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let some inexperienced teenager take off with his baby girl without giving him the third degree. I am somewhat amused by it all. However, Brian’s a smooth talker and he knows how to work my parents so that they feel at ease. I find myself impressed by his tact.
    Well, Saturday doesn’t turn out exactly as I imagine. Brian and I end up seeing a movie, going to lunch at the mall, doing a little bit of shopping and afterwards I go back to his house for dinner, where I meet his parents and his little sister. His parents are the ritzy type, but they are very nice tome. His sister is, well, a prissy little eight-year-old who acts out against my presence in her home. It is interesting.
    It’s almost nine o’clock when Brian takes me home. The day has gone by so fast and I just don’t want it to end. We kiss goodnight – for about five minutes – in his car, and I finally go inside to find my parents in the living room. They are livid. Mom is looking at me and shaking her head disapprovingly.
    ‘Perry waited here two hours for you and you couldn’t even call?’ Mom stands up and crosses her arms over her chest. She looks at me with her bug-eyed, tight-lipped expression. The one I get whenever she is upset with me.
    Okay, I screwed up. What could I say that would make this better?
    ‘I’m sorry.’
    Why does everyone have to make me feel bad for spending time with Brian?
    ‘I lost track of time. I’ll call Perry in the morning.’
    ‘He’s very upset with you,’ Dad says, keeping his composure better than Mom. ‘You should never just ditch your friends like that. Especially for a boy you’ve only just started seeing.’
    I am waiting for this. Here is the problem; my parents like Perry because my virginity is never threatened when I’m with him. And with Brian, well, that’s a totally different story.
    ‘Brian seems like a… nice boy,’ Mom says. ‘But maybe we should have a little talk first, before you see him again.’
    And here is where Mom follows me up to my room for a
girl talk
. Mom went into detail. I think she was trying to scare me away from the very thought of having sex, and I listen and nod and respond the way I think she expects me to. All the while I am wondering how it can be that my happiness is bringing such misery to others? Who hasthe problem here? All I want is to spend time with my boyfriend and do typical teenager stuff. Why should that upset people?
    The next morning I call Perry’s house and leave half a dozen messages on his machine. He’s mad at me. I wait until the afternoon and when he doesn’t return any of my calls, I call Brian and talk on the phone for about an hour with him.
    Brian wants me to come hang out with him, but I doubt my parents would like that very much, especially after yesterday. I tell him they are upset with me for coming in late and not calling, but I don’t go into any details. Instead, I decide to take a walk over to Perry’s house, nearly half a mile away. I bundle up in my parka, gloves and scarf, but it is still too cold for my liking. In warmer weather, it’s not such a bad walk, but the bitter wind makes it unbearable today.
    When I get to Perry’s one-storey brick bungalow, I knock on the front door. No answer. I knock again, even harder. I thinkI see the blinds move, but no one answers. Yeah, he’s mad at me.
    It’s far too cold for me to wait outside. If he can’t get over his anger and let me in, I’m not going to beg. It’s too cold to mess around.
    I walk on for a few more blocks and find a pay phone at the public library, where I go inside to warm up. I call Brian and I ask him to come pick me up if he can. I’m not going to waste my day trying to get Perry to talk to me. Once he’s had time to cool off, I’ll try again, but for now, I’m going to embrace the day.

CHAPTER 3
    Monday morning, I’m standing on the kerb waiting for the school bus and feeling like a new person. I am confident, energised and up on my pedestal. I feel