"Oh no." He looked sad when Jerome asked him for something warm to drink. "There is no electricity here so the microwave is permanently on the fritz. No warm drinks, I'm afraid. Does that mean you won't come in and visit? I have a big secret I could show you!"
He was going to turn around and give the new man a handshake but the dark-haired girl was making so much noise. He looked back at her but she wasn't there. "What happened? Hey!" There she was on the ground in the snow and there was some blood on the whiteness around her. "Why did you do that?"
His voice went a little high pitched because it was not at all a happy thing to have her interrupt his invitation to a new visitor with her clumsiness. What a stupid girl! This was not fun and the almost Jack was pouting now, even as he surveyed the girl on the ground. He bent over her and made a move to heft her up because he was going to have to put her over his shoulder and take her inside the library. "Come on. Up you go, you stupid little girl."