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Mell
"AHHHHHH!"
He hadn't even got three feet when he felt himself being shoved to the floor. The girl was utterly crazy. Not to mention heavy. Don't worry, he wasn't stupid enough to say that out loud.
"What do you want me to say?" he wheezed.
Lucky he didn't have a stomach full of food because this probably wouldn't end up being pretty. "I'm not ready, okay. I want to get some more practice under my belt before I..." make a fool of myself..."take to the pitch for real."
There! Could she get off him now?
"You could have asked for help. Or thought about this before you said you'd be there." Alice stayed very still, continuing to stare down the little Toussaint kid she was treating as if he was a chair.
Too bony to be a good seat, in all seriousness, but she could deal with it for a minute or two.
"Don't make promises you don't plan on keeping. That's rude. And cowardly. Be brave enough to say no."
More staring. Was he getting the point?