Before she took another step further into the room, Annie searched Jezebel’s face for any disgust or hatred or… fear towards her. The pair had not interacted too much, but she had assumed that in her very few moments, more so altercations, there had been opinions and judgements already made. But those emotions weren’t present when she looked at Jezebel. Perhaps fear, but not towards her. When that unexpected confirmation came, Annie then advanced further into the room, seeing the babies that Jezebel was referring to as sisters - her sisters.
When Annie and Paige had shown up unannounced to their mother, they had been equally surprised when they were introduced to their half-sister: Rome or Paris or something stupid. The lack of connection and undeniable envy that she felt when meeting her was what she had expected to feel once again when seeing the babies. But, somehow, a single glance softened Annie’s features. They were her sisters. First family she was actually meeting at birth. Family she hadn’t had the chance to disappoint yet - or the other way around - and within seconds she found herself hoping she never did.
Though her attention was switched when Jezebel extended the introductions to the unseen third sibling, a brother. Which she assumed was who was being covered by the cluster of nurses on the other side of the room that Annie instinctively made her way over to. Lightly brushing past a nurse to get ahead she looked down at the baby, similar to his sisters but smaller, weaker. “Is he okay, what’s happening?” She asked quickly to whichever nurse would look up - which happened to be none of them. “Excuse me, hi, what’s happening? Is he going to be okay?” Annie repeated when she singled out a nurse for an answer. [color= rosybrown]“We can’t give any certain answers, only that we’re finding some complications,” [/color] She vaguely told her in a hurry. “That’s it? You can’t say anything?” Annie pushed further, finding herself familiarised with protective instincts she had towards the baby. “Surely he can’t- he can’t, like- that’s my brother, you can’t just- he needs to be–” [color= rosybrown]“I would suggest you stay with the rest of your family and wait for updates, Miss Williams.” [/color]
“I’m sorry this is happening, Jezebel,” Annie said in frustration as she walked back to the other half of the room, falling back into the chair by the bed. She took a moment to take in everything that had just happened in the last few minutes, forget the last few hours. “You really had triplets. How the he|l did you do that, that’s like, labour three times,” She told Jezebel, her eyes stuck to the ceiling. “I couldn’t imagine even doing it once, fvck that, you must be like… crazy strong,” Annie continued, then finally looking down at her. “Do you need anything, though, like water or something?”
The seat that she had taken was one that she remained in through the course of the night. While her and Jezebel attempted conversations at time, the fixation on the baby was unavoidable. [color= rosybrown]“Ma’am, I need to ask that you go home and come back in the morning, the visiting hours are over,” [/color] The nurse eventually told her at whatever time of the day it was. Despite spending the last hour struggling to stay awake, Annie’s energy was restored when she was told to leave. “I can’t, you haven’t told us he will definitely be okay,” She told her, defensively. “What if something happens like, I don’t know, if something in the next–” “Annie,” She looked over at the interruption from Jezebel which made her sigh. The last thing Jezebel would want is to watch right now a screaming battle between her and the nurse. Annie stopped for a moment, hoping the nurse would miraculously change her mind. Nope. “Fine. But if anything happens–” [color= rosybrown]“We will contact you as soon as we can.” [/color]
“She… had triplets,” Annie explained at Ricky’s doorway. “One’s in, uh, complicated- critical condition. But they told me to go home,” She told him as she looked up at him. “Is it okay that I’m… here?” Annie asked him hesitantly. After everything that had happened in the one day, facing rejection would not be ideal to add onto that.
@/benitz786 Ricky Montoya
@/Littlefeets Jezebel Parker