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“No one’s here except for you,” she grumbles as she reaches for him again.
Aidan chuckles. “I know I’m super irresistible, but I don’t want to take this special time away from you and your friends. I’ll see you later, Princess.” He gives her a quick peck on the lips before reaching for his backpack and smiling at us. “Have fun, guys.” He walks out.
“Finally!” Willow heaves her overstuffed backpack off her shoulders and drops down in her desk. “There’s so much to discuss aboutThe Devermoor Beasts. Number one: it’s impossible for a fire dragon to live underwater. A water dragon, sure. But not a fire dragon.”
“There goes Willow with her logic again,” I tease as I slide into my desk. “I thought fire dragons that live underwater are pretty cool.”
“It defies science.”
“It’s a fantasy book, Willow. The genre defies all science and logic. Fire dragons can survive underwater with magic. Duh.”
Willow folds her arms over her chest. “Not buying it.”
“I thought it was cool, too,” Lily says as she reaches for her e-reader. She frowns. “But there wasn’t enough romance.”
“Agreed,” Ava adds with a sigh as she opens her paperback. “Now that I have my awesome Superman, I don’t think I can read a book that doesn’t have romance.”
Lily nods with a knowing grin.
“That may be a problem,” Willow says. “Because a book caught my eye yesterday. A thriller that’s supposed to keep you on the edge of your seat. No romance.”
Lily frowns at her. “Not even a teensy weensy?”
“Nope.”
“Unheard of.”
“Should be banned,” Ava jokes.
“You guys are in la la land,” Willow teases.
“Can’t argue with that,” Lily says with a happy sigh.
“Oh my gosh! Before we dive into the book,” Ava gushes. “We need to discuss Chloe’s article!”
I hold up my hands. “No we don’t.”
“You kidding?” Lily says. “You wrote about how much this world needs books. I agree with every single thing you said. Books have changed my life.”
“Same!” Ava says.
Despite my protests, my friends spend half of book club time praising me on my article. This isn’t the first time they’ve complimented me like this, but it never gets old. I’m so lucky I have such amazing, supportive friends.
“I love this part,” Willow says as she opens the newspaper and flips through the pages. “Where is it…Ah, here. Where you wrote…” Her eyes skim over the words. “Where…wait, huh?” She turns the pages before turning back. “Chloe, I didn’t know you wrote two articles. Nice. Was this supposed to be a surprise?”
“What?”
Her eyes are lit with excitement as she devours the words, but then she frowns. “Wait. This doesn’t sound like you.”
“What do you mean?” Lily reaches for the paper and studies the words. She glances up at me with wide eyes. “You’re trashing Topher Fletcher?”
“Trashing who? What are you talking about? I only submitted one article.”
Willow passes the newspaper to me. “You sure? It says your name on it.”
My eyes soak in the words. The article is totally roasting basketball player Topher Fletcher. Saying all these terrible things about him.
“Guys, I didn’t write this.”
