The kids were still running around making groaning noises and biting at each other, but Nick’s attention was pulled in another direction when the last person she ever expected to agree with her was agreeing with her about this. It wasn’t like she thought Maddie would want to join in the game or anything, but it was a little bit of a shock that the other girl had addressed her at all.
Sure things between them had been less tense over the last few months, but Nick had just chalked that up to her injury and then Maddie’s brother being in quarantine. Kind of a temporary truce if you will, but know they were agreeing on something and it was probably the last thing she ever expected to be on the same page about with Maddie.
“Their parents aren’t even paying attention,” Nick answered as she climbed up off the ground and began moving towards the other girl, in effort to eliminate the need for raising her voice when she spoke. “And I think Kori was planning on it, but she’s been busy.” Which was sort of the story of everyone’s lives, they were always kind of busy – and she knew the older woman was starting a school or something, so that had a lot of her attention currently.
As she reached Maddie, she kind of stood awkwardly for a moment before she blurted out. “I almost want to go ahead and do something about it, you know?” she paused. “More than just telling them to knock it off, because that doesn’t really seem like it’s working.” Or at least it hadn’t worked yet, if the last time she encountered these boys was any kind of proof.