Forever... by Judy Blume Context

"I wondered if it would ever work out right between us."

"This time I tried to relax and think of nothing -nothing but how my body felt".

"I already know that after graduation we won't be seeing much of each other"

"I'll never have to go through the first-time business again and I'm glad - I'm glad it's over!"

"'I don't, anymore...except with them, sometimes...'"

"'You're just upset. Everything will seem better in the morning.' That only made Erica cry harder."

"'I thought you'd be on my side,' I said. 'I am,' she told me."

"I wondered if she was sexually experienced and decided she must be or else she wouldn't have the job."

"'Then why have it in the first place?' 'For the experience, she told me.'"

"'You're doing the right thing,' I told her, wondering why she hadn't thought about all that before."

"'Don't get defensive, Katherine. It's nothing to be ashamed of.' 'I'm not ashamed.'"

"At first I was angry. Grandma is jumping to conclusions again, I thought. But then I sat down and started to read"

"...girls were divided into two groups - those who did and those who didn't."

"Tears were stinging my eyes. Maybe there's something wrong with me. I don't know."

"'Katherine...I'd like you to meet Ralph...Ralph, this is Katherine. She's a very good friend of mine.'"

Who said, "I'm just afraid you'll get too involved..."?

"'Try to relax, Katherine. This isn't going to hurt.' And it didn't either but it was uncomfortable for a minute..."

"'But you have to be sure you can handle the situation before you jump into it.'"

"'Do you always ask first?' 'No...but with you I don't know what to expect.'"

"Sometimes I want to so much - but other times I'm afraid."