Noah, the Embarrassed Nudist - CH16 (description & excerpt)

This will be the final regular chapter until the end of January, however there will be an update nearer Christmas and I have a totally different story coming in the first three weeks of the New Year. 

Noah, the Embarrassed Nudist
Chapter 16: Supermarket Creep
Noah and friends get to know Kevin a bit better, with Matty continuing his hopeful (or hopeless) crush.
After the last day of school, Noah attends another EMARP with a humiliating strip search.
Noah makes a decision that will affect his Christmas holidays.

“What’s your name, kid?” Officer Nicholson asked.
“Noah Flood,” the teenager replied.
“Do you know what will happen if I have to call the police, Noah?” he asked.
“Nothing. Because I didn’t do anything wrong,” Noah replied.
“But your friends say you did. They say it was all your idea,” Officer Nicholson said with the pretence of sympathy.
“But you searched me. You didn’t find anything,” Noah pointed out.
“I checked two pockets, that’s not a search,” Officer Nicholson insisted. “If the police come, that’ll go on your record and their search will go on record…”
“No. Please. I didn’t do anything. I don’t even have friends…” Noah said. “Well, I mean… obviously I have friends…”
“And now you’re lying, Noah. You see? How can I trust you? I’ll just hand you over to the police and let them deal with you,” Officer Nicholson decided.
Noah played along with the scenario, intuiting what was supposed to happen next.
“No! Don’t call the police. You can search me!” Noah proposed. “Search everywhere!”
Officer Nicholson smirked.
“Well, maybe we could do that,” Officer Nicholson said thoughtfully. “It would have to be everywhere though, Noah. And I would need to thoroughly search your clothes once you took them off.”
“Off!” Noah exploded.
“Yes, off. You’ll have to take your clothes off for me to search you everywhere. Unless you’ve changed your mind about a criminal record?” the man asked.
“No. No… ok…” Noah said in a glum tone of barely contained panic.
“Let’s get started then,” Officer Nicholson said. “I need you to stand against that wall and take off all your clothes for me.”