She Loves Him I t was during second grade -- was that it? -- when she first noticed him. Jenny, as she was known then, heard Derek answer a question the teacher had put to the class, and it was then that she suddenly noticed he existed. The school year was still young, and several other girls seemed to notice him as well. Many of them jockeyed to sit next to him whenever they were shown a film, which was often. The teacher would wheel-in a television set, put in a tape of a cartoon -- always educational -- and the frenzy to sit next to Derek would begin. Jenny always demured. Fifth grade, still at the same elementary school, Jenny and Derek were again in the same class, Mrs. Harris, whose room was on the lower level, and felt almost cave-like to be in. Derek was still popular, though Jenny sometimes caught him sitting alone, staring off into space, and she wondered what he was thinking about. Perhaps it was nothing? Or maybe he had stuff going on in his life. M