"P.E. isn't," Beverly counters, managing to keep her voice light and her expression even. It's probably stupid to be bothered by it at all when nothing has actually happened, but she still doesn't like the way he looks at her and some of the other girls or how close he stands. She knows that sort of look. She's even used them to her advantage before, but only when she knew that nothing would ever come of it, which is not the case in this instance. "I mean, talk about things you're never gonna need in real life. Plus the teacher's a creep, so."

She adds the last almost flippantly, not wanting to give it any extra weight. If he doesn't believe her, she can write it off as nothing; it's safer not to draw any further attention to it. If he does believe her, though, and does care, then at least he'll know she has a good reason not to be in school right now.