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Post by Kiersten on May 11, 2024 0:30:49 GMT -6
“I’ll cut your hours if there’s any funny business.” Shannon informed him, knowing that he might use this kitten as a way to her, and her smirk challenged him to try. She was glad it didn’t take long for them to get to the pet store, and before she could open the door when the arrived, he was quick to move to do it for her. She thought about arguing with him about opening the door for her, but decided if he was willing to give her princess treatment, might as well enjoy it while it lasts. She headed for the front door to the pet shop with Dorian falling asleep in her arms
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Post by Bri on May 11, 2024 1:40:03 GMT -6
Reed smirked back at her, fire dancing in his eyes. "Me? Funny business? Never." He replied and walked with her into the store, looking around a bit curiously, more used to the feed stores from back home that catered to the farm animals rather than the small ones. He grabbed one of the shopping carts and wheeled it over to Shannon, popping open the seat meant for children. "He could probably chill in here."
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Post by Kiersten on May 11, 2024 9:24:33 GMT -6
The smirk was just more proof of what he was planning to do, but she didn’t have time to think of how to avoid as they walked into the store, and part of her didn’t want to stop him. She was beginning to enjoy his company, which she knew was a bad thing, unless she could keep it cordial. She looked down into the space where kids normally sat, knowing it would be easier if the kitten wasn’t in her arms, but she didn’t want him on the cold hard metal of the cart. She quickly looked around before spotting a pet bed, grabbing a blue one and setting it down first before Dorian. “Alright. Let’s get started.” She said mostly to herself, listing things off out loud that she had listed in her head.
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Post by Bri on May 11, 2024 13:40:36 GMT -6
Reed watched the gears practically turning in her head before she grabbed the pet bed and set up in the kitten in the cart. He smiled, reaching down and gently stroking the cats head. "Lead the way." He said to Shannon, grateful he could lean on the cart as he followed her.
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Post by Kiersten on May 11, 2024 23:42:37 GMT -6
Shannon wasn't sure where to go in this store, but she quickly noticed the signs that said 'Cat' and made a B-Line for the shelves, knowing Reed would follow after her. It was a strange thing to know he wasn't going to just take her cat and ditch her, though he easily could, but she bet her life that if she turned around, she'd find him standing there. It didn't take her long to pick things out for Dorian, litterbox, litter, food, toys, and was now looking over the collars.
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Post by Bri on May 12, 2024 13:01:06 GMT -6
Reed followed after Shannon, continuing to pet the little kitten as they went through the store. When she picked out the cat little he stepped up and got the bag for her, setting to down in the cart for her but when it came to looking at the collars he wandered off a little with the kitten, spotting a small cowboy hat. He moved so his back was to her and she couldn't see what he was doing until he stepped back, Dorian wearing the little cowboy hat and looking around.
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Post by Kiersten on May 12, 2024 13:51:38 GMT -6
Shannon narrowed her eyes at him with the litter, but quickly moved on, figuring it wasn't worth telling him not to bother. She didn't know what Reed was doing while she picked out a collar, but after deciding on a deep blue and silver one, he turned to find Reed putting a little cowboy hat on Dorian. "Of course." She sighed, rolling her eyes and trying the collar on Dorian to see if she liked the way it looked, but kept the hat on him, she figured if he didn't like the hat, he'd knock it off.
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Post by Bri on May 12, 2024 15:28:50 GMT -6
"What? I think he looks rather dashing." Reed grinned as the kitten looked between them, the hat still right on his head. "What else do we need to get him?" He asked, pausing slightly, "one of those cat tree things?"
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Post by Kiersten on May 12, 2024 16:20:31 GMT -6
"I don't think we'd be able to sneak that into the dorms," Shannon pointed out, the cat tree being almost as tall as she is, reaching her shoulders, and she knew trying to carry that up to her room would be too suspicious. "I'll just order one online." she'd find something on Amazon, at least it coming in a box would be less suspicious, even if this one was already put together, she'd figure out how to do it. "I think we have enough for him." She added as she tossed the collar into the cart with the rest of the stuff, shocked the kitten left the little hat on the entire time.
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Post by Bri on May 12, 2024 18:06:52 GMT -6
"What are you talking about? I could totally hide it under my shirt." Reed joked, knowing it would be impossible but the image of him trying to do that made him chuckle. "When you get one I can put it together for you." He offered and looked down at the cart and everything she had picked out. "Dang, it's gonna be like Christmas for you little fella. I'm kind of surprised he was the only kitten out there."
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Post by Kiersten on May 12, 2024 21:08:20 GMT -6
Shannon shook her head and dramatically rolled his eyes, but a smirk played on her lips, "Yeah, that would totally work." She said, heading towards the register, opening her purse to grab her wallet. She had thought about how he was the only one out there, which had her worry that there were others. "I didn't hear or see any others" Granted, she didn't stay long after finding this one, the vet said they were lucky to find him, he probably wouldn't have survived the night if he hadn't, and she had a feeling if there were others, they had probably already perished.
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Post by Bri on May 12, 2024 22:08:37 GMT -6
Reed chuckled, "what're they gonna do? Frisk me?" He joked, passing the cashier things for them to scan, waiting for Shannon to get done before removing Dorian's cowboy hat, which got him an annoyed sounding meow. "I might head back tonight to get one more look, just in case." He said, passing the hat to the cashier and paying for it then put it back on Dorian who started to purr.
