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   Chapter one -- The Carpark

   'I took the cutest pictures of Douglas yesterday, want to see?'

   She didn't know it yet, but that one simple, harmless sentence was about
to change Nadia's life forever.  The twenty year old student was chilling
on the sofa next to her old friend Bethany, who was also absentmindedly
scrolling through her phone.  They were both home for the summer and were
spending a lazy day alternating between watching TV and tanning in the
garden, making the most of the glorious weather.  Nadia's bulldog Douglas
had just walked in panting from the heat and headed off to the kitchen to
drink from his bowl.

   'Aww sweet, yeah let's see.' Bethany scooted over and leant in to see.
'Oh my god!'

   'Shit!' Both girls jumped back wide eyed as Bethany turned to stare
scandalously at her friend.

   'Nadia!  What was that!'

   'Fuck...' Instead of opening her camera roll and searching to find the
innocent dog snapshots as she'd intended, Nadia had inadvertently brought
up the last photo that she had taken, and it wasn't exactly as family
friendly.  'Umm...  I can explain?'

   'Wait.  Were you naked?'

   Indeed she was.  Completely nude in fact, if you don't count trainers,
grinning away at the camera with her hands on her hips and her chest pushed
out unapologetically.  Her hair flowed down over her shoulders, her legs
were slightly bent and her eyes were glistening mischievously, it was a
great look, if an unexpected one.  Nadia held her head in shame.

   'Yes, yes I was.  Sorry, didn't mean to show you that one, obviously.'

   'Yeah I guessed!' Bethany started giggling.  'Who was it meant to be
shown too then?  Who's the lucky guy?'

   'Beth no...'

   'Is it a guy from university?'

   'Can we just leave it-'

   'Someone from here?'

   'Bethany!' Nadia snapped slightly and exasperatedly turned to shake her
head.  'Seriously, it's nothing.  Can we just drop it?'

   'Yeah.  Yeah, sure.'

   Frowning slightly Bethany returned to her own phone and an uneasy
silence descended between the two.  They'd been best friends for years and
told each other pretty much everything, or so she thought.  The idea of
sending a naughty picture to a guy wasn't a big deal, they'd both done that
before, but hiding the identity of said guy?  Definitely weird.  Nadia knew
everything about Bethany's current boyfriend Carlos, and frankly she
expected to be told about any new boys in her friend's life too.  For the
rest of the afternoon both girls pretended to forget about the
unintentional nudity, until Beth decided to end the unspoken awkwardness by
leaving to go home.  She hugged Nadia goodbye and started the walk back to
hers, pondering on who the mystery man might be.  There was also one thing
that was bugging her, but she couldn't really be sure if she was imagining
things or not.  When she saw the photo it had only been for a split second,
before Nadia had realised her mistake and whipped the screen away, but she
had seen enough skin to realise what had happened.  What she couldn't be
certain about though, was that she could swear that Nadia had been posing
outside.  Outside, and to be more precise somewhere with grass and trees,
somewhere that looked suspiciously like their local park...

   ***

   *hey, you still free today right*

   Bethany wiped the sleep from her eyes and blearily peered at her
messages.  The one which had buzzed her awake was from Nadia.

   *yeah, you got plans?*

   *can we go to the mall?  i need to get something*

   *sure* It was something to do, Beth thought, and after arranging a time
to meet she rolled back over and went back to sleep.  It was only a day on
from their afternoon at Nadia's and neither of them had mentioned the photo
again since, but Beth had not forgotten.

   A few hours later and she was waiting at the bus exchange and starting
to get bored, when she saw her friend pacing along the street towards her.

   'Hey, sorry I'm late!  We're not getting this bus, we need to get to the
train.'

   'I thought we were going to the mall?' The pair walked over to a
different stop and got on the bus, then sat down together near the back. 
It was another scorching hot day and there were plenty of people out and
about, but few had joined them on the way to the nearby station.

   'We are, but not our one, the one near the seaside.'

   'What, why?' Both girls enjoyed shopping and they were regular visitors
to the shopping center that was nearby, but never bothered going to the
larger one that was an hour away.

   'Right, I'll explain, just don't think I've gone crazy ok?'

   'What's going on Nadia?' Bethany took off her sunglasses and turned to
face her friend.

   With a deep breath Nadia reached into her tote bag and pulled out a
handheld camcorder, the type people use to record birthdays or film home
movies on.  'We're going there to make a...  a video.'

