a
who had dragged m
ng to the edge of Raven's Woods for a campfire if she went alone. I knew her mother, Maude, a sweet-natured woman who ofte
der on the days when Mother was weeping helples
ther in her life. Which was probably why she threw herself at memb
eep down, I did not like the crass and spiteful Janice. I knew instinctively that she dis
articularly obnoxious the previous night, and her face was sw
, I had tag
when we arrived
air. The smoke from the fire was intense, and I wonder
e growth of trees that were beautiful to look at in the winter and during the day. But at night, they loomed at the edges, threaten
ld make out bodies swaying. There were a lot of people. Loud
as I trotted
the trut
s organized by the social group of the school
private g
cold air, she was pulling off her jacket as she walked. I blushed a
was one that I considered to be daring, but in comparison with Jan'
when I heard his voice, it was a ga
und, and a headache
n Joh
wide in panic, tugging her
a party b
tugging at the straps of her dress, lowering the n
n on her face
of exultation. Like the expression of a sadist who has
she said rudely,
your nose in your books and thinking yourself
d at her, open-mouthed, my heart
y the only girl I h
sly look on her face as she came closer and said, b
told Warren that you were a
el the tears pricking at the backs of my eyes,
st her virginity when she was young, eager to be accepted,
r contempt evident
g slept with a boy before t
eager to spil
and the othe
es wi
so shocked, Miss High
might jus
hat ugly
l parting shot,
u when those guys are d
eful snigger a
me, how 'bout that,
way, throwing me a look over her s
all alone in a
ry, I wanted
ared in the crowd,
und my waist, I looked around for a friendly face-any familiar face. But there was no one. All th
h terror, I turned
Johnson's eyes. G
a sinking heart, I realized that Janice had probably been asked to make sure th
hat I had be
he ride we had come with had blended into the throng of gyrating bodies, dan
I been th
these doped kids? Sor