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| 7371853 | Need directions or your car fixed." "None of the above," I say. "Trick-or-treatin' on my side of town?" "No." "It's over, Why do you keep droppin' into my life and fuckin' with my head? Besides, aren't you supposed to be at the Halloween dance with some college guy?" "I blew him off. Can we talk?" "Listen, I've got a shitload of work that still needs to get done. What did you come here for? And where's Enrique?" "He, uh, left," I say nerv.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| fa84769 | What did you come here for? And where's Enrique?" "He, uh, left," I say nervously. "I think I scared him away." "You? I don't think so." "I showed him what I was wearing under my coat." Alex's eyebrows shoot up." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| e0cfd19 | I'll take whatever you can give me, Alex." "I'll never be able to meet your expectations." "What if I tell you I won't have any expectations?" He takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. I can tell he's thinking hard about this, because his expression turns serious. "I'll tell you what," he says. "You keep me company while I finish my dinner. I won't even ask you what you have...or don't have...under that coat. Deal?" I smile tentatively.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 0bc3b26 | You know, I heard once that kissin' reduces the fire." "Is that your cheap way of telling me you want to kiss me?" He looks into my eyes, his dark gaze capturing mine. " , I always want to kiss you." "I'm afraid it won't be that easy, Alex. I want answers. Answers first, then kissing." "Is that why you came here naked underneath that jacket?" "Who says I'm naked underneath?" I say, leaning close. Alex sets down his plate. If my mouth is sti.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 4dccbf5 | Let's play a game, Alex. I call it Ask a Question, Then Strip. Every time you ask a question, you have to remove an article of clothing. Every time I ask, I have to remove one." "I figure I can ask seven questions, How many you got?" "Take it off, Alex. You asked your first question." He nods in agreement and kicks off his shoe. "Why don't you start with your shirt?" I ask. "You do realize you asked a question. I think that's your cue--" .. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 5f35f76 | I figure I can ask seven questions, How many you got?" "Take it off, Alex. You asked your first question." He nods in agreement and kicks off his shoe. "Why don't you start with your shirt?" I ask. "You do realize you asked a question. I think that's your cue--" "I did ask a question," I insist. "You asked me why I don't start with my shirt." He grins. My pulse quickens. I pull down my pom skirt, keeping my long jacket tightly closed. ".. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 8727502 | What's the real reason you came here?" "Because I wanted to show you how much I love you," I say. Alex blinks a couple of times, but beyond that he shows me no emotion. This time he lifts his shirt over his head. He flings it to the side, baring his bronzed, washboard stomach." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| fd22686 | Okay, I've told you everythin'. Now please take that jacket off." "Not yet, If you've slept with so many people, how do I know you didn't catch a disease? Tell me you got tested." "At the clinic when I got the staples in my arm, they tested me. Trust me, I'm clean." "I am, too. Just in case you were wondering." I remove my other sandal, glad he didn't make me feel stupid or give me crap for asking more than one question. "Your turn." "Do .. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 2fdaba7 | Your turn." "Do you ever think about makin' love to me?" He slides off a sock before I even answer his question." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 86c5c11 | Paco says, throwing down his lunch. "They think they can buy a U-shaped shell, stuff it, and call it a taco, but those cafeteria workers wouldn't know taco meat from a piece of shit. That's what this tastes like, Alex." "You're makin' me sick, man," I tell him. I stare uncomfortably at the food I brought from home. Thanks to Paco everything looks like now. Disgusted, I shove what's left of my lunch into my brown paper bag. "Want some of i.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 3e4fecd | I'll stick with gin. Champagne is just ginger ale that knows somebody. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 02f02ce | Never cry over spilt milk. It could've been whiskey. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 59e3522 | I seriously don't give a crap how I get the pants; just that I get 'em before my next class. A wet crotch is not the way to show Brittany I'm a stud. I wait at the tree while other kids throw away their lunches and head back inside. Before I know it, music starts playing through the loudspeakers and Paco is nowhere in sight. Great. Now I have five minutes to get to Peterson's class. Gritting my teeth, I walk to chemistry with my books strat.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 4c12c37 | Seein' this house, this life...I want to be here with you, but I look around and realize this will never be me." "You're thinking too much." She kneels on the carpet and pats the floor. "Come here and lie on your stomach. I know how to give Swedish massages. It'll relax you." "You're not Swedish," I say. "Yeah, well, neither are you. So if I do it wrong you'll never know the difference." I lie next to her. "I thought we were gonna take this.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| ae4615c | Alex whispers, "There's a thin line between love and hate. Maybe you're confusing your emotions." I scoot away from him. "I wouldn't bet on it." "I would." Alex's gaze turns toward the door to the classroom. Through the window, his friend is waving to him. They're probably going to ditch class. Alex grabs his books and stands. Mrs. Peterson turns around. "Alex, sit down." "I got to piss." The teacher's eyebrows furrow and her hand goes to h.