Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

Author:Nina Moreno [Moreno, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2019-05-13T18:30:00+00:00

“Why did the gator cross the road?” Ana asked the next day. I ignored her, but she was way too amused to let the joke go. Seated behind her drum set, she asked again.

I sighed. The oscillating fan barely reached me from my perch on the couch in their garage. Benny and Mike were blocking most of the cooler air. “I don’t know, Ana. Why did the gator cross the road?” I finally indulged her.

“To steal an orange!” The drums went ba-dum-tss, and Ana cracked up.

Benny put down his soda. “I don’t get it.”

“She’s making fun of what happened to me yesterday.”

“No, I get that. But the joke sucks.”

“Hey.” Ana pointed her stick at him. We never told her how much she looked like her mother threatening us with a wooden spoon when she did that, because then she might actually swing it.

“Where’s your boyfriend?” Benny asked me. “He return to the sea?”

“Give me your drumstick,” I said to Ana.

“Sure but tell me about the kiss again first,” she returned.

I glanced at the guys, who both suddenly had something else to look at. “Yes, fellas, you missed your chance. Your girl Rosa is out here getting kissed by cute boys with man-beards and baked goods.”

When Alex and I got back to town yesterday, I was scheduled to work at the bodega. He offered to walk me back, because he was a gentleman, but I turned him down to save him from sarcastic Cubans and their chisme. I had no idea what we were doing, but it was hard to see reason after being kissed so well by a hot baker. I was living in the very sweet moment.

“What else are we supposed to talk about with that glazed look in your eyes? You look high,” Ana complained. She was practicing for her upcoming gig and hit a cymbal in a dramatic finish.

Pained, Benny muttered, “I miss the bongos.”

“Forget them. Now that I’m in the Electric I can officially tell Mom and Dad I quit jazz band.” Ana let her accent drop an octave and become super Cuban. “Band is okay if it gets you a scholarship para una universidad you don’t even want to go to.”

“And tell me again why you don’t want to go to college?” Mike asked.

“It’s a waste of money and my time. I’ll take a few classes, whatever, but I’m not packing everything up to go hang out with nerds and hipsters. No offense, Rosa.”

“Wait, which one am I?”

“I’d rather work and play my drums and figure the rest out on my own time and dime. And it’s not like I’m totally against higher education, I saved the application to Port Coral Community on my phone.” She pointed at her brother. “Don’t you dare tell Mom and Dad. They think I already applied to state schools like everybody else.”

Benny finished the rest of his soda and shook the empty can. “That’s your business. But don’t come crying to me when all your friends are gone.” He looked around the garage.

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