Erika Forsythe (gardenfae) wrote in light_of_may, @ 2010-09-05 20:08:00 |
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Entry tags: | 2009-07-25, erika |
Hockey games, medical claims...
Who: Ben and Erika (and Petunia)
Where: The Mudhouse
When: 5:30ish
Normally Erika would ride her bike, but between the wet weather and the chance that she and Ben would be out until after dark, taking her SUV seemed like a much better idea. She arrived at the Mudhouse not long after she last texted Ben and walked around to the passenger side to let Petunia out of the truck. Granted, a coffee shop wasn't exactly somewhere you expected to see a goat, even a tiny one, but Erika wasn't about to leave Petunia at home to wreak havoc in her absence, and she'd never leave an animal locked up in a car for more than a few minutes of time. So either the Mudhouse would have to be okay with Erika bringing her familiar along, or she and Ben would have to go somewhere else.
Of course she hadn't exactly mentioned to Ben that she was bringing Petunia along, or even that Petunia existed, so there was that to get through first. She didn't think things would suddenly be different just because she told him she was an earth elemental - they'd known each other way too long for him to be able to get away with that bullshit - but it was kind of important for him to know. Even if she hadn't quite figured out how it affected her life, other than her constant four-legged companion.
Opening the door to the cafe, she stepped aside a few inches to let Petunia go in first, then looked around to see if Ben had gotten there first.