He and Doris looked the same as when I had seen them last, and Claudia, now eighteen, hadn't changed much either, but Cassie, Wow! I couldn't keep my ...yes off of her.After putting away two hamburgers, corn or the cob and a gallon of iced tea, Cassie and I took a walk. She said she wanted to show me the soccer field and for appearance sake, we took a ball."Claudia has a new boyfriend," she said as soon as we were outside the building."Do you have a boyfriend?"Cassie shot me a look that was. My trepid knock wouldn't have disturbed a butterfly and sure enough Jacqui didn't hear it. I opened the door and whispered her name. I heard her quiet sigh before she said angrily, 'what do you want now. Why don't you just sod off?'I was shocked. I couldn't say a word. I just closed the door and walked back to my tent. By the time I lay down again tears were pouring down my cheeks. How could I have so misunderstood her? I lay there for the next few hours, my young mind wallowing in self-pity. I. You've got a specialfeminine quality that's a perfect compliment to your 'manly' traits. Tome, at least, it's not surprising that you felt something when you gotall dressed up. Right after you were photographed that day I remembertalking with Tony and Denise when I stopped by his shop on the way homefrom work. Denise remarked to me that there was a naturalness to you thatshe saw that even many women don't possess. You just absolutely were thatwoman in the photograph. She couldn't get over it. I. *** ‘Are you sure you don’t want to go out for a movie, Hil?’ Lena asked as she pulled on her jacket. Hilary looked over at her friend and smiled. ‘No, thanks,’ she replied. ‘You go ahead. Tell Jane I said ‘hi.” Lena stood by the front door to their shared apartment and watched her roommate move around the kitchen. ‘You’re just going to stay in and eat popcorn? And chocolate?’ she asked incredulously. Turning a scowl on her roommate, Hilary shook her head even as she was sliding a bag of.