When our lips finally parted, silence lingered between us for a long beat. My pulse was racing, my cheeks flushed, and then almost at the same time, we both let out these awkward, nervous little laughs. It was ridiculous, really. One second, we were tangled up in something that felt so impossibly intense, and the next, we were trying to act like normal teenagers who hadn’t just crossed a line.

“So…” I said, chewing on my bottom lip, “what about Alexa? Because this… this is so ...