Written for a Drabble Tree Challenge at LiveJournal's writerverse. Source line is in bold.

"You're afraid."

"No, I'm not!"

He smirked. "They're just kids. Are you telling me you can't handle a roomful of 13-year-old girls?"

"I am absolutely not… okay, yes, I'm telling you I can't handle a roomful of teenaged girls on my own. Why does Cassie's birthday have to be the one time Janet gets stuck at the base where it's not our fault?" She looked pitifully up at him. "How do I know what they want to do?"

"You spent your entire adolescence in a library, didn't you?" He sighed. "Okay, you grab the ice cream, I'll get the videos."