The girls face the consequences

When the car pulled up outside her house, it suddenly occurred to Belly that she was going to have to be stark naked in full view of her neighbors!

"Out you get," the cop ordered, but the two girls scooted backward and away from the wall of cold air. Undeterred, she reached in and pulled them both from the car. Grabbing each of them by an arm, she dragged them towards the door.

"Hey! Let us go!" Taylor protested, using her free arm to cradle her chest, but unable to free her other from the vice-like grip.

They were only released once they reached the house. As they waited for someone to answer, Belly knew how bizarre the scene must look; two very naked and very embarrassed girls, accompanied by a police officer.

They weren't waiting long before Belly's mom opened the door. Laurel's face went through a range of emotions in a few seconds. Relief to see that the girls were safe, shock at their nudity, and anger at having to get the police involved.

"Where have you two been?!" she asked.

"I think we need to have a word, Miss Conklin," the officer said. "Alone."

"Yes, of course," Laurel agreed. "You two, wait for me in the kitchen. I'll deal with you later."

Not wanting to be outside a second longer than necessary, the girls hurried inside and sat down at the kitchen table.

They were almost synchronized in wrapping their arms around their torsos, lifting their bare feet off the cool kitchen tiles, and placing them on the horizontal bar of the chair.

Too embarrassed and tired to speak, they sat in silence, the quiet of the room only broken by the occasional rumble of an empty stomach.

Taylor was usually the sort of girl who would want to seek **** but was too stunned to formulate a plan. Nicole had all of their clothes and their phones. How was Taylor supposed to do anything, when she could so easily be blackmailed?

Belly, meanwhile, was fretting about what her mom was discussing with the police officer. She didn't have to wait long to find out.

"Mom-" Belly started to say as she joined them in the kitchen.

"I don't want to hear it. Running around naked all night like a pair of children. Do you know how humiliating that is for me?"

"But-"

How was it humiliating for her?! She wasn't the one who'd been stranded naked, miles from home!

"Belly, enough. I said I'd punish you appropriately, don't make me change my mind, and hand you over to the police for public indecency and un-cooperation with an officer.

Now, this kitchen needs cleaning. While you're doing that, I'll think of a list of chores for you."

"Can we at least get dressed, first?" Taylor asked.

"If you're happy to be nude in public, I don't see why you would have a problem doing so in your own home."

"Mom, please, it's freezing-" Belly pleaded.

"Belly, if you could show Taylor where we keep the cleaning products?"

When the two naked girls were alone again, they shared a red-faced look, hopped off their chairs, and got to work.