Cabot and Associates - Tuesday, 10/20

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Fiona had a lot on her mind, so she decided that she'd go light on the research and focus on handling the phonecalls and the filing work. She also decided to clean the office a little, if only because cleaning was familiar and numbingly mindless.

It did make her think of her brother, though. And the arrangement she'd started with Professor Maximus. Which just had her working harder.

I can't tell him about this.

And that was, quite probably, the worst part.

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Tara wouldn't make a special trip into town to bother her roommate at work.

However, if she was in town anyhow and had a question, she was not too shy to drop in at the law firm. "Hi," she said quietly, and immediately got distracted looking around at Ms. Cabot's diplomas and the other pictures on the walls.

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She didn't startle, but she did look a little surprised to see Tara at work.

"Hey. What's up?"

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"Nothing much," Tara said. "I was on a Turtle & Canary run and w-wanted to stop in and say hi and see if I should pick anything up for you.."

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She considered for a moment before shaking her head.

"No, I'm fine. Thanks for asking, though."

Then--

"Oh! Kitty litter. Or are you getting kitty litter?"

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"It wasn't on my list," Tara said, pulling out a scrap of paper to add it. "It's so weird. I r-remembered those little squeaky mice Moxy likes, but I always forget to check the litter supply."

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She blushed.

"Sorry. I used to do a lot of cleaning, so I think of that stuff. We're good on food, though, right?"

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"I know what I'm getting for me, at least," Tara said, then, feeling selfish, added, "... I hadn't noticed you eating in the room. Is there something you want?"

She kind of thought Fiona was mildly anorexic or the like. It wasn't something she'd ask about.

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She shook her head.

"Catfood. I don't eat unless it's a social thing."

...yeah, Fiona wasn't really helping that 'anorexic' thing.

"But thanks for asking."

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"Oh! Then yes. Catfood we have."

And so the 'anorexic' misunderstanding continued. (In Tara's defense, on the spectrum of the many weird ways teenage girls were about eating, "I don't eat unless it's a social thing" was ... not that weird.)

"Did you come on the trip?" she asked, changing topics. "I didn't see you all week."

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She blushed and nodded.

"Um, yeah. I was on the trip. I just kind of stayed to myself most of it," and no, she wasn't looking Tara in the eye on this.

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Please, like Tara usually looked anybody in the eye to start with. She didn't notice.

"Did you at least enjoy not dealing with people?"

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That got half a smile.

"Kind of. I mean, not really, but..."

It'd been best to stay to herself since she was still kind of figuring out how to deal with the news from the other weekend, but she hadn't enjoyed it, really.

"It was a good trip. I liked the resort. And everyone seemed to have a lot of fun."

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"I did," Tara said, tucking her hair back. "I went riding, a-and had a birthday, and ... it was good. Peaceful, y'know?"

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"Definitely," she agreed with a breath out, "And, um, Happy Birthday. Sorry. I didn't know or I would have gotten you something."

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"Thanks," Tara said, "and don't worry about it. I didn't expect anybody to get me anything, anyhow."

She gave a tiny smile. "So I'll see you back in the room?" Shopping to do, and all...

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"Definitely," she agreed with a quick grin.

"And if there's anything you forget, just give me a call and I'll pick it up on the way back to the dorms."

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"Absolutely," Tara promised. "And this is why h-having a roommate is a good thing."