[Chrissy taps at her lips with her index finger, then figures it won't hurt to toss out the amount she used to get for an allowance. It's the 80s, kids probably all get around the same amount for doing odd jobs, right? She ]
How about... [She pauses as she tries to figure out how to say it in Spanish.] Veinte? Yeah, I think that's it. Twenty dólares. Es bueno?
[The boys snicker at her broken Spanish and nudge each other as they seem to relax even more.]
Each?
[The shorter one speaks up, and his friend tugs at his arm and tells him to shut the fuck up. Chrissy shrugs and glances up at Johnnie. She's sure they have some twenties in her lunchbox she grabbed.]
Sure. Twenty each, but only after we make sure you didn't touch anything on our bike. If you do, me voy a...I'm gonna... [Oh shit, she has no idea how to say kill or stab or beat up. So she just pulls her finger across her throat to signal she'll do something vaguely violent. It makes the boys crack up even more because she's a white girl and they don't take her seriously at all.]
no subject
[Chrissy taps at her lips with her index finger, then figures it won't hurt to toss out the amount she used to get for an allowance. It's the 80s, kids probably all get around the same amount for doing odd jobs, right? She ]
How about... [She pauses as she tries to figure out how to say it in Spanish.] Veinte? Yeah, I think that's it. Twenty dólares. Es bueno?
[The boys snicker at her broken Spanish and nudge each other as they seem to relax even more.]
Each?
[The shorter one speaks up, and his friend tugs at his arm and tells him to shut the fuck up. Chrissy shrugs and glances up at Johnnie. She's sure they have some twenties in her lunchbox she grabbed.]
Sure. Twenty each, but only after we make sure you didn't touch anything on our bike. If you do, me voy a...I'm gonna... [Oh shit, she has no idea how to say kill or stab or beat up. So she just pulls her finger across her throat to signal she'll do something vaguely violent. It makes the boys crack up even more because she's a white girl and they don't take her seriously at all.]