" They all paused."Is this a sexual thing?" Marcus finally managed."Marcus!" It was difficult to tell which of the women was more shocked."That's a no... right?" he tried to clarify, looking back and forth between them. Shawna stared at him hard for a moment before smiling gently as she realised he didn't want to have to say no to a friend, but would."What makes... why did you say that?" Shawna finally asked him, sitting down as the kettle began to hiss."... uh... no reason." The matched looks of. Garret led us in thehouse and as our parents gushed about this and that, he took me outto the pool and sat down."You look great Renee! A sight for sore eyes. They'll be talking fora while, want to take a dip?" I better not, not yet anyway." Oh come on! I hope you brought that red suit, you look terrific init!" I better..." I'll ask if it's okay."Following him in the house, he asked, and when I looked at mom, shequickly nodded her head yes and handed me her bag. Dad was going tohave the big one. I’ll barely have a week at home before we leave to go on our cruise. You?”“Remember, I’m RA over the Summer. I’ll go home on Friday night for one of Liz’s parties. The dorms close on Saturday, so I’ll stay at Doctor Blahnik’s house for a week. That will let them do the cleaning and maintenance for Rickenbacker 1 and 2, then I can move my stuff downstairs for the Summer. And there’s a good chance I’ll need to be back in Rutherford for Sasha’s wedding, which might be that Saturday. I’ll find out. It was a gasp of pleasure.Jake took her to a motel instead of to his home. When Beverly asked him about it, he replied, “I have a teenage son and he is home. I try not to bring my dates home. He is at that awkward stage.”Beverly asked, “How old is he?”He answered, “Eighteen. He’s a senior in high school. I think he will be a virgin forever. He has a few issues. He is very tall at six feet four inches, skinny weighing about a hundred pounds, and he is extremely nervous around all girls, young.