¡Ándale, Prieta! by Yasmín Ramírez

Author:Yasmín Ramírez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 2022-01-18T21:22:05+00:00

Later, I sat watching MTV in my mom’s room when Ita called me.

“Prieta! Teléfono!”

I grabbed the handset from her and the base with the other hand. I pulled the cord and made my way to her room so she wouldn’t hear.

“Hello?”

“Duuuddeee,” my friend Mia’s voice came through the phone.

“What? What?” I asked, my chest suddenly fluttering.

Ita’s room was dim in the late afternoon light. I sat wide-eyed at the foot of her bed waiting to hear whatever had to be big news.

“You made an impression today.”

“Whha—?”

“At the jungle! I can’t believe you went there. You said you weren’t gonna miss anymore.” Her voice cackled on the other end.

I stared at my reflection in the dresser mirror and scrunched my face. That’s what I had said.

“But, wait . . . what impression? Did Joe say something?”

“No, dude. No Joe. Fuck that guy.” There was a pause, “Angelo. He asked me to ask you if he could call you. He’s pretty hot,” she sang.

I peered at myself again. Eyes wide. Angelo?? That guy? I flashed back to today, to his face as he stared at me. He seemed so serious. Wary of me even. Some intense stink eye. I thought he’d hated me or something. That guy wanted to call me?

“Well?” Mia asked on the other end.

I’d been quiet longer than I thought. I shrugged.

“I mean . . . I guess.”

I slumped lower into the bed.

“Dude, come on. He’s hot, and he likes you.”

“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

“I mean it’s just a call. If he’s dumb or something, just say you gotta go.”

“Wait, you mean he’s gonna call like right now?”

She giggled, “Mmmhhmmm. Why do you think I called? I already gave him your number.”

“Dude!”

She laughed. Then I heard it. The buzz.

“Oh my god. It’s the other line.”

My eyes met in the mirror, wide.

“What? Ohmygod! Ohmygod! Answer that shit!”

“What?!” I whisper-shrieked.

“Dude! Yasmín! Answer!”

I nodded, “You better call me aft—”

I switched over to the other line. “Hello?” I whispered.

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