   ***

   'So just to recap...'

   'Sure.'

   Bethany sat across from Nadia as the two rested on the train which was
carrying them towards the coastal city where soon they would be embarking
on their hairbrained scheme.  Nadia had filled her friend in on the plan on
the bus, and after taking a while to soak in all the new information
Bethany was ready to talk again.

   'You're a cam girl?'

   Nadia cocked her head.  'I think just model is the term, I'm not sure.'

   'But you take pictures...'

   'Yep.'

   'And record videos...'

   'Yes.'

   'And people pay to see them.'

   'Yeah, it's a subscription fee.'

   'Ok.' Bethany had heard of this sort of thing in passing, but never
thought she'd ever know anyone who did it themselves, least of all her own
friend.

   'And this started at university?'

   'Yes, a girl in my kitchen has been quite successful through it, and
when I heard how much she makes I was very interested.  It pays enough so
that I don't need to work part time like I did in first year, which is
great.'

   'So how much are we talking?'

   'Well this is the thing, just from the subscriptions?  Not loads.' Nadia
pulled out her phone and began typing.  'But, from special requests?  You'd
be amazed.  So look, all the subscribers get this basic content.'

   Bethany leant warily forward to look.  She watched as Nadia scrolled
through a series of alluring pictures, most of which were pretty tame. 
Lingerie shots, the occasional topless one but with her back turned, then a
few more with her arm covering her boobs.  It wasn't explicit or anything,
but it was weird knowing that it was Nadia's body being shown off.

   'Damn girl.'

   'Not too bad right?  And also look, you never see my face, it's all
perfectly safe.  You hear horror stories of people getting recognised on
these things and getting fired, or exposed to their family, but no one
knows this is me.'

   'I do, I recognise your bedroom wallpaper in that one.'

   'Haha true.  But you get the point, anyone could do this.'

   'Anyone with your body.'

   'Beth you would do so well on here oh my god, seriously.  My fans would
love you.'

   'Your fans?  I can't man, this is mental' Beth rolled her eyes and
looked out of the window, laughing at the absurdity of their conversation.
'I'm still confused though, how did it go from underwear pics to you
standing naked in what I'm guessing was a park?'

   Nadia blushed at that, she was trying to explain everything as best she
could but she was struggling, this was the first time she'd shared any of
this.

   'OK so there's this post, right.' She pulled up a video and showed it to
her friend.  The scene was shot in her back garden, where they'd been out
sunbathing twenty four hours ago.  'I was bored and I'm always trying to
think of new things to do to keep people interested, so after watching some
other girls' stuff I thought I'd do this.' She pressed play, and Beth
watched as the clip showed Nadia walking past the camera and into the
middle of the lawn, her arms wrapped around her as she got into position.
She was wearing a thin bathrobe which was tied at the waist, and Beth
looked on as the robe was unfastened and shrugged off.  Underneath Nadia
was wearing only a lacy thong, and as she revealed her curves she threw her
hands out proudly, leaving her top half exposed to the end of her garden.
still facing away from the camera.

   'So that's all it was, nothing more revealing than any of my other
posts, just a bit of fun in the garden when my parents were out.'

   'Can't your neighbours see you from their windows?'

   'Haha yeah, but I did check and couldn't see anything, and I only had my
tits out for a second, then I covered up again quick.  But I did get a
message after this video, from a guy.'

   'So this is the guy the picture was for?'

   'Yes.  I don't know his name, his account is called Mr Evans but that's
probably made up.  Basically you can get messages from subscribers, and
some of them ask for certain extra content, which they'll pay for.  Most of
it is asking for stuff that is too much for me, or just straight up gross,
but I have done a few.  That's how you get the big bucks, once people like
you and decide they want to see more of you, then they'll pay a lot of
money.'

   'What kind of stuff are we talking?'

   'So showing more skin, usually.  I never show any of the goodies in my
main feed, I just tease them.  You can still make money like that, and when
I first started that's what I felt comfortable with.  But one guy really
wanted to see more, and when he offered fifty quid for a picture of my
boobs I couldn't really say no.'

   'Fifty pounds just for one picture?'

