Henry Logan and Melissa Jones have recently begun spending a lot of time together, and Melissa says she thinks she's falling in love with him. They have lunch together daily, and for the last week they have spent every evening either walking to the park or dancing on the roof of a department store. Melissa would like him to kiss her, but Henry is stoic and cold. He lives his life by principles that he won't violate, although she tries to get him to do so. She wants his affection, and she boldly encourages him to give her some. Henry is 19, and so is Melissa. He has been looking for a job since graduating 13 months ago. He applied for 15 jobs online and didn't get a single interview. He is discouraged, and he has lots of time on his hands. He has grown terribly cynical over the past year. Every day he goes to The Bean Bag, a coffee shop downtown. He sits alone at the same table reading several newspapers. He loves to read the news. He's interested in politics and economics. He's a libertarian, and he believes in living by principles. He was a loner at school. Melissa comes to the coffee shop at noon every day to see him. She sells shoes at a nearby department store. She is attractive and energetic. She is obsessed with romance, and loves fashion, music, and poetry.
About the Author: Rolf McEwen has been a teacher, writer, and photographer for 36 years. He has published several photo books including Tripping through Oregon, Oregon Coast Drawings, Hawaii Pencil Drawings, Mediterranean Travel Drawings, Sketch Art, Portland Images - Travel Photos of Oregon, Salem Images, Seattle Images, Travel Hawaii - A Photo Montage, Dramatic Images, Images Black and White, Explosion of Color, Flower Wave, Urban Art, and Light Wave - Fluid Photos. He has written plays including The Honeymoon, Mad Love, Inspector Strangelove, Love Will Find a Way, The War, The Joseph Story, Esther the Queen, The Institute, Cranking Up America, and The Fan. He created adaptations for Moliere plays including The Miser, The Middle Class Gentleman, Tartuffified, Deceits of Samson, Ladies of Learning, and The Hypochondriac. He wrote a how-to book regarding theatre arts programs entitled For Love of Drama, describing how to create successful and financially profitable high school drama programs. He published a how-to book about homeschooling entitled Homeschool - How & Why to Do It. His love of humor is apparent in his coffee-table book about how to cope with a boring temporary job--Survival Tactics for Office Workers. He also wrote How to Create Wealth--A Book of Wit and Wisdom, Teen Sexuality--A Humorous Guide Book, and a collection of poetry entitled Amazing World. He taught school for 36 years and directed high school plays for 30 years. He initiated and developed a performing arts program for high school students that allowed for four performances per year at a theater rented in the city. He directed 71 full-length plays for the stage. Most of his plays attracted audiences of sufficient size to make the productions profitable. He taught high school writing, literature, speech, drama, and photography, and was selected for Who's Who among College Students and Who's Who among High School Teachers. McEwen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Teaching degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He studied art, music, history, and literature in Rome and Vienna, and traveled throughout Europe.