Kevin handled clean up after their meal, something thathad become his job over the last couple months, and helped each withvarious chores. They called...him Karen a lot, obviously making an effortto do so, and he guessed that had been one of the things they'd talkedabout during their meeting. He didn't like it, but it was a minorannoyance and, he hoped, a temporary thing.He wasn't surprised when Billy took him by the hand and led him to thebeach. Kevin noticed that Billy hadn't asked him to go. We headed into the garage, got into the car, and backed out of the driveway. We watched them head off, and as they turned the corner, she looked at me and smirked."Stop the car," Lindsay said."What?" I said. I was confused."Stop the car," Lindsay said.I did as she asked.She turned, unhooked the seat belt, leaned into me, and looked in my eyes. I looked at her. She leaned in and planted a kiss on my mouth.I kissed her back. She reached over, took my face, pulled it near her, and kissed me again.. .?'' sheadded with a smile.My smile gave her the answer. ''I must admit I thought I might be a bitembarrassed but now I see you again - I feel great. By the way - I cansay it now - you really look good in that suit - it's my favourite.What're you doing at lunchtime - do you have anything planned?''Julia replied that she hadn't. I asked her if she'd like to meet up atlunchtime and we could grab a bite to eat somewhere.She said, ''I was hoping you'd say that - how about 12.30 at the. That was it.Those guys were really beginning to scare me and I spotted a Girl's Roomjust ahead. As we got a little closer I slapped the jerk on the left andthen broke away from them and ran into the Girl's Room and calmed downand fixed up my makeup and waited a couple of more minutes before goingto my next class - peeking out the door of the Girl's Room to make surethose guys weren't still hanging around (they weren't) before I came out.I didn't say anything to Jeff that afternoon but while we.