She winces and leans away from Alexei. "I-I asked him earlier this week." Then almost drops the hot dog she was holding. "No!! We are not!! I just asked him to the dance because I thought he'd be fun to go with-" The bigger and stronger comment shut her up to a solid line of grumbles.

So he was shorter than her. A lot of guys were. Cassidy wasn't weak though, she knew that.