I Promise Again, part 9
By Aldric
 
 Copyright 2004 by Aldric, all rights reserved.
 
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 depictions of sexual activity involving minors. If you are
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 Saturday was the first and only dress rehearsal for the
 play.  They would be presenting the play at the elementary
 school on the following Friday.  Lisa Jent, who was the
 costume designer for the play, handed Jared's costume to
 him, which didn't amount to much.  It had a lather belt that
 fit tightly around Jared's waist and attached to the front
 and back of the belt were two pieces of tan material.  "I
 sewed some lead weights in the bottom of each piece of loin
 cloth so they hang down," Lisa said as Jared took the item
 from her.
 
 The backstage area was divided between boys and girls, and
 there was no private area for changing.  Jared noticed that
 all of the boys who were playing natives also had loin
 cloths that looked identical to his except their's also had
 a second piece of cloth that was fastened in the back and
 could be pulled up across the groin and snapped to the front
 of the belt.
 
 Most of the boys who had loin cloth costumes shared one
 thing with Jared   they were looking for somewhere else to
 change instead of the middle of a group of other boys.  A
 few who didn't care were already naked and pulling the belt
 around their waist.  Jared decided he may as well join them.
 
 He moved next to Brad, who would play one of the hunters,
 along with Ron Jent.  Freddy Kraven had the lead role for
 the group of hunters.  The hunters all had canvas pants and
 brown shirts to wear, so they only needed to undress to
 their underwear.
 
 Each child in the play had a small box in which to put their
 street clothes.  Considering everything that had happened to
 Jared in the past few months, he knew this was a dangerous
 idea, but he didn't have much of a choice.  He did, however,
 take his house key out of his pants pocket and drop it
 inside the fake moccasins he wore in place of shoes.
 
 After getting into their costume, the natives went to Lisa
 and two of her helpers to get 'painted' with body makeup to
 make their skin appear brown, all except for two boys whose
 skin was the right color naturally.
 
 If Mr. Haverty noticed that Jared's costume was missing a
 vital piece, he didn't say anything, but all the other kids
 were aware.  Jared learned not to turn too fast because the
 clothes would rise up, exposing more of Jared's legs.  Jared
 also realized he had to make sure he was never sideways to
 the audience because the crack between the front and back
 pieces of the loin cloth offered a view of his buttocks or
 groin depending on the angle.
 
 They ran through the play twice, and a few parts they did
 several times, before Mr. Haverty decided everyone was
 ready.  He gave a last few instructions and guidance, and
 asked those who had trouble remembering their lines to be
 ready, and then announced that practice was over.
 
 "Mr. Haverty, I'm not sure my hunters were all doing well
 enough," Freddy said before anyone left.  "Could we stay and
 practice a little longer?"
 
 "I don't know, Freddy, we've been at it a long time" Mr.
 Haverty started.  "I can't stay to help you because I have
 some business in town.  Do any of you hunters have a problem
 with staying?"
 
 Only two hunters said they couldn't stay, and Mr. Haverty
 gave permission for the rest of them to practice longer.
 "Lisa, if you could stay with them, and then let the janitor
 know when you're done so he can lock up.  And don't practice
 too long, everyone needs to get out and get some fresh air
 and sunshine today too."
 
 With assurances from everyone that they would do as he said,
 Mr. Haverty dismissed the rest of the cast and other kids.
 
 Once they were alone, Freddy ran through the scene where
 they capture Tarzan and tie him between two posts.  "Brice
 and Garrett, when you tie him up, don't just slip a single
 loop of rope around his wrist and leave it dangling like you
 did.  You need to tie him so he can't escape."  Freddy
 showed both of them a couple of simple knots, but it was
 taking too long to tie them.
 
 "Why don't you tie the knots before the play starts, and all
 they have to do is slip them over his wrists and pull them
 tight?" suggested another hunter.  Before Freddy could
 answer, Brad spoke up.
 
 "Because you would reduce the circulation in his hands, and
 the ropes might cut him.  There's a better way, it's called
 'rope handcuffs.'  It's a complicated knot, but we can tie
 his hands behind his back with it backstage, then all we
 have to do is tie his elbows to the trees."  Brad was tying
 a short piece of rope into a weird knot that had two loops
 sticking out of it.
 
