"That's it! Come on, you can do it!" I said in an upbeat manner to cheer the girl on. Considering her size and body structure she obviously had not spent much time doing physical activities in her life, so I figured some motivation would maybe get her to break down that door a bit faster. I figured the sooner we'd get out of this alley and under a roof of some sort, the better.

But despite her obvious physical disadvantages she really worked hard and put her back into it. I was impressed by how she had so ferociously busted pretty much half the door down and I was relieved when the first planks and a bit of the door came of, so jokingly I said - "Whoa, careful there kid, or you'll tear the entire house down!". I'm not sure if she appreciated my cheery comments but I felt that it did at least lighten up the mood and I thought that if we made a bit of noise to go along with that of the door breaking, maybe we'd be passed off as some drunks and thus be ignored.

But she wasn't the only one working hard, I was still struggling with myself to regain a vertical base. I had at least made it to my knees when the girl broke the planks. And I could see her getting ready for the next attack, so inspired by her hard work I had one foot on the ground and an arm against the wall and I pressed and I heaved myself up.
Staggering I moved towards the girl, put an arm around her shoulder, suggested we'd both run at the door and with our bodies connected, to increase our power, kick the rest of the door down. I looked into her eyes and maybe it was just me but I seemed to see a certain fire in her eyes. But longing to get indoors I broke my stare and asked "Are you ready?".