"Aaaaah-ah-ah-ah-ah." He hooked a finger into the back of her collar. "If you have the energy to play hockey, you have the energy to pick your laundry and your toys up off the floor, young lady."

He gave her the No Nonsense look, the one that said she'd pushed about as far as he was willing to budge, and that now she'd have to be the one ponying something up to the table on this deal.