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unicorns. So have you, if I remember right.”
    “Yep.” Even more now. But you ’ ll never know that.
    They dropped Lil Bit off and started back to his house. “Do you really believe in the things she sees?” Trey asked after they walked in silence for several seconds.
    “Yes. If she sees it, it’s real. She wouldn’t lie.” Scout said firmly.
    “I don’t think she’s lying. I think she believes it. I just…”
    “She’s not crazy,” Scout snapped, spinning on him furiously.
    He held up his hands, backing away. “I didn’t say she was.” Scout continued to glare at him, her chest heaving. “Sorry. I don’t know what I meant.” He shoved his hands in his pockets and kept walking.
    Scout thought of kicking gravel at his back, really thought about it for at least ten seconds. Then she groaned in defeat and followed him.
    “So I think I got most of the materials,” he said after they walked several more feet in silence.
    Scout stayed behind him. “Good. Then this shouldn’t take us very long.”
    He sighed, and she eyed the tense set of his broad shoulders. “Yeah.”
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    It took them much longer than Scout had anticipated, which clearly annoyed her. “I just don’t understand why this isn’t having the chemical reaction I was expecting.” She sat back from the kitchen table, slouching in her chair with her arms crossed. Pouting.
    Trey paced the kitchen, tipping his head back to stare at the ceiling, trying desperately to not notice how adorable she was when she pouted. “Okay, when we built that volcano in 9 th grade, what did you use to make it explode like that?”
    Scout sat forward, her eyes lighting up. “Vinegar. Or baking soda. A combination, I think? Could it really be that simple?”
    Trey loved it when she forgot she hated him. “I’ve got some. Wanna try?” She nodded, a grin breaking across her face, and he turned to dig through the cupboards.
    “Scout? It is Scout! Liam! Scout’s here!” Trey jerked his head up, smacking it on a low shelf. He swore as he stood up, rubbing the back of his skull. His brothers were supposed to be gone all day. They loved Scout almost as much as he did.
    But she didn’t hate them like she hated him.
    She sat up in her chair, barely having made it to her feet before both boys barreled around the corner and enveloped her in a hug. “Scout sammich!” Tate laughed, his dark eyes sparkling.
    “Good grief!” Scout gasped, “Did you two grow three feet over the last year? You’re huge!”
    “Yeah we’re growing boys.” Liam let her go, snatching an apple out of the bowl on the table. “Pretty soon we’ll be bigger than Trey.” All three of them looked over at where Trey stood, still rubbing his head. His brothers looked like twins. They were only eighteen months apart, with the same dark hair, cut close and not wild like his. Same dark eyes, nearly identical face, and yes, they were catching up to him. If he wasn’t careful they’d be taller than him before he left for college.
    “If you hadn’t gotten so good at avoiding our house, you would have known how big we were already,” Tate said, pushing Scout back so he could see into her face.
    She blushed. “I know. Sorry.”
    Tate glanced from Scout to Trey and back again. “So whatcha workin’ on? Need help?”
    “No,” Trey said. He most definitely did not need help from his two younger brothers.
    Scout laughed. “Science project. We can’t get our chemical to react.”
    That got them. Trey grinned as they both paled, backing away like she’d cursed them. Tate grabbed an apple and they both disappeared around the corner.
    “They still don’t share your work ethic, huh?” Scout asked, smiling after them. She didn’t smile that way at him.
    “No. Liam starts high school next year. I’m surprised you never see Tate at school now.”
    “We kind of run in different circles. I mean, I’ve seen him at school and sometimes here when I drive by, but it’s different close