"Oh my God, are you crazy!" Jalissa hollered when Vanessa finally showed up at the apartment.
"Shhh!" She said while entering. "Is your mother home?"
"No! And you're lucky, too. What were you doing with Scotty?"
"He rode me up the hill to my house."
Jalissa gasped. "You really went home? At night?"
"I wasn't scared." She hung up her coat and then eyed her cousin. "Do you know about my mother?"
"Know what?" The younger girl seemed to be honestly perplexed. "What?"
"Never mind." She sat on the couch and Jalissa followed her.
"Did you do something with Scotty?"
Vanessa's face warmed. She had wondered what it would be like to kiss him but decided it might be weird. The last time she'd been kissed her tooth had gotten knocked out. "No!"
"You want to, though."
"Shut up." She tackled
