She was also beautiful and was on the "Pom" team (not cheerleading, she gets mad when you say she was a cheerleader, she was on "Pom"... still not sure what the difference is.) -point is, she was a high school anomaly, a sic-fi/fantasy girl that was also pretty. As her "friend", she wanted me to know "Elf Quest" too and I would go over to her house and read the series with her a couple nights a week. I definitely had visions beyond reading elf quest :) ... they didn't materialize. What DID materialize was a great friendship and a love for the genre of fantasy and science fiction. After that, I read the Hobbit/LOR series... several times. So, my love for the genre started with my love for a cheerleader... I mean "POM" girl. -I remain good friends with her to this date, in fact in a couple of months I'm playing guitar in her wedding.... it's the least I can do for introducing me to a world of fiction I might have missed out on.