Miss Norma’s Diary – October 23, 1960 – ” ‘Wait, I want a good-bye kiss.’ But he didn’t get one.”

Sunday

“Today I went out with Barbara at about 3:00 o’clock and we went down to Bonnie’s house and their phone rang and Vern wanted Barbara, Bonnie and I to come down to Ray’s house. I didn’t want to but I went anyway. When we got down there they were all drinking. Barbara and I sat on the chairs and Ray came over and pulled me over to the couch and he put his arm around me and Benny was on the other side of me. I was mad because Vern wouldn’t sit by me. Pretty soon, Barbara a I wanted to leave but Ray took our purses and hid them. Ray and Benny was trying to take us in the bedroom to get our purses. I put my arms around Vern to try to keep Ray from pulling me into the bedroom. Then later Vern was sitting on the couch and I sat down real close to Vern and I told him we had to get our purses because if we didn’t go home now she couldn’t go out tonight.

I thought Vern was mad at me because he wouldn’t even sit by me or put his arm around me like the other guys were.

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Then I asked Brian to get our purses and he said, ‘I’ll get them if I can kiss you.’ So, he did. He got them then he kissed me again on the lips. I was so shook up, I didn’t know what I was doing. Then I went out to the alley with our purses. Barbara was still in the bedroom with Ray and Benny. They both kissed her. When I was standing out in the alley, Brian and Vern and Wayne came out and talked to me. Brian said, ‘Do you still want me to come to the party?’ and I said ‘yes’. Then pretty soon Barbara came out of the house. As we started to leave, Ray came running out of the house and said, ‘Wait, I want a good-bye kiss.’ But he didn’t get one.

Later, we was at the gold course and Brian came. He asked us to come back to the party but we wouldn’t. I asked Brian if Vern was mad at me and he said, ‘Only because you left.’ Later, Bonnie, Vern and Benny came there. Vern went into the bathroom and he was in there for a long time. He was throwing up. Later, he came out and I went up to him and he was still a little bit feeling happy and I ask him is he was still sick and he kept saying, ‘Hello Norma.’ Then Benny was gonna hit him. So, Vern came up to me and he put his hands around my waist and he kept turning me around. Then I was sitting on the bench and Vern was walking over to the 19th hole and he said, ‘Don’t go away.’ Then Vern asked me if I was getting mad at him and I said, ‘No, not very much.’ But I didn’t really mean it. At 8:00 o’clock, I had to call Bill to come and get us. I asked Vern if he was gonna go to the show Friday night and he said ‘yes’. and by that time, Bill was there. So, we started to leave and Vern said to me, ‘Don’t I get a good night kiss?’ And I smiled at him and said, ‘Not now, my uncle’s here.’ And he smiled. I wish I could have kissed Vern, I really wanted to. Lauren said he would come to our party. Norma Loves Vern.”

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