Summer of '69

Blair helps Jessie with her period since Kate “couldn’t be relied on or confided in these days” (299). She tells Jessie that they’ll go bra shopping, but Jessie isn’t enthused. Observing Pick with Sabrina and then seeing Jessie’s volatile reaction, Blair immediately understands her sister’s sadness. She puts a damper on Pick’s plans to take Sabrina upstairs at Little Fair, especially when he suggests that Jessie can chaperone. Blair tells him that she’s taking Jessie out and suggests that the teenagers go to All’s Fair, where adults are home.

As Jessie begrudgingly begins her bra fitting, Blair reminisces about her own youth. She realizes now how much of life is transitory—and then goes into labor. Rather than calling for an ambulance, she decides to walk down Main Street with Jessie. As Blair’s labor pains increase, Jessie runs for Kate, who brings the car to take Blair to the hospital. Blair curses Angus for being “so unavailable he might as well be on the moon” (306). Kate assures Blair that she’s not alone. Blair gives birth to a boy and a girl, and a telegram is sent to Angus. The nurses bring champagne and a TV to celebrate two rare events: a twin birth and the