Misunderstanding

"Now, I am scared to go home," Nick mindlessly uttered.

Kate was silenced by what Nick had just said, but she was unaware of what he really meant. She was looking at her mom when Nick reacted in surprise, she just heard his voice. Kate thought he was still in his playful acts. She winked at him, but that was too quick before she looked back at her mom again.

Nick was scared, playfully and honestly.

He did not mean his thoughts to be said out loud, and so when Kate turned her head to look at him with a playful smirk, he was like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Let's go, Nick, honey," Kate giggled as she walked away from her mom's bed but not before kissing her forehead again. She gathered her backpack from the foot end of Kelly's bed.