She believes my life is all wonderful just because I don't have to look for work. I'm sitting on the hill with Rico chewing on the white ends of blades of grass. Rico's in the grade ahead of me. He hangs out with guys who spit on teachers' cars behind the school. Normally he wouldn't even give me the time of day.
Summer changes all the rules.
You never know who you'll end up chewing blades of grass with in the summer. Anyway, that's what we're doing when Lucy comes over holding this big book. Tom says Lucy is an embarrassment to humanity. She draws these magic marker tattoos on her face. Like one day she has one that looks like a spider web, then the next day she's got one of a big flower, but you can still see the spider web underneath.