Chapter 3 3

My baby brother, asleep in his stroller, myself, and my friend, were strolling along. It was a long sidewalk with trees hanging overhead. This place had to be the nicest area in town because the whole town seemed to be run down. Not this area, though. It was clean, bright, and beautiful here.

My friend interrupted my thoughts. "So, what did you guys talk about?"

"Well, we talked about . . . I don't know . . . you."

"Me? Get out." She seemed overly excited.

"Yeah, he wanted to know why you were acting like such a big slut." I swear if we weren't friends, we would probably be tangled up in a fight right about now. But, I didn't care because I wasn't really in the mood for this anyway.

She started laughing and shoved me playfully. "You bitch," she said through laughter. "You do know why you got men running after you, don't you?"

I rolled my eyes at her. "Please, not again."

Putting her hair up, she said, "It's true. Guys are like dogs, they can smell that shit. They go crazy for it."

"Yeah, right."

"I'm serious, Lena. You have to get it in sometime. You can't hold onto it forever."

We walked past a group of guys sitting by a tree. They seemed to enjoy our conversation because one kept staring at us while we were passing.

"I'll do it when I'm ready, Dios Mio! Sex ruined my moms life." I did not want to be having this conversation.

"No, not using a condom ruined your moms life."

"She said they broke."

"Twice?" My friend bent down a little so she could look me in the eye while we were strolling along.

I laughed a little at that. "I don't know."

"So, you want to hang later?"

"No, I got to do something for mami."

We continued walking in silence.