He snorted at her little slip and. "Yeah... yeah," he said awkwardly, still laughing a little. He looked to see her peeking at him from around his shirt. He blushed slightly.
"I'll be... um... right back, just gotta toss these in," he said holding up the box of chicken nuggets. He ran down to the kitchen and made quick work of throwing the chicken nuggets in and setting the timer on his cell phone. He didn't know what it was but there was something more terrifying about being shirtless in a girl's room than there was about being shirtless in the kitchen where anyone could walk in.
On his way up to Ella's room one of the older boys saw him a whistled. "Where ya goin stud?!" the older boy teased. Hendrix's eyes were wide and he opened Ella's door quick and shut it behind him, still looking panicked. "There in!" he said.