thedirtysouth commented on ojandtostitos's post in blueridgeschool:

Mackenzie had been particularly sensitive to the younger girl's moods since they had said goodbye to chez Dubinsky and headed back to school. Tatum had been excited about her internship but sad at the same time at returning to school. It was different now, even if everything seemed to be the same, in a lot of ways. It seemed like Tatum getting kicked out not only effected the redhead but had caused a ripple effect to turn a good portion of Mackenzie's social circle on its head. She had especially noticed it yesterday afternoon when Tatum had returned from her orientation. The younger girl had been nervous when she left in the morning, but still excited. When she had returned later in the day however, Mackenzie was almost positive that she had somehow let someone die on her watch. She had remembered, perhaps a bit too late, that it was also Sera's birthday and that there must have been some family tradition that Tatum was missing out on. The two sisters hadn't talked much since Tatum had gotten kicked out, at least from what she could tell, and Mackenzie wasn't entirely surprised to find out that Tatum hadn't gotten anything for the younger sisters birthday.

That was why she found herself sitting in the passenger seat of the redhead's car parked in front of the pet store. Mackenzie couldn't help but chuckle at Tatum's words and lean across the center console to give the girl's cheek a quick kiss. "Okay, first of all T, you didn't ruin nothin'," She stated seriously, frowning a bit in concern. "You did what was best for you and Sera just...well...reacted poorly. Not your fault she broke up with Jenny, or anything else that happened afterwards." She drummed her fingers on her leg, holding back exactly how she felt about the situation, because Tatum had already heard it, especially after the Alex/Sera/Jenny/Charlie drama at the New Years party. While she loved Sera, she wasn't exactly impressed by the girl's choice of action.

"Second, no one likes cats as much as you," she teased, prodding the girl in the side gently. "You're like, the crazy cat lady in the Simpsons. Thank god you're dating me, or I'm sure you'd have about a thousand of them by now!" She winked at the other girl and began to haul herself out of Tatum's car, stretching her muscles and wincing slightly when she was rewarded with several 'pops'. "Does Sera even like animals? I would think they were too dirty for her or something. Doesn't she have like, OCD?