She bites her lip, looking at everything scattered around him. She takes a step back. He's busy, clearly, even if he says he isn't. Maybe it was just one of those tricks adults liked to pull, say one thing and mean another. She should drop it, come back later or never, whichever kept her off the hook longer. But he's staring at her and she has to say something.

Girl opens her mouth to lie, throw him off and instead comes out, "Are you still pissed at me?" No, that wasn't right. She flushes, but doesn't take it back. She is curious and there wouldn't be much point in telling him anything else if he was just going to chew her out from the get go. "I wanna talk to you but I'm not gonna if you're mad."