I'm In Love With A Rebel

The Mall

"Bad news." DJ said as she sat down with her lunch. "I gotta take my little sister with us to the mall."
"Stephanie is so annoying!" Kimmy added.
I looked at my pathetic excuse for meat. "She can't be that bad... Helen, you want this?"
"Eww. No. Mystery Meat is where I draw the line."
"Not that bad? She drove Joey's car into Danny's kitchen."
"She drove a car into the kitchen?! Who's Danny? And Joey?"
"Danny's my older brother. Joey's his best friend who lives with him and Pam."
"Who's Pam?"
"Danny's wife."
"Oh."
A guy with curly black hair walked up to us. "Which one of y'all is PG?"
"I think you mean DJ," Kimmy corrected.
"I dunno. Jesse's handwriting is horrid!.. you gonna eat that?" He pointed to my meat.
"Ew. No. Gross. Here...." I handed the plate to him.
"Steve. Thanks. This note must be for a DJ then."
"I'm DJ." She smiled as Steve handed her the note. We watched Steve walk away. "It's from Jesse. That's either good or bad." DJ unfolded the note. "'DJ, your stupid brother thought it'd be fun if we all had dinner at his house tonight.' I guess I'm having dinner at Danny's!"
"Wait..." I was confused. "Why would Jesse give you that?" I still didn't know who Jesse was, but I hoped it was Mr. Tall-Dark-And-Handsome.
"He's my brother in law. Pam's brother. He was so mad when Danny married Pam, he beat Danny up."
I raised my eyebrows as Kimmy laughed.
"The guy was only 13 years old!" Kimmy laughed some more.
"Danny was 13 when he got married?!" I widened my eyes. "That's disgusting!"
"No, no, no. Jesse was 13 when he beat up Danny, who was 18." DJ explained.
"Oh. That makes more sense."
*****
"Stephanie, this is Becky. Becky, Stephanie." DJ introduced us after school.
"Becky? Is that short for Rebecca?"
"Yes."
"I'm just short.... Hi!!"
"Hi."
When we were at the mall, we ended up splitting. I stopped in front of Victoria's Secret. My Mom had always told me that "Victoria's Secret is the devil's store! They sell the devil's panties!" Did I believe that? No. Were the panties sexy? Heck, yeah. Did I want a pair? Yes, of course!
"Hey, sis."
I flipped my head around to see Connie. "Connie, what are you doing here?"
"Buying stuff for a party on Friday. You gonna go in there?"
I shook my head as my blush got deeper.
"Mom will never know."