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 48b6c17 | With that, I follow my little chem partner out of the room and down the hall. "Stop following me," she snaps, looking over her shoulder to check how many people are watching us walk down the hall together. As if I'm himself. "Wear long sleeves on Saturday night," I tell her, knowing full well she's reaching the end of her sanity rope. I usually don't try to get under the skin of white chicks, but this one is fun to rattle. This one, the m.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 6b8c36e | Listen, Alex," she says, whipping herself around and tossing that sun-kissed hair over her shoulder. She faces me with clear eyes made of ice. "I don't date guys in gangs, and I don't use drugs." "I don't date guys in gangs, either," I say, stepping closer to her." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| f71cf0f | With that, I follow my little chem partner out of the room and down the hall. "Stop following me," she snaps, looking over her shoulder to check how many people are watching us walk down the hall together. As if I'm himself. "Wear long sleeves on Saturday night," I tell her, knowing full well she's reaching the end of her sanity rope. I usually don't try to get under the skin of white chicks, but this one is fun to rattle. This one, the m.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 58f87e7 | Face the facts. Your life is too perfect. You probably lie awake at night, fantasizing about spicin' up all that lily whiteness you live in." But damn it, I get a whiff of vanilla from her perfume or lotion. It reminds me of cookies. I love cookies, so this is not good at all. "Gettin' near the fire, , doesn't necessarily mean you'll get burned." "You touch her and you'll regret it, Fuentes," Colin's voice rings out. He resembles a burro, .. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| fe3838a | At nine Megan calls to complain about Darlene. She thinks Darlene changed over the summer and now has a big ego because she's dating a college guy. At nine thirty Darlene calls to say she suspects Megan is jealous because she's dating a guy in college. At nine forty-five Sierra calls to tell me she talked to both Megan and Darlene tonight and she doesn't want to get in the middle of it. I agree, although I think we already are. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| ec6ef1f | The first time I see him is during lunch. As I'm waiting in the cafeteria food line, Alex is two people in front of me. This girl, Nola Linn, is in between us. And she's not moving down the line fast enough. Alex's jeans are faded and torn at the knee. His hair is falling into his eyes and I'm itching to push it back. If Nola wouldn't be so wishy-washy about her choice of fruit... Alex caught me checking him out. I quickly focus my attentio.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 5b5589d | Brittany flew out of school today, following Burro Face. Before I left I saw them together in an intimate conversation by the back field. She picked him over me, which really shouldn't surprise me. When she asked me in chemistry what she should do, I should have told her to dump that Then I'd be happy instead of pissed off. He doesn't deserve her. Okay, so I don't, either. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 137877c | Brittany, I love hangin' with you. Shit, when I get to school I scan the halls lookin' for you. As soon as I catch sight of those angelic streaks of sunshine," I say, fingering her hair, "I know I can make it through the day." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 56125dd | Brittany, I love hangin' with you. Shit, when I get to school I scan the halls lookin' for you. As soon as I catch sight of those angelic streaks of sunshine," I say, fingering her hair, "I know I can make it through the day." "I'm no angel." "You are to me. If you forgive me, I'll go back and apologize to that artist guy." She opens her eyes. "Really?" "Yeah. I don't want to do it. But I will...for you." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 838c058 | Seein' this house, this life...I want to be here with you, but I look around and realize this will never be me." "You're thinking too much." She kneels on the carpet and pats the floor. "Come here and lie on your stomach. I know how to give Swedish massages. It'll relax you." "You're not Swedish," I say. "Yeah, well, neither are you. So if I do it wrong you'll never know the difference." I lie next to her. "I thought we were gonna take this.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 2fcd549 | Do you think they're doing ?" she asks. "Either that, or Doug's a very religious guy," I say, referring to the screaming every two seconds. "Does it make you horny?" she sings quietly into my ear. "No, but you keep massagin' me like that and you can forget about that goin' slow bullshit." I sit up and face her. "What I can't figure out is if you know you're a tease and are fuckin' with me or whether you really are innocent." "I'm not a t.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| d461243 | Brit, this is Perry Landis," Doug says, pointing to the Colin look-alike. "The artist." "Omigod, your work is amazing!" Brittany says, gushing at him. She said "omigod" as if she really is an airhead. Is she kidding me? The guy looks over her shoulder at his painting. "What do you think of this one?" he asks her. Brittany clears her throat. "I think it shows great insight to the relationship between man, animal, and Earth." Oh, please. What.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| bab4857 | Wasabi. Now hoiteys. Seriously, you'd think I really didn't know English. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| ce20e42 | Candy is dandy But liquor is quicker. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 28f148b | Where there's hooch, there's hope. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 04fa17a | Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient is a devil. