“What happened?” I asked.

“Your mom asked if I’d stay here with you until they get back tomorrow.”

My heart beat a dubstep drop. I locked eyes with Bethany and we both grinned slowly at the same time. “We can play all night long,” I whispered to her.

I grabbed Mark’s left hand and Bethany grabbed his right as we ran him towards the stairs. Mark was laughing like a wild man all the way up, then he tucked one of us under each arm and tickled us into my bedroom.

“Race to naked,” I declared after he let us go. I whipped off the red shirt to expose my...