" "That's not your fault," Jennifer said mournfully. "I wanted it as bad as you did." The telephone rang. It was Rachael. "Want to come to my house? R...chard's here, and he has a friend with him. He might be the answer to your problem!" Rachael's voice had a ring to it, as if she were up to something. And if Richard were at Rachael's house, Jennifer was pretty sure that her parents weren't home. It made her nervous. Richard hung out with some older men, and even Jennifer's mother, who wasn't too. "Karen lifted her arms as Steve scrubbed her arms and armpits and upperbody. "Pick up your legs."Karen lifted her legs so that Steve could wash them to, and finally hewashed her back and shampooed and washed her hair. Steve pulled the plug on the drain, and lifted Karen from the tub. Hegrabbed a towel and started to dry her. As he finished all Karen couldwonder was, 'How could I let it come to this?'Steven dressed Karen in his Spiderman pajamas. Steve grabbed the blowdryer and as he finished. "He had asked me out! On a date!"I...I guess, I mean, why not." Great! See you about 7 on Friday!"After he left and I was on my way to my next class, I realized that I wasthrilled that David had asked me out. Then I realized that once that gotout, both he and I might face some very nasty remarks, but I decided togo anyway. I told Marilyn, who told me that Jeff had asked her out, andSamantha had a few guys hanging around her!"Hi Cathy."It was Gene, formerly Jean. She was one of the very few. “I only wish I had a terrific woman to share these interesting exploratory jaunts around the city with me,” Dan had written. “Hmmm,” Roxanna pondered. “I wonder if I could apply for that job?” But then Roxanna read a little further down, still under Dan’s interests. And there it was, glaring at her yet again! Under interests, Dan had also written “antique cars.” She pictured Dan living more in his garage than in her bed. And so she turned the page again, to try to find someone else. But once.