"Why are you trying to forget me?" He really didn't get it. He was supposed to get her some stupid present, and ask her to some stupid dance even though he didn't believe in it? How was that fair? Or right? He hadn't wanted to go and now he was paying the price, apparently.
He couldn't pull her other foot out of the mud as long as she was holding weight on it, so he straightened his back out and scratched his head. "Do you want a piggy back to the door or something, so you can call for a ride?"