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On arrival and parking the rental car that Katie was driving, the girls rather timidly, opened the door and started up the stairs to the disco. There, to their dismay, they saw a wall to wall, 20 to 30 age crowd 3 deep at the bar. It was more than Becky could face knowing there would be no seats and they would have to yell loudly for a drink. She chickened out for the both of them and said, "Katie, that's a mess up there, there's no way- Katie answered with a pat on Becky's hand, "Don't worry, Becky, I agree with you," and they left in a rather disappointed, strained silence.

It was Katie who broke the silence with, "Say, let's just drive down Lindberg Blvd. and see if we can find a quiet little bar and at least go in for a drink." So off they went, looking for a somple pleasure of some place out in the big wide world to play the part of a feminine person and to be accepted as they were, respondent in soft and modest fashion.

After rejecing several rather "red neck" looking spots, they found a nice quiet bar by a restaurant. Becky opened the door and "checked out the place" while Katie parked the car and they both entered this time with more assurance. They selected their own table and slide out of their coats. They ordered their drinks, Scotch for Katie and Vodka tonic for Becky and talked to each other about many things as they smiled and genuinely enjoyed themselves. If the waitresses or busboy read them they certainly didn't let on. There were three other tables of people in the place and the only person that even looked at them was one "GG" in a two couple party. She stared hard two or three times and then lost interest as she went back to the conversation at her table.

As they finished their drinks, Becky smiled and said, "I think most girls slip into their coats sitting down." Katie complied and paid the check for both of them and they departed slowly and langourously enjoying their last brief minutes of their evening out. They drove slowly back to Katie's motel and returned to her room. Becky had never been able to get pictures of herself before and had brought her camera and flash.

As the photo session continued through several changes of outfits for Becky and discussions of which poses were good and which not so good, Becky tried to make sure that most of her shots showed her

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