”“Weir...” she started to say, but stopped herself, laughing softly. “I guess that’s the word of the day. Every single time I meet you, it�...s like peeling away another layer of an onion. There’s always something new to discover.”“If you approach life in that way, you’re in for a seriously fun adventure, what we would have called an ‘E ticket ride’ when I was your age.”“I never heard that expression.”“Back in the day, Disney sold individual ride tickets, labeled A-E. The most popular attractions,. Rachel began to resent her schoolmates which, quite naturally, led her thoughts to her brother. She had heard of Randi's seven inches to heaven, as some former girlfriends described her brother. Her own cherry was broken over a year earlier (manually), but Rachel was still a virgin.Randi had no date for the junior prom, but by then he was despondent about asking anyone because he wasn't about to take on the varsity team, just for having the audacity to show up.He often lied awake nights,. I couldn't help the shiver that ran through me. The pilot handed me the blanket, I'd left on my seat."Here, take this. It's too nippy out for you to be out there without proper clothes."I thanked him and grinned ruefully as Evan wound the blanket tightly around me. I wasn't expecting him to pick me up, but the next thing I knew we were out the door and Evan was sprinting across the pavement to the waiting car. A short ride later and we were in Evan's SUV heading for my new home.It felt so weird. Apparently he was seeing something that I wasn't. I rather enjoyed Paul's attention. We grew to be, if not friends, at least close colleagues. He told me it felt good to have someone to confide in about the failure of his marriage. One day he asked me, "Helen, may I ask you a question?" "Well, you can ASK Paul," I replied. He chuckled with appreciation at my wit. "Why does George call you 'Bam'?" "Its a nickname. It has to do with something we discovered about each other when we first started.