Nodding her head, Nick didn’t reply, because really she had a feeling that everything that could be said on this particular topic had been said. If she added anything, it would likely just spiral into some kind of pissing contest as to who was better, because if left alone long enough that seemed to be their default when interacting with each other. All she could really hope was that some of the authority she had gained from helping with the daycare would transfer over into getting the boys to stop their stupid game.
Fighting down an urge to glare at these boys, Nick sighed heavily when the boys came back at them with taunting words and attitude that she honestly didn’t think they should possess. Had she been that annoying and unimpressed at that age? The boys of course seemed less than impressed with them, and as much as she hated to admit it, apparently the other girl had been right about words not being enough.
Placing her hands on her hips and staring down the boys, she hated to admit that Maddie had been right. Words apparently were not going to get them to stop this little game. “Do you really think it’s cool to scare kids half your age?” Nick snapped at the boys, glancing over at Maddie as the other girl clearly gave her an ‘I told you so’ kind of look, a look that made her want to roll her eyes, but she didn’t.
Her words were just met with laughter and more taunting from the boys, the ring leader of the group giving her another unimpressed kind of look as the chased off another little kid with their zombie antics.
“Fine, you were right,” Nick muttered only loud enough for Maddie to hear. “I suppose you want to do things your way now, right?” Physical intimidation still wasn’t her preferred method to get this game to stop, but words had kind of already failed. Although she wondered if honest to God yelling might have been more effective than her calming worded semi-threat. “We’re not hurting them, though, we’re just scaring them.”