Part 4, Chapter 18 Summary

Stafford and Colin take Audrey and Marion to the movies. Stafford is paired with Marion and Colin is with Audrey. Like all adolescents, Stafford tries to put the moves on Marion by casually draping his arm across her shoulders. Marion reciprocates by sitting just a little closer to him and calling him "darling." Colin, on the other hand, is satisfied just to be touching elbows with Audrey.

Not long after going to the movies together, Colin rides his bike out to Audrey's house. She comes down the driveway and talks to him over the gate but doesn't invite him in. Readers will understand the pull that Colin is feeling as he discovers members of the opposite sex. Audrey invites him to join her after church one Sunday evening, but because he has to stay home with his younger brothers, Colin arrives...