I can't breathe. I'm going to pass out any second now and fall down those stairs, knocking every one of them on the way down like a bowling ball making a strike. Everyone is going to laugh at me and then I'll have proved my other Parents right. I'll have proven myself worthless...

I laughed nervously and gave the slightest of waves at the massive crowd below.

As if I wasn't nervous enough before…

“Hi?” I said nervously.

This seemed to rouse the shocked mob into loud cheers, wolf whistles, and obscene comments being thrown in Annabelle's direction. Annabelle blushed a deep Rose color, only adding to her newfound beauty...