Orem High
"Senior priesthood leaders?" she asked, looking shocked and disgusted.
"Yes, and it's every bit as repugnant as it sounds. Grown men with wives and children marrying teenage girls. Obviously I didn't care for it at the time, but looking back on it after more than a year of living in normal society it really hits me how truly fucked-up that is."
"Wow, that's really... Oh my god, I mean..." she seemed kind of flustered like she didn't know what to say. "Um, listen, I just remembered, I really have to be getting back. I've lost track of time and my mother's expecting me."
"But you don't have a watch on," I protested. "You don't know what time it is!"
"No, really, I have to get home," she said. "Listen, I really hope you're okay," she said to Joe, taking his hand and looking him in the eye. Then she turned to me. "It was really nice meeting you, Jared," and she squeezed my hand too and gave me a pleasant smile. Then she was off in the opposite direction than we had come.
As I watched her go, I was amazed that I had never noticed her before. She was so pretty and so very different from the other girls. Her small touch was like electricity to me. I was wondering if maybe Joe liked her too, actually. But they weren't going out or anything, so it wasn't like he had dibs on her just because he had met her first.
"Way to go, you really creeped her out with that last bit," I said to Joe.
"Yeah, I really need to keep in mind how disturbing these stories can be to people who aren't familiar with this sort of thing. Let's head back," he said.
On the way back we really didn't talk at all. It's hard to just go back to having an ordinary conversation after something like that. Once we got back to Sam and Joe's house, I said bye to Joe and got in my car and drove home.
When I got home, Mom asked me if I'd had a nice time with Joe and what we'd done. I told her that we'd hung out by the Provo River. She said it was nice that we'd taken advantage of the nice weather to go get some fresh air.
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