First boyfriends

I’m sorry to bother you with more questions but I’ve been re-reading the Alice series because they’re wonderful & I was wondering if Donald was technically Alice’s first boyfriend, why in Alice in Rapture sort of it said “Summer of the first boyfriend” with Patrick? And again, I can’t say enough how much of an Amazing writer you are! I’m a young writer & you’re one of my inspirations 💕

I think that with Donald, it was more like “playing boyfriend and girlfriend,” where with Patrick, there was real feeling on both sides–taking a first step into romance.