at reception she didn't even notice that her sons pink exemption tag had been validated and as soon as formalities were completed she quickly led the very tired Ricky to his room where he refused to undress instead falling almost instantly asleep still dressed in his clothes.

The second concert in Edwardsville was scheduled to start at 11am and like last time breakfast was served in the room and after showering and dressing Ricky accompanied his mum down to the foyer and while she finalized accounts he knowing exactly what do from last time went to the validation machine and inserted his tag. He had no recollection of Chuck validating his tag last night and didn't even look at it as he inserted the pink tag in the slot to be validated. The machine flashed a digital warning on its screen that there were no more validations available on that tag, but Ricky was paying little attention and just withdrew the tag and when he saw the third row of validations he hung it around his neck without looking at the validation details and rejoined his mum at the reception desk.

Jane having noticed her son at the validation machine likewise glanced at the tag around her son's neck and noticed the third set of validations. Neither she nor Ricky noticed that the date was yesterdays. They quickly made their way the short distance up the street to the theatre where Ricky went to get changed with about an hour and twenty minutes left before his performance. His stage clothes to start the show consisted of white joggers, white pants that billowed a bit like a pantaloon leaving six inches of his lower leg exposed, white tee shirt covered by a v neck white short sleeve sweat shirt and gold vest and gold chain as well as his pink exemption validation around his neck.

Ricky emerged from his dressing room with an hour to go and met his mum and Chuck who escorted him into the same room he had done his meet and greet in when in Edwardsville three days earlier. Two naked boys immediately took Ricky's eye as he entered and he made a mental note to check them out when he got the chance, most of the small group of girls present who he did not recognize from the night before screamed when he entered the room. Their parents and two attractive looking naked boys along with a lone policeman on duty stood to the side of the room smiling.

The girls ranged from ten to fifteen years of age and for most of them, any ill thoughts they may have harbored about Ricky's snub of them last night were totally forgotten as Ricky chatted personally with each girl, posed for photos and signed autographs.

It was part way through the proceedings when Ricky moved to get closer to the naked boys on the other side of the room by going over towards the lone policeman in the room and stopping to talk to a cute looking girl standing next to him who looked to be about eleven or twelve years of age from the appearance of her very small or non even existent breasts and a slim body that was yet to develop it's feminine curves. She introduced herself as Mandy Maddox, an 8th grader, which meant she must be at least 13 years old, a fact that surprised Ricky as she looked much younger. Another girl who looked far older moved over to stand with Mandy and was introduced by Mandy as her fellow 8th grade school friend Nikki Prescott.

Unlike most of the girls in the room Nikki didn't seem too impressed by being in the close presence of the teen heart throb.

Mandy then introduced her dad, Sergeant Maddox who was the policeman standing next to them.

Ricky offered his hand to shake the policeman's, wanting to get on with the pleasantries and move over to the naked boys when something stopped Sergeant Maddox in his tracks as he was about to shake Ricky's hand in response.

"Son your pink exemption slip is dated yesterday" he said.

Ricky looked down at his slip and read the validation date. Taking a few moments to check dates in his head he felt a twinge of panic descend upon him as he realized the date on the validation was yesterday.

"But I validated it this morning in the foyer of the hotel officer"

Mandy and Nikki were suddenly totally engrossed wondering where this conversation was heading, but for different reasons. In Mandy's case a slight sexual thrill was running through her body as the faint possibility that Ricky Cooper might be made to conform to the Benjamin County ordinance that required all boys ages 3 to 15, to be nude at all times entered her thoughts. Nikki on the other hand wanted to see this upshot boy humiliated. All boys needed to be humiliated as far as she was concerned.

"He sure did' Chuck added, "I saw him do it this morning just like I did it for him last night.

"You did what last night!" Ricky screamed bringing the room to silence and all eyes fixed onto him.

"I validated your tag for you last night when the police officers in the hotel foyer noticed that you didn't have a validated tag" Chuck explained.

"You fool Chuck, my tag only has three days usage per month and you wasted the last day last night" Ricky vehemently asserted.

Jane Cooper had now come over to find out what all the fuss was about and her face looked more and more concerned as Sergeant Maddox explained the problem.

"We'll just leave and go on to the next concert venue, won't we, mom?" Ricky asked anxiously

"That's an option permitted out of county visitors," said Sergeant Maddox.

"I can write your boy a warnings not to break our law again and then escort you all back to the county line."

