'One night after his second performance, Elvis went to his dressing room, and I went to mine. Having both changed, we came out hand in hand to where the stairs went down to the main part of our suite. We stood there for a beat, and then descended in step with each other.
When we were sure all of our guests were looking up at us, we smiled in unison, revealing that both of us had blacked out our two front teeth with eyebrow pencil.
As if nothing out of the ordinary was happening, we glided up to the first group of guests and shook hands all around with the widest grins plastered on our faces.
"So nice to meet you," we said natural as could be, trying to keep from laughing as we watched them do a double take but try to keep their cool in front of us.
They weren't sure if, because we were from Tennessee, that's how we did it, taking our teeth out when it was time to relax. It was so funny to see people's reactions, and so we really played it up, walking around the room and meeting everyone.
"This is my girlfriend," Elvis said. "Hi," I said, smiling, blackout teeth on full display. Some people laughed, but others were afraid to laugh, which was even funnier.'
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