"Weed?'"Herb." What are you doing with some herb?" It's marijuana, Melissa," Joe finally explained."Oh." It'll make you happy, or in your case, happie...," Amy said seductively."Sure. Okay." Cool," said Sarah."Uhm," said Freddy.Amy asked him, "You want me to drop you off?"Freddy gulped. "No." Cool," said Sarah again.They smoked one of the joints as they headed out of town. Joe taught the novices how. Sarah had smoked a few times. It made her nervous. She didn't tell Melissa.Several miles out of. Cuddled in his arms, finally starting to warm up, I felt myself drifting off to sleep."Love you." I mumbled. I felt more than heard him reply, but I was asleep before whatever he said penetrated.I woke in the same position I'd been sleeping in, snuggled up to Alistair's side. I opened my eyes, expecting to see morning light filtering through the tent fabric, but it was mostly dark outside and very, very quiet. I couldn't shake the feeling that something had woken me, though I couldn't imagine. Great as that night had been, I wanted to mend the relationship withJackie."Sue and I are going out - that was the 'we' I was referring to." Shewasn't smiling but said it coldly. I guess the girls were going to have achat. Perhaps I could get Sue's help to get Jackie into a normal mood.Sue was a close friend.A short while later I opened the front door and Sue came in. She greetedme with a cool "Hi." Not the hug and kiss on the cheek as usual. I guessJackie may have told her something. I wasn't. But as the violation had already happened, she answered the phone anyway. It was one of those annoying people trying to sell her something. She informed them that there wasn't anybody home and put the phone down.On the way back to her room she stopped in one of the bathrooms to check whether her nighty really made her look indecent. The one she was wearing was the flimsiest in her collection. She had asked her mother for permission to dispense with sleepwear altogether, or to sleep just in her.