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winked at me.
    Gross .
    â€œWhat’s going on?” Asher asked, stepping into the space between us and breaking up the weirdest conversation I’d ever had.
    â€œI have no clue,” I said, giving Fallon a pointed look.
    â€œRight,” Fallon said, raising an eyebrow. Just then, a group of younger girls walked past and smiled at him before giggling and scurrying off. Fallon smirked as he watched the attractive campers disappear into the cabin and then looked directly at me with a smile I didn’t want to try to decipher. “Things are definitely looking up.”
    And then he grabbed his stuff and headed inside after the girls.
    â€œHave we entered the Twilight Zone or something?” I asked Asher, confused by what had just happened. “Seriously, is this an alternate universe where I’m invisible and Fallon’s actually . . . cool ?”
    Asher laughed and watched the other male member of the Cleri disappear through the doors. “Give him a break, Had. He’s almost two years younger than us, and he’s just now figuring out that girls can be more than just adversaries. Took him a while, but he’s growing up. And by the looks of it, the girls here are recognizing that. Let him have his fun.”
    â€œJust as long as it’s not with me,” I muttered. Then, I added, more loudly, “I don’t know, Asher. I have a weird feeling about this place.”
    He walked over to me, placing his arms around my waist and pulling me to him tightly. Just being near him made me feel more at ease. “Better?”
    â€œMuch,” I said, nodding before giving him a long kiss.
    â€œYou two gonna stop sucking face long enough to come inside?” Jasmine yelled from the entrance to the cabin.
    Forgoing magic for the time being, Asher grabbed the rails of our luggage cart and began to push it up the ramp and into the entranceway. A blast of cool air hit me as I walked inside and I was grateful to be out of the sun for the time being. I’d always thought of Colorado as being all snow and cold, but apparently during the summer temperatures rose as high as ninety degrees in some areas. Looks like my plans to get a sun-kissed tan the natural way were still a possibility.
    Losing Asher in the crowded hall, I turned my attention to the other girls. “What do you think?” I asked Jasmine, Sascha, and Jinx. We got into line behind a few guys who were waiting to be checked in. One of the boys, a cute blond around our age, glanced back to check us out. Almost instantly, Sascha began to move around like she was posing for the mental pictures he was no doubt taking.
    Uh, oh . It looked like we were already losing Sascha to the boys at camp.
    â€œI think that if I have to share a room for the next month with this , I might have to perform an exploding spell—on myself ,” Jasmine growled as she motioned to Sascha, who was only slightly paying attention on account of her new crush.
    As the guy turned back to his friend, Sascha finally realized that Jasmine had been talking about her and folded her arms across her chest defensively.
    â€œOh, no. What happened?” I asked, almost scared to hear it.
    â€œSomebody decided Sascha should be let out of her cage,” Jasmine said dryly.
    â€œLook who’s talking,” Sascha said, irritated. “How’d you fit your coffin in the overhead bin?”
    â€œWhoa, seriously, what’s going on here, guys?” I asked, more than a little impressed with Sascha’s ability to dish it back to Jasmine. Few people dared go up against the goth girl. Not if they didn’t want a target on their back, that is.
    â€œThey fought the whole car ride about whether Heidi Klum is really just a genetic experiment funded by the beauty industry to make women feel inferior and men feel inadequate,” Jinx said, clearly not taking any sides in their argument.
    â€œAnd who won?” I asked, glad