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 06d540d | During chemistry, it's another experiment/observation. Alex swirls test tubes full of silver nitrate and potassium chloride liquids. "Looks like they're both water to me, Mrs. P.," Alex says. "Looks are deceiving," Mrs. Peterson replies. My gaze travels to Alex's hands. Those hands that are now busy measuring the right amount of silver nitrate and potassium chloride are the same ones that traced my lips intimately. "Earth to Brittany." I bl.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 95adddc | My gaze travels to Alex's hands. Those hands that are now busy measuring the right amount of silver nitrate and potassium chloride are the same ones that traced my lips intimately. "Earth to Brittany." I blink my eyes, snapping out of my daydream. Alex is holding a test tube full of clear liquid out to me. Which reminds me I should help him pour the liquids together. "Uh, sorry." I pick up one test tube and pour it into the tube he's holdin.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 9482161 | I don't have a bathin' suit," I tell them. "Don't worry," Brittany says. "Doug probably has one in the pool house you can wear." In the pool house, Doug looks through a drawer searching for suits. "There's only two here." Doug picks up a skimpy Speedo and holds it out to me. "This okay for you, big guy?" "That wouldn't fit my right testicle. Why don't you wear it and I'll take this one," I say, reaching around Doug and grabbing a boxer-type.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 55874c6 | When I step out of the changing room, Doug says, "She'll take a lot of shit by being with you, you know. People are already starting to talk." "Listen, Douggie. I like that girl more than I can remember likin' anything in my life. I'm not about to give her up. I'll start carin' about what other people think when I'm six feet under." Doug smiles and holds out his arms. "Ah, Fuentes, I think we just had a male bonding moment. Wanna hug?" "Not.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| e496bbf | Very sexy, babe," Sierra says, eyeing Doug's Speedo. Doug is walking like a penguin, waddling while trying to get comfortable. "I swear to God I'm taking these off as soon as I get in the hot tub. They're choking my balls." "TMI," Brittany chimes in, covering her ears with her palms. She's wearing a yellow bikini, leaving very little to the imagination. Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunshine on all who look down.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 54d2ee7 | So shoot." "I don't know how to say this." "I haven't got all day, you know." "I kissed Alex," I blurt out. "Alex? !Bendita! Was that before or after the Colin breakup?" I wince. "I didn't plan it." Isabel laughs so hard and loud, I have to take the phone away from my ear. "You sure didn't plan it?" she asks once she can get words out. "It just happened. We were at his house and then we were interrupted when his mom came home and saw us--.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| b450fc9 | I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when she walked in on you two." "Thanks for your compassion," I say dryly. "I'm hanging up now." "No! I'm sorry for laughing. It's just that the more we talk, the more I see you as a totally different person than I thought you were. I guess I can understand why Alex likes you." "Thanks, I think. Remember when I told you I wouldn't let anything happen between me and Alex?" "Yeah. Just so I get my ti.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 64a785c | I'm going to forget the kiss with Alex happened even though I was up all night replaying it in my head. As I'm driving to school the day after , I wonder if I should ignore Alex. Although that's not an option because we have chemistry together. Oh, no. Chemistry class. Will Colin suspect something? Maybe someone saw us drive off together yesterday and told him. Last night I turned off my cell so I didn't have to talk to anyone. Ugh. I wish.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 5f5635b | She's freaking out. If she cries, I won't know what to do. I'm not used to crying chicks. I don't think Carmen cried once during our entire relationship. In fact, I'm not sure Carmen has tear ducts. "Um...you okay?" I ask. "If this gets around, I'm never going to live it down. Oh, God, if Mrs. Peterson calls my parents I'm dead. Or at least I'll wish I was dead." She keeps talking and shaking, as if she's a car with bad shocks and no brake.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 3129d99 | When the wine goes in, strange things come out. | Alcoholic beverages | ||
| 5f429bc | Brittany, wait!" a voice calls from behind me. I turn around and am face-to-face with the guy who's haunting my dreams...daydreams and night dreams. Alex. The guy who I hate. The guy who I can't get out of my mind, no matter how drunk I am. "Ignore Javier," Alex says. "Sometimes he gets carried away tryin' to be a badass." I'm stunned when he steps closer and wipes away a tear from my cheek. "Don't cry. I wouldn't let him hurt you." Should.. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| cd4944c | I've seen you around Fairfield High. I go there," says a short white guy, about my age. The dork is wearing a coral-colored golf shirt and white pants, as if he came from a golf tournament with a bunch of senior citizens. White Guy tries to look cool, but with that coral shirt...man, looking cool is the least of his problems." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 81310e8 | Let me get someone to drive you home," I say before my fucked-up mind thinks of a million ways I could violate her tonight. I'm buzzed from alcohol and high, too. When I have sex with this girl, I want all my faculties. She purses her lips and pouts like a kid. "No. I don't want to go home. Anywhere but home." Oh, man. I'm in trouble. She looks up at me, her eyes in the moonlight sparking like rare, expensive jewels. "Colin thinks I want y.. | Simone Elkeles |