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embrace.  I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him deeply, over whelmed by what just happened.
    He wasn’t going to tell me tonight, but in that moment , I felt something.  I had g ot ten a glimpse of something I didn’t want to let go of.  So we rolled into a sea of kisses instead, because if I let myself brea the, and took it all in, I really might be tempted to run away.  It wasn’t what I saw in him when he glowed, but what I had felt in my heart.  Soul Keeper or not, whe ther I could see him or not, I realized that somewhere along this road I had fallen in love with Clay, and that terrified me , almost more than the Famorii King himself.

Chapter 12:  Ante Up
     
    I looked over my outfit and decided it was innocent enough, but when I looked at my lips I could swear they were fuller than usual, exposing me.  I touched my fingers to my mouth and closed my eyes remembering why they were so puffy.  I guess that’s what happens when you spend half the night in a lip-lock with someone.  My “made you look” sealment dream woke me up again this morning.  I had fallen asleep in the tree house snuggling with Clay , and when I woke up, I had exited as quickly as possible.  He was right about the dark.  The li ght of day complicated things.
    I was on my way to Morgan and Grant’s to see how the study session went without me.  I was sure by n ow everyone was buzzing about me kissing Clay in public last night , and before I could think about the inquisition about to come down on me, I teleported into their living room before I wussed out.  I scanned the room , relieved that Jeremy wasn’t with them.  I wanted to talk to him privately, hoping I hadn’t hurt his feelings by hiding my feelings for Clay, especially since he had asked me point b lank about it a few weeks ago.
    “Hey Ari,” everyone said simultaneously, with insinuation all over their tone.  I scanned over Grant, Morgan, Kayla and Adam who all somehow managed to wear the exact same mischievous grin.
    “Hey,” I said sullenly , a lready dying of embarrassment.
    “How did the library go?  Did you guys find a way to tweak the spell?”  I asked, hoping to avoid the pink ele phant in the room.
    “ Nuh uh, no way are we not talking about what you did last night!  I need a little clarity here because one girl from the Witch Council was describing your bra to me.  She said yellow with rhinestones and another guy told me white with flowers, so which is it Ari?”  Kayla asked, totally amused because she knew the bra talk was so far from the actual truth.
    “ Ewww , I don’t want to hear about my sister’s bra!”  Adam said thro wing his hands up to his ears.
    “ Relax, no one saw my bra, not even Clay.”  I said to Adam, and he slowly lowered his hands.
    “So what’s going on?  Are you two a couple now?”  Morgan asked, and I sat on the sofa beside her, raking my hands over my face.
    “Oh my god, why does everyone insist on me breaking down each tiny detail and analyzing it to death.”  I said exasperated, slumping back in the couch, hoping they couldn’t sense the change in my energy after finally admitting to mysel f how I truly felt about Clay.
    “ Sorrrry , I didn’t realize you were so sensitive.”  Morgan said, l ike I was being a drama queen.
    I sighed.  “Clay and I got in a fight, and I practically dared him to go hook up with Penni .  Unfortunately, as you know, we can be pretty stubborn with each other, and the dare back fired on me.  I had to scramble to find him and apologize before Penni could dig her claws in , and I barely got there in time.  And...well , you know the rest, okay?  Beyond that I don’t know what’s going on.”  I conceded with this short and sweet explanation, and now I hoped I could get a subject change.
    Clay opened the front door and that stale kind of silence ensued, where you know that you were just being talked about behind your back.
    He looked around at us with his eyebrows