As I wanted to open the door, Marco stopped me. “Wait, I want to talk with you first.” Then Marco glanced at Jessica. “Jess, sorry, but could you go to your class first? I want to talk alone with Esme.”
“Sure!” Jessica got out of the car without waiting for Marco to open the door for her. Then she knocked on my window.
I was lowering the window. “What’s up, Jess?”
“Don’t be late!” Then she stared at Marco and me teasingly. “Make sure it involved no swelling lips or hickeys again this time.”
“Jess!” I protested as I was blushing, but Jess laughed loudly and walked farther from the car.
I smiled to see her cheerfulness this morning. Then I glanced back at Marco. “What’s up, Mark?”
“Close the window first.”
I followed what he said. Afterward, I stared at him again. “So?”
“As I told y
