Everyone hated Peeves, but Todd had never seen anyone respond to the poltergeist with as much rage and anger as Anna did. His eyes widened and then he was running after her as she started to chase the creature around the corner. Against his better judgement, he grabbed her from behind at last.

"He's gone!" he yelled. "Look! He's gone." He was completely, at this point, forgetful of that fact that he still had the sticky syrup all over him and was now getting it all over her. What he wanted was to calm her down and get her focused back on their plan to sneak out. Anything to keep that smile on her face and to keep her from 'losing it'. 

Of course, grabbing her with syrup all over him wasn't likely to keep any sort of smile on her face. "C'mon," he repeated again, tugging on her.

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