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    “Your turn, Parker,” Carlie says.
    Parker gets this really coy look on her face. “Never have I ever kissed a girl.”
    All of the guys toss a penny into the bucket. And then Carlie and Andrea do too.
    My mouth falls open.
    Matt leans over to my ear again. “I bet they kissed each other. For practice.”
    I can’t help but laugh. Andrea shoots me a look.
    “Who’s next?” Brad asks. “You go, Kate.”
    I chew on my thumb. “Never have I ever eaten coconut ice cream.”
    Everyone glances around at each other. Andrea snorts. Matt, Carlie, Brad, and Parker throw pennies in.
    Matt grins at me sideways. “I’m a vanilla guy, myself.”
    “I like strawberry,” I reply.
    “Coconut tastes like ass,” Ian announces, tossing a penny in.
    “Your turn, Matt!” Andrea says loudly.
    He leans his head back, thinking. “Never have I ever driven heavy construction equipment.”
    Nobody throws a penny in.
    “Boring,” Carlie says. Her mouth lifts into a smirk, and she glances between me and Matt. “Never have I ever gone streaking across the MTSU campus.”
    Matt sneaks a glimpse of me, then raps a penny on the table before tossing it in the bucket.
    “I still can’t believe I missed seeing that!” Andrea exclaims.
    “That takes balls,” Will says, shaking his head.
    “I heard what they made you do with that banana in the dining hall,” Ian says to Matt, laughing.
    I sit up straight.
    “My frat made me do it,” Matt whispers to me, avoiding my eyes. “To get in.”
    He’s been in love. He might still be in love. His body has transformed from that of Bill Nye Science Guy to that of Adonis. Girls talk about him in the bathroom, and it’s not to make fun of him. He streaks across campus to impress other guys.
    And my pile of pennies is mostly untouched.
    •••
    I roll my suitcase over the bumpy, dusty trail toward Birdland. Megan said we should go ahead and get our cabins set up for this week. Brad and I have been assigned to the Cardinal cabins.
    Andrea and Carlie pass by me, carrying sleeping bags and pillows, chatting about some shirt they like at Abercrombie.
    Ian sprints by me, slaps my arm, and yells, “You’re it!”
    Brad and Matt chase behind him, whooping.
    Their noise echoes in the wind. The wind rustles the fragrant pine trees. I try to find the moon over the tops of the trees, but they’re too tall. These woods must be several hundred years old—they’re large and in charge.
    That’s when Parker and Will come walking up. He’s carrying two sleeping bags over his shoulders and she’s hugging his waist and laughing. They pause to kiss.
    I clear my throat to let them know I’m here.
    They break apart and she wipes her mouth with two fingers. “Hey, Kate,” she says.
    “Where’s everybody going?” I ask.
    She looks at him. He looks at her. Will says, “We’re all sleeping over in Dogwood. You can grab a bed in there if you want.”
    “Girls are sleeping in the same cabin as boys?” I ask. I thought it was just Carlie and Ian.
    “It’s not a big deal,” Parker says with a shrug.
    “It’s a big deal to me.” Emily and Jacob always snuck off together and look what happened. And now a bunch of counselors are basically going to share a bedroom?
    I bite down on my lips, trying not to remember how Emily’s face looked after the abortion. Splotchy red marks dotted her cheeks and pain filled her glossy eyes. She kept asking me what the doctor was going to do with the baby and I didn’t have the heart to tell her. I just kept squeezing her hand.
    “Guys and girls shouldn’t share a cabin,” I say. “It’s probably a sin. What if someone gets pregnant? I’m not helping you if that happens.”
    “What did you say?” Parker’s eyes pop open. She grabs Will’s elbow. “I told you I’d try to be nice, but if she acts nasty, it’s really hard for me to care.”
    “It’s okay, it’s okay,” Will says in a soothing voice to Parker. “You’re