The Perk, Monday Morning

[life_inshadow]

When Tara got to Fandom Friday night, it had been with plans of a quiet weekend dancing in her head. When she woke up, it was two days later, she was in the park, she was damp from rain, and all she had to show for it was a bunch of strange dreams about being a house. The island's sense of humor sort of sucked

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[glacial_witch]

Karla stopped in on her way to Chilly Boulder. She needed an extra-large coffee, but even if she hadn't, spotting Tara would have had her wandering in anyway.

"Kiss kiss," she said, nodding at the barista from yesterday and signaling an 'extra tall.' "You look happy about something? Glad to be you again? Or that everyone else is?"

[life_inshadow]

"It's -- a Willow thing," Tara said hesitantly, looking up from her phone. "A good Willow thing. People weren't themselves? I ... kind of slept through the weekend."

Or something like that.

[glacial_witch]

"No wonder I hadn't seen you," Karla said with a nod. She'd noticed the big house in the park, of course, but hadn't put the two together. Someone had never seen Left With the Breeze. "You didn't miss much. Most people were other people this weekend. Same old, same old."

But that was boring.

"Willow news?" Karla prodded gently.

[life_inshadow]

Tara had seen Left in the Breeze, but for some strange reason -- denial, mostly -- she hadn't put two and two together. Better to think of the whole thing as a strange dream.

"Who were you?" she asked, curious. "And ... yeah. Her, um, her ex was in town which is -- kind of part of why I was so happy to go to Kaeleer, sorry -- and she texted me to let me know he's gone, and she let him know she's with me now. She'd been ... having a hard time admitting that. She's never dated a girl, so..."

"Anyhow," Tara finished. "Drama averted. And now we're going to pick out a cat to share."