There wasn’t any sign of the hitchhiker; looked as if he continued on with the elderly couple. Bonnie made her way over to her car. As she approach...d it, she frowned. Something seemed off. “Crap! Crap! Crap! ” she fumed as she glared at the flat, driver’s side front tire. She bent down to inspect it --yeah, it was dead-- then stood back up and thumped her butt against her car. She rubbed her forehead, grimacing with frustration. Not that she couldn’t change a flat, but it was still a royal. Not only did his parentsgraduate there, but Paul's grandparents also did the same, in both cases,the men had joined the Alpha Omega Alpha's and the women had joined theDelta Phi Delta's. The most elite fraternity and sorority houses oncampus. To add even more pressure, his sister Lisa, who was three years olderthan him, was not only graduating this year, with honours no less, butlast spring she had also been elected to be this year's president of theDelta Phi Delta's.All this to say, Paul had. .butjust how common is magic....does that make sense?" I nodded. "I wouldn't be able to ask it any clearer, Kim. To be honest we're not sure. Yes, we know many of the people who have powers and we also know about more mystical beings." Like elves and werewolves and things like that?" asked Celeste.I nodded. "Just to name a few. According to my aunt all sorts ofmystical and magical beings used to live side by side with ordinaryhumans. Over time they learned to blend in and hide their powers. Jenny just sat there with her mouth agape.Steve-O was up getting the smoker loaded with mesquite for the BBQ later tonight, so Kimmi got out of the pool, waltzed over, and asked Jenny if it was ok for her to grab the lounge he had vacated in Jenny’s Hobson. She locked eyes with Jenny and told her, “You have the most beautiful, sexy red hair I’ve ever seen.”Jenny blushed and mumbled meekly, “Thank you.” After a couple of minutes, she recovered from being taken aback by the compliment she’d been.