 "Let me show you how this works," Brad said when the knot
 was done.  "Put your arms behind your back," he said to
 Jared.  "See, you just slip this over his wrists and pull
 these two parts, and that's it.  It won't slip, it can't be
 loosened, but it doesn't bit into the skin, the pressure is
 here on the top of the knot.  Go ahead and try to get your
 hands out," he said to Jared.
 
 Jared tried everything he could, but he could not reach the
 knot, nor could he loosen the loops.  "It doesn't need to be
 pulled any tighter than this."  
 
 Jared could see that Freddy liked it.  "I want to learn how
 to tie that," he said to Brad, who promised to teach him
 later.
 
 "Okay, Brice and Garrett, now tie him to the trees."  The
 two hunters used the rope to tie Jared's elbows to the two
 fake trees bolted into the bottom of the raised stage they
 were on.  "Pull the ropes tight, like you really want to
 hold him captive."
 
 With his hands behind his back and his elbows pulled out to
 the sides by the ropes, Jared was truly tied in place this
 time, unlike the earlier practice sessions.
 
 "Can we gag him too?" Brice asked.
 
 At first, Freddy thought that was a good idea, but Jared
 reminded him he needed to be able to make his 'Tarzan yell'
 to bring the animals to his rescue.  "Let's try it with a
 gag, and maybe he can still do the yell.  If not, then we
 won't use the gag on Tuesday" offered Ron, and Freddy
 quickly agreed.  Lois produced a piece of leather and a ball
 of cloth for the gag.
 
 Jared resisted being gagged, but all they had to do was hold
 his nose closed and he quickly had to open his mouth to
 breathe.  Once he knew he was defeated, he allowed them to
 insert the gag without any additional struggle.
 
 "Now its time to practice the torture scene," said Freddy.
 
 "What torture scene?" asked Garrett.  "There's no torture in
 the script."
 
 "Yeah, but maybe we could add it," suggested Freddy.  "Let's
 try a few ideas and see if they work out."
 
 "Myfffer daagh uffer!"  With the gag in place, Jared
 couldn't move his tongue and lips to make any actual words.
 
 "I think he said he can take any torture we try," Ron said,
 grinning.  "It makes sense, after all, he's Tarzan.  He can
 take it."
 
 "I think I'll torture him here," one of the youngest hunters
 said, using his plastic rifle to raise the front of Jared's
 loin cloth.  "I could shoot off his balls.  Bang!  Bang!" he
 said, moving the rifle to each of Jordan's balls.
 
 "I think Tarzan needs a good spanking" Lois said.  "And
 since its Tarzan and he's so tough, he should get it on the
 bare."
 
 The hunters all thought that was a perfect idea and two of
 them quickly pulled the loin cloth down around Jared's
 ankles.  "Mrrrffft meeannt gggophhen peese" Jared said
 through the gag.
 
 The younger hunters all crowded around with three or four of
 them slapping Jared's behind at once.  Jared kept yelling
 something into the gag, but even if they could understand
 him, nobody was really listening anyway.
 
 "Hey, look, he's getting a boner," one of the older hunters
 said.
 
 "That's because Jared here likes to be naked and spanked,"
 Freddy said.
 
 "Whack his wiener!" one of the younger hunters yelled, and
 the boys turned their attention from Jared's backside to his
 front, where his dick was just hard enough to begin
 extending out from his groin.  Hand smacks across his dick
 had him howling through the gag.
 
 "Call the animals to come and save you" Freddy said to
 Jared.  Through the pain, Jared managed to do a weak yell.
 "That's not good enough to get you saved" Freddy said.
 "Keep at him boys, work from both sides.  Maybe a pink belly
 too."
 
 Jared managed a better yell, and then finally a yell that
 actually sounded a little bit like the famous Tarzan yell
 from the movies.
 
 "Hey, that was pretty good," one of the hunters said.
 
 "See?  I told you he could do it, all he needed was a little
 encouragement" Freddy said as the kids stopped slapping
 Jared.  "But I don't think we'll be able to torture him in
 the play.  Maybe we need to continue the torture just a
 little longer to make sure he can still yell."
 
 Jared didn't wait a second, but let out another yell, this
 one even better than before.
 
 "Okay, I guess that settles it, he can do the yell without
 the torture.  I think we'll add the gag to him for the play.
 Unless you guys want to practice some more, I think we're
 done here."
 
