was also eyeing a cute little brunette who had been extremely friendly with
him the first time he had attended the group, and from whom he had, after a
couple of weeks had gone by, finally worked up enough courage to ask for
her phone nember. Hehad noticed, though, that she had started to hang
around with one guy, especially, so he had backed off from calling her.
Finally,though, he had worked up the courage to call her, even though he was
afraid to even glance in her direction at the meetings, since the other guy, a
big-shouldered hick from East Texas whose name was Bub, or Bud, or
something like that, always seemed to catch him looking and scowled back at
him like a wolf protecting his territory. Anyway, when he finally got up the
nerve to call, the conversation went something like this: