The Twenty-fourth and The Twenty-eighth Summary

It is the last week of school. Not much is going on because Jessica aced out of all of her finals, but the school tacked on some additional days because of the schedules being messed up at the beginning of the year. Some of the students, such as Manda, Sara, and Scotty seems to be particularly nostalgic because Jessica thinks they realize that high school is the peak of their life and they know it.

Jessica is planning her escape to Columbia and having Marcus move to Manhattan. She thinks he'll play gigs at the local clubs and they'll spend countless hours drinking coffee at cafes, visiting art exhibits and being together. Marcus tells Jessica that he has to tell her something. He takes her to the boardwalk in Seaside Heights. Jessica never imagines having...