I would give anything to be one of those lucky dollar bills tucked into her pocket. She flips back her blond mane. I've got to get back home and get ready. Juan's dropping by soon. The skin on my chest prickles.
Mom is right.
Scarlett Stalling is a flirt. Her mother had a bad reputation when I went to school, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Cal punches my shoulder. I watch Scarlett's tight jeans sway toward her house to get ready for the only Mexican guy in Antler Junior High. Juan already shaves.