How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She cuts a knife right through my space and turns. And I slam my fist into my other hand because she's as good as jumped and I say, "Her. I'm gonna kick that ass at two forty-five." (3.60)
This is the choice that Dominique makes that starts it all. Dominique feels invisible from her conversations with Coach and Hershheiser, and she isn't really able to reconcile with them, so she makes a decision to regain her power the only way she can—by taking her anger out on someone else.
Quote #2
It won't shatter anyone's world if I walk into class late. I start spilling and stretching the story beyond the split seconds that it occurred. (4.21)
Leticia is all about the dirt, and her choice here shows us where her priorities are—on gossip, not on her education.
Quote #3
Bea eats up thirty whole seconds of my phone minutes to say how wrong, how trifling it is and that—get this—I shouldn't let it go down like this, and then asks again if I'm sure that Trina doesn't know. (4.36)
Bea is serving as a conscience that Leticia ignores. Throughout the novel, we learn that Leticia shirks pretty much all responsibility for her actions, so it doesn't really surprise us to see that Leticia is not too enthused about telling Trina. Bea's right—the situation is trifling, but Bea doesn't take it upon herself to call the school.