"What You Need to Know"
CHAPTER 6
written by the OandAGang/Friends of the Rooster/A Bunch of Angry Mimes
ES interviews
ES photos
ES funny lines
ES poems
ES buy tapes
ES glossary
G/D quotes
Ch. 1 Ch. 2
Ch. 3 Ch. 4
Ch. 5 Ch. 7
Meanwhile, Jessie had been waiting at the corner for Katie to pick her up and give her a ride to the mall, where they were going to go shopping for peasant blouses and Billie Holiday CDs. Except Katie didn’t show, and then a car pulled up. “Waiting for someone?” said the driver, a girl with hair the color of chocolate brownies, the kind without nuts, cascading down her back in wavy ringlets. It was Alexa, that girl in Katie’s class with that red-haired teacher that Grace was in love with who had saved Grace from the unwanted advances of her low-life brother.
“Um, not really, it’s okay,” said Jessie,” but Alexa opened the door by reaching across the seat and said, “I was worried you might need a ride. Get in.” Blue eyes met eyes that might be blue or grey maybe as Jessie strapped in because that’s the safe thing to do. Suddenly electricity flowed from the ends of Alexa’s curly ringlets over to Jessie’s thin blond hair that was curled at the ends with a curling iron. “Forget Katie,” Jessie thought, and flashed Alexa her famous stunning smile, as her eyes sparkled and a halo of light outlined her profile. “Forget Dimitri,” Alexa thought, and shifted the car into drive.