 One of the boys wanted to practice torturing Tarzan some
 more, but Freddy decided it was enough and sent them home.
 "Lisa and Ron will help me untie him, you guys get out of
 here and get some fresh air like Mr. Haverty said."
 
 Once everyone else had left, Freddy noticed Ron digging
 through Jared's pants pockets.  "Anything good in there?" he
 asked.
 
 "Naw, nothing so far.  I haven't gone though his wallet yet,
 maybe he'll pay us to untie him."  He opened the wallet and
 immediately noticed the picture in front that Scott told him
 to keep in his wallet.  
 
 The three of them had a good look at the picture, and Lisa
 seemed especially interested.  "I think we should hang on to
 this for a few days," she said.  When Jared reacted by
 yelling something into the gag, she added, "It will just be
 for a few days.  We'll give it back after the play on
 Friday."
 
 "What about him?" Ron asked.  "We can't just leave him here
 like this or we'll get in trouble."
 
 "It looks to me like he likes to run around naked" Freddy
 said.  "Let's just untie his elbows and throw him out the
 door."  He and Ron laughed out loud, but waited to see if
 Lisa had any objections before they carried out Freddy's
 plan.
 
 "What if he gets caught?" she asked.  "I don't want any part
 of that trouble.  As far as I'm concerned you guys are going
 to untie him and let him go.  I'm going to go tell the
 janitor we're done and I'll meet you out front.  It will
 take me ten minutes to find him."
 
 After she left, Freddy looked at Ron.  "What did she mean, I
 don't get it.  Do we let him go or not?"
 
 "She's just protecting herself, its cool.  Her story is that
 we were told to untie him and let him go.  Just don't say
 anything more about it in front of her.  If he gets caught,
 we'll get in trouble, but we're just two little kids; all
 that'll happen to us is we get grounded.  I say we go ahead
 with your idea."
 
 "I'm afraid somebody might steal his clothes if we leave
 them here, maybe you should put them in your locker.  We can
 give them back to him Friday after the play," Freddy said,
 warming up to the idea.  Ron picked up the box with Jared's
 clothes in it while Freddy untied the ropes to the trees.
 
 Jared was talking up a storm behind the gag, but Freddy
 couldn't understand a single word.  Once the ropes were
 untied from the trees, Freddy used one to pull Jared towards
 the door. With the loin cloth around his ankles, Jared had
 to be careful not to step out of it since it offered the
 only protection he was going to have.
 
 Ron came back as Freddy reached the door, and helped to get
 Jared outside.  "Are we going to leave him with his
 costume?" he asked.
 
 "Yeah, I guess.  He's a lot less likely to get us in trouble
 with that then if he were naked," Freddy answered.  "But if
 we just leave him here, he'll run right back inside and get
 the janitor."  He thought for a second.  "I've got an idea,
 let's take him over there and tie him to a real tree."  They
 tugged Jared along to some trees away from the school and
 tied the ropes dangling from his elbows to a small tree.
 "You should be able to reach this knot without too much
 trouble," Ron said, stepping back.  "And if not, you can get
 around to the other side and people on the road can see you.
 See you on Tuesday."  With that, they took off back to the
 front of the school to meet Lisa.
 
 The loin cloth had come off as they pulled him over; Jared
 could see it laying on the ground a dozen yards away.  He
 worked his hands around the tree until he could feel the
 knot they had tied.  It was actually several knots, all on
 top of each other.  It took him about thirty minutes to get
 the last one untied.
 
 Next he went over and retrieved the loin cloth.  It was
 difficult pulling it on with his hands behind his back, but
 he finally succeeded.  He was on his way back to the school
 to get the janitor to untie him when he saw a pickup truck
 pulling out of the parking lot.  He peered through the
 bushes and saw it was the janitor.  The truck was on the
 road before Jared could get to where he had any hope of
 being spotted.
 
 Jared considered his options.  He could flag down a car and
 get released, but that would involve a lot of questions, and
 possibly the police.  If the police caught Freddy, Ron, or
 Lisa with the picture, he would have a lot more explaining
 to do then they would.  So that meant a long walk home.  At
 least this time he wasn't naked.
 
 He spent much of the trip home trying to work the rope loose
 from his hands, but it was useless.  Nothing he pulled on
 made anything loosen up, and as Brad had said, he couldn't
 get at the knot to untie it.
 