   Nadia grinned.  'You get the appeal now right?  Once I passed that
mental barrier I started doing a lot more.  He eventually got some booty
pics and then eventually a full frontal.  I stopped dealing with him though
because he wanted mad stuff, like videos of me touching myself etcetera,
and I was like nope.  But people have interesting requests, and if they're
not insane then I'll give them a chance, for the right price.'

   'So more nudes?'

   'Yeah.  I've sent a few videos of me stripping, some of me in the
shower, one guy wanted a video of me painting my nails, but while I was
naked, one wanted me to dress as a slutty maid and tidy my room, men can be
crazy honestly.  Want to see some?'

   Beth was more interested than she felt comfortable admitting.  'No
thanks, I can imagine.'

   'Well yeah, you've seen it all.  I got quite confident about it all to
be honest, and I still didn't show my face, just everything else.  The
anonymity really does let you go to places you never thought you would.'

   'So I've seen.  So Mr Evans, what did he say?'

   'Oh yeah.  So after the garden video he messaged and said he liked my
stuff, thought the new post was cool, blah blah blah, and would I be
interested in doing more of that sort of thing.'

   'Outside things?'

   'Outside things.  Turns out that's his jam, and he's very happy to pay
to see girls exposing themselves outdoors.  He started slow though, didn't
want to spook me.  First he just wanted a custom video where I did the same
as before, but without the underwear.  I'd shown more than my arse by then
so I wasn't too fussed, so the next day I did the exact same thing but
ended up naked instead.  Then he wanted to see the rest of me, so I went in
a towel this time but had to frame it carefully so my head was cropped out.
It's tough doing all this stuff alone because I just have to prop up my
phone on something then use a timer to take pictures, or trial and error to
get a good video.  And when you're taking off your clothes you don't want
to have to do too many retakes.'

   'I guess not, you psycho.  So did he get bored of the garden?'

   'Pretty quickly, yeah.  He likes things to be in public, where someone
might turn up and catch you.  He said it's the thrill of exposure that he's
looking for, so I had to do more dangerous stuff.  First was on our
driveway.  Go and take a picture of you standing there in a bikini, then
take one with your top pulled down, then one with your bottoms around your
ankles.  I was terrified the first time I went out but it's not insanely
risky.  Our street is quiet because it's a dead end, and if there was ever
a car I could hear it coming and run inside.  The only time I got caught
short by a passer by I still had enough time to duck behind our car and
watch them go by.'

   'Did he make you get naked there too?'

   'He never makes me, I decide if I want to let him pay me.  But yes,
again I'd go out in a dressing gown and drop it, using the car to hide me
from the road, then take the picture.'

   'Did anyone see?  And hang on, there's no way you kept your face covered
during all of that surely?'

   Nadia groaned.  'I know, I know, I broke my own rule.  But it's just for
him, and he did say not seeing me properly ruined the experience for him,
so I gave in.  And did I get caught, no, but I did get very close once. 
The requests were getting more daring, the money was getting more tempting,
and so the next challenge was to run, already naked, from my door to the
lamp post on the road, and back.'

   'You're joking.'

   'I swear.  I have proof here somewhere.' They both laughed as Nadia
continued.  'But after twenty minutes of psyching myself up I timed it so
badly, as soon as I got past our driveway I heard a car coming towards me,
so I bailed and ran back immediately, I think I actually shrieked.  I did
it properly ten minutes later once I had calmed down, and I sent him the
blooper first attempt too, he loves that sort of thing.  Loves the amateur
feel.'

   'And the park?'

   'That was the latest one, actually.  The street ones were only a week
ago, and the most he had me do was run to the other side of the road, count
to ten, then come back.'

   'What if your neighbours see?'

   'I'm just going to hope I never have to deal with that.  So anyway after
that I was feeling pretty unstoppable, nothing had gone wrong yet, and I
was walking back from the gym, messaging him.  I'd sent him a picture of me
in the locker room in a towel after a shower, just for fun, and he asked
what I was doing next.  I told him where I was and he said he wanted to
play a game.  If I sent him a picture of me in the park, in the next three
minutes, he'd pay one hundred pounds.  He would then pay an additional one
hundred pounds for every item of clothing I'd taken off.'

   'Oh my god this guy is rich!  I'd have just taken the easy hundred.'

   'I know, and I was under time pressure so I thought about it.  But the
money Beth, it gets addictive.  I quickly ran to one of the smaller
clearings which looked pretty deserted, and was away from the main paths. I
thought it would be dumb to not at least take my top off to double the
cash, and if I was going to risk doing that I might as well lose my shorts
too.'

