"Then you'll be big brother," she decided, even if the offer surprised her. Maybe he was tired of people being all polite to him because they thought they had to. Maybe he secretly wanted to be called big brother his whole life and she was helping to realise his dream.

Hmm. Probably not. More likely that he was just being nice.

How weird.

The name of the show flashed up on the screen, and she fixed her eyes to the corner before she could get drawn in-- and then froze at the sound of crinkling wrappers. "I would!" Her hand flitted from the arm of the seat, to his arm, and up to the bag. She was already rummaging to see how many she could palm alongside the one she was officially picking up... when she realised that him having a bag of sweets that he didn't eat was suspicious.

A test? She dropped the rest of the sweets, and pulled out just the one. "Thanks!"