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Four days back in Fandom, and Tara had finally gathered her courage to call her father and explain where she was and, by the way, could he see about arranging transport for Mr. Moxy from one coast to the other?

It was one of the more excruciating conversations Tara had ever had, filled with Mr. Maclay's indignation about daughters who swanned off out of the blue to God-knows-where with God-knows-who and worried everyone and didn't do their duty, and what their mothers might think about it. But in the end, he grudgingly agreed Tara could have her cat back if she paid for the shipping. (Incidentally, he wanted to know, who ever shipped a cat? Was this some dirty witch thing?)

Whatever nice impulses he'd had right after Tara's mother died, it was safe to say they were long gone.

Once she finally got off the phone, Tara flopped onto her bed with her eyes closed and the door slightly open. Two classes down, one to go, plus a day at the Magic Box.

She could do this.

She had to.

[OOC: I worried far too much about what was happening to the dang imaginary cat while she traveled. Open post, either way.]

Date: 2011-09-02 02:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
It was weird, having Tara stand up to her like that, but despite a few moments of instinctive bristling she wasn't sure she minded exactly.

"It's cool," Kennedy answered, although she couldn't help sounding a little diffident about it. "I get where you're coming from."

It'd always been a sticking point.

"Didn't mean to poke a sore spot."

Date: 2011-09-02 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
"Longest couple of weeks in the history of everything, huh?" Kennedy asked sympathetically. Somewhere in the back of her mind there was a vague urge to say Aw, baby, but not strong enough that she had to bite back the words. "You're hanging in there though, right?"

Date: 2011-09-02 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
"Yeah." Not exactly being experienced in the matter (and she selfishly hoped she never would be) Kennedy couldn't make that sound authoritative, but she tried for sympathetic at least. "You're gonna be okay. I know you will. You're kinda awesome that way."

Date: 2011-09-02 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
"I know. I'm gonna miss that, too."

In the middle of the never-ending buzz of the city she'd always loved, Kennedy closed her eyes and took a moment to feel very, very homesick for Fandom.

"Hey. I'll always be your personal cheering section. Just gotta telecommute it these days."

Date: 2011-09-02 04:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
Kennedy's server was probably wondering what had her grinning so brightly all of a sudden, and Kennedy couldn't care less if he was as long as she got a dessert menu eventually.

"Still not wearing a flippy little skirt, though," she had to note. "Sorry, but no."

Date: 2011-09-02 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
"...pretty sure that's in the rulebook," Kennedy said, even if it took her a second; she'd been about to ask Why not? instead. "Not that I've read it yet."

Date: 2011-09-02 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com
Kennedy burst out laughing. "Screw the rules; I won't tell if you won't. Besides, you hitting on me? Wow, role reversal. That'd be funky."

And nice, but also a bad idea.

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