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tomorrow!”
    “Later, Ben. And thanks for calling.”
    “Is that one of those proper things your parents taught you to do?”
    “Yeah, I guess.”
    “I really gotta work on you!”
    “Remember I was the one who worked on you first! How’s the nose?”
    “Black and blue. I’m dyeing my hair the same color tonight in sympathy! Later!”
    “Peace, man.”
    “So, Julio, was that a friend from school?” Luis asked with interest.
    “Just a dude with green hair, Papa.”
    “Green hair?”
    “Only for today. Tomorrow it’s gonna be blue.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “I know, Papa, but that’s cool. I’m gonna go do some homework and maybe get on the computer before I turn in. Need any more help with the boxes?”
    “No, I finished while you were on the phone.”
    “Oh, sorry, Papa. I’ll help you more tomorrow.”
    “Sure. Good night, son. Be sure to say good night to your mother, Julio. She worries about you.”
    “I know, Papa. I will.”

7.
Chat Room
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    cookieman: hey, gimme your age/sex check
    bigmac: HIYA
    sweetthing: 16/f
    becool: 17/m
    afroqueen: 16/f
    niobe: 15/f
    oogaooga: 14/m
    spiceboy: 17/m
    afroqueen: whatsup?
    bigmac: any girls from Boston here shout YEAH BABY
    niobe: who cares?
    sweetthing: no one wants to shout it
    bigmac: well whisper it then
    cookieman: my parents are gone 4 the weekend!!!
    niobe: party!!
    afroqueen: can I come?
    cookieman: yup just find me
    becool: I have this gum in my mouth that I have been chewing for five hours and I think I need
    spiceboy: lol :-)
    becool: to spit it out
    niobe: good idea
    sweetthing: a boy has been spreading rumors about me at school.
    niobe: same here
    sweetthing: what did you do?
    bigmac: what he said was probably true
    afroqueen: just shut up, bigmac. your breath smells like hamburgers!
    becool: lol
    sweetthing: what did you do, niobe?
    niobe: confronted him. told him to drop dead.
    sweetthing: did that work?
    niobe: he left me alone after that
    cookieman: any females here from CO? press 34
    vanityfair: I’m from CAL
    bigmac: he said CO, stupid
    cookieman: CAL will do. what’s your shoe size?
    vanityfair: why—you planning to buy me some shoes?
    cookieman: no, I just hate girls with big feet
    bigmac: go kick yourself
    spanishlover: who’s here?
    afroqueen: hey, spanishlover, welcome to the zoo!
    sweetthing: nice name, spanishlover, are you all that?
    spanishlover: all that and more, sweetthing!
    sweetthing: :-)
    afroqueen: state your stuff, spanishlover
    spanishlover: 16/m and ready for action
    vanityfair: watch out!
    niobe: we got metal detectors put in at our school today
    bigmac: yeah, everybody and they daddy got one now
    afroqueen: I hate that. they treat us like criminals
    becool: some of us are!
    oogaooga: they do locker searches every week at my school
    afroqueen: what they looking for? lunch?
    vanityfair: lol :-)
    spiceboy: drugs
    becool: once they even brought in drug-sniffing dogs
    sweetthing: they treat US like dogs
    bigmac: they took all our pagers in a sweep once!
    niobe: yeah, like we all drug dealers!
    cookieman: my mama bought my pager. said that’s the only way to keep up with me. she made them give it back.
    bigmac: yeah, they finally gave them back to us too. too many.
    vanityfair: I hate when they look in my bag and my purse. makes me feel cheap
    spiceboy: you ARE cheap!
    vanityfair: go bite yourself
    afroqueen: they don’t ever check the teacher’s purse and pockets
    sweetthing: yeah, they probably holding
    spanishlover: we had gangs at my old school
    cookieman: so what else is new?
    spiceboy: gangs run everything
    afroqueen: no, gangs RUIN everything
    oogaooga: yeah, you just put up and shut up
    afroqueen: I don’t mess with them
    spiceboy: you join or you pay or you hide
    niobe: you ever seen a gun up close?
    becool: yeah, I got one. my old man bought for me.
    cookieman: you lie!
    vanityfair: what does it look