Half the class for hands-on activity

Everyone is still a bit hesitant, not knowing exactly what Ms. Cannings is going to have people do. Except for you and Amina, but you want to hang back and see what people do.

"Okay," says Ms. Cannings, "then I'll pick some of you myself. The rest of you just get to watch --- and if you're lucky, the rest of you will get chosen next class." She picks you, five other boys, and five girls for the activity. Everyone else looks a bit nervous. Just to ease things up, you wish for them not to feel uncomforable with what Ms. Cannings has in store --- but whatever Ms. Cannings asks for them to act out, they will actually do.

"The first exercise is geared to get you feel comfortable exposing more of yourself than you usually do. I want everyone to take off your pants or skirts. If you have a button-down shirt, unbutton it all the way; otherwise, take it off. If you're wearing a button-down shirt and something else underneath it like an undershirt, take it off --- that means bras come off too, ladies."

There is a bit of a rustle of clothing and muttering about the bizzarreness of the exercise as people follow Ms. Cunnings' instructions. At the end, there are two girls in just a bra and panties, one with an open shirt and panties; the other girl, Maddy Jameson, has confirmed everyone's suspicions that she doesn't wear a bra under her long-sleeved shirts, as her C-cup breasts are exposed for all to see. This is much appreciated by you and the other five boys; you are all tenting your underwear. You and three others are tenting your boxer shorts and wearing nothing else, while one is wearing a buttoned shirt and breifs, and another just breifs. The whole class chuckles a bit self-consciously.

"Okay, that's a good start. Maddy, you're doing a great job of not hiding your chest: could you try to touch your elbows together behind your back?"

Maddy blushes a little as she futilely tries to do as she is asked, thrusting her chest out for all to see. "That's great, Maddy! Girls, you can see that Maddy's a bit self-conscious, but she's still following instructions without any real problems. That's the ideal you should aspire to -- the self-consiousness goes away gradually with time. Just to try to be fair, now, I want the boys to push their cocks against the fabric of their underwear to show off the shape of your hard-ons."

The class laughs at Ms. Cannings' wording as you and the other boys do as you're told, showing off as much as possible without actually taking off your underwear. "It seems funny," Ms. Cannings says, "but it's important for you to be comfortable with saying these words. You never know when you will have to say them on-stage. Okay boys, that's enough for now," she says, and the boys let go of their underwear. Looking to the girls, you notice more than one set of eyes flit up from the crotches of the boys to look at faces. Jenny Mahler, the girl with the unbuttoned shirt, quickly looks up from your groin to your eyes: she blushes and smiles sheepishly.

"Okay," continues Ms. Cannings, "the next exercise is a combination to help the boys feel free to express themselves, and give the girls practise in acting naturally in unusual conditions," says Ms. Cannings. "Later on, we'll switch it around. Boys, without hurting the girls or taking off their clothing, you can touch them however you like. Girls, no matter what the boys do, you will act as if you don't realize that they are touching you unusually in any way."