” She laughed and I continued, “And so soft and...brown,” and she laughed again. “You like your new black girlfriend, don’t you?” That m...de me a little nervous, but I answered, “Yes, very much,” and when she just smiled I relaxed. Slowly our talk was less and less about sex, and after another hour we got up and walked to the bookstore, where we bought each other a book we liked that the other hadn’t read, and I promised to call her that night. That night after dinner we talked for a while,. "Why would she do that?" I don't know," Lisa replied, smiling extra sweetly. "It must be that intuition thing. All girls have it, you know."There were worse things in the world than being Lisa's boyfriend. In fact, it was sort of hard to think of anything better, except I knew I loved Julie. I sorta loved the twins, too. All in all, however, once I had a chance to be alone and think about things without anyone else there to push or pull me in one direction or another...My mom seemed pretty. " Okay, you know best I suppose." I should think so, I am a woman you know. Anyway, Gilly's main problem is not herself, it's her parents, they're so old-fashioned. That's why her new clothes are here, when her dad saw the new dress he said she looked like a 'harlot' and that she would not be allowed to wear such revealing things. She says it's like living in the nineteenth century. They really do sound repressed but, unfortunately, they've passed their repression on to her. It's no wonder. Wilkins' office. He did not see that she had a visitor. "Mrs. Wilkins, the Army called about that Monson boy again. Do you know that they gave him a medal for something?" Yes, sir I did." You did?" Yes. Sir, This is the young man that you are speaking about. This is Kyle Monson. You need to hear his story."Kyle repeated the entire story again for the benefit of the Superintendent who immediately wanted to hold an all school assembly to honor the local hero. Kyle would have none of that. There.