"Ow, damn!" he said, rubbing his head, then remembered they were surrounded by parents and kids, not to mention Sophie was looking at the two of them. "Crap, didn't mean to say that."
He'd started looking through the bins to see if they had a sheep or something similar, but all he was coming up with were wild animals. He'd just picked up a stuffed wolf and lion and was turning around to make some joke at her with them when he caught the movement of her hand. His expression grew serious then. "What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear so as not to draw attention to it.