“I’ll agree to the haircut with no complaints,” she said the next morning when she greeted them. Then she held up a finger as Alicia started to speak. “If we go by the Rutherford Ranch skate park first. I want you to see a little more of my world before I get all into your makeover world.” “Fair enough,” Alicia said, as they boarded the ranch van. “But our appointment is at eleven, and since it’s a bit of a diva salon, we can’t be late.” “No problem, it won’t take long to show you how smooth I am on the half-pipe,” Valeria replied, her tone unusually confident and sassy. Although she insisted that she wasn’t into style, Alicia noticed she was wearing a hot pink T-shirt that said, LET’S PLAY TRIKTIONARY and green camo pants with matching green and pink sneaks. They got to Rutherford Ranch to find a concrete park with half-pipes, bowls, fun boxes, and pyramids. Everyone seemed to know Valeria, and a couple of the guys even cleared off the quarter pipes to give her room.
