[color=00a99d]“OI! YURI! GRAAAAAANT!” [/color]

Annella winced at Lilith’s voice, [i]this girl doesn’t even possess an indoor voice![/i] She thought incredulously, struggling to remove her jacket from the taller girl’s hold as she was dragged to the other side of the mess hall towards two giants.

[color=00a99d]“Where’d you two go? I thought we would meet up so we could have the meal together!” [/color]Lilith asked, her voice attracting the annoyed expression of those around her – including Annella, though she was a lot more discreet about it – but Lilith didn’t seem to care as she finally let go of the brunette’s sleeve and dumped her plate of food on the table, sitting opposite Yuri. She tugged down on the sleeve, pulling Annella down and she grunted.

Annella was [s]forced[/s] pulled into her seat beside Lilith, and she never felt more awkward. It looked like she and the two giants knew each other, seemed like they were pretty good friends. It was harder to join a group of already close-knit friends, she would be like the unwanted wheel. [i]Surely if Lilith is nice, then her friends must be too?[/i] She reasoned, but she couldn’t tell. 

The heights of the two giants intimidated her, she was already finding it difficult to talk to others, but to add in their ridiculous height and their age (she was certain that they were not fifteen like her, not that she was judging!) it was next to impossible for the shaking girl to say anything.

Lilith looked at the girl beside her from the corner of her eye, grinning. She knew her ‘friend’ wasn’t going to talk, the poor thing looked like she had just seen death itself! Instead, Lilith had a plan.

[color=00a99d]“The girl is Annelle Herz.”[/color]

Annella twitched, [i]she got my name wrong on purpose, that sly-[/i] she stopped herself. Maybe she should thank her instead, at least now she would get some semblance of confidence to talk, even if it is just to introduce herself.

[color=bc8dbf]“It’s Annella Hertz.” [/color]She corrected, her voice quiet as she looked down at the cup of steaming tea in her hand, consequently fogging up her glasses. Huffing to herself, she took off her spectacles and rubbed it with her dull grey undershirt, wiping off the condensation and any other dirt that accumulated over the course of the day.