How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Why do you front, Lambert? Why pretend you're not a skank when you know you are?" (1.18)
The same boys who applaud the guy who took a girl's virginity tend to be the ones who harass the girl who lost it. Case in point: Tommy's friends, who have the power to both boost his ego and further destroy hers.
Quote #2
"Deanna Lambert is a complete psycho. Tommy liked her at first […] Then they started going out and she'd be cutting herself, or all cranked on meth, or coming up with crazy ideas like they should bomb the school or whatever." (1A.2)
Deanna's life becomes a straight-up After School Special after she loses it to Tommy. It's easier for the other students at Terra Nova to believe she's a suicidal meth addict than a girl who made a mistake (or—gasp—a girl who just liked sex).
Quote #3
"She kept calling him and calling him and finally he's like, Okay, I'll go out with you but remember I'm seventeen and if you want to be my girlfriend, well, you gotta do stuff. She said, Anything, I'll do anything you want." (1A.3)
The sad thing is that even though Deanna doesn't tell us their conversations were that blatant, this is the version of the rumor that's closest to true. Deanna was willing to do what Tommy wanted to keep him coming around.