We passed by a jettywhere two blonde, English girls were sunning themselves.Rene slowed the boat down when he saw they weretopless and began chatting ...ith them in a very flirtatiousmanner. The sight of their nubile bodies glistening withsuntan oil made my gaze linger for a while until I noticedthe hurt expression on Monique’s face. I knew shetolerated Rene’s attitude, but this was too much.After a while he got discouraged and set off, not evenwondering why Monique was so quiet. We turned. ” “No, honey, I don’t mean that.” “Not totally following you, Em.” “He can still come back. Both of you are coming back. That’s agreed.” “So what’s Danny and Petra gonna do all night? Play scrabble?” “Maybe Petra can,” I giggle, “She’s probably good at scrabble. But your pal Danny, no, he doesn’t seem the scrabble type. I’m pretty sure there’s something else he’d rather be doing, you know what I mean?” “I know exactly what Danny wants to be doing, Em. He wants to get it on with you.” “Exactly.”. .. that came out wrong and sounds horrible. Let's just tell it like it is. I am a 'stupid boy' at times and as such, I act like a jerk. Jennie, if I took two seconds to think about it, I would want to go out with you. As a matter of fact, I would love to see you again." Nice save. I ... shit."I felt someone tap me on the shoulder."Do you mind if I cut in?"I turned to find Mr. California, Mark. I remembered his dad's advice and looked at Jennie. She gave me a slight nod, and I allowed Mark to. Several girls asked about lunch today, checking that Julia and I were still going to be busy elsewhere, as Julia had apparently told them yesterday. I noticed one of the football chasing guys listening in to one such conversation, so they were probably going to be a nuisance the next time we have lunch at high school.The girl who'd been most upset by my nasty comment to Chloe yesterday had observed that Chloe was being extraordinarily friendly to me today. Chloe often smiled and waved to me,.