Tell Me Three Things

by

Julie Buxbaum

Adrianna Sanchez/Dri Character Analysis

Dri is Jessie’s first in-person friend at Wood Valley High School. Dri looks like the kind of person Jessie would be friends with—she wears big glasses and puts her hair up in a messy bun—but it takes prodding from SN for Jessie to befriend Dri. Dri shows herself to be funny and caring but wildly insecure. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of every student at Wood Valley, since she’s gone there since kindergarten, and she shares what she knows with Jessie when asked. She also nurses an intense crush on Liam, though this is entirely one-sided, because Liam barely knows she exists. Dri’s support and friendship makes Jessie feel as though life in Los Angeles might not be so bad. Dri and her best friend, Agnes, ultimately help Jessie pick out sunglasses, which make Jessie feel more at home in L.A., and they provide firsthand, in-person support that Jessie cannot get from Scarlett.

Adrianna Sanchez/Dri Quotes in Tell Me Three Things

The Tell Me Three Things quotes below are all either spoken by Adrianna Sanchez/Dri or refer to Adrianna Sanchez/Dri. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7 Quotes

“You know how it is. Mean girls get mean in seventh grade and they stay that way until your ten-year reunion, when they want to be best friends again. At least, that’s what my mom says.”

“It’s funny how high school is high school everywhere,” I say, and smile at Dri. Try not to feel uncomfortable at the mention of moms, like it didn’t set off an invisible flare in my chest. “I mean, this place is completely different than where I come from, but in some ways it’s exactly the same.”

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri (speaker), Gem, Jessie’s Mom, Crystal
Page Number: 59
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Chapter 11 Quotes

She looks to me to back her up, and I wonder if my existence is a problem for her friendship with Agnes. Scar and I always sat alone at lunch. We weren’t really interested in talking to anyone else. To be honest, I’m not sure how I’d feel if she had invited some new girl to sit with us. Dri not only invited me, but did so excitedly.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Scarlett, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes
Page Number: 90
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Chapter 12 Quotes

Will I, one day, be able to sleep with a guy and not feel horribly awkward and tortured and not wonder what it all means? I assume so. But right now, the thought of that sort of exposure seems unimaginable, and mostly, if I’m totally honest, nothing short of terrifying.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Ethan/Somebody Nobody/The Batman, Scarlett, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri
Page Number: 99
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Chapter 15 Quotes

“So that’s how I lost my virginity. It counts, right?” Agnes asks me, and I decide that maybe I’ve been too quick to judge her. She’s funny and super honest and willing to laugh at herself. I get now why she and Dri are best friends.

“I vote yes,” I say, because it’s a hell of a lot closer than I’ve ever come to having a penis inserted into me.

“But Dri’s right too. I totally got half peened. How about you?” Agnes asks so casually it’s like she’s asking what my favorite subject is.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Agnes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri
Page Number: 125
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Chapter 21 Quotes

We are sitting outside during our free period, our faces tilted up toward the sun like hungry cartoon flowers. I now have sunglasses—Dri and Agnes helped me pick out a knockoff pair—and I love them. They feel transformative, like I’m somehow a different person with large squares of plastic covering my face.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes
Related Symbols: Sunglasses
Page Number: 191
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Chapter 33 Quotes

I think about the life I’ve built here. SN and Ethan, or maybe SN/Ethan, Dri and Agnes, even Theo. Liam too, I guess. How my new English teacher said I’m one of her brightest students, which is a huge compliment, considering I go to a school that sends five kids to Harvard each year. How Wood Valley may be filled with rich brats, but it also has a beautiful library, and I get to work in a bookstore, and I’m reading college-level poetry with a boy who can recite it back to me. In a strange way, thanks to Rachel, LA has turned out to be nerd heaven.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Ethan/Somebody Nobody/The Batman, Jessie’s Dad, Liam Sandler, Theo, Rachel/Dad’s New Wife, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes, Mrs. Pollack
Page Number: 304
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Adrianna Sanchez/Dri Quotes in Tell Me Three Things

The Tell Me Three Things quotes below are all either spoken by Adrianna Sanchez/Dri or refer to Adrianna Sanchez/Dri. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Blended Families Theme Icon
).
Chapter 7 Quotes

“You know how it is. Mean girls get mean in seventh grade and they stay that way until your ten-year reunion, when they want to be best friends again. At least, that’s what my mom says.”

“It’s funny how high school is high school everywhere,” I say, and smile at Dri. Try not to feel uncomfortable at the mention of moms, like it didn’t set off an invisible flare in my chest. “I mean, this place is completely different than where I come from, but in some ways it’s exactly the same.”

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri (speaker), Gem, Jessie’s Mom, Crystal
Page Number: 59
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 11 Quotes

She looks to me to back her up, and I wonder if my existence is a problem for her friendship with Agnes. Scar and I always sat alone at lunch. We weren’t really interested in talking to anyone else. To be honest, I’m not sure how I’d feel if she had invited some new girl to sit with us. Dri not only invited me, but did so excitedly.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Scarlett, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes
Page Number: 90
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 12 Quotes

Will I, one day, be able to sleep with a guy and not feel horribly awkward and tortured and not wonder what it all means? I assume so. But right now, the thought of that sort of exposure seems unimaginable, and mostly, if I’m totally honest, nothing short of terrifying.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Ethan/Somebody Nobody/The Batman, Scarlett, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri
Page Number: 99
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 15 Quotes

“So that’s how I lost my virginity. It counts, right?” Agnes asks me, and I decide that maybe I’ve been too quick to judge her. She’s funny and super honest and willing to laugh at herself. I get now why she and Dri are best friends.

“I vote yes,” I say, because it’s a hell of a lot closer than I’ve ever come to having a penis inserted into me.

“But Dri’s right too. I totally got half peened. How about you?” Agnes asks so casually it’s like she’s asking what my favorite subject is.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Agnes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri
Page Number: 125
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 21 Quotes

We are sitting outside during our free period, our faces tilted up toward the sun like hungry cartoon flowers. I now have sunglasses—Dri and Agnes helped me pick out a knockoff pair—and I love them. They feel transformative, like I’m somehow a different person with large squares of plastic covering my face.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes
Related Symbols: Sunglasses
Page Number: 191
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 33 Quotes

I think about the life I’ve built here. SN and Ethan, or maybe SN/Ethan, Dri and Agnes, even Theo. Liam too, I guess. How my new English teacher said I’m one of her brightest students, which is a huge compliment, considering I go to a school that sends five kids to Harvard each year. How Wood Valley may be filled with rich brats, but it also has a beautiful library, and I get to work in a bookstore, and I’m reading college-level poetry with a boy who can recite it back to me. In a strange way, thanks to Rachel, LA has turned out to be nerd heaven.

Related Characters: Jessie Holmes (speaker), Ethan/Somebody Nobody/The Batman, Jessie’s Dad, Liam Sandler, Theo, Rachel/Dad’s New Wife, Adrianna Sanchez/Dri, Agnes, Mrs. Pollack
Page Number: 304
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