Baby had been playing this game for months now - sometimes, she thought it might never end - but since the day she had lost her virginity to that idiot Theo, her life had become a frayed string of never-ending chaos. Her mother might tell her that it was God punishing her; sometimes she thought if she just focused hard enough, she could practically hear the sermon her mother might preach if she found out. And as Baby sat, ducked behind a couch in the hotel lobby and hiding from the boy in question, she could only think that her mother must be right. The heartbreak when he so unceremoniously rejected her had been bad enough; his getting with Lemon afterward was complete torture - but having to look him in the face, day in, day out? Pretending like nothing had ever happened? It was enough to make Baby’s chest ache, like she didn’t really matter at all. “Can you, like, get down? I don’t need that Neanderthal out there having any reason to come over here.” Baby knew it was a ridiculous request, from a ridiculous position - her voice harsher than she meant it to be in such a dire situation. She could only hope that Leia had any desire to do her a favor, even if she didn’t owe it to her; her green gaze nearly pleading with the other girl. “Please don’t make me say please. I don’t think I know how.”
things between leia and theo had been miles better from what they were a week ago, but that didn’t mean leia didn’t still feel incredibly awkward and avoidant whenever he was around lemon. which was pretty much always. it wasn’t that leia couldn’t be around the couple or didn’t want to, she had faced the facts and was truly happy that they were happy, but after her last encounter with lemon, leia was always cautious. she didn’t want to say or do anything to raise suspicion or make things worse for not only herself, but theo included. however, avoiding the couple on this trip was a more difficult task than she had anticipated. and as she stood near the front desk, ducking her head and pretending to busy herself with the pamphlets of different attractions around the city while waiting for the couple to get on the elevator, so as she wouldn’t be confined with them, she realized it was also simply embarrassing. though she quickly realized she wasn’t the only one poorly attempting to hide as she head a familiar voice quietly calling at her. leia had known baby mostly through theo and their sort of relationship, though faintly. but it hadn’t occurred to her until that moment that baby might just have been the one to really get how she felt more than anyone. “hate to break it to you, but you already did,” she spoke, referring to her dislike for ‘please’, but squatting down to join her behind the couch anyways. “why exactly are you hovering behind a couch? i mean, it is better than the plant i ducked behind earlier but still,” she was trying to keep the conversation lighthearted, but her curiosity still stood. leia never exactly knew what had happened between her friend and baby, or why the grudge would still be in place to this day. “besides, i’m starting to think that neanderthal is too wrapped up in his takeout to notice us,”
