Thursday
“Today I went to school and nothing good happened. I think I finally decided I don’t like Warren anymore. After school, I told Connie I didn’t want to go down the street so when I got home, Barb called up and we went down to the beach and Tony and Vern weren’t there. So, we went up to the golf course and Ray, Vern, Tony, Wally, Benny and this other guy was there. So, we went in there and Vern smiled real big and I smile back. Then after Barb and I were standing over by Jimmy and Vern was over with the guys. Jimmy kept disguising his voice and calling ‘Vern’ to make Vern think it was me and I kept telling Jimmy to shut his mouth.
So, pretty soon, we went down to the beach and Tony just stared at us until we couldn’t see anymore. We thought they would follow us so we walked real slow but they weren’t coming. So, we went back to see if they were still there but they weren’t. . .
So, we walked down to the vacant lot and they were walking down to the beach. . .
So, we didn’t let them see us until they crossed the street and then we ran like hell to beat them there. They got there just before we did so we ran down the cliff real fast and got on the swings.
Vern kept looking at me. Pretty soon, he shouted to me and he said to watch him and he he did some real weird trick on the high bars and after he did that he and Tony came over and they started playing on the swings. Then I told Barbara to push me so she did and Tony got her swing then he got out of it. Barb got it back and then Tony pushed her out of it. So Vern came up to me and he said, ‘Can I have your swing please, Norma?’ and so I gave it to him. Pretty soon, we had to leave and so Barb asked Vern if he was going to be down to the golf course tonight and he said ‘yes’. So, we went down to the golf course at night and Vern and Loren was there. So, when we went up there, Vern smiled at me. Then we played a game. By the time we were finished, Tony was there and we were both mad. When we got through, we sat on the bench and Vern and Tony left. They were heading toward the beach and Vern said, ‘come on’.
About 15 minutes later, we started to leave and Lance and some other boy was there and Lance said something about my behind and then he asked us if we wanted to go for a ride. But we didn’t pay any attention to him. When we started to go down to the beach, we walked down by the alley and I saw 2 guys walking from the beach and I knew it was them. So, we rant like hell down Thomas Street and Tony kept stopping to tie his shoe. I think he was just stalling because I think he saw us. So, anyway, we went down to the beach and then we started walking back and I turned around and ran as fast as I could because Barb’s folks were driving by so we ran like hell down to the golf course and we sat on the table outside.
I was still real nervous and somebody yelled ‘boo’ and it was Tony and Vern. I told Tony he scared the crap out of me. Then Tony wanted to borrow a dime from Barbara but I told him I give it to him. So, I went and got some change. I was real surprised that they were talking to us. Later, Tony and Vern was playing chess and then Vern’s sister came and her and Tony were arguing like mad. Kenny was there and Barbara was bowling with him so I played baseball. Vern was watching me and so was Tony. Later, they were playing baseball and Tony said, ‘What’s on tomorrow night at the show?’ and Vern said, ‘I don’t know but I’m gonna go pester Norma.’ While Vern and Tony was playing chess, Vern said, ‘Oh Tony, you screwed up my move and Vern’s sister said to Vern, ‘If you say that word anymore I’ll slap you across the face.’
At 8:00 Vern and his sister left. Vern said goodbye to me and I said bye back. But I wanted Barb to ask him if he was going to the show Friday night or Saturday night. I don’t know how come Vern got to stay out till 8:30 tonight.
Norma + Vern”
