Summary

It is the day of the dance. Emmett and Sam go together, but Sam is planning on Emmett leaving with Anita and she hopes Tom will be there. Lonnie is away on the lake trip stag party for his brother. There are not many people who show up to the dance and Jim, the organizer, feels bad about this. There is a cutout of a tank Sam describes as lurking monster in the corner. There is also a table of plastic model weapons. Some of the men are disgusted by this and others find it interesting. Sam notices pictures tacked up on the wall and she notes how there don’t seem to be men in the photos, but just young boys.

Sam and Tom dance together; Emmett and Anita dance together. Toward the end of the evening Pete and Earl get in a...