 He made his way along the river, not cutting over to the
 highway until the last minute.  He was dreading making his
 way through the business sections and residential sections,
 but unless some good Samaritan were to show up and help him
 out, he didn't have any other options.  And the way things
 had gone for him since the first time the girls had tied him
 up he no longer believed in good Samaritans.
 
 However, one did appear.  He was approaching the light where
 the highway entered town when Brad caught up with him,
 riding up on a bike and skidding in front of him.
 
 "Hey, sorry I didn't get here quicker, but I expected you to
 cut over to the road back along the first trail.  When you
 didn't show, I doubled back and saw your footprints."  Brad
 was off his bike and working on the knot behind Jared's
 back.
 
 "Why are you helping me?" Jared asked.  And then he thought
 about it for a second and asked, "You are helping me, aren't
 you?"
 
 "I don't know, it just seems like a big price to pay for
 nothing.  I'm the one who put you in this.  It sure is a
 neat knot though, isn't it?"
 
 The rope fell from Jared's hands and he looked at his
 wrists.  Not even a red mark was there to show he had been
 tied up for the last two hours.
 
 "You're still going to have to go home like that, they
 locked your clothes up and I couldn't get them, but I'll
 loan you my shirt.  I guess if anybody asks, just tell them
 you're in a play and wanted to get used to the costume.
 It's kind of like that kid in "Jungle to Jungle" who had to
 walk around New York City dressed like you are."  He handed
 his shirt to Justin.
 
 "Yeah, but he was paid probably a zillion dollars to do it."
 Brad's shirt was too small for him and he knew if he pulled
 his arms up it would tear, but it was better than no shirt.
 "I still don't understand, I've only had one friend through
 this whole mess, and now you're helping.  If you've got
 something else planned, just do it, I'm getting tired of
 surprises."  
 
 "Naw, nothing planned.  Maybe we got carried away with the
 video and pictures and stuff.  The truth is, Gary and Luke
 really like you, and me and Kevin and Adam wouldn't mind if
 you came around some again.  We can do stuff besides what
 we've done to you.  Anyway, I've got to get home, but think
 about it, we'll be hanging around tomorrow.  If you come
 over just return the shirt then.  If not, I'll get it from
 you in school on Monday."
 
 He rode off, leaving Jared to think about whether or not he
 could trust him.  He decided to worry about it later, first
 he had to walk down the streets wearing nothing below his
 waist but a drafty loin cloth, and there would be lots of
 shoppers out.  He decided to act just like the kid in the
 movie Brad had mentioned and just walk home like he dressed
 like this all the time.
 
 Several people looked at him with obvious curiosity, but no
 one approached him or asked him what he was doing.  He made
 it home without incident.
 
 The next week Lisa caught up with Jared in the hall at
 school.  "I can't locate your costume, what did you do with
 it after rehearsal last week?" she asked.  Jared figured she
 knew perfectly well what he had done with it, but he played
 along and simply told her he had taken it home with him.
 
 "Well, bring it in tomorrow, I need to clean it and make any
 repairs that may be necessary before the play Friday.  Oh,
 and by the way, you have to give this to your teachers for
 all your afternoon classes before Friday so they know why
 you're not in class and they can give you your homework
 assignments on Thursday.  Don't forget, we catch the bus out
 front at noon."  She handed him three official notices
 signed by Mr. Haverty and the principal excusing him from
 class.
 
 It was a quiet week for him in school.  It was actually a
 relief for him to participate in gym class dressed in his
 gym clothes.  The week passed quickly and then it was time
 for the play.
 
 The elementary school kids who had jobs or roles in the play
 were waiting for them.  Ron even had Jared's clothes from
 the previous week with him, which he gave to Jared with a
 smirk.  An even bigger surprise was when he handed over the
 picture they had taken from his wallet.  "Nice picture, our
 friends really enjoyed it.  And my sister made copies of it
 too."
 
 The stage hands went to work getting everything set up while
 Lisa was busy handing out the costumes to all the actors.
 Two classrooms with paper over the window in the door had
 been prepared for changing; one for the girls and the other
 for the boys.  Expecting the worse, Jared inspected his loin
 cloth, but other than a thread hanging down from the back he
 didn't see anything wrong with it.  He quickly undressed and
 put it on.  Having learned his lesson from earlier
 experiences, he put his house key in his shoe again.
 
