Ah! She ducked back behind the tree, startled and almost frightened by the action. She peeked out again after too long though, taking time to look and recognize that it wasn't a threatening gesture and he wasn't mad or anything like that. At least, she didn't think her upperclassman was mad. The little girl peeked out a bit more then, clearly uncomfortable but otherwise not taking any action either to fight or flee.

It was quiet, but she did try to pick up her voice a little so that the other could at least hear her, "... Hullo."