Re: Penthouse: Iris / Sam
[Iris was able to ignore the back-and-forth presence of Abuelita (and she'd laugh at the name if it was spoken aloud - she barely knew a few words in any other language, but that was one that she did). She sat on the bed too, a person's-worth of space between her and Sam.] ...I don't know what's going on with any of them, or where to even start asking. [A pause, and a glance over, her pencil just above the (non-journal) notebook's page.] So someone's gone to get Neil's girlfriend? We don't have to worry about that, then. [But she wrote it down.] Neil and Cris are with Louis, as far as we know. [Another note.] And Shane and Blake need to find out about... [She trailed off, the thought not finished, but she wrote it down as well.
And then she let the pencil rest between the two pages to mark her spot, and closed the book itself. She looked ahead too as Sam asked her question, and hesitated with her answer. The fewer people that had the confirmation of where she was, the safer she felt. But...] I am. [And a pause, a look over at Sam.] I'm trying not to tell too many people that, though.