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Post by Kiersten on May 13, 2024 16:30:32 GMT -6
"I think they'd ask why you trying to hide a cat tree under your shirt." Shannon said, placing what she got onto the conveyor belt, haring Dorian cry out, but found Reed had just taken the cowboy hat off. She wondered how long that would last before the kitten decided he didn't want to wear it, but maybe she'd at least get him a few bowties and bandanas, wondering if she could find him a crown like his namesakes. "Hopefully he's the only one." She bit her lower lip as the cashier started scanning things, Shannon watched the price before grabbing her wallet to pay with cash once again, needing to pull out more the next time she went shopping.
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Post by Bri on May 13, 2024 17:06:39 GMT -6
Reed gently scratched Dorian under his chin, looking over at Shannon. "They'd never know, I'm a ninja." He joked, looking back down at Dorian. "I'll go back tonight and check, just to make sure." He told her, figuring he could snag a spotlight from the barn and make Jake come along. Even if he didn't find anything it would give him piece of mind.
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Post by Kiersten on May 13, 2024 21:19:56 GMT -6
Once everything was paid for and bagged up, Shannon headed for the exit, "Well, if you do find another one, then you can have your own cat." Shannon was partially hoping if he did find one, he wouldn't be bothering her about Dorian. Back at his truck she gathered up some of the bags to put in the car, waiting for him to unlock the door.
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Post by Bri on May 13, 2024 22:39:23 GMT -6
Reed followed after Shannon, "even if I find another cat I won't ignore Dorian for them, they'd be brothers." He said, unlocking his truck as it came into view and opened up the door for her. He glanced back at Dorian, seeing that the kitten was once again asleep before he helped Shannon load up the rest of the bags in the rig.
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Post by Kiersten on May 14, 2024 9:23:12 GMT -6
Shannon sighed in defeat, wondering if she asked her mom to change schools now, would she do it and not get rid of Hades? She had a feeling her mother would still do it even if she asked instead of get in trouble. Once all the bags were in the truck, she grabbed Dorian in his new bed and placed him on the seat before climbing in to settling in next to him, glad that at least Reed didn’t force his help on getting into his truck, just opened the doors. “Well, you might as well look when we get back, I’ll just set up Dorian in my room.” She opened her backpack and moved things around, making room so she could place Dorian and the bed inside safely, making it easier for her to hide and carry him to her room.
(Purse=backpack XD forgot it was a backpack)
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Post by Bri on May 14, 2024 19:29:11 GMT -6
"What about Hades?" Reed asked, remembering that the horses still needed to be settled down for the night, "I'd offer to do it for you but you seem like the type who wouldn't want anyone else touching their horse." He said without judgement, he only trusted his family with Trigger. He pulled out of the parking lot and headed back to the dorms, "I have a duffle bag in the backseat if you need it to smuggle stuff in." He added, knowing he'd just have to empty it out.
(Lol, got it)
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Post by Kiersten on May 14, 2024 20:39:50 GMT -6
"I haven't forgotten about Hades," Shannon said, having planned to go out to finish taking care of him after setting Dorian up, "Dorian just needs his litterbox and food and water set up." She'd set up his toys and beds later, and despite him saying to text him when she got a cat tree, she wasn't planning on it. "Dorian's the only thing I need to smuggle in, I think I can get away with everything else in the bags." Fish were the only thing allowed in the dorms, so she could always claim it was stuff for her fish tank.
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Post by Bri on May 14, 2024 21:49:39 GMT -6
"I never said you forgot him." Reed pointed out to her as he pulled into his usual parking spot-right next to her car-at the school and cut the engine. "Alright," he shrugged as he got out of truck, "don't come crying to me when they search your bags and catch you red handed." He said before shutting the door and walking over to her side, opening up her door for her.
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Post by Kiersten on May 15, 2024 10:17:51 GMT -6
Shannon pursed her lips, knowing he didn’t accuse her of it, but it was a defensive mechanism from her mother and it was hard for her to turn it off. In her defense she wasn’t saying he accused her of it, she was just stating a fact that she didn’t forget Hades, he knew she’d be back for him. She narrowed her eyes at him when he pulled into the same parking spot, right next to her car, at least this time he wasn’t blocking her car door. “You’ll never see me cry.” She smirked, not a fan of crying in general, but crying in front of someone else was something she wasn’t a fan of doing. While he walked around to her side of the door, she put the backpack to the front of her bag so she could keep an eye on Dorian, “I hope there aren’t anymore out there.” She said softly, genuinely hoping Dorian was the only one. She slid from the front seat, finding herself a little closer to Reed than she liked, and couldn’t help but look up at him. Shannon stole a few seconds of staring into his green eyes, not realizing just how green they were, before forcing herself to turn around and grabbed the bags. “Good luck.” She said before walking over to the girl’s dorm.
About thirty minutes later she made her way back down to the barn, able to get Dorian in her room and set up comfortably without witnesses. She’d already told her roommates about him and to keep their mouth shut or else, though neither of the two planned on saying anything. “There’s my handsome boy.” She told Hades as he stood in his stall, stamping his hooves impatiently as she opened the stall door and wrapped her arms around his neck. “We have a new family member.” She whispered to him with a smile, grabbing the grooming kit and got started on cleaning him up and feeding him.
(You don't have to continue them, they could end at the truck XD)
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Post by Bri on May 15, 2024 20:10:28 GMT -6
Reed looked over at Shannon when she said he'd never see her cry, for a moment having forgotten about what had happened ay the pond before finding Dorian. He smirked back at her, "sure, we'll see." He replied. He opened up her door, looking up at her as he waited for her to come out and when she did, he looked down at her, finding themselves much closer than he had planned for her but didn't let the surprise cross his face. He looked back into her eyes, for a minute finding himself lost until she said good luck and was gone. He sighed, leaning against the door of his truck as he watched her go before disappearing inside the girls dorm. With a shake of his head he got back in his truck and headed up to the barn to go back out on Trigger.
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