Wendy asked if Mel would be interested in helping to crew for the next charter they were taking out the following weekend. It was going to be a short ...ruise around Long Island Sound and back.“Oh I’d love to go.” She looked to me and I nodded. She smiled and gave Wendy a hug.Back home we found Bridie hard at work in the kitchen preparing Dinner. Mother was home and had Connie up in her room helping her arrange her wardrobe and looking through catalogues of dress shops in New York. I said to. Needless to say, I was very popular with the boys. Like a landslide, things picked up momentum and hurtled out of control.One of the boys came up to me at the end of school on Friday and asked me around to his house the next day. Now I had a little bit of a crush on Graeme so it was easy for me to accept.I didn't possess in those days a large wardrobe, nor did I worry about such things. It was summer and the choice was shorts and t-shirt or a light summer dress. I was still feeling slightly. You could knock me over with a feather. First you tell us that you know about us, and then you tell us that you guys are a couple as well. Maybe we should start our own support group, for Brothers and Sisters who fall in love with each other.”John chimed in, “That might be a bigger group than you might think, Big Brother.”Carol added, “I’m so glad that you showed up to see the show.”Nancy replied, “We couldn’t miss our little sissies’ SFU debut. We also want to come see you in SEVEN BRIDES FOR. The social pressures were so great that no one ever challenged a chief for a trivial reason; it would be social suicide to do so and lose!Raven was happy to see somebody of Doug's obviously good qualities come along at this time. Raven had been chief for 32 years, and he was simply tired of the job. He wanted to retire and have some time for himself and his family. This looked like the best possible opportunity to step down and have a competent person take over. Raven could see great social.