”Penny just nodded. She was smiling and her eyes were watering at the same time. At thirty she looked like a brunette version of the girl next door....Jared had complained recently when she lost ten pounds that she had planned as the first of twenty. A week later, at his request, she was gaining it back, but she was also exercising more to reapportion the pounds.“And you still agree with our other plans?” Jared glanced at the house, where, at the window, Alicia was looking out in wonder at the. He has an in-credibly muscular body - he's lean, but not skinny. He had a headful of wavy sandy-colored hair and electric blue eyes, and a heart-stopping smile with a deep cleft in his chin. God, he's sexy.He asked me to return the favor, so I sent him a pic of myself. He e-mailed me that he had the hots for girls with long dark hair, dark eyes, and smooth, coffee-colored skin, like me.Dylan said he lives down on the river, in a small, neat house with a wraparound porch with a set of steps out. '"Rachel looked confused, 'Does that mean we had sex?'"I said, 'Yes, baby, we did. You know about lesbians, don't you?'"She nodded and said, 'I think Barbara's a lesbian.'"Barbara was one of Rachel's best friends. Diane said, "I asked her why she thought that."Rachel said, 'When I've been over at her house lately and we were in her bedroom we've kissed and sucked on each other's boobs.'"I asked her, 'How did that all start?'"Rachel said, 'We were sitting on her bed, studying for a test and I. "Well, you're making faces, and you sounded like you were growling at us," the teen said, nervously."Let's move to another table," a different teen said. "Adults are too weird, and a little scary, too." There's no other tables open to eat at, but a machine might be open at the Gameshop," the third teen said. "Let's get out of here before he goes postal on us."Caleb watched the three teens hurriedly leave the table."Did you scare them away on purpose?" Al asked."I did not scare them away!" Caleb.