   'The reasoning of an exhibitionist in denial, but sure.'

   'You know what I mean though.  So I quickly wedged my phone into the
bark of a tree, and then thought fuck it, I'm here in my underwear, if
someone comes now I'll already be embarrassed and they'll already think I'm
insane anyway, so I took off my sports bra too.  Then getting naked was
just the sensible thing to do, but like a moron I completely forgot about
my socks and shoes.  I set the timer, struck the pose you saw, and stood
there naked hiding up against the tree as I raced to send it in time.  It
was delivered with ten seconds to spare, I got dressed and watched as half
a grand was deposited into my account.  Mr Evans was very pleased with that
one.'

   'Ok, weirdly that somehow makes that photo make more sense now.'

   'Yeah.' Nadia reached out and held Beth's hand.  'I'm sorry I was so
weird about it but you're the only person I've told about any of this.  I
know people would judge me, say it's putting my future at risk and stuff,
but I trust you.'

   'It's a lot to take in I can't lie, and I don't think I'll ever be as
confident as you, but as long as you're staying safe then I can't really
complain, you're killing it.'

   'Thank you Beth, it really means a lot.  So you asked why we're going to
the mall that's miles away?'

   'Oh yeah, so what are we doing?'

   'Well if you're up for it, you are going to be my camerawoman.  Like I
say it's really hard filming myself on my own, and for his next request he
specifically requested a third person point of view...'

   ***

   After another short bus trip from the station to the shopping center the
girls were finally in the right place.  Nadia led the way as they started
the long walk around the large car park that was about to become their
filmset.  Cars were flowing in and out, shoppers were piling things into
their boots and pedestrians passed them too as they scouted the joint.

   'Busier than I thought,' muttered Nadia.  'I thought everyone would be
at the beach in this weather.'

   'We could come back when it's quieter?'

   'No, he said between midday and three, he wanted it too be busy.'

   'I can't believe he came up with this idea, honestly.  It's literally
illegal.'

   'I know Beth, but for five grand?  I actually can't say no.  And I'm
giving you a thousand and you get to keep your clothes, you should be
loving this.'

   'No no, I'm very grateful, just worried for you.  Look over there,
security guy.'

   'Shit yeah.  We'll have to dodge them.  So you know the timings, you'll
have to keep track on your phone.  He is a stickler for rules.'

   'Yeah, five minutes in between each round, ten minutes final round, keep
moving, don't double back, and we have to get round the outside of the
whole mall once.'

   'Good.  I think it would take ten minutes to walk round the perimeter of
the car park normally, and obviously we'll be going a bit slower.'

   'So you ready to start?  There's people about but not loads.'

   'No.'

   'Great, how about over there?  There's a bit of cover.'

   'Damn yeah you're right, I hate that you're getting into this now.'
Nadia chuckled ruefully as they walked over to a large campervan that was
parked in one of the quieter far corners.  'Fuck I'm nervous.'

   'Think he'll count sunglasses as clothing?'

   'Yeah true, and sandals.  Here.' Nadia slid off her footwear and eyewear
and handed them to Beth, who tucked them away in the bag then pulled out
the camcorder.  'Take my purse and stuff too.'

   'Right.  Ready if you are.'

   'Fuck it, ok.  Let's get this over with.'

   Beth had been shown earlier how to start recording, and with its little
red light flashing she pointed the camera at her friend, and nodded.

   'Hi you,' Nadia smiled playfully and fidgeted as she spoke.  'so I'm
here at my local mall, like you asked.'

   That was a lie, Beth thought, they'd gone to one hours away from their
houses to try and minimise the risk of being seen by someone they knew.

   'I'm here with my friend who has kindly agreed to film me as I take on
your latest task!  One lap of the parking lot, in the middle of the day,
and every five minutes I have to take off an item of clothing.  And then,
when I've got nothing left, ten minutes of complete nudity to make it back
to the starting point.  If I mess up any of the rules then I fail, and the
challenge is void.  So, I guess there's nothing more to do but get going!'

   Beth was amused to see this super enthusiastic version of her friend,
she was clearly trying to hide her nervousness.  Nadia took one last quick
glance around and then swiftly pulled her t shirt over her head and walked
over to put in the bag that was slung over Beth's shoulder.

