valerie Gonzalez has been Cesar Diaz best friend since they were born, and then in the 4th grade, they made a friend group, and they continued to stick together ever since, and now their starting freshman year and valerie still has the same crush on...
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Valerie's pov ——————— "Jamal turner,Jamal turner, please report to the office," the PA said. I looked over at Monse and laughed. "What he do now," she shrugged and laughed as well. We went back to writing the notes the teacher was putting down.
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I sat beside Monse with on the couch in the Martinez household with my head in my hand. "Eighty-six the chitchat and focus," Ruby demanded. "This is gonna be our best shut-in ever. But we have to follow protocol." I look over at Ruby,"we know the drill, " Monse said "yeah Ruby why are you stressing? " I join in.
"This year's different. It's not about our survival. It's about -" I stood up."I'll be back. " I walked to the bathroom, not wanting to hear him talk about Olivia."Hey val," Olivia said. I turned around to see her in a cowgirl outfit. "You look cute," I said "thanks you do too. Now come on,"
She grabbed my hand before I could say anything. "What do you think?" Olivia said, smiling. Ruby put a pillow over his lap but wasn't looking at her his eyes were directly at me. Um, okay? "Oh, that looks nice." Ruby looks away.
"So when are we going out?" She asked "never. Trick-or-treating in Freerigde is a no-go, " Ruby said."Why?" Ruby sighed." You might want to sit down, " he said, patting the seat next to him. She sat down next to him. "In 2012,Prophets rolled up on us,glocks to our heads, and snatched our bags," he started explaining.
"2013,we were kissing payment all night. Caught in a drive-by. That night,we lost our candy and perhaps our innocence. " he went on. At this point, I'm snooping through the kitchen. "You're right. We should go out. I'm feeling like this could be our last Halloween Trick-or-treating. And frankly, it's feeling a little cramped in here. You feel me, " Monse said the last part more towards Cesar than anything.
"I vote for Brentwood. It's safe, rich,and I bet they got full-size candy bars, " jamal quickly said,"Brentwood?" I asked, walked out of the kitchen after not finding anything, "but shut-ins are tradition. And I ordered the pizza. Did I mention it's artisanal?" Ruby said,"Why can't we go somewhere else?"
"Brentwood," jamal whispered, "There's gotta be other places." Olivia said "Brentwood" jamal whispered again."How about Brentwood?" She asked."Sounds good," I say. "I'm down," Cesar said. "Good, call Olivia." Monse says,"It's a bad call. It's a great idea, " Ruby said. Is he okay?
"It's just Brentwood's super far, and we would have to take public transpo, which sucks," Ruby explains. "You've never been on the train," Cesar furrowed his eyebrows. "Sorry guys,but I don't know how we'd even get there." Ruby shrugs,"all good. " jamal nods, then flops in the middle of Monse and Cesar. "I got us a hook-up,"
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"Oo, Brentwood is nice at night," I said after stepping out of the car. I gripped onto the pillow case, looking at all the colorful lights, I watched as Ruby leaned down and put his head through the window "We don't need luck. It's Brentwood. Nothing bad happens here, " he told his abuelita.
