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@@@@@He wonders if he can make love to her, and becomes suddenly shy(She ain't like that, she's the pure kind, a good religious girl He feels guilty with his desire There's lots of things I'd like to talk to you about Well, you know, we been goin' out for a coupla months, you know, what do ya think of me? He flushes at the crudeness of it, at the part of his mind that hopes for a physical issue(The giggles become louder on the beach I mean do ya like me? I think you're really swell, Roy, you know you are a gentleman, you're not fresh like all the other fellowsHe is disappointed, vaguely humiliated, and yet he generates some prideI got other things on my mind I know, you always seem to be thinking, you know, Roy, I never know what's going on in your head, and I'd like to know because I think you're different How? Well, you're shy, I don't mean shy but you're nice You should heah me talkin' to the guys Oh, I believe you're just the same with them, you wouldn't be any different(Her hand drops abstractedly on his knee, and she jerks it away with embarrassment I wish you'd go to church more often I go pretty regularly Yes, but there's something bothering you, I wonder about it, you're a mystery Yeah? He is pleased Roy, you always seem so angry about something, it worries meMy father was talking about you, and he said you're in Christians United, I don't know anything about politics, but I know one of them, Jackie Evans, was a nasty kid Aw, he's all right, it's just something with the club, you know they were tryin' me out, but it's nothin' much I wouldn't want you to get in trouble Why? (She looks at him, her eyes passive and calmThis time she puts her hand on his arm His throat is tense and his chest aches with warmth and hunger