   'And there we go!  The time starts now.' With her free hand Beth started
the timer on her phone, then focused on keeping her arm steady as she
followed Nadia who had already waked off.

   'Damn the floor is hot.  Do you think people will look at me so far,
hun?' She turned to walk backwards as she looked at her friend, and reached
back to tie her hair up in a bun, uncovering her black bra as she did so.
Beth felt a bit weird about having her voice heard in the video but decided
to play along, if anything to help calm Nadia's nerves.

   'No you look fine at the moment, with those short shorts you look like
you're wearing a bikini top and you're going to the beach.'

   'The perfect cover then.  I think seeing as my modesty is still mostly
intact, we should try and cover some distance.' For the next few minutes
they weaved through the parked cars which provided decent cover, and
sauntered over the open spaces and lanes, chatting as they went.  Nadia
kept describing how nervous she was and Beth teased her accordingly,
wondering if this was the sort of thing Mr Evans liked to hear.  They went
past a few people but no one seemed to look too much, and if they did it
was more because of the camera than the state of Nadia.  Soon time was up
for round one, and they stopped next to a Jeep.

   'Ok, time for the shorts then.' Nadia unbuttoned them and revealed a
matching pair of panties, then slid them off and tossed them to Beth. 
'Still think people won't notice?'

   Beth was pretty amazed that her friend had the guts to stand there in
the sun in nothing but her skimpy underwear.  Hearing about her public
adventures had been one thing, seeing one unfold live before her was
another.  'Ok yeah, we might need to be a bit sneakier now.'

   'I agree.  Ok timer is back on, let's move.' Now Nadia was a lot more
careful as she walked, and they spoke in lower hushed tones.  Instead of
walking past people they would clock them from afar and then loop round to
avoid them, peering round each corner as they went.  Any time there weren't
any cars to hide behind Nadia would scuttle across the tarmac quickly,
until she was back in relative safely.  Although she was revealing nothing
more than a normal swimsuit would it wasn't exactly normal to be parading
around like this, and she didn't want anyone reporting her to security. 
The next three hundred seconds seemed to fly by and soon it was time to
take the big next step.  Beth watched appreciatively as her friend's body
jiggled as she jogged past her to pause behind a pickup truck.

   'Fuck, it's time then.' They both swivelled to scout out the area, Beth
panning the camera round to give a good account of the setting they found
themselves in.  'I've realised we did not think this through at all.  We're
half the way round which is good, but now we've got to get across the main
entrance to the mall, which is the widest road.  And now I've got to do it
with my top off.'

   'Yeah honestly that's pretty dumb by both of us.  Makes the video more
fun I guess?'

   'Oh really, you do it then.' Nadia reluctantly unfastened her bra, and
very slowly slid the straps off each shoulder, holding the cups to her
chest as she did so.

   'Man I don't know about this.'

   'Come on Nadia, you can do this.' Beth zoomed in to focus on her
friend's ample cleavage.

   'Ok.  Jesus christ.  ' With that she let her bra fall away and once more
passed it over to Beth, anxiously cupping her boobs with her hands as she
jittered shifting her weight from foot to foot.

   'Hey no covering you, that was a rule.  Let me see those nipples.'

   'Wow ok, horn dog.' The joke broke some of the nervous tension and Nadia
instead began to wring her hands.  'So, let's get across that road.'

   She stayed slightly hunched over as she shuffled between the parked cars
which meant her breasts hung in front of her, and Beth did the same, not
wanting to give her position away.  Every now and then Nadia would bring an
arm up to cover herself, then have to remind herself not too, no matter how
alien that felt.  Soon they were at the main entrance which led straight to
the busy road that they had ridden the bus on earlier.  Nadia stayed
crouched as she watched cars roll past, then was surprised by Beth
squeezing past her.

   'I'm going to get ahead and film you coming across to me, it will be a
better shot.  Otherwise I just get your back all the time.'

   'Umm sure, ok.' Nadia was quietly impressed by how engaged she was in
all of this.

   With no reason to be ashamed Beth strode across the road and then turned
to point the camera back at her stranded friend.

   'Come on!'

   'Shut up!' Nadia hissed.  Then, with her fists clenched to her sides,
she got up and sprinted across the opening, her boobs swinging as she went.
It was quite the sight, and somewhere to the side a car horn honked. 
Ducking behind a hedge she looked up at Beth, her eyes wild with
excitement. 'Dude that was crazy, oh my god!  I feel so alive right now. 
Sure you don't want to try this?'

