I want to, and besides, I feel sort of responsible for you now. Don't go anywhere. Back in a mo," I said, giving her the warmest matronly smile I coul... muster. After a quick word with the three dance judges, I got a small bucket of iced water and a large flannel from the St. John's Ambulance crew in the first aid tent and then made my way back to the side of the stage where Jen sat rubbing at her ankle having taken the hose right off. Two men armed with hammers had quickly nailed down each end. Damned church shoes, I guessed. Where the hell did those come from? I certainly wasn’t wearing them when I left home. There were voices on the boat. Not just Jake’s and the bearded guy’s, either. Couple more, maybe three. All male. Laughing low, gulping beer. “Now here’s the rule,” Jake said. He wasn’t talking to me but I listened close. What the hell was that on my chest? It was like duct tape on my nipples. And I had a jacket on it, a big shirt, something soft and floppy. “Dutch and I caught. And third, in front of the chair was a bench. Looking atthe grooves on the floor, it was apparent that aftersitting in the chair it would slide forward and locksmoothly with the bench, trapping the sitter with softrubber contours covering his entire body from the chestdown.But worst of all was the seat. It was contoured for asscheeks with a peak running down the center and with a holein the middle. When you sat on it, the chair would separateand cup one's cheeks, with the hole directly against. .."Something came over me during the day, something I could never define,and still can't. For the first time in my life I had someone actuallywant to be with me! Before this I was just a warm body that could sing,and simply taking up space. I never dated, never had a girlfriend, neverattended the dances, nothing. The choir was my one and only foray outwith other kids! Yet the moment I appear in public dressed as a girlsomeone wanted to know me, and this same person just asked me out on adate! I.