Thursday passed in a blur. I'm pretty sure I showed up in all my classes, but you'd have to look at the attendance record to know absolutely. The only thing that I do remember was buying the tickets to the dance at lunch.
I know that because I kept checking to make certain that I hadn't lost them. Marilyn and I were having coffee and talking about what we were going to wear to the dance when John Wayne walked in. I never knew what gobsmacked meant until I saw his face. I waved him over but he just ran back out and didn't even take his coffee.
If Thursday was a blur, Friday went so slowly that I was ready to scream by half way through gym. We were starting a new unit on badminton. I couldn't keep the rules straight. The other girls weren't much better. We giggled and whispered through th