   'Haha I'm more than happy just watching thanks.'

   'Suit yourself.  God it feels good though.' Now back in cover the two
picked up the pace, they were beginning to run out of time to make it back
to the original starting point.  Nadia was moving swiftly through the
labyrinth of vehicles and only poking her head up if she heard nearby
voices.  It was still relatively busy but people were generally focused on
doing their own thing, and so far they had made it undetected.  All that
was about to change though.

   'Five minutes is up.'

   'Ok.  Over here maybe?' They moved over to a row of trees which
separated the car park from the pavement behind it, and between two of them
Nadia turned and faced the camera.  'So now it's a full ten minutes, naked,
and we have to finish the loop before the timer goes off.  We haven't seen
that security guy again yet, I'm suspicious that he's floating about
somewhere.'

   'Mate you're standing here with your tits out, is this really the time
to be stalling.'

   'No I know, I'm just scared...' Nadia ran her fingers along the waist of
her panties, feeling the last stitch of fabric that was the only point of
contact with her skin, and which would soon be gone.  With a last gulp she
shoved them to the floor and stepped out to pick them up, now completely
naked.  Her skin shone beautifully in the golden afternoon sun, and the
contrast between her and the completely covered Beth only heightened her
sense of exposure.

   'I feel like I'm on fire, honestly, this is so much more intense than
before.' Her hands were distractedly roaming over her thighs and stomach,
marvelling at the sensation of the warm air against her bare flesh.

   'Give us a spin.' Beth panned the camera down as Nadia quickly twirled.
'You butt looks good in the sun.' She really did, she thought, and to be
honest she was enjoying watching this more than she thought she would.

   'Haha thanks.  Ok, timer on?'

   'Yes, let's go.' If Nadia was cautious before she was now doubly so,
staying so slow that at times Beth had to kneel to keep her in shot, giving
her quite a distracting view.  Their progress was now very slow, partly
because of Nadia's nerves but mainly because they were approaching a far
busier group of vehicles, with plenty of people milling around.  Soon they
were at a dead end, watching as their path was blocked by a row of
shoppers.

   'Fuck I can't get passed that bit, they'll definitely see me.'

   'But he said we need to keep moving, and we can't go back.'

   'Beth what am I meant to do then, I'm fucking naked!'

   'Ok, ok.'

   Beth looked at her friend who was sat on her heels, bare knees hugged to
her chest, and decided to stand up to get a better look at the route ahead.
She straightened with the camera still in her hand, and turned to look
towards the mall, where staring straight at her was the security officer
they had seen earlier.  He was walking towards her.

   'You, there's no filming allowed here, what are you doing?' He was
striding quickly through the cars and Beth froze.  What good reason was
there to give when it looked like you were just walking through a car park
on your own, filming as you go?

   'Uh...'

   'Beth what the fuck!' Nadia whispered panicked from below.  'He's going
to see me!'

   Beth realised she was right, so she went to quickly walk away from her
friend so as not to give her away.

   'Stop there!  I need to talk to you!' The security guy shouted and
brought out his radio, muttering something indistinct into it.

   'Fuck, run!' Beth hissed to Nadia, and she quickly scampered off back
the way they had come.

   'What the-' A stunned Nadia turned to see her friend make a break for
it, then realised that she should probably follow, given that Beth was the
one with her clothes.  With one arm clasping her boobs and the other one
clamped over her crotch she tore off after her, her face burning as
suddenly she was revealed to all the onlookers she had been trying so hard
to avoid.  'Look out!'

   To her dismay she watched as the security officer sprinted over and
intercepted Beth, grabbing her arm and pulling her to a stop.  'You too,
come here!' Nadia wasn't weighed down like her friend and was fuelled with
adrenaline, so managed to evade his grasps and streaked away into the maze
of cars.  The man was clearly torn about who to go for, but he didn't let
go of Beth and instead turned and lead her back towards the mall, her hands
held tightly behind her back.

   ***

   Ten minutes later and Beth was waiting in a locked office in the mall,
waiting for her bag to be brought back.  She'd been left there as they went
through her things, and obviously all she could think about was Nadia who
was left stranded somewhere in the car park, with no clothes and no one to
help her.  Her worrying was interrupted by the door opening and the
security man walking in, bag in hand.

