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television. “Could you pick up Allie tonight at Kylie’s? They are working on some science project. That way her mom won’t have to drive her home.”
    “Fine, but it won’t be until after eight o’clock.”
    “That’s fine. I’ll let them know. Thanks honey.”
    ~~~
    My truck sputtered to life and then made some weird puttering noises as I drove over to Paige’s house. When she got in to the truck, she looked at me nervously.
    “Are you sure we’re going to make it to school in this rig? It sounds pretty bad.”
    I raised my eyebrows and lied through my teeth. “Ye of little faith…of course I’m sure!”
    “Well…okay.”
    “You worry too much Paige.”
    She shrugged and then her eyes became really round. “I forgot to tell you! Guess what?”
    “What?” I asked.
    “My mom got a tattoo on her lower back! A butterfly tattoo.”
    I smiled. “Your mom got a “ tramp stamp” ?”
    That’s what some of the guys at school liked to call lower back tattoos.
    She nodded. “Oh my God… yes! Dan made her do it.”
    “I’m sure your mom had some say.”
    Kristie isn’t exactly what I’d call a pushover. She has a sharp tongue and the body of an amazon to back it up.
    “I don’t know, but if she starts getting piercings on odd places of her body, I’m not sticking around.”
    I burst out laughing, trying to imagine Kristie with a tongue ring and a new lisp.
    “It’s not funny,” said Paige, trying to stop the smile threatening her lips.
    My eyes were watering I was laughing so hard. “Oh, come on. It’s funny!”
    She folded her hands across her chest. “Okay, think about your mom getting her nose pierced or something further south.”
    I grimaced. “Okay, that’s totally not funny.”
    The truck made some weird snorting noise and we both looked worriedly at each other.
    “Just please… get us to school,” begged Paige.
    I nodded and we drove in a nervous silence. Miraculously, we made it with minutes to spare.
    “Great, it’s Eva,” I muttered watching as her red car pulled up next to ours. To make matters worse, my truck backfired as she was sliding out of her car.
    Eva ignored us completely, which was a pleasant surprise to us both. The way she was blowing her nose made it obvious as to why.
    The entire school day was pretty much uneventful, although there were even less students then yesterday. Many brought signed permission slips and the line leading to the gymnasium, where the shots were being administered, was never-ending.
    Because I wasn’t getting any kind of vaccination, I did what I could to avoid getting sick by sucking on vitamin C lozenges throughout the day and drinking bottled green tea. When the final bell of the day rang, we were almost the last vehicle in the parking lot and someone had to give us a jump.
    “See you tomorrow?” I asked her.
    “I might get a ride from Jeremy,” she answered. “Call me if you want one as well.”
    I nodded, hoping that my truck would hold up a few more days. It was probably time to talk to my dad about getting it fixed.
    When I arrived at the nail shop, Mae greeted me with open arms then stared at my eyebrows with disapproval.
    “Eyebrows first,” she announced and then dragged me to the back of the shop where she pushed me into a high-back leather reclining chair. She reclined it until I was looking straight up at her. Taking a small eyebrow comb, she brushed my eyebrows then carefully spread something warm above my eyelids.
    “Wax,” she murmured staring intently at my unruly eyebrows.
    “Oh.”
    “Relax,” she demanded, pressing firmly down on them. I closed my eyes and she ripped away a strip of eyebrow hair.
    “Ah!” I gasped.
    She gave me a wry smile. “Not that bad.”
    When Mae spread wax above my other eye, I grasped onto the arms of the chair and waited as she counted.
                  “One, two…” and then she tore it off.
    I flinched and looked up at her. “Hey? What happened to number three