Chapters 7-12

In chapter 7 the reader appears, that Erika is a religious person (she believes in God and she is a member of the churchsingers ) . In chapter 8 A.J. is not sure if he loves Erika really because he does not know really what love is. Because of this he asks Ruthie if she know what is love. In the same chapter the reader appears that Ruthie wants to come to the home of A.J. to help him with his schoolwork. But in chapter 9 A.J. forgot that Ruthie wants to help him with his school stuff and because of this he is not prepared to work with Ruthie and the result of this scene is that Ruthie drives home. In chapter 10 A.J. is in the newspaper because he wants to become a professional football player and in chapter 12 A.J. is playing for the Florida State University from now on and because of this Erika is very proud and she and A.J. are making love at the end of the chapter.