ojandtostitos:

Characters: Mack & Tatum.
Setting: Tuesday afternoon in Bluebell.
Content: SFW.
Summary: Visiting town to shop for a birthday gift, sidetracked by how sad all the pets in the pet store look. Time for operation ADOPT THEM ALL.


Excluding the first day, Tatum didn't really have any complaints about how winter vacation had gone. Of course the very beginning had been turbulent, but once she had gotten to Mack's house then everything had been a bit better. Between that and visiting other friends over vacation, things had definitely begun to look up. She wasn't as big of a party animal as Mack and any of her friends, but she had even had a good time at their New Years eve party.

With winter vacation done and over with though, the boring reality of classes was setting back in and so was the weirdness of everything. People hadn't been asking her any questions personally, but she had a feeling that people knew what had happened to her just by the looks she was getting in the halls. Somewhere between pity and curiousity, the looks were beginning to get to her and it was only their second day back on campis so far. She was already wishing winter vacation had kept going, that she could just hide out at Mack's and forget everything that was going on with her family.


Every time something positive happened, she'd think of something sad to ruin it. Yesterday's afternoon of orientation for working with Miss Hough for example had been lovely. On the other hand, yesterday had been Sera's birthday and they hadn't even spoken. Normally Madeline made them all come home for at least dinner, especially on a big birthday like seventeen, and they'd eat cake and their mom would drill them about school or something. She didn't even know if that had happened this year. If it did, she certainly hadn't been invited.

She did still want to get her sister something though, she had already sold enough weed since getting back to school to make herself a good financial cushion for a few weeks, and when Mack had suggested going out somewhere to do it, she had jumped at the opportunity. On the drive into the town, which she deliberately chose to take during late daylight after Sato's warning, she had smoked absently and tried to think of where to go to get something for Sera.

"What says.. I'm sorry I ruined everything? How about a puppy?" the redhead suggested half-jokingly, as she slowed her car and pulled in along the curb. There were several shops on the block, but the nearest one had caught her eye. She loved pet shops, but Sera barely even liked animals. Maybe they would have some sort of fun frog stuff. Glancing to Mack beside her, Tatum ashed her joint before chucking it out of her half open window. "We should just get her a cat. Everybody loves cats. I love cats!"