Help me be brave

[Iamnobirdandnonetensnaresme]

I need some boosting so I can give the MN answer of ‘that doesn’t work for me’, not sure why I’m nervous about doing it.

Mum from school, our kids aren’t particularly close and she isn’t I mum I chat too or would consider a friend.
Her child and mine now happen to have an activity together at a centre that is 2mins from my house.
They live 2 mins from school.
School is 15min drive from us 20-30 min in rush hour.
I finish work at 2 and drive past the school to go home.
She asked to car share the journeys.
I said fine but I’d prefer to collect from school, have kids with me until activity and then drop to activity, she can then drop my child home on her way back to hers.
I do not want to have to go out of my way in rush hour traffic to take her child backafter the activity. it will take me a good 40-60mins.

Not been a problem on the two weeks we have done this but she is hinting that she wants me to do the evening return next week.

So she wants you to pick up her child after the activity and take him home, as well as picking him up from school and looking after him until the activity? "sorry, that doesn't work for me" should do it. Perfectly reasonable.

I think she’d do the school pickup but it is tatoally pointless as I would be driving past her picking my child up.

You take the child back to your house and deliver her to the centre and in return you save yourself a round trip of about 10 mins all in since the activity is so close to you. Your children arent friends and neither are you. Not much in it for you really other than an act of kindness. Can you just be busy at that time if you arent brave enough to tell the truth?

She's a bit of a CF, isn't she?

Thank you- I’m going to ignore the hints and be blunt if she asks out right