‘Well fuck you, you fat cow.’ The following week she stopped by the uni, John was there in a circle of young Indians speaking a dialect. He smiled...warmly when he saw her. She explained the situation and he went into immediate action. He started by introducing her to his whole family, which was very extended. Right away they made her feel so warm and wanted. In the last few weeks leading up to the birth the women taught her many of the old ways, especially regarding pain control which she feared. It had been... an experience; something to be remembered and put at the back of her mind somewhere. Sapphism was, after all, only a middle course between masturbation and masterbation, or so it seemed to her. Nothing seemed to work completely for her, neither self, boys, or girls. Perhaps the fall, when she would be attending Glenville High, would bring fresher contacts, more mature possibilities... ?But in her classmates at least, she was to be disappointed. Perhaps because she'd attended a. " We'll just have to keep a watchful eye on him," said the preacher."How we gonna do that?" asked Phil."You all heard the man. He's got no car and no clothes. We'll just have to be neighborly and check in on him once in a while. I'm sure all you men have something you're not using that could make his life a little better." But he's an outsider!" complained Gerald.Reverend Hoskins' voice was stern. "He's a man lost in the wilderness, Gerry, and he's with a young woman we all care a great deal. They were certainly curious about where I had been, but I told them a story about needing to get away for awhile to feed my inner child. They understood such nonsense in California, and that was enough for them. They just told me it would be a good idea to tell someone the next time. It wasn't enough for Belinda. She knew me better. I thought I had known her. In any case, I wanted to speak to her about her frolicking with the pool boy. When confronted with my knowledge she broke down and seemed.