"That's not really an option Sergeant, we have a concert scheduled, and the show must go on. There's too much at stake financially. The theatre would still went payment of its rental fee despite the cancelled show and the additional expense they incurred to refund tickets; theatre staff would all still want payment for their time as they did all show up ready to work as scheduled. Besides Ricky's fans would also be very disappointed if he cancelled.

Mrs Cooper having declined the offer to leave Benjamin County, Sergeant Maddox informed Jane, "The only other alternative is for Ricky to voluntarily comply with the requirements of Benjamin County ordinance 17- 769, which required boys aged 3 to 15 to be nude at all times."

Jane Cooper still found this a hard option to accept but out of the corner of her eye she spied the two naked boys who like everyone else in the room were taking a keen interest in the proceedings. Why should her son be treated any differently to the other male juveniles of this county she decided besides she thought, Ricky's fame is giving him a big head and affecting his behaviour, so a dose of embarrassment and humiliation should bring him back down to earth.

"You know Sergeant," answered Jane Cooper. "I don't see any reason for my son to be treated any differently than other boys in this county. After all, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. By all means request him to remove his clothing."

There was an audible gasp from Ricky and giggles from the female fans.

"Mom, you can't be serious," pleaded the now frantic Ricky. "I don't want to be naked.

Before Mrs. Cooper could respond Sergeant Maddox interrupted saying, "Okay, Ricky, you are violating county law by not being nude. Please start undressing immediately and if you are not completely naked within ninety seconds I will have to handcuff you and cut your clothes off and if I have to do that because you did not comply voluntarily you're going to be facing our juvenile court for breaking the law."

"Mom, don't let them," pleaded the even more frantic Ricky making no move to undress. "I don't want to be naked; I don't want to go to court!"

Jane Cooper realized at that moment just how dependant her son still was upon her. He acted as if he was all grown up and didn't need to be mothered, but as soon as adversity hit he was there pleading for her help.

The young fans and the adults in the room held their breaths waiting to see what would happen and wondering what Ricky would reveal, because one thing was now certain even though he was still resisting the fact. Ricky Cooper was very soon going to be standing naked in front of them!

"You better get a move along Ricky", Jane informed her son, "Or you'll earn yourself more than just embarrassment and humiliation, your delay will only make it worst."

Despite his shame and fear, Ricky reluctantly began undressing, removing his exemption tag and gold chain followed by his vest, sweat shirt and then as he lifted his tight fitting tee shirt over his head he highlighted for the first time in public his arm pits which were hairless except for a faint trace of peach fuzz.

Ricky was sure he heard Nikki Prescott whisper, "Gosh he's still hairless under his arm, I thought ….." but when he glanced around she stopped whispering and all he saw was Mandy and Nikki along with all the other girls staring at him with an intense gleam of anticipation in their eyes.

Along with all the others Jane Cooper stood transfixed and watched her son undress in front of her for the first time in many years, taking it all in. The sexual tension of her son's situation had caused Ricky to perspire slightly and now exposed, his bare chest and abdomen glistened and tiny droplets of moisture trickled down his ribcage and crept toward his bare navel. She admired her son's skin which was very smooth and hairless but only moderately tanned due to his modesty. The well developed pectoral muscles, as well as the tight washboard stomach of his adolescent physique and his dark brown nipples and dimpled navel highlighted the teenager's bare chest which tapered sensuously to a slim narrow waist. The entire area she observed to herself was absolutely flawless

With the seconds running down Ricky then proceeded to remove his pants revealing his tightie whities. The thought of regret that he wasn't wearing boxers to impress his fans flashed through his consciousness before the more embarrassing thought that soon he would be completely naked before everyone pushed his first thought quickly out of the way.

The hearts and heads of most of the assembled girls raced and swooned as they took in the sight of Ricky's hairless, smooth bare legs and the inviting package barely covered by his tight fitting underpants. Like his chest, Ricky's abdominal muscles were tight and well-defined with just the beginnings of a "six-pack" showing just above the elastic waistband of his white underwear. Ricky's belly was like his chest smooth, totally hairless and flawless, there was not even the first hint of a downy peach fuzz happy trail starting to develop,

Jane couldn't help but notice that her son had only the barest of a bulge protruding from the front of his briefs which made her think for the first time that perhaps inside his white briefs there was not yet much there to see. She had no experience with the developmental growth of young boys instead using her husband Bob's sizable bulge which she saw often as her comparison.

