She winds up agreeing to something she'll regret

The party continued on, and although the naked redhead was still getting plenty of looks, Mackenzie felt a sense of acceptance with her exposed state. She made sure to take another sip of **** any time she felt embarrassment creeping back into her mind, though.

"Honestly, this isn't even so bad," Mackenzie said to Mason as nonchalantly as she could. "I've been naked in front of way bigger crowds before." And while that was certainly true, Mackenzie still had to fight down a rising sense of embarrassment every time she was reminded of her nudity. She took another sip from her drink.

"You have?!" Mason said. "So... this is something you do... often?"

"I wouldn't say it's something I do," Mackenzie said with a slight chuckle, "So much as it's something that happens often."

"I don't follow," Mason replied, a bit perplexed.

"I mean it just happens!" Mackenzie complained, sounding more frustrated than she meant to. "Like I'll have a couple wardrobe malfunctions, or someone will steal my clothes out from under me, or I wind up on the shitty end of some bullshit deal and have ****. Like tonight!" She took another big swig from her drink. "All three of those things happened to me tonight, and here I am! Au naturel!" Mackenzie gestured to her exposed body, as if Mason somehow hadn't noticed.

"I see..." Mason said, not fully sure how much to believe of Mackenzie's drunken rambling. And then it clicked in his mind. He did recognize Mackenzie! Her face had been a bit harder to recognize, but her alluring body gave her away. She was the streaker from those videos! A redheaded beauty who was constantly running around her college campus naked in the next state over! How hadn't he put it together sooner? No wonder she got herself naked so easily tonight. She must be having quite the thrill, showing her body off to everyone around her. Mason resolved to play along with her act for now, though. "So sounds like you've got quite a bit of experience wearing nothing at all. What's the longest you've ever stayed, uh, naked?"

"The longest?" Mackenzie thought about that for a minute. "I mean I slept naked a lot towards the end of the semester. So maybe like 10 or 12 hours?"

"So you've never spent a full day naked before?"

"Uh, I guess not." Mackenzie said. "Why?"

"Nothing, just curious," Mason said, trying to play it cool. He was hoping he could goad Mackenzie into taking things a little further. "I'm honestly a little surprised you've never tried it before."

"Oh what, like you've spent a day naked before?"

"Actually, I have," Mason lied. "I stayed naked for a full 24 hours once back in high school when my parents were gone for the weekend. It was pretty sweet. Really liberating, y'know? But it's not for everyone, so I get it if y-"

"Not for everyone?!" Mackenzie scoffed before taking another gulp. "Listen dude. I've been stuck naked more times than I'd like to count. I've absolutely got more 'naked hours' logged than you do alright?"

"It's fine," Mason said, quickly holding his hands up in a placating gesture. "Look if you're too chicken to ha-"

"Too CHICKEN?!" Mackenzie shouted, slurring her words slightly. "Buddy, if there's one thing Mackenzie Fairbairn's good at, it's being naked." She was beginning to attract the attention of her friends. Amy stifled a giggle at Mackenzie's last proclamation.

Mason looked coolly back at the angry redhead for a few moments before he quietly said, "Then prove it."

Head swimming and inhibitions gone, Mackenzie stood up and addressed the rest of the party. "Alright, listen up, punks! I, Mackenzie Fairbairn, will be spending the first 24 hours of this year completely nude!"

There was a small round of applause at that, even from Jess and Amy, who had both been drinking quite a bit as well. Only Lily seemed to be considering the downside of what Mackenzie was now promising.

"Mackenzie," she said, "Are you sure th-"

"How do we know you won't just chicken out?" Nate shouted from the sofa.

"If any of you finds me wearing something before midnight tomorrow then you can keep my clothes you stole," Mackenzie said with all the confidence in the world.

"I think we might need a steeper punishment than that," Tyler chuckled. "That's just one outfit."

"Fine," Mackenzie huffed. "If I don't stay naked for the next 24 hours then you can have all the clothes I own. How about that?"

This gave the entire room pause. Mackenzie had just upped the stakes big time.

"Wait a second Kenz," Jess said. "That would leave you with nothing to wear at all!"

"Wouldn't be the first time," Mackenzie said. "Besides, the punishment doesn't matter. One day of nudity will be a fucking cakewalk. Now what do you say?"

This time the room erupted into cheers and applause. Her wager was accepted.

With a smug smile, Mackenzie turned back to face Mason. "Who's chicken now?" she asked.

"Certainly not you, it seems," he said, returning her smug smile.

It seemed that the year was going to get off to a very interesting start indeed.