“I think it was a few days before Jen’s visit,” Alene said in a hesitant voice.“You mean before the rape?” Sabrina shot at her, secretly gau...ing her reaction. Alene nodded in silence, tears started to stream down her face. Again, Sabrina noticed and reacted. “I seem to have upset you, Alene, I am sorry, here, wipe the tears,” she handed a box of tissue paper to the now weeping girl, “please go outside and take a few moments before we move on.”When Alene returned to the room Sabrina set in her. Mathers just before the bell rang. Jason grabbed his books quickly and bolted from the classroom before anyone else was able to stand up.Jason raced down the hall and turned the corner and slammed into another guy. Jason fell to the floor his books sliding across the floor. The other person took a few steps back but was able to keep their balance.“Watch yourself there Jason, you almost took out the star lacrosse player” said Jason’s friend Eli Masters.“Sorry Eli” Jason replied as Eli helped him. The girls were all besieged by guys and were on the dance floor continuously. I only had one more “Long Island Iced Tea” and finished the evening drinking Cokes. Most of the others were getting tipsy. When it was time to go, surprisingly the only one to really object about leaving was a very tipsy Carol. The girls were all turning down offers for a place to bed down.We all walked back to the same hotel. When we got on the elevator, we pushed the second floor while Dan pushed twelve, the top. "Cheryl described the kind of thing we were looking for but shewasn't sure about style or color. The sales lady said to me"Don't worry dear we have lots of pretty things and we'll findthe one that's just right." What she didn't add was "if it takesall day" which it seemed was what Cheryl had in mind. Lexi wassupposed to join us in "boy mode", as she had to work thatSaturday but still hadn't appeared.I had never had a dress before so there were all kinds ofquestions about sizes, what size bra I.