Chapter 7 Summary

Steve and Gail go to the library and find it closed. The two teens decide to go to Friendly's for ice cream. On the ride there, tension filled the air. Steve tried to touch Gail, but she naturally recoiled due to her heightened sense of fear and discomfort. The sweathog gang arrived, brought the level of energy and volume up quite high and threw insults at the studious couple. Steve and Gail left shortly thereafter and drove the country roads. Gail announced that a car was following them and had been for several turns. Steve does not believe it but then suddenly turns the car sharply into a country lane and turns the lights off. The car that had been following them stopped and waited. Steve appeared as nervous as Gail. Finally, the other car accelerated and went roaring past them just as...