"It's true that. We're rubbish to each other but that's why we get on so well," Mandy said with a big grin. It was true, as far as Mandy was concerned, they did get on so well - and she probably fancied him - because they were fairly alike. "All right then, not stopping on your account, but I warned you."
It seemed the more she willed herself to stop blushing the redder her cheeks got, so when Mike spoke, Mandy couldn't really find the words to argue with him. Instead she just shook her head and rolled her eyes as if to challenge him. She was probably making matters worse, but then Mandy never did like loosing an argument either.