She didn't reply to his assertion of her awesomeness because the conversation was turning back to that thing she never wanted to talk about. Especially not with him.

"Not even a little bit. I'm a fighter, remember?" She frowned up at the stars as if they were being rude for listening in on this private conversation.

"I will slip away if we just give in." She closed her eyes, too afraid to say what came next. "I don't feel that way about you." Her head swam, drunk and guilty from lying. "That's all there is to it. So you'll have to get over it because I can't be best friends with you if you're mooning about like a lovesick fool."

Really, she was doing this to save their friendship.