"Okay, you are totally all of those things." He wasn't going to argue that, especially since she was so close that he could smell her. She smelled nice. "And I'm not a coward. I'm just..." A boy. And boys are dumb. And maybe I'm a little bit afraid of you. "Fine. You want me to be brave?"
Billy opened his eyes wide and looked right at her. Admittedly it wasn't as brave a gesture as he would have preferred, since she was standing so close that her face was actually blocking anything naughty from view. "You have a really cute butt."