"I'm Peter" Addie introduced, but added in "But if you ever call me Peter, I'll be forced to drown you in this pond in the night. You can call me Addie". He held out his hand in the water. The whole brother sister thing made sense now. He thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend who hated each other.
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Keeley took a sharp breath in, and a spike of icy fear went through her. On one hand she wanted to be honest, but on the other she didn't want to scare Austin away with the truth. She clenched her hands into fists to keep the shaking invisible. "I... Uh... Broken arm." she said quickly--too quickly-- then added in an equally swift spurt "Fell out of a tree"