 The play was moving along well, only a few lines had been
 forgotten and all of the props and setups by the stage hands
 seemed to be in the right place and working.  The only thing
 that threw off some of the actors was the bright spot lights
 being used that hadn't been used during practice.  The spot
 lights were necessary because the AV class from Jared's
 school was here running both television and film cameras of
 the play as part of a school project.
 
 During the brief moments before Tarzan is captured Jared
 allowed Brad to tie his hands behind his back again.  "Can't
 you just do a simple knot instead of that handcuff thing?"
 he asked.
 
 Brad said, "I guess I could have, but I didn't think of it.
 It's too late now, I'm almost done."  Brad felt the two
 loops pull tight around his wrists.  Then Freddy showed up
 with the gag.
 
 "Hey, shouldn't we make sure this is okay with Mr.
 Hammpff..."  The gag was tied off behind his head and his
 two captures lead him back on stage and tied his elbows off
 to the fake trees just as they had done in the last
 practice.
 
 Jared could feel a slight tug on the back of the loin cloth
 and turned his head as far around as he could.  He could
 just catch Ron pulling on the loose thread.  Jared felt the
 loin cloth loosen and slip down a quarter inch.  Knowing
 what was going to happen, he began to struggle and yell, but
 with the gag in he couldn't be understood and all the kids
 in the audience thought it was good acting.
 
 Jared was in the center of the stage with no other actors or
 props between him and the 250 third, fourth, and fifth grade
 students.  He knew what was going to happen, he knew when it
 was going to happen, but the worst part was knowing he
 couldn't do a single thing to prevent it.
 
 Just before they got to the line where Jared was supposed to
 give his Tarzan yell, one of the hunters poked him in the
 ribs with a plastic pistol just as Ron gave the thread a
 final yank.  As Jared jerked from the poke in the ribs, the
 belt holding up both halves of the loin cloth parted and
 Jared was left standing naked with his arms tied to the
 sides, two bright spot lights shining directly on him.
 
 At first the audience was stunned, then the laughter
 started, and it grew in volume as Jared gave the mightiest
 Tarzan yell he could, clearly being heard through the gag.
 The kids playing the jungle beasts started pouring onto the
 stage, which blocked Mr. Haverty and two other adults from
 getting to Jared.  Finally they got through the herd of
 elephants, which had all stopped to stare at the naked
 Tarzan, and ran over to help Jared.
 
 "Quick, untie him," Mr. Haverty yelled to two of the
 hunters.  In the meantime, he was trying to untie the knot
 holding Jared's arms behind his back.  "What kind of a knot
 is this?" he called out, unable to undo the knot.
 Meanwhile, Ron and Freddy were having some trouble untying
 the knots on Jared's elbows, even though they were simple
 overhand knots.  Ron and Freddy were also being very careful
 to stand off to the side, not wanting to block the view of
 Jared from the audience.
 
 Finally one of the teachers took off his coat and draped it
 over Jared, hiding him from view.  Once the show they wanted
 the audience to see was over, Ron and Freddy quickly got the
 other knots undone, and Brad had come to untie his knot.  A
 shaken and embarrassed Tarzan quickly left the stage.
 
 The AV team with the video camera quickly removed the tape
 they had put in as soon as Jared's loin cloth had fallen.
 They had been told it would happen, and Lisa had offered
 them something they couldn't refuse for a copy of the tape.
 And she told them they could make as many copies as they
 wanted, as long as she got hers.  They had put a new tape in
 as soon as the loin cloth fell, but now the original tape
 was back in the recorder.  And just in time, as the AV
 teacher came running over.
 
 "We stopped taping as soon as his thing fell off," one of
 the boys said.  "There's maybe 20 seconds of it on the tape,
 and some on the film as well, but we can edit it out."
 
 "No, give me the tape, I'll take care of the editing.  If
 they decide to continue the play, start with a new tape.
 And don't develop that film unless I am in the room,
 understand?"  The boys handed over the video tape, knowing
 they had the whole thing secure on the second tape.
 
 Jared was fighting back tears back stage, wrapped in a towel
 now.  He thought about telling the truth, but knew he
 couldn't prove anything, and he figured pissing off Lisa,
 Ron, and Freddy probably wouldn't make his life any better.
 "It just fell off" he said to the adults who brought him
 back stage.  "When Garrett poked me in the ribs, I jerked
 and my belly expanded, and the costume just fell off."
 
