Snippet #2193366

"Belle, are you planning on staying a while or am I free to go?"

"You wanna come inside?"

Now Annabelle was slightly conflicted. On one hand she had Christopher, who looked quite distraught and despite his general assholeness, he was still a friend of hers. On the other, there was Elliott who she had come to see in the first place. She sighed quietly to herself and looked over her shoulder at Christopher, then to Elliott, and thought of Leeandra. While it might not of hurt Chris if she chose to leave, she didn't want to leave him alone either; not after he had been nice-ish enough to take her over here only to have it blow up in his face. Her conscience simply wouldn't allow her to leave him out to dry.

"Hey Sutton, give me one second will you?" She said with a grin, looking back at him. When she reached Elliott, she put his hand on her forearm and gave him another one of her shy smiles. Chris she had known for a while, and was more comfortable around him than she was with Elliott - for now. "I'm gonna try to convince your sister to talk to him. I'll be right back," She explained, and followed her back to where she had heard a bedroom door open earlier. Quietly, she walked in.

"Leeandra?" She whispered, looking at the blonde mother nervously. Annabelle didn't like talking to new people, it freaked her out a little bit. Talking to Elliott had been out of character for her, and going to talk to to his sister about talking to someone else? That was an incredibly strange and new feeling for her, but she owed Chris one and she figured talking him up would make them even.

"I'm, uh, Annabelle. People call me Belle, though. I guess we haven't really met." She nervously chewed on the side of her cheek. Normally she was soft spoken, so whispering around a sleeping baby wasn't so difficult for her. "I just think...you should talk to him. He's definitely an a-" She caught herself before she let out a curse word. "He's definitely a jerk sometimes, but he's a good person. To me, he's like a really annoying older brother. The kind that you hate, but you know will have your back if something gets really bad?" She was being a hypocrite now, Annabelle didn't go to anyone about her problems. She was also very aware of how bad of a job she was doing at trying to convince her.