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    Just then, Simon walked over to Nat. “Is this seat taken?” he asked her.
    Nat giggled. “It is now,” she said, taking his hand as he sat down beside her.
    Jenna sighed, scooting over to make more room for him. If Nat got any more cuddly with Simon, Jenna was going to lose her appetite. So she grabbed another marshmallow while she still had it.
    Even though Nat was too lost in her own world to notice it, the next half hour just confirmed for Jenna what she already thought was true. Blake sat down with Adam near Alex and Brynn, but he refused to roast any marshmallows or sing any songs. When Brynn told a spooky ghost story that gave Jenna chills and made her huddle closer to Alyssa and Perry, Blake just rolled his eyes.
    â€œThat was lame,” he snorted, standing up from the fire. “I hate to break up the party, but I’m going to find my uncle and see if I can head back to the bunk. It’s, like, two o’clock in the morning in Italy right now. I’m still on Lake Como time.”
    â€œYou need to find Kenny, our counselor, first,” Adam told him. “He needs to know where we are at all times.”
    â€œNah.” Blake shrugged. “Uncle Steve’s right over there,” he pointed to where Dr. Steve was helping supervise some of the younger campers roasting marshmallows. “He’ll let me leave. No problem.”
    â€œNothing like a little favoritism,” Jenna said, watching as Blake talked to Dr. Steve and then wandered off toward the bunk alone. She couldn’t believe Blake was getting special treatment from Dr. Steve, but at least he was gone for the night. That was a relief.
    As counselors started ushering campers off to the bunks, Jenna grinned at her friends. “Hey, I’ve got a fresh candy stash back in the bunk, if anyone’s interested.”
    â€œYou just ate five s’mores!” Chelsea gasped.
    â€œExactly.” Jenna patted her stomach. “That leaves room for at least two of my mom’s homemade brownies.”
    â€œCount me in!” Nat said.
    â€œMe too!” Alyssa added.
    â€œWill you allow a couple of campers from the bunk next door to crash the party?” Alex asked as she walked over with Brynn and Grace.
    â€œAs long as no one mentions boys for the rest of the night,” Jenna said with a smile.
    â€œDeal!” Alex said, and the rest of the girls chimed in.
    â€œAnd as long as Andie and Mia say it’s okay,” Jenna added. She looked at Mia and Andie expectantly, hoping they’d say yes.
    â€œGive us a sec,” Andie said, motioning Becky, the counselor from 4C, over. The three girls talked, and then all nodded in agreement. “You guys can hang out in our bunk for a while, but you’ll have to wait for a half hour before you come over,” Andie said. “Because we’re all assigning final electives now.”
    Alex and Brynn squealed with excitement, and Grace grinned. “That’s worth waiting for,” she said. “Besides, the casting list just got posted for the camp play. Becky said we could check it out before we go to the bunk. We’re doing Into the Woods this year.”
    At the end of every summer, a big drama production was put on for all the campers on the night of the final banquet. Last year, the play had been Peter Pan , and Grace had played the best Wendy that Jenna had ever seen. Grace and Brynn both loved acting, and they were really great at it, too.
    â€œI’ve never seen that play before,” Jenna said.
    Nat clapped her hands. “It’s not a play. It’s a musical, and I love it! It’s the one that has all the fairy tales rolled into one show. That was one of the first shows my parents took me to see on Broadway.” Nat and Tori were both in drama with Brynn and Grace, but Nat had decided not to audition for the show this year because, she said, she preferred acting serious drama parts