"I said I won't say anything, you all can't force me." Ellen stated, her voice a low, steady counterpoint to the roaring silence of the arena. She crossed her hands over the chest of her racing suit, her posture radiating an infuriating calm that was far more unnerving than a defensive crouch.
'Let them think what they will.' she thought, a smile playing on her lips.
The audience, a mass of stunned faces, buzzed with frustrated confusion. Ellen's silence was a vacuum, pulling in every suspicion.
Zoey, however, scoffed. "If you say nothing, it only means you cheated. Hiding this will only make it worse."
"Fufufufu..." Ellen's soft giggling started low and quickly grew into an honest, uninhibited laugh, stunning everyone anew. It wasn't mocking; it was the sound of true amusement at their assumption.
"Why are you laughing?!" Zoey screamed.
"Hey! Don't you dare yell at my sister!" Jinx hissed, instantly moving closer to Ellen. Her gaze was ice-cold.
