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Tweak says, "H is for Hammer"

Penny Ahuja (pennyahuja) wrote in 20somethings,
@ 2022-01-29 21:12:00

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c: penelope ahuja, c: scarlett mclaggen, d: 2028 01, ~ complete, Ω: rp

rp: aftermath
Who: Penny & Scarlett
What: Working on a Saturday in a closed shop
When: 29 January, 2028
Where: Closed - Bizarre Curiosities
Warnings: Talk of sex and talk of arrest/drugs
Status: Complete

Since the arrest, Penny had kept her shop closed. Scarlett had been told she'd receive full pay, but that she had the week off. It was Friday when she got the go ahead that she could go back into her shop, and so a message had been sent to Scarlett asking her to join her at the shop on Saturday to get the shop cleaned up so that they'd be able to open back up on Monday.

Penny had arrived at the shop after her morning run, dressed in a pair of soft pink sweatpants, matching crop top, and running sneakers. Her long locks were pulled back into a high ponytail and she found herself without make-up. She wanted to get started cleaning, she had had nightmares for days about aurors finding her secret room. She had needed to see for herself that everything was still there. Only after she had swept multiple times for any sort of surveillance. She had found a couple of different bugs that found their way into her burning cauldron.

Much to her relief, the secret room was left untouched when she did finally step inside. It was as she was coming out and relocking everything that she heard the noise of Scarlett in the shop. "I'm in my office," she called out to her only employee, adjusting her glasses. "How have you been?" she asked as she turned away from the wall behind the sofa in her office to face the door.

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starlitscarlett
2022-01-30 04:17 am UTC (link)

It took a moment for Scarlett to place the name, despite being as close with Kenzie as she was, but when she did, she groaned and rubbed her hand over her face. "Kenzie is going to be insufferable!" She'd been insisting that there was some epic love story just waiting to happen between Hailey and Penny for ages, and now that they were giving it a go, it was only a matter of time before Kenzie gloated about it.

"That little fucker," she said under her breath. She'd truly believed she'd had River wrapped around her finger, but she'd had no idea he was smuggling drugs through the shop. She wasn't sure what she'd have done if she had known, but she didn't want Penny going down, as that would put an end to her easy money.

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pennyahuja
2022-01-30 11:49 pm UTC (link)

A surprised laugh slipped from Penny at hearing Kenzie's name. She doubted it was any other Kenzie than Kenzie Montgomery, Hailey's little sister. "Why will she be insufferable?" she asked cautiously, if only because she was certain most people in Hailey's life hated her. She was positive that her old roommate, and Hailey's cousin, Athena Montgomery hated her. There was a reason she had not been to see Hailey at her own flat.

That little fucker was right. Penny intended to find him, what she was going to do with him once she did was anyone's guess. Instead of causing alarm, she just gave a shrug of her shoulders. "Now we have to clean up after the morons, unfortunately. Fortunately for me, they didn't find whatever it was they were actually looking for," she said with a sigh, one hand on her hip. "I should follow you out there, we can get started in back room and then work towards the door. That way we have someplace to put broken things without just piling things up," she said, rambling just a little in instructions. She wanted her shop back to it's splendor again.

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starlitscarlett
2022-01-31 09:31 pm UTC (link)

For the briefest moment, Scarlett looked at Penny as though she were an idiot, and then she realized that Penny actually might not know. "Oh my god, she's been obsessed with you two forever! She's had it all built up in her head that you and Hailey have this epic love story and are soul mates or whatever. It's disgustingly saccharine," she admitted with a short, light laugh. She'd always thought it was naïve, but considering her own parents' love story, maybe she shouldn't. They seemed as madly in love now as they'd ever been.

Catching herself this time, Scarlett did not sigh or roll her eyes, even though she wanted to. This was not the sort of work she'd signed up for, and in truth, she didn't actually work in the shop very often, but considering the opportunity Penny had given her to work the games, she supposed helping clean this place up was the least she could do. And it probably wouldn't be the end of the world if she did need to work in the shop more while Penny searched for a replacement for River. "All right, then. Let's get it done." At least they would have magic on their side. They should have things cleaned up rather quickly. She hoped, anyway.

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pennyahuja
2022-02-01 11:51 pm UTC (link)

Epic love story, soul mates, Penny felt her stomach drop. Were they those things? Is that what she meant when she told Hailey that she was her person? She supposed those words what she meant, but Gods how they struck fear in her hearing someone else use them to refer to their relationship. The relationship that was so new, far too new. She didn't know what to say to all of that, so instead she just laughed softly with Scarlett. Lord, were they that mushy?

Thankfully they could focus on cleaning, her wand was back in her hand as she stepped out of the office. They'd make quick work of it, enough that they'd definitely have their doors open the following day. "Alright, I'll clear up over by the South African shelves," she said moving further into the shop. At least now she could keep her thoughts occupied, no thoughts about how very official things might be with her new girlfriend.

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