I let it all out--my mom's date,my dad's conversation,my confusion about it all.Caleb doesn't laugh,he doesn't pull away,he doesn't talk .. He just lets me be me.When I settle down,I lean back and wit...
I find myself daydreaming about him when I wake up in the morning, in school when something reminds me of him, and when I fall asleep at night
I don't want to always be 'the best I can be.' I just want to be me.
I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you? (Alex)
I can't sleep. Too many thoughts running through my useless head.
His high school girlfriend. I caught them in the act. You caught them having sex at Homestyle Buffet? Carlos chimes in, confused and maybe a little amused.
Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.
From the moment I laid eyes on you I couldn't stop looking at you. From the moment we talked I couldn't stop arguing with you. From the moment we kissed I couldn't stop kissing you. And from the momen...
For the record, I thought you were untouchable. But now that I know you think I’m a hot, sexy, Mexican god . .
Como un angel, I whisper.Is our game over? she asks nervously.It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game.
Brittany was right. I don’t belong here. It doesn’t matter, because even if I don’t belong in this place, she’s here and I want to be where she is.Well, what did you want to talk about? she asks.I wis...
Brittany has been wary this whole week. She’s waiting for me to play a joke on her, to get her back for tossing my keys into the woods. After school, as I’m at my locker picking books to take home, sh...
Believe me, I know people who have doting Grandmas. Jessica's Grandma Pearl spent four years knitting her a blanket. And she's got arthritis. I wonder what Grandma Pearl would think if she knew Jessi...
Before we seal our plans with a kiss, Alex clears his throat in front of us. No PDA. School rules. Besides, she’s my partner, dickhead. Not yours.Shut up, Fuentes, Colin mutters, then joins Darlene.I...
Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and secur...
And what do you want right now? Right now I itch to heal his wounds and forget my own.He touches my cheek with the tips of his fingers.My breath hitches. Do you want to kiss me, Alex? I whisper.Dios m...
And right this second I want to live in ignorant bliss.
And for those of you who want to start any trouble, I have a zero tolerance policy. . . .
And Brittany…She didn’t want me to drive her home from Isa’s house because she didn’t want to be seen with me. Fuck that shit. Carlos isn’t the only one who deserves an earful from me.I flip open my c...
Alex, Paco says, leaning on the golf club like it’s a cane. Do ya think I was meant to play golf?Looking Paco straight in the eye, I answer, No.I heard you talkin’ to Hector. I don’t think you were me...