GIDGETS1, E17
I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, I Think
With Jeff back at Princeton, Gidget prepares for a lonely existence. Then she becomes attracted to a handsome surfer in his late twenties. The surfer finally realizes the extent of Gidget's interest. However, everything he says to prove that she is too good for him only convinces Gidget that a perfect romance is in the making. Entering her math class with Larue the following Monday, Gidget discovers the teacher is Baxter Stevenson, her surfer. She runs from the class and then does everything to avoid attending school. Her absence from class alarms Russ, her father, Miss Stoddard, the assistant principal, and Baxter. Finally, Miss Stoddard, Baxter and Gidget meet with Russ in the Lawrence home, where the whole affair is straightened out, even though Gidget maintains she can't figure out why she became so involved with Baxter. Later, Russ explains that Gidget, searching for the reason she found Baxter attractive, decides that falling in love was the best excuse. Gidget happily concluded that she can love Jeff and still meet and like a lot of other men.
