Chapters 14-15 Summary

The five friends are leaving the restaurant as Chapter 14 opens. As they walk through the streets of Norfolk, Kathy senses that much of the excitement they had felt on arriving has diminished. As they pass a Woolworth's store, Rodney and Chrissie detour the group to go inside, where they want to buy some greeting cards. Ruth is furious at being detained from looking for her possible, Kathy can tell, but she herself is cheered by the shop with aisles of colorful merchandise. They split up and wander through the store. Kathy sees Tommy looking through some cassette tapes and accidentally interrupts Chrissie and Ruth having a quiet discussion on the subject of deferrals again. Ruth shoots Kathy an angry look for disturbing them.

They leave the store and Rodney takes them to the office where he saw Ruth's "possible." They stand...