"I'm not scared," she said when he worried about being thought of as a chicken. "Don't worry so much, Anders." It's true, if there was any time to worry, now was probably it. Neither one of them knew how this conversation was going to end up, but worrying didn't help. Merrill was completely confused and wasn't even sure how she wanted it to end up.
"Okay. I'm going. I'm not hugging you, but that's not because I don't like you." She blushed. She didn't want to start kissing him again.