"You don't know that!" spat Kaiden. "Maybe I was trying to be friends with her and you assume that I want to be more than that with her."
"Ooh, I think there's gonna be a fight!" grinned Francis, running over to where Kaiden, Brandon, and Lia were. "Fight, fight, fight, fight!"
"Shut up, Francis!"
"What? You can take him!"
"Guys, guys!" Mal pushed Francis away and looked at Brandon. "I'm so sorry. I don't know what got into Francis. But we mean no harm, honest!"