Ricky knew his time was running out and what he had to do, but still he hesitated. Fear gripped him and for what seemed an eternity he stood still and stiff, a frozen form, unable to move or comply.

The clock was ticking but the stricken youngster was unable to move until he saw the Sergeant look at his watch and smile.

"I …, I …., I'm doing it" the highly embarrassed Ricky managed to blurt out.

"Well, hurry up, you have ten seconds left" the Sergeant replied tersely

Without further delay he reached inside the waste band of his tightie-whities and began to pull them down, placing his left hand over his groin to hide his 'privates' from prying eyes whilst he continued to lower his undies with his right hand till he was able to kick them off, then he stood there with both his hands cupped in front of his fear shrunken genitals in a feeble attempt to protect his modesty.

The hushed audience held their breath as they soaked up the unveiling of the boy who all the girls present, and perhaps the boys too judging by their aroused state, thought was the sexiest, cutest and hottest teen idol ever to grace the cover of a teen magazine. Ricky's faint tan-line was visible around his thighs which erotically showed off the subtle contrast between his slightly tanned abdominal muscles and the pale white skin of his extreme lower belly.

"Hands away from your genitals Ricky, and don't even think about covering up again whilst your in this county, it's against the county ordinance" Sergeant Maddox intoned with an authoritarian voice.

Ricky continued to cover his groin with his hands, unable to bring himself to dropping them to his sides.

'Son if you don't do it immediately I will be forced to arrest you for breaking the law" the Sergeant warned.

Not wishing to be arrested and made a Nudie Juvie, Ricky ever so slowly removed first his left hand and then his right hand revealing everything.

There were gasps and giggles from the assembled girls. Jane Cooper just stood staring for a very long time at her son, taking in every detail of what had been hidden from her for so long.

The utterly humiliated and embarrassed Ricky just stood there before the assembled crowd unable to look anyone in the eye and waited for what seemed an eternity for someone to react or say something. He knew that everyone including his mother were staring at his naked body and had quickly discovered for themselves just how undeveloped Ricky really was. He was so embarrassed. No one ever saw him naked, it had even been several years since his mother had seen him naked and since that time there really hadn't been much change! Now she along with everyone else in the room despite his attempts to act mature and rule the roost knew that he was really still a little boy!

Jane was not the only one present who was shocked upon seeing Ricky's youthful and hairless body with his still small and somewhat under-developed penis compared to most of the fourteen year old boys in Benjamin County. Though he was a bit short in height for his age, most of the girls had noticed that his voice had already become much deeper than it used to be only a few months ago and had considered that Ricky would be more mature looking than he now revealed that he was. Pubic hair, that all important outward sign of becoming a man, was yet to make a visible appearance on Ricky's body, this was something that had privately worried Ricky for the last year as he knew from his school before he left on the tour that many of his classmates already had growths above their privates. Now everyone would know the shame he had kept hidden.

On a genital scale of 1-10 Ricky was at best a 3 and appeared at first glance to be totally bald between his legs where it really mattered. His testicles however were not little boy size anymore having taken on a more plump appearance a couple of months back around the same time his voice began to deepen. Ricky's penis was more than flaccid with the shame of his exposure and though it usually hung limp at around one and a half to two inches, at that moment it had shrunk from its normal unimpressive flaccid size to the totally humiliating state of being barely even visible appearing as nothing more than a small shrivelled knob.

Ricky had been brought up to be modest and despite his stage success in reality he was still kind of shy, though growing out of it. He hadn't dated much, well, not at all really, because he was afraid of where a serious date might lead and the consequences if his shameful secret was revealed to his reputation as a teen heart throb.

Like Ricky, Jane Cooper could not believe the sight before her eyes. She hadn't seen Ricky naked in years and now he was being made to stand naked in front of not just her but everyone in the room and soon everyone one at his concert, just like all the other little boys of Benjamin County were made to do. She knew that once he stepped onto the stage pictures of his near perfect youthful, hairless body with his still small and somewhat under-developed genitals would spread quickly across the internet and possibly be picked up by the press as well. She wondered if this would be a good marketing move or a very bad one.

Jane again looked across at her flushed and nervous looking son who standing there totally naked, looking so much younger and immature than he had only minutes earlier. As she studies his youthful body it hit her, despite his pretence otherwise, Ricky was really still a little boy and that after this episode his life and relationship with her would be changed in a major way.

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