Maybe she was insane, but it was kind of oddly comforting that she and Maddie were back to eye rolling and annoyed huffing. Nick had felt weirdly out of sorts when they had been getting along, but maybe that had just been the fact that the younger girl had felt like Maddie had simply been nice to her because of her injury. Some people might have taken advantage of that, but she wanted the older girl to like her for her, and not because of guilt over some stupid injury. “I probably could,” she agreed. “But that doesn’t mean I’m going to do it.” She could just imagine the looks on Kori and Rae’s faces if they ever caught wind of it. “Again, we’ll see if you’re right about that or not.”
Nick just rolled her eyes at Maddie’s cocky reply. She supposed she deserved it though, since her comment hadn’t exactly been humble. “Yeah, yeah, yeah. We’ll just see who ends up being right.” Her words sounded a hell of a lot more confident than she felt. Deep down she had a feeling the older girl was right, the boys probably would only listen to them if they got physical with them.
She blinked once in surprise when it was Maddie that kick started this little joint endeavor in child reprimanding. “Lead the way,” Nick answered with a wave of her hand, following behind the other girl as she began to move towards the playground. She winced hen Maddie called out to the boys, though she had to admit it did get them to stop.
“What she’s trying to say is knock it off,” Nick amended, looking from one boy to the other as she and Maddie reached them. “Or she’s going to find another way to get you to stop.” Threats weren’t getting physical, right?