 Mr. Haverty was examining the loin cloth, but of course
 there was nothing obviously wrong with it except the
 stitching holding it together was torn.  "It must have been
 too tight on you.  I'll talk to Lisa about doing a better
 job, but this isn't like her, she's normally a wiz at
 costumes.  Maybe she had someone else sew yours up."  He
 paused, and then asked "I don't suppose you could go back
 out and finish the play, could you?"
 
 Jared couldn't believe his ears, this guy only cared about
 his silly play.  He decided he had done all that Brad had
 set him up for and could make his exit.  "I really don't
 think so Mr. Haverty," he said, pouting and letting tears
 run down his cheeks.  "I mean all those kids just saw me
 naked, I, I, ah, I just couldn't go back out there again.
 Freddy really wanted to be Tarzan, and there are only a few
 parts left, why don't you just let him finish off.  The
 audience will understand."
 
 "You're right, of course you are, I'm sorry for even asking.
 Why don't you run back and get dressed and wait on the bus
 then."
 
 "If it's all the same with you sir, I live close by here.
 I'd rather just go home.  I don't think I could face the
 kids in the play either."
 
 Mr. Haverty was already moving to go find Freddy Kraven for
 a role change and hardly even listened.  "Well, I don't
 know, you should go back with us, you know, I'm kind of
 responsible for you.  But if you live close by, I guess I
 can understand how you feel.  Go ahead and go, but go
 straight home, don't stop anywhere, okay?"  He didn't even
 wait for an answer before he left.
 
 Jared went back to the changing room and got dressed, but
 instead of leaving he hid behind the desk that had been
 pushed up against the blackboard.  He heard Freddy and Ron
 come in, Ron laughing at how they had gotten back at Jared
 for stealing the role of Tarzan while Freddy changed from
 hunter's garb to a loin cloth.  As soon as they left, Jared
 figured turnabout was fair, he found Ron's shirt and pants
 and took those, then took all of Freddy's clothing.  Putting
 Freddy's underpants on top, he drew a picture of a flagpole
 with underpants hanging from it and dumped both sets of
 clothes in the girl's changing room.  He was just ready to
 leave when he remembered something and went back to the
 boys' pants.
 
 He was glad he checked, each boy had a copy of the picture
 they had taken from his wallet.  The copies had been run off
 a color printer so Jared knew they had more on a computer
 someplace, but he took the copies anyway.  No use leaving
 them for the girls to find.
 
 He decided not to stick around and see the results of his
 revenge, he was sure he would pay a price for it later.  But
 for now, it was Friday and he was out of school early.  He
 had lied to Mr. Haverity, his house wasn't close to here,
 but he could still be home before his sister.
 
 But the thought of his sister reminded him he still had to
 earn two more pledge cards before she would give up the one
 she held.  And Scott Vanderville was holding the first two
 he had earned; he needed to see what he had to do to get
 them back.  He really wanted to get this done, because it
 was nearly Halloween, and then there were only a few weeks
 until Thanksgiving.
 
 Thanksgiving was when his mother's sister was coming with
 her family, which included his cousins Carl and Carol.  Carl
 would be eleven now, and Carol twelve.  Last time they
 visited, at Christmas, Jared had held Carl down in the bed
 one morning and tickled him until he peed.  His mother had
 threatened to put him in diapers if he couldn't hold it, and
 Jared made sure he couldn't.  His mother never carried out
 the threat, but Carl was near tears the whole day.  And
 Carol had been teasing him without mercy until she had been
 caught by her parents.  Jared had been allowed to stay and
 watch her get a spanking, a bare bottom spanking.
 
 No, Jared really needed to be finished with this pledge
 thing before then.  He didn't even want to think about how
 things would be if he had to remain naked at home the entire
 time, and do what ever his sister asked him to do.  Jared
 decided he needed to press Lois for her card, and he needed
 to get the fourth card to Ken.  He decided he would try to
 spend some time with his best friend Shawn, who he had been
 ignoring for too long.  But next week, he had to get those
 cards back from Scott and earn the other two.
 
*****

 This ends I Promise Again but the Jared's saga will pick
 up again in "The Last Promise" in which Jared will finally
 earn back the last of the pledge cards and will at long last
 be free of all of his tormentors.  (Yeah, right!)  Look for
 The Last Promise here beginning early this year.