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>>I'm trying to see it as contrived and it doesn't seem >>that way to me. People were a bit different then, >>compared to today. My question is, how long have she >>and Adam been togther? > ><b>Katie & Adam have been together about five months. >She accepted his offer to "crash" with him, and then >just never left as they grew closer. They have fun >together, enjoy lots of the same things, and the >physical attraction, of course, is there. But they're >entering that stage now where the honeymoon is over -- >starting to become aware of things they don't have in >common, and both of them beginning to realize that, in >very many ways, they aren't really compatible.</b> > >>Even with the casual attitudes >>people had about relationships, her falling for >>Jay/them falling for each other the day after they >>meet feels a little sudden to me, but I don't know if >>that's my trying to apply my moral senses of today to >>people living in the Peace and Love era. > ><b>Funnily enough, I used DH and myself as the >inspiration for that part. *G* I'm not sure if it >would be classified as "love at first sight" when we >met, but it was definitely "want at first sight." >Unlike Katie, though, I wasn't involved with anyone >else, so DH and I started seeing each other right >away, and we were married three months later. That >was in 1985. As far as Jay and Katie go, neither of >them is thinking about love; they just know they want >each other, and Katie knows she wants him more than >anything she's ever wanted. Does that make sense? *G* ></b> > >>Would Jay >>find her more intriguing if she strung him along, not >>on purpose, but because she was conflicted? Or does >>the guilt come along afterward? > ><b>You've hit the nail on the head. She does string >him along, and it's just as you said -- not on >purpose, but because she's conflicted. I can't >remember if you were posting to the Lit Forum when I >posted a scene involving Katie and Jay that took place >in the back hall of his house, a scene that takes >place some time after this one. In that scene, Jay >has had his fill of it, too. A brief excerpt: > ><i>With a growl of frustration, Jay wrenched her >wrists from around his neck and pinned them above her >against the wall, holding her captive. He shook his >hair back and stared at her with an intensity that >stopped her breath. “Don’t make me wait too long, >Katie. I can’t take this. I want you more than I’ve >ever wanted any woman in my life.” There was nothing >gentle about his voice now; it was ragged and hoarse >and full of lust. “I want you and I’ve got to have >you, do you hear me?”</i> > >So, yes, although they do a lot of kissing in the >scene posted, that's about as far as it gets. For >now. *G* > >As far as guilt goes, Katie does feel guilty about >wanting Jay so badly when she lives with Adam. And >she has a lot of guilt about breaking up with Adam >(later) for Jay, but a lot of that is because Adam >goes out of his way to make her feel guilty. He knew >as well as she did that it was time to break up, but >it galls him to lose her to Jay. He's always felt >inferior to Jay, and that was the last straw. Jay, >however, doesn't feel guilty after the brief >hesitation he has in this scene. In his mind, it was >Adam's fault if he couldn't hold onto her. I wrestled >with that for a while, but that's just the way Jay >thinks. > >You mentioned the way people thought and acted back in >that time, and it reminded me of something I read. It >was in "Hammer of the Gods" by Stephen Davis, a >supposedly true biography of a very famous band. A >guitar player for a major British rock band and his >very much live-in girlfriend invited a guitar player >from another major British rock band and his wife to >their home in the countryside for the weekend. Before >the weekend was over, Guitarist #1 had run off to >London with the wife of Guitarist #2. The two guys >were scheduled to record a session together, and >Guitarist #1 was rather worried about how the other >guy would respond to all this. But Guitarist #2 rang >up Guitarist #1 to discuss the recording session, and, >in the course of the conversation, blithely asked, >"How's our bird?" The story was told to the author by >Guitarist #2. I don't think Katie, Jay and Adam are ><i>that</i> "free" with themselves, but it does >illustrate the lifestyles those types of folks lived >in that era. > >I'm really glad the scene didn't come off as >contrived, or as something to just move the plot >along. Thanks, Debi! > >Hugs, >Page</b>
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