Recounting his day at doug's, robin told us that his friend had, at first thought he was joking and did Indeed take some convincing, in the end he'd s...hown him a love bite Beth had given him on the Sunday afternoon, and a picture he kept of her in his wallet. Finally Doug was ready to accept his friends very surprising piece of news.And surprising it was, not only about the age of his friends lover but the nature of their relationship.He asked a lot of questions about beth and myselfKept. Now she was certain he would not hesitate to elope at the first sign of interference from anyone, especially Melissa's parents.That first time they went to his room and closed the door, Rachel made no protest. She recognized it would be futile and might harm her relationship with both her son and Melissa. Instead, she had what passed for the talk with him and Melissa. "Son Mark, Melissa dear, please use precautions. I trust you to act with good sense and decorum." Mark smiled and nodded.. And I wanted to act like a girl and I even remember wanting to be a cheerleader and wear there uniforms with the green and white skirt and the low cot top and the cute saddle shoes. that year I did try and make friends with some of the girls but they didn't want to be friends with me and I really didn't fit in with most boys. The only ones that I fit in with where the stoners so that's who I hung out with . Now don't get me wrong I never did any drugs in fact I'VE only tried alcohol twice in. Salt of the earth type. Not a stupid liberal, but also believes you should cut people some slack.”“The way you did today?”She nodded, “I was pretty sure I knew what happened as soon as Paul vouched for you. I know a gentleman doesn’t talk about it, but I hope to hell you DID pop her cherry. Teach that old fart a lesson.”“‘Old fart’? Not ‘the good Reverend’?”“On duty versus off,” she grinned. “Anyway, when it came right down to it, I told Al that he should stick to patrol and not run for.