allison (raheta) wrote in parabolical, @ 2008-08-12 03:13:00 |
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Entry tags: | heather mason, jack sparrow, open |
WHO: Heather & [OPEN]
WHAT: Taking the unnamed!dog for a walk.
WHEN: Early afternoon.
WHERE: Around the city.
RATING: TBD.
STATUS: Incomplete.
Heather still didn't know what to call the dog she'd adopted from the shelter, but she figured it would come to her eventually. She was taking her time with it, and while she knew it might've been a little silly, it was important to her. She'd never had a pet before, and it made her feel a little bit motherly in a sense. She was taking care of another living thing, and maybe, just maybe, it would get her out of the obsessive, harmful mindset she'd been in ever since arriving in L.A. If she had a dog to walk, maybe she wouldn't stay in bed until five in the afternoon. If she had a dog to feed, maybe she wouldn't go on drinking binges. If she had a dog to teach those odd little tricks to, maybe she wouldn't cut. And maybe she would just feel better.
"Come on, um...dog," she said, tugging lightly at the leash as she exited her apartment building and set out along the sidewalk. The dog walked just fine, even if she liked to move a little faster than Heather was walking. But she just let some of the slack go on the leash and it didn't matter much. "You really need a name," she added as an almost apologetic afterthought. "And you need those toys Sam bought for you, too." A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth as she said the words, even if she was mostly just talking to herself.