Annie went ahead and got her coat hung up for now. "Probably a good idea with Alfie. At least before shooing him off to go beat Halo and hope he doesn't spill on anything." Or apparently have girls in his room, but she had only heard that from a distance and just thought it was cute. Especially when he was asking her about Laney being his girlfriend and all. It would all be fine until they started arguing over something. It was hard to roll your eyes at teenage dramatics when you were one, and, worse, guilty of it on a few occasions.
"Kitchen might be a little better in terms of privacy." At least her mom seemed to get that this was something a little more personal. "Though while we're still settling in here, can I go spend the night at Penny's?" Asking later might sound a little more suspicious. Annie wasn't the sort to get her best friend to lie for her and go somewhere that her parents didn't know where to find her.