Everyone loves the mall Who: Otter, Kat and Cole Where: Briarwood Mall When: Afternoon
Otter had wanted to spend the day tending to his garden. All of this rain hadn't been good for it, the flooding hadn't helped, and yeah Mrs. Niemi (or was is Selanne now?) and Mr. Krasner had gone and gotten rid of most of the water but that didn't mean the damage was reversed like he wanted it to be. His garden needed his help and Sitala actually agreed that it was true. Yet unlike at home, sneaking out wasn't quite so easy and when he was about to go over despite the continuing rain his mom caught hold of his shoulder and told him that Kat had called. How she'd learned that he was at the Niemi place he didn't know, but he'd accepted it as fact and called back. Looked like she was bored out of her skull, bad thing for a were the day before a full moon, and wanted to do something. Otter was more than happy to agree to go to the mall with her even if it meant giving up the care of his plants for yet another day. 'It's because you like her,' Sitala tossed out from her perch in a tree as he headed for his car in the driveway, glad he'd driven over instead of riding with his parents. He decided not to respond to what his familiar had said, ignoring the faint blush on his cheeks, and reversed out.
So what if he had a sort of crush on Kat? It ran in the family to like the Diaz girls. He knew for a fact that Oz had crushed on Roxy when she was a kid, and would probably still love to go flirting with Audrey. Hadn't really mattered before since they were only in town for a couple of weeks every year but now... well, Kat was there for good. And cuter. And - I'm turning into my brother. Otter shut his mind off and drove the rest of the way to the Diaz place in silence. Shutting the car off he slid the keys into his pocket, checked to make sure his hair was... yeah, a bit of a mess, thanks to the rain, and went up to ring the doorbell.