Ryder stands up, lights a cigarette, and looks in the opposite direction. "Aw," he says. He's looking at Terri and Verve. Terri had just crouched down next to half-naked Verve. She isn't half-naked, of course, and is in fact dressed for November. She gives the naked dog a pat. "Young love," Ryder says through his cigarette. "Cute couple, aren't they?" Half-naked Will and half-naked Scout act like they don't know what he's talking about. "Saw 'em making out in the common room yesterday," Ryder says. Both Scout and Will whip up their heads. "What?" Will asks. Ryder nods, looks down, nods, swallows, nods, looks up and says, "'strue." Scout tells Ryder to back off. Ryder flicks his cigarette at Scout, walks down the pier, kicks the same guy back into the water (And he was just toweled off! Oh, that meany! So funny!) and walks over to Terri and Verve. He comments on the "lovely summer romance." Check this shit out. Terri actually says, "So, I hear Mad Cow disease is pretty rampant back in England, huh?" She can't even finish the sentence without breaking into giggles. Verve giggles, too. Terri keeps giggling. That is the worst dis I've ever seen in my life. Ever. Really. I hope Ryder comes back with, "Well, a cow rhymes with sow, a sow is a pig, a pig is a hog, a hog rhymes with log, a log is a tree, a tree is nature, nature is beautiful, and so am I. Thank you so much for the compliment." That's what we did in the first grade, anyway. Ryder instead, does better than that by leaning down to Terri and complimenting her taste. "She's a pri-ie one, that dean's daugh-ahr. I'll give you that." Terri looks away, because she had been working on that Mad Cow thing all night long. It was that or jerk store. Verve doesn't know what to say either, so he turns away and does a little splashy with his hand. Ryder walks off.