We'll have a nice quiet lunch, and if you want, we'll just talk and I'll be on my way. You really intrigue me, Harry. Kate brags about you all the tim...."With that, she kissed me, quickly, and no one seemed to notice. Her hand was down low and I felt her brush against the front panel of my slacks and I realized I was hard, and so did she."Hmm, Kate was right!" With that, she stepped back and was off to her college friends, blending right into the crowd.What did she mean by that? Kate was right?. Still ravaged by the trauma of the sickness and the deaths of those we knew and those we loved, we had been a rag-tag group, not really fully aware of the incredible luck we had when Ruth had become part of our tiny band. The Citadel had originally been a desert oasis built by her brother-in-law, Archie for himself and his wife, and it had become our fort, our sanctuary, our school, and our home.I stopped on a small hillock to survey our convoy, and my heart swelled with pride. The point riders. "It looks as if we have a very lucky young lady here, but just to besure I want a CT scan of her skull and then get a local and stitch upthe cut in the back of her head. It does not look to bad and willprobably heal with a very small scar. How do you feel young lady?" A little out of it, my head hurts and my vision was blurry when I wokeup in the ambulance," I said feeling a little scared I might be hurtmore on the inside. "You're sure I'm ok?" Yes, I just want to rule out the possibly of. The high school was holding a big dance in the gymnasium. Somehow, the social significance of this dance grew way out of proportion. It had become the must do thing at the school. Even Benny and Tim could not escape the social demand that they attend with their dates. The source of that demand came from the most unlikely person: Mrs. Lancaster.Benny arrived at the home of Mrs. Gladys Parker dressed in a brand new suit. His suggestion - made partly in jest - that he could wear his orange tuxedo.