Triple Trouble

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what? We’re here for lunch!” Mason and Jason ran up to me, their lunch trays precariously balanced. “Can we sit with you?”
    Counselor Case hurried over.
    â€œBoys, let Emma have her lunch in peace,” she said, and turned to me. “Sorry. The boys have a two-hour delay at the elementary school. We’re killing time.”
    â€œThey can sit with me,” I told Counselor Case. I actually enjoyed Mason and Jason—most of the time. Plus, they just got rid of Jazmine James, so I felt like I owed them one. I slid over so they could sit on my bench.
    â€œDo you mind if I run to the office?” Counselor Case said. “I’ll be back in just a few minutes.”
    â€œNo problem,” I said as she left.
    â€œEmma, did you see those new triplets?” Jason asked me. “They were in Mom’s office this morning with us.”
    â€œThey look a lot alike, don’t they?” I asked them, unwrapping my tuna sandwich and carefully setting the pickle I’d packed to the side.
    â€œThey have magic powers,” Mason added, digging into his hot-lunch mac and cheese. “They showed us.”
    â€œNot magic,” Jason scoffed. “Telepathy. And telepathy isn’t scientifically proven. But . . . it was spooky.”
    I thought about what the triplets had done after the interview.
    â€œWhat did they do?” Tess was fascinated.
    â€œThey said they read one another’s minds,” Jason said, popping a chicken nugget in his mouth. “They showed us. They had a whole conversation without words.”
    Hmmm. It was interesting what the triplets had done earlier too. While Payton and I couldn’t really readeach other’s minds, I often did think I knew what she was thinking. And I thought about the coincidences—twin-cidences—that Payton and I had.
    â€œI bet we can do that,” Mason was saying. “Jase, think of something and I’ll tell you what it is.”
    Jason stared at Mason.
    â€œYou’re thinking . . .” Mason paused and put his hands to his forehead. “You’re thinking that Emma’s friends are cute.”
    â€œI was not!” Jason jumped up, his face red.
    Mason raised an eyebrow.
    â€œMason,” I warned, “be nice to your brother.”
    â€œLet’s see if he can read your mind,” Courtney said. “For real, though.”
    â€œOkay,” Jason stared at Mason.
    â€œHe’s thinking that his mac and cheese is gross,” Jason said.
    â€œYeah!” Mason’s eyes widened. “I was. How did you do that?”
    â€œReally? Do you think you read his mind?” Tess asked.
    â€œI don’t know,” Jason said. “It just popped into my head.”
    â€œIt might be the nonverbal signals,” I pointed out.“You may have seen Mason grimace, indicating he wasn’t enjoying his food.”
    â€œNo, I’m the psychic twin,” Jason said. “Mason’s just psycho.”
    Mason stuck out his tongue. It was covered in mac and cheese. Gross.
    â€œEasy, guys,” I said. I took a bite out of my apple.
    â€œTry to read my mind again then,” Mason challenged Jason.
    The two boys stared at each other. And stared.
    â€œWhy aren’t you saying anything?” Mason challenged.
    â€œYour brain is empty,” Jason said. “As usual.”
    â€œHey!” Mason said. Before we could stop him, he reached into Jason’s mac and cheese with his hand and squished it around.
    â€œBoys!” I said. “Cut it—”
    â€œHey!” Jason protested. He knocked Mason’s hand away, and the goo from the mac and cheese flew off Mason’s hand and sprayed us all.
    â€œWhat the—” a voice behind us yelped. I turned around to see that Hector had mac and cheese in his hair too.
    â€œEw, Hector,” Jazmine said, leaning away from him. But unfortunately for her, she leaned

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