"That wasn't funny!" he shouted, as he grabbed his towel off of a wooden patio chair, wrapped it around his naked waist and marched back to the house, drying himself off. "I'm telling!"

"Like they'll care!" said Callie. "Besides, it wasn't my fault! Plus, you started it!" Looking away from Gabe, Callie looked down at the nearest of the fairies that were floating on their backs in the pool. "Are you fairies okay?"

"We'll be fine!" gasped a fairy, who panted softly. "All that magic took a lot out of us."

"Just try not to do that to my brother again. All he did was push some of us into the water. Mind you, it was funny what you did to him. Wish I'd taken a picture, though."

"Understood," said the fairy. "We just wanted to teach him a lesson. There was just this urge, if you know what we mean."