Alanna would have gone along with trying to shoot again. She was feeling delighted with herself for getting the basketball away from Zach and was sure that maybe this time she could at least hit the rim. Baby steps were fine for her. So when he suggested it she tried to remember the position she had been in before. "So if I-" That time she was not distracted and her eyes went huge when she felt Zach touching her. For the second time. It was startling this time because he was right there and not giving her any space and he was touching her and the scent of a cold predator overwhelmed her senses.
Alanna freaked.
She dropped the basketball and yanked herself away from Zach, taking quick steps backward until she was against the pole of the hoop. Her heart was beating way too fast, her skin was slicked as she broke out in a sweat and her inner chipmunk was chittering about how she had to run, run, run. But the gate was past Zach and he was sort of just standing there. "Calm down," she told herself, speaking out loud and not caring if he thought she was crazy. Because she could not be this scared. Bad things happened when she was this scared. "Calm, calm, calm."