She hadn't meant 'not doing it again.' She'd meant wanting to do it in the first place. But explaining that was addressing the issue more directly than she felt comfortable with. For some reason, Alyssa felt that as long as she did not admit her attraction out loud, she could ignore it - just like if she turned a blind eye to the way he'd been waiting for her to look at him, she wouldn't have to infer...
"Fine," she nodded, a slightly bitter taste in her mouth. No loss here. Time to get back to normal. She pushed off the wall. "Time to go get the coffee. My family will be wondering where we disappeared to." She made a face, "And I'll hear it for missing the ball drop."
Making to move passed him, she continued, "Why do we do that, anyway? Watch something fall from a giant string to mark the new year? Seems like a stupid tradition to me."