"I am telling you, Enid is a lesbo. No, really!... How do I know?" Jessica pauses to wrap the thick cord between her fingers, panicked, "I just do. I can sense these things."
Jessica's face goes white, "How dare you say that about me!" Her blue-green eyes begin to flash, flipping her hair over her shoulder, "Well, KD is kinda cute...."
"Jess!?" Elizabeth gasped.
This is how Volume 2, Secrets, begins if you are very skilled at deciphering code.
The second book in the series, they were just getting started. Here's some gay key points:
Enid went to Juvenile Hall in her youth, (because she's an old hag now) and had herself the biggest, stoniest butch lover, who was best friends with the guy George who got her busted in the first place.
The greatest irony is that this is not the big source of gossip. The big source of gossip is the fact that Enid's been writing letters with George to keep tabs on her Butch Lover, who moved to NYC when she got out and is now working as a bouncer. Because everybody in this school gives two shits that the girl with the ugly name gets paper letters.
The real reason people are talking of course is because they all know that Ronnie is an abusive SOB who will beat the shit out of her for talking to other guys, and they've got alot of money riding on whether or not it'll be both arms this time.
Now of course it is Jessica who outs Enid (see above conversation) because... because why? Because she thinks if everybody finds out about Enid's gayness it will deflect on her own. She wants to be Queen of the dance, and figures if she knocks this dork Enid who wouldn't even be nominated if it weren't a consolation prize for taking her share of the domestic violence pie, she can be queen... with Bruce.
Bruce Patman of course is the PERFECT cover boyfriend, and Jessica's been yanking it some time to get with him. He's got money, he's abusive too, and she will have to stay at home alot of nights to wait for him to call (avoiding unnecessary hetero social activity).
Now hypocrite Elizabeth of course ruins her plans because she goes around spreading a rumor that Jessica really wants to get with Winston, and everybody should vote for Winston. Again, this rumor-mongrel of a gal holds some mystical power over everybody and gets them to do it. Jessica is furious, not because Winston's a bad guy, but he's not the magic BRUCE... I mean, Jessica knows if she's stuck with Winston her cover will be busted for sure because he's a mostly normal guy and he's expect her to act like a normal girl. Whereas with Bruce, she knows he'll treat her like shit and she doesn't have to get to close.
Gay Highlights:
*The book opens as Jessica gets her dress zipped up by Cara, for some reason they were naked together. Jessica's whining about being thrown into the pool in the last book, and Cara tells her how cute she was.
*Elizabeth and Enid share a bed
*Jessica finds herself under the scrutiny of MS. Dalton, a tall slender woman in her twenties whose wide set hazel eyes regarded her with 'knowing amusement', as all lesbians know each other.
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