Vic's house was the first split-level that she had ever seen, and she thought it looked like one of those cool, rich-person's multilevel apartments you might find in New York City. It was also walking distance from the high school, which she also thought of as cool because she would have gone home every day for lunch. Lora, however, lived in what had been a "show home" neighborhood back in the 1970s. As a very fresh freshman, she was only just beginning to think outside her own world view, and it gave her a tingling feeling in the back of her mind that, perhaps, her family was rich, and everyone in Vic's neighborhood was not.
Lora was not Vic's girlfriend, but rather a friend who happened to be a girl. Cheryl was Vic's girlfriend, and also one of Lora's best friends. Vic, Chris, and Frankie were buddies. Lora, Cheryl, Jenny and Barb were besties. Freshman year was when they all discovered each other and found that boys and girls could mingle. So far, it was working, and on the night of the Fall Dance, they met up at Vic's split-level to hang out before walking over.
Each of the friends had a secret none of the others knew. Lora only knew hers: she had fallen for Vic. Her fall was solidified that night when, in her mind, Vic saved them all from a gang of druggies.
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