LOCKED (Rory stay out)

[swerval_zero]

Zero waits on the front steps of the school for Parker. They really need to get a move on if they're going to beat traffic on the mainland and pick up the puppy on time.

(ooc: I'll be offline in a bit, so Parker is free to god-mode Zero as necessary.)

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker jingled her keys. "We're going to have to walk into town to where I'm keeping the Porsche. Stupid new rules. Have you got the address?"



_{[ooc: back in a 30 min, must grab food]}

[swerval_zero]

Yeah, right here. *digs out a sheet of paper* We have to go to Richmond. One of the guys who used to play drums wi' my mum breeds Papillons there, which I didn' know before, so that works out.

(ooc: Shit, I'll probably be gone then. Carry on without me!)

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that's more than a hour's drive. We should get back before dinner, then."


_{[ooc: We'll slow-play it, my bad, I screwed up the timezones.]}

[swerval_zero]

Then we'd best get started, I guess. *starts off toward town*

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

They got to the parking garage about twenty minutes later, and Parker paid to get the car out with barely-concealed irritation. "SO much easier when I could keep it close to the school...."

[swerval_zero]

Yeah, well, this is why we invented comfortable shoes. *resists powerful urge to fiddle with radio as they pull out onto the causeway*

(ooc: Is it a causeway or a bridge?)

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker shoves a handful of CD's into her hands. "Pick something." There is Aimee Mann, Barenaked Ladies, Pink, Annie Lennox, some classical music, Anggun, and Dave Matthews Band. She taps her fingers on the steering wheel, glad to be driving again, but missing the cigarettes, since they so often went together.

"How much is this soon-to-be-undead puppy going to cost?"


_{[ooc: No idea, but we'll go with causeway for now.]}

[swerval_zero]

Hundred and twenty-five. He doesn' meet the breed standard or somethin', an', well, old friend of my mum's, so I get a discount. Luckily he hasn' asked yet what I'm doin' with the squallin' thing.

*Flips through CDs. Finally chooses Anggun at random*

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

They're going 70mph, rushing along with waves on either side of them.

Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone

Parker is smiling, secretly. Then she shakes her head. "Okay, so, are you sure you want to go through with the vamping-the-puppy part of this? A real puppy would be just as good as a gift...."

[swerval_zero]

She wants a vampire puppy. I dunno, though, we're sorta runnin' out of time. Think I could give her the puppy as-is with a note? Somethin' like 'IOU one vampin''?

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker looks relieved. "Actually, yes, I think that's a good idea. For all you know, she wasn't serious about the vamping. Or may not want it after she meets the puppy. Did you ever figure out what that Big Dumb Book (tm) said about making new vamps?"

They are approaching the end of the causeway, and Parker is slowing down.

The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara

[swerval_zero]

Professor Pierson hasn' gotten back to me with the translation yet. Maybe I'll get lucky and there'll be some, I dunno, mystical whosit taped to the back cover.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I think so." Parker hands Zero The Puppy and fishes her keys out of her purse. "Thanks for your time, Mr. Redding. We appreciate it. We'll definitely take good care of him." She pats the dog on the head and holds the door for Zero. "I'll get the crate out of the trunk. I think you'd better sit with him on the drive back, to make sure he doesn't mess up the seats."

[swerval_zero]

Yeah, sure thing. I can play with the ickle puppy yes I can yes I can. *cough* Um, bye, Mad. I'll remind Mum t'send you postcards, yeah? *follows Parker down the walk after Mad says his goodbyes*

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Where are you keeping said ickle thing for the next week?" Parker wonders, once Zero's settled into the back with the Bat-Eared Wonder. "And how are you going to keep him a secret from Rory that long?"

She puts the Anggun CD back in, and starts the drive back.

[swerval_zero]

*eyes widen* I thought the party was Saturday.

An' I was plannin' to keep him in my room. I guess I could keep him there another week, but it'll be tricky, an' Fish might start t'hate me. Also, I might have forgotten to check with the roommate, but she's hardly ever around anyway.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

*flips open her Blackberry*

"Damn, you're right. I'm wrong. Okay, time to send out the invitations as soon as I'm back. It's Friday night, actually, since Rory has detention on Saturday. So you only have two days you have to keep Butterfly Brain under wraps. Let me say up front? He can *not* stay in my suite. He's cute, but I'm not sacrificing Italian leather to teething." She turns onto the highway, this time without near-misses.

[swerval_zero]

Two days? We'll be fine. Won't we, yes we will, yes we will.

*The Puppy gives a yip*

Awww.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker rolls her eyes, but grins, and hits the accelerator.

"If he messes up the interior..."

[swerval_zero]

He's in the crate. Relax. I don' want him jumpin' out the windows or what-the-squall-ever.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"There's a horrid thought. I bet we couldn't get a refund, either."

Parker moves into the left-hand lane to pass a semi. "So, you hear from your Ginger yet?"

[swerval_zero]

No.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker checks the rear-view mirror, and isn't thrilled with what she sees. "Ah. Sorry I asked. Pet The Puppy."

She shakes her head. "Faith got a puppy from Principal Connor this morning. I couldn't believe it. Bad-ass Beatdown Girl likes puppies as much as the next teen-age girl. Who'd have thought it?"

[swerval_zero]

*Pets The Puppy. Feels marginally better.*

Doesn' everyone like puppies? Girl like Faith needs somethin' cuddly to hang out with. *eyes Parker* Hey...

[chasingangela]

[OOC: So cute. Sorry I missed this.]