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weekend they would do the same thing.
    Ride up and down the strip until it was time to take her home. She did not know what they did after that or what time they all went home. She could just imagine what they would say if she told them she was going fishing. All of them except Annette would probably think she had lost her mind. Beth was sure fishing was a totally uncool thing for girls to do.
    Oh well, she wasn’t going to worry about them this weekend because she planned to have a good time with her family. Come to think of it, she had missed the time they spent together. She would have to do better. She had probably hurt them by never wanting to stay home anymore.
    Cool or not she loved to fish; she only hoped Jesse was just teasing about not baiting her hooks for her. She knew she could do it now, but she sure didn’t want to. She also liked the idea of him doing it for her and she enjoyed hearing him gripe about it. She was surprised that he was home this early on a Friday. His classes must have been cancelled for some reason.
    It didn’t take long before everyone was packed and ready to leave. They were going in the Suburban so they could all ride together. Jordon pulled the boat behind them. Sometimes he left the boat up at the lake when they planned to go more often. Beth couldn’t remember the last time when they were all able to go. She guessed it was when she was 12 and learned how to ski.
    She had gone back with Susan, Jordon, and Cody, but Jesse had not been able to go with them since.
    Elizabeth was comfortably content sitting beside Jesse as they drove to the lake. At the moment, all was well in her world. The people she loved more than anything were with her.
    Cody lay stretched out in the third seat with his favorite, worn-out cap pulled over his eyes.
    Jordon sang softly and drummed his thumb along with the radio. Susan looked out the window and excitedly tapped the glass for Jordon to look at the pretty flowers she saw. Beth breathed in a pleased sigh and glanced in Jesse’s direction. She may have to accidently fall asleep on his shoulder before they got there she thought with a giggle.
    Beth would be glad when Jesse finally finished with the veterinarian clinical because she hardly ever saw him anymore. Even if he came home on the weekends or had a few days off, he studied, worked, or partied.
    Beth didn’t know what girlfriends he had now. Not that she could keep up with them all.
    However, she was certain he made time for them. Beth remembered the day Jesse turned 18, the day she served him breakfast in bed, the day she made a fool of herself.
    That morning Beth had gotten up before anyone else, went into the kitchen, and started the coffee. After gathering all the needed items, she began cooking. Beth had helped Susan cook many times so she knew what to do. She fried bacon and eggs, cooked grits, and toasted toast, hoping the whole time the aroma of the bacon didn’t somehow drift through the breezeway and into his house and wake him up before she was ready. After she finished cooking, she positioned the food neatly on a plate and sat it on a tray. Then she ran outside, cut a rose, and laid it on the opposite side of the napkin and utensils.
    Beth walked slowly through the breezeway to Jesse’s front door. She didn’t knock because she wanted it to be a surprise when Jesse opened his eyes. She balanced the tray with one hand and gently eased the door open with the other. She walked as quietly as she could toward the bed. Beth was watching the tray as she crept closer to Jesse; but, when she looked up to see where she was going, she saw a redheaded woman duck her head under the covers.
    Beth didn’t know what to do now. Should she act as if she hadn’t seen her or should she turn around and walk out the door? She was suddenly thinking that this was the stupidest idea she’d ever had. But, as nervous as she was, she decided to brave it through. Not only were her hands now shaking but the whole