She let go abrubly as he mentioned going out. She smiled as she stood up and offered her hand to help him off the floor. "It's my fault- I snuck up on you. Now give me the book and let me explain to them while you change. If you do the explaining you'll make a mess of it and Father will probably send you to Yi Ti."
Really now she thought of it, this was an altogether more civilized way to deal with it. Just terribly less fun.