It didn’t take much to figure out what Maddie might mean by her words, but Nick chose to not respond with more than a nod of her head. She didn’t think the girl was wishing a zombie attack on the boys, not even the older girl was that extreme when it came to her dislike.
When did kids get such attitudes? Which okay, she realized that made her sound old or something thinking that. But the leader was still smiling this smug smile that looked like it belonged on an adult, though she did pick up on the fact that the other boys didn’t share is expression – that was a relief, honestly.
“It might,” Her optimism was showing through a little bit at that moment. Silas might decide to do something, or maybe get Kori or something to do something. “Maybe they aren’t, but he might say something to someone else.” And even if he didn’t, at least she could say she tried to stop this.
It didn’t spring Nick when Maddie asked her why she was sorry; it wasn’t like they were close friends, or even friends. So it made sense why the other girl would question her. “No, I wasn’t,” she agreed with a shrug. “But I’m sorry those idiot kids said something like that.” Maybe it wasn’t a big deal, but it still sucked to have your family talked about like that.
“They are idiots and one day that will catch up to them,” Nick added. She still wasn’t wishing harm on them, but if they were silly enough to play zombie games at this age, lord knows what they would be stupid enough to do once they got older.