"Charming is not my middle name, and you know that, Jackrabbit 'Niceness' Curnow." She raised an eyebrow, a grin appearing on her face.
"I'm not going to tell you these things if you're just going to use it against me," he said, frowning at her.
"That's mean." She frowned. "The kids at my school never called me anything, cause I would beat them up if they did. That's what my dad told me to do, at least."
"Nope! Only because they knew I would fight them. I mean, what else was I supposed to do? Talk to them?"
"Not at school," she said grimly, her tone dark. "Never there." It was obvious she was joking, and she looked up at him with wide eyes.