   'So it's Bethany, right,' he said, pulling up a chair of his own.  'We
found your travel pass, and so your friend must be Nadia.  In the interest
of names, my name is Garry, and you two are in big trouble.'

   Beth said nothing, just stared at the floor.  How had this all gone so
wrong so quickly?

   'I noticed you two earlier, snooping around the perimeter.  I didn't
think too much of it though, until I saw you recording her give a little
piece to camera, very suspicious.  Then imagine my surprise when she starts
stripping, and off you two go.  I'll admit I lost you for quite a while,
you must have been hiding well, but I wanted to know what you were up to.
So when I saw you poke your head up just then I couldn't believe my luck, I
thought you might have gone.  Rather gave your friend away though didn't
you, and at the worst time too.'

   Dammit, thought Beth, it was her fault.  Nadia was the sneaky one and
instead it was her carelessness that had undone it all.

   'Credit to your Nadia though, she's a ballsy girl.  Didn't for one
second think she'd have got completely starkers in that time, or that she'd
just bolt off like that, au naturel.  Didn't get much of a look sadly, but
now I've got all the close ups, thanks to you.' He pulled out the camera
and shook it knowingly.  'Makes for very interesting watching.  But I don't
think you're really the one I want to talk to about this, are you.  I think
Nadia should be here too.'

   'Please let me go,' Beth pleaded.  'She's out there on her own, this
isn't fair.'

   'Oh I agree.' Garry pulled out Nadia's t shirt and threw it to Beth. 
'Now I could go out hunting for her, or I could let you go and bring her to
me.  She'll just keep hiding if I'm there anyway, so you might as well go
it.'

   'You want me to bring her here?  Why?'

   'Well because that's all you're getting.  I'm keeping the camera, and
your identification which I can give to the police, and the passes you need
to get home, and your phone which you need to get someone to pick you up.
So by all means find your friend and run home, but I wouldn't if I were
you.'

   Beth realised she had nothing to bargain with, and they couldn't afford
to leave without their things.  'Ok fine, give me the rest of the clothes.'

   Garry smiled.  'Oh no, I think for our resident streaker that should be
more than enough.  I'm sure she'll be grateful, given her current state.'

   With a scowl Beth got up and left the room, ready to go back out to find
her friend.

   ***

   First she went back to the spot where she had been caught, but it was
still busy and there was no sign of Nadia.  She decided to try the finish
point of their challenge, so she quickly walked along the only part of the
route they hadn't managed to finish, and arrived back at the campervan that
still hadn't been returned to by its owner.

   'Nadia?  Nadia!' She called out loudly, there was no one else to
overhear, and she was rewarded by a whisper from behind the van.

   'Beth, over here man.' She ran over and there was Nadia, hands still
covering her naked body, her cheeks flushed after her sprinting.  'Give me
that.' She grabbed the top and pulled it on, then looked expectantly at
Beth.  'Where is my bag?'

   'Nadia I'm so so sorry!  It's my fault he saw me and got me, and then he
took the bag, and he's got all our stuff.'

   'What?  I thought you must have managed to escape?'

   'No, the guy knows our names and he's got the video, and he said he'll
show it to the police if we don't go back to him.'

   'Go to the mall?  Like this?' Nadia had to hold the front of the shirt
down to keep herself covered, which pulled it tight against her boobs,
leaving little to the imagination.

   'Yeah I don't know what he wants but he wanted to talk to you.  I'm
sorry, I didn't think I had a choice.'

   'Well I don't think we do, do we?  We can't get home.  I mean you didn't
do anything wrong, I'm not naked anymore, maybe if we're nice they'll let
us go?'

   'I mean maybe?  You're right, we'll just have to see.'

   'Right.' Nadia began to shuffle awkwardly alongside her friend as they
walked towards the looming shopping center.  'Actually can you walk behind
to cover my butt, I feel like it's hanging out.' Beth complied and they
glumly trudged along.  'And Beth don't worry, I roped you into this, I knew
the risks and we'll deal with this, somehow.'

   'No it was my fault, I'm so sorry, really.'

   'No I know you are, and it's ok.  Just didn't think it could go this
badly, did you...'

   'No...'

   'Alright.  Well come on then, let's go see what this creep wants.'