My Date-Early 1963

Vivian, the girl next door, and I used to meet guys at the dances that we'd go to in town. One time we made a date with a couple of Richfield Springs guys to go to the roller rink up there. Vivian wasn't allowed to go out with guys. I asked my mother if I could go out on a date and I asked her to ask Dad for me because I was afraid to. I was surprised that they actually let me have a date! But what we had planned was weird. The guy that Vivian would be going out with was going to come down and pick us up but I had to pretend that he was my date. I still can't figure that one out. Ha! Ha! Anyway, this guy named Larry Bond was going to come to my door and meet my mother before we went out. I can remember telling my mother to sit on the couch and pretend she was reading the newspaper so she could cover up her belly. Yes, she was pregnant again. I didn't want him knowing that. I guess I was embarrassed. We had enough kids already.
Larry came and I introduced him to mom and we left. We got in the car. His friend, Jim Kelly, was in the back seat. I sat in the front though till we picked Vivian up. She was up the road a bit. Then I got into the back seat with Jim. He was really my date. He was a quiet guy that lived on a farm up there in Richfield Springs. I think he lived with the Bonds for some reason.
We drove up to Richfield Springs to the roller rink and hung around there for a while, then we drove back down towards town but stopped at a restaurant, bar type place on Vickerman Hill called Harry's. I didn't drink though. Not sure if the guys did or not. We didn't stay in there very long. We mostly rode around and then we ended up in the Ilion Gorge and that's where we were necking for quite a while. I and Jim in the back seat and Vivian and Larry in the front. I loved kissing. But that's as far as I'd go. Jim really liked me but I got scared when he mentioned the word "love". Yikes! I sure didn't want anyone telling me that shit!
Jim gave me a hickey on my neck that night. I saw it when I got home and boy, was I pissed. It looked terrible.
Jim came and knocked on our door a couple times after that and wanted to talk to me and I'd run into the bathroom and hide and tell the kids to tell him I wasn't home. Eventually he gave up and I never saw him again. I was scared because he told me he loved me. Guess I thought he'd want more and probably he would have. I wasn't ready for that yet. No way!