]>
CHAPTER EIGHTThe next day, Ernesto, Abel, Dom, and Carlos were eating lunch at Cesar Chavez High School when Clay Aguirre walked by with Mira Nuñez. Clay didn’t seem too into her, but she seemed to be delighted to be with him. Clay was a good-looking guy, and many girls were interested in him. Mira was feeling lucky, and she looked it.
Ernesto was afraid Clay was with Mira just to make Naomi jealous. He wanted to shake Naomi up. Clay glanced at Ernesto and his friends, and he seemed pleased that Naomi wasn’t with them. Lately she’d been eating lunch often with Ernesto. Today, Naomi, Yvette, Tessie, and some other girls were eating together. The boys had lunch in a small, grassy ravine, and maneuvering Tessie’s wheelchair down there would have been difficult. Anyway, Ernesto thought
