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even realize I was doing all that. Shaking my head, I park myself next to her on the floor.
    “Why didn’t you kill it? If you’re trying to play a joke, it’s not funny, Ry.”
    “You know I wouldn’t kid around about…” I drop my voice an octave. “Spiders.”
    No punch in the shoulder. Man, she’s really freaked out. Her brown eyes get bigger as she waits for a serious answer.
    I let out a breath. “Sorry, I couldn’t find it.”
    She shakes her head so fast I think it may come off. “No, no, no. I can’t stay here.”
    Half my mouth pulls up. Just what I expected. “Where do you suggest you sleep?”
    She reaches up and grabs the key I set on the table by the door. The small of her back peeks out from her shirt, and I have to gulp back the sudden drool in my mouth.
    “Go switch with Nate and Kaylee.” She slaps the key in my palm. I give her a look that clearly says, ‘they’re probably busy ’, but she gives me a look back that says, ‘I don’t care.’
    “All right.” I sigh and stand. “You win.”
    “Thank you.” She curls farther into the corner.
    “Don’t you want to come with me?” I ask with a smirk.
    She shakes her head again, the ‘shake so hard it’s going to come off’ shake. “I don’t want it crawling into my stuff, so I’ll make sure it doesn’t get anywhere near it.”
    I’m about to tell her she won’t do much good from the corner, but it’s probably better I go alone anyway. Kaylee and Nate would make fun of her, and I’m better at persuading when I don’t have an audience. Mainly ‘ cause I can get all protective over Lexie without her seeing just how much I like her.
    “I’ll be quick.”
    She snorts. “Not if you run like you did before.”
    My smile widens. “Time me.”
    In my haste, I forget my coat and the chilling breeze instantly makes my nipples rise and my junk shrink. I run as fast as I can manage without slipping on all the snow and ice to 16B, and send out rays with my mind that Kaylee and Nate are at least still dressed.
    The girls ’ cabins are closer to the mountain, higher up and way bigger than the boys. The King beds must mean suites in comparison to…
    Holy shit. One bed. How did I forget there is only one bed in this room? Did Lex forget , too? Or does she not care?
    My whole body is shaking now, and I’m not sure if it’s because I’m freezing or because now I’m nervous times ten. Even when we were younger, we never shared a bed. And smelling Lexie right next to me all night, there will be definite, uh, hardening. Nothing says, “Hey, I wanna just stay friends” like a stiff one in the middle of the night.
    Guess I’ll be on the floor this week.
    I knock when I get to the cabin, hopping up and down to try to keep warm. After about a million knocks, Nate swings open the door.
    “May we help you?” He smiles as he blocks my way in. I’m about to shove him out of the way, but who knows what Kaylee is dressed in. Or not dressed in.
    “Favor, dude. Lex saw a spider.”
    He folds his lips together, biting back the laughter. Kaylee yells from the room. “Oh, let him in and close the door! It’s too cold to play jokes right now.”
    I jump inside, letting my eyes adjust to the dim room. Kaylee’s already packing up the few things she took out of her bag.
    “You don’t need to do any convincing, Ry,” she says when I open my mouth. “We won’t hear the end of it all week if we don’t switch rooms.” She pauses on her zipper as her eyes flick to mine. “That’s what she wants, right?”
    I nod, and she zips up her bag. Nate grabs his coat and shoves his crap together too. Their room is actually a lot nicer than the one we’re in. The bed is giant, but the TV is smaller. Probably ‘cause people who stay in these rooms don’t do much TV watching.
    There go the nerves again, s parking up through my chest and making me rub the back of my neck. My nervous ticker, as Lex calls it.
    “Thanks, guys.” My voice is still