who ? kip bundy and marlene mckinnon when ? late monday morning, 29th may where ? magical menagerie, diagon alley what ? buying toys for pets status ? complete
Marlene refused to think of bringing presents to Luke and Leia as spoiling them, even if she was quite sure that was exactly what it was. She was also quite sure Jareth also thought so, but he hadn't told her to stop, so Marlene hadn't. She was, after all, the godmother to the two kittens, which in Marlene's opinion meant that she should definitely spoil them. Briefly Marlene had also considered buying Harry a cat toy, but then decided that human godchildren were probably different from cat godchildren (for shame, because the kittens were both adorable and super easy to shop for).
This was how on Monday, Marlene ended up standing in front of a long shelf of cat toys at the Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley. There was just an almost overwhelming amount of choice. Marlene was in the process of inspecting a ball with little bells in it, when it slipped from her hand rolling down the isle. The ridiculousness of the fact that now Marlene's Monday was her chasing a cat you across a shop didn't escape her, even if the cat toy did. "Crap," Marlene muttered, kneeling to check under one of the shelves (realistically she should've just left it there, but it felt rude to do so). Once she pulled back from (unsuccessfully) looking for the toy, Marlene accidentally put her hand on someone's foot, pulling it back quickly as she looked up. "Sorry," she offered and then frowned. "This is oddly awkward," she decided because she was on her knees in front of a stranger at a pet shop, accidentally having touched their foot.