Chapter 21 Summary

Jacy is depressed after her disappointment with Abilene, and with six weeks left in the summer before she leaves for college, she is dying of boredom. She feels she has slept with two of the most interesting men in the area, and neither fell in love with her or even expressed an interest to sleep with her again. She is complaining to her mother one morning, and Lois says the key is finding a good man to sleep with. She points out that Ruth Popper has a good setup with Sonny. Jacy is amazed to learn that Sonny is sleeping with someone forty years old, and she decides to end that romance immediately. Jacy decides she will date Sonny for the rest of the summer, although she won't have sex with him. She misses the days of necking and boys wanting her desperately...