Garret was ashamed to admit that he had lost the race to a girl... so just before he rounded the corner into the entrance hall, he slowed his pace to a swagger, stuffed his hands in his pockets and tossed his head a bit so his hair fell over his eyes.

Then he ambled into the entrance hall slowly, "Nobody would ever call me ungentlemanly," he called to Cela as he approached her, "Consider that the one and only time I'll ever let you win."