[center][color=teal][h2]Jessamyn "Jess" Bailey[/h2][/color][/center]

Jess was silent as she headed towards the stairs. [i]Don't worry about me,[/i] the anchor had said, and she'd gone and ignored that, but was there any way to avoid worrying? Especially when, by refusing to say whether something bad could happen, Roxy had all but done so? Sighing, Jess turned her head to meet that glare again. 

[color=teal]"I-I know you want me to choose, but..."[/color] She clenched her fists, the brown paper crumpling in her hand. Did Roxy really consider herself that unimportant? [color=teal]"How can it not play a part at all? You're only having to deal with all this because of me."[/color]

Knowing an outburst was one of the least likely things to improve the situation, she breathed deeply. Maybe she was letting the anchor's emotions overwhelm her along with her own. [color=teal]"Ugh. Sorry. I'll just... I'll just make sure things don't get worse,"[/color] she continued. Of course, until she met Roxy's father, she couldn't know how to stop everything spiralling further out of control, if there was even a way. [color=teal]"And this is going to be my choice."[/color]