Lisa first took a liking to my doubles partner, Ron. He was a lanky tall (everyone was tall to my eyes being 5’6”, I had to give up basketball pretty early in life) sandy haired kid who had self-esteem issues but despite this, seemed to fare pretty well with the ladies. Ron and Lisa were an item for a few months during that season. They broke up just before the holidays.
Randy was next to attempt “Sad Eyed Lisa” as some of us took to calling her (an homage to Cat Steven’s song of the same title). Randy was quite taken by her for some time. He would often stay in the bowling alley all day on Saturdays eventually gaining the trust of the proprietors and assisted in clean up and lane maintenance. When Lisa broke it off with him, he was pretty shaken in the confidence department for some time.
Despite the admonitions of my two teammates, I made a play for Lisa in the later portion of that season in the March/April timeframe. We went out a few times, I was my usual shy, quiet self and she almost seemed annoyed at my socially inept attempts at conversation… I never got to “first base” let alone any other...
It was Joe who actually caused the stir with Lisa. A week before the seasons final Saturday, Joe took Lisa for a drive out to the nearest mall. Ostensibly, she asked him for the ride as a favor. We didn’t realize until Joe was signed up and sent off to the Army that Lisa was the reason he left town in such a rush.
That summer, word had it that Lisa was going away to spend some time with relatives. Upon the second season’s opening Saturday in September, we heard the rumors of the abortion. It was the first time that I actually knew of someone who had actually gotten the procedure done. We were a small town and that kind of detail didn’t stay secret long.
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