as it is common knowledge that the rawles boy has accompanied chessie prescotts nieces on the annual shopping trip to pick up the christmas project presents as part pack horse part consultant on gifts for teenage boys since all three of us were still teenagers ourselves , most of the ladies let it pass and returned to their meals and conversations ( several of which i found out later turned to a discussion of how stuck on me that rawles boy must still be if he was so concerned about me driving in the coming weather ) .