" Is it because I'm a girl?" Reluctantly, Bill nodded his head.She looked at him for a moment, her lips trembling, and Richie thought she would cry. Instead, she exploded. " Well, fuck you!" She whirled around to look at the others, and they flinched from her gaze, so hot it was nearly radioactive. " Fuck all of you if you think the same thing!" she turned back to Bill and began to talk fast, rapping him with words. " This is something more than some diddly shit kids game like tag, or guns, or hide and go seek, and you know it, Bill! We're supposed to do this, that's part of it! And you're not going to cut me out just because I'm a girl, do you understand? You better. Or I'm leaving right now! "