“Well thank god it’s not girl trouble,” she joked, smiling slightly as she felt Tatum relax into her arm. “I’d hate to have to rough up Frankie if she had done something to upset you. Because then you’d be upset with me, and you know I just can’t keep my hands to myself.”

She snickered at the red head’s comment about Mackenzie being the only girl trouble she was having. Mackenzie loved being trouble, especially when it involved the girl variety.

“Awh, come on Tater, you know you think I’m irresistible! I can’t be that much trouble can I?” She pouted innocently at the younger girl, and gave her the best damn puppy dog eyes she had.

Mackenzie listened patiently as Tatum danced around the subject of what really was bothering her. She tilted her head to the side in though and exhaled a cloud of smoke as the red head rambled on. She knew the girl and her roommate didn’t really mesh very well, but this seemed like it wasn’t the usual roommate disagreement. She was actually very interested in what the hell had gotten the little red head into such a fuss.

“Well, I’m going to get all mushy on you right here Tots, so you cannot interrupt me because I don’t get mushy for just anyone. And if you tell anyone I have a soft side, I will hurt you.” Mackenzie winked at the girl so she knew she was joking about the hurting her part. She started ticking off her points with her free hand, “One, nothing you are ever upset about is dumb or stupid, even if it is dumb, I will listen with rapt attention. Two, I am not Bekka, I know you better than Bekka. So regardless of if you were actually trippin or not, if its bothering you, you can tell me.”
Mackenzie smiled at Tatum, and gave her a small squeeze. “And three, I will most likely always believe you, even if you tell me something extremely ridiculous. Like, if you told me that famous British guy, what’s his name? Harry Potter, right. If you told me that he had twelve toes and played for the other team, regardless of it was true or not, I would probably believe you.”

Mackenzie really hoped that no one was around to hear that little heart felt speech she had just given, it would totally ruin her reputation.

“So, tell me tots, what’s bothering you?”