I’ll need to prepare her.’ And thus began the courtship of Jennifer Driver Stapleton. By the time Barbara Stapleton, her sister-in-law returned, I...��d heard how Danny had swept her off her feet. She told me, laughing, about admitting to him that she was not a virgin. He had graduated first, and they married before he left for training. She was half way though her senior year when her brother’s wife died suddenly. She went to visit Brian, and met his adopted daughter, Amanda, and his son,. "I want someone to ask me for a date; I'm too old to be asking a guy out." How about a girl?" she grinned."Huh?" I said, surprised. "I like women still, but I don't think I have the courage to ask one for a date. Rejection feels terrible." I'd go out with you," she said. "In fact, let me go home and change, and you and I will go dancin'. It's time you had a date."I perked right up, smiling and grinning. "You mean it?" I asked."Wear something slinky," she said.She gathered her things and left,. "Again, I had to think quickly. "What drag you around in dress shops, and buy underwear?" Oh. I see. I could walk you to the shopping centre."Shit. I couldn't think of any valid reason for him not to. I wished with all my being that I could. He was giving me the creeps. "I'll get my bag. Wait there."By the time I came out and locked the house, Joel was standing at the gate, looking down the road. I paid little attention, and we set off in the opposite direction. He tried to hold my hand as we. As the memory of Rebecca flashed through his head, he shivered. She was the love of his life. Why it seemed like just yesterday when they'd been walking through the park, professing their love for each other while planning the rest of their lives. Never in their wildest dreams did they think it would end so soon. For two years he longed for her, missing her touch, her kiss, and how they made love.Never in his wildest dreams did he think, after Rebecca died, would ever find love again.Mandy.