Laurels Literary Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 79

Ramona: But, Ma, he’s a good guy! Roberta: What’s his name and is he saved? Ramona: Ma, he’s really smart and he really likes me. He . . . Roberta: WHAT’S HIS NAME AND IS HE SAVED? Ramona: His name is Zach, but, Ma, he . . . Roberta: Has he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior? Ramona: Ma, I don’t know. All I know is that he’s really smart and he likes me and . . . (she says under her breath) he wants to take me to the homecoming dance. Roberta: What did you just say? I didn’t catch that last part. Just as Ramona was about to repeat herself, William walks through the door. William: How are my favorite girls? (William kisses them both as he heads to the refrigerator and grabs a soda.) Roberta: Well, your daughter was just about to tell us. Ramona: Ma! Roberta: Tell your dad about . . . what’s that little boy’s name? Ramona: Zach! Ughhh! Okay, Daddy, he’s really nice and he asked me to go to the homecoming dance with him. William: Oh? A dance…is that right? Roberta: “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” Now that’s in the book! Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk together, except they agree?” You still haven’t told me if that boy is saved! William: Ramona, the Word of God says in 1 Thessalonians, “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor.” Roberta: And honey, let’s not forget what Song of Solomon says about virginity. “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, un