Lew is Nancy's boyfriend throughout almost the entire book. He is incredibly kind to Nancy. Religious, Lew is serious about not having sex until he and Nancy are either married or at least old enough to make a more serious commitment and makes them swear in a church to be faithful to one another. This is only one example of the respect that Lew treats Nancy with. He is always kind to her and thoughtful, and almost too good to be true after Collin. Nancy writes about him in glowing terms constantly.