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dare. As soon as Beth popped the top, the brew spewed all down her arm. She slung it off and took a big swig. “Oh,” Beth thought aloud, “this stuff is awful.”
    “Keep trying. You’ll acquire a taste for it,” Becky encouraged.
    By about the third beer Beth was thinking Becky was right. “Hey, this stuff’s pretty good!” They were having a good time cutting up and giggling. Julie had put on some music and they were trying to teach Beth the new line dances. Beth could hardly stand much less dance. After they tired of dancing, they all laid on the leather couches and shag carpet. Everyone but Beth drifted off to sleep. It wasn’t long after they had fallen asleep that Beth began to feel sick. It went from a little queasiness to feeling as though she was going to die.
    She didn’t care how much trouble she got into. She wanted someone to come get her, take her home, and take care of her. She stumbled her way to the brightly decorated brown, orange, and yellow kitchen and called home. She was surprised but glad when Jesse answered the house phone and not Jordon or Susan.
    Jesse heard Beth crying when he answered the phone. She scared him so badly his body clenched thinking she was hurt. However, the more words she spoke the easier it was for him to figure out the problem.
    “Beth, have you been drinking?” Jesse demanded, his forehead creasing into sharp slits.
    “Yeah Jess, but please don’t gripe at me now. I am so-o sick. Please, just come get me, and Jess, please don’t tell Daddy or Susan,” Beth cried.
    Jesse woke up Cody, “Cody, bud, I’m sorry to wake you so early, but do you know where Beth stayed last night, and where they live?”
    “Yeah, she stayed with Julie and Becky Simms; they live about five miles from here,” Cody answered groggily.
    “Is that the same Simms who owns the car lot off of Main Street? They live in a reddish brick house with a swimming pool on the left hand side?”
    “Yeah, that’s them. I believe the street they live on is named Simms,” Cody replied before he fell back to sleep.
    When Jesse pulled up in the driveway, Beth was sitting outside on the hard concrete front steps with her head on her knees. She didn’t even look up when Jesse stepped in front of her.
    She just raised her hand for him to help her to stand. Jesse pulled her up and held her around the waist as he walked her to the truck and helped her climb in.
    Jesse had backed out and barely started going down the road when Beth threw up all over the floorboard of his truck. Jesse let out an exasperated sigh, shook his head, and rolled down the windows.
    “Beth, please let me know if you feel like you’re going to do that again and I will pull over so you can BARF outside and not inside my truck,” Jesse said dryly.
    “Oh God, Jess, Please don’t be hateful, I’m dying,” Beth whined.
    “You are not dying. You are sick from drinking too much and you have a hangover. If it weren’t self-inflicted, I would have more mercy. But you ought to be glad you’re sick because I would probably spank you if you weren’t. I want to know who bought the alcohol!” Jesse said enraged.
    “I don’t know who bought it. It was already in the ice chest when I got there,” which wasn’t a complete lie because she’d never met Julie’s boyfriend. Beth went on to say, “You don’t have to worry, Jesse, because I’m never drinking again. I believe this is the worst I’ve felt in my whole life. I hate it. You aren’t going to tell on me, are you?”
    “Do I need to remind you that it wasn’t that long ago that I covered for you when you went to the beach? I still believe something is missing in that picture,” Jesse paused a second. “I won’t tell this time; but, so help me, Elizabeth, if you ever pull another stunt like this again, I won’t cover for you. Do I make my self clear?”
    “Crystal.”
    Jesse stayed in the truck a few moments longer after he had turned off the engine. He couldn’t