Going back you really have to love the back and forth b/w Marco and Rachel
"We need to find another way to get at them," I said angrily.
"Get at who?" Marco asked suspiciously.
"The French, Marco,"
""Let me just ask you this," Marco whispered. "Why did it have to be Chapman? I was afraid
of Chapman even before we found out he was a Controller."
"You're not still upset over that detention he gave you?" I asked. "Look, if you're going to
listen to your CD player in math class with an earphone hidden under your hair, you have to
remember not to start singing along."
"Yeah, that was only slightly stupid, Marco," Jake agreed.
"I still say Chapman never would have given me a whole week's detention if he was totally
human."
"Yes, sir. Urn, they were fighting over me. See, they both want me. They're both madly in
love with me, and I can certainly understand why. Can't you?"....
"Humor? You thought I was kidding? You mean, you and Jessica aren't both insanely in love
with me?"
"Dream on, Marco,"
And even when Marco is just talking about Rachel
""Don't let the cat's arrogance get you in trouble," Marco advised. "Keep a little of your good
old human fear." He paused. "Oh, I forgot, mighty Rachel doesn't have any good old human
fear. So here's what you do: Borrow some of my good old human fear. I have plenty to spare."
"I have homework," Jake said. "And trust me, Marco, if Rachel sees you at the mall making
faces while she's on the balance beam, she will turn into an elephant and stomp you."
Marco winced. "Remember the good old days when all a girl could do to you was call you
names?"
But then, Marco always has great lines doesn't he:
"Yes, but I really, really want it to be a comic book. See, in a comic book the heroes
don't get killed. I mean, okay, they killed Superman that time, but it was only temporary."
I've
been known to eat eggplant. So I guess I can't criticize."
