Penultimate chapter!
Mercedes: POV
I woke up in a sandwich. Noah was on his back nearly in the middle of the bed, snoring to high heaven. Annie was in a line, her head on my pillow and her feet hanging off the bed.
I took a moment to look over my bedmates. Yeah, they slept wild.
I pushed the covers back and climbed over them before climbing over Noah. Once my feet touched the floor, I tiptoed out and to Rae's room with my cell phone.
Rae was crying softly so I picked her up and sat in her rocking chair. I set it in motion and hummed as I lifted the top of my night shirt. I began feeding her and once I was sure she had a good latch, I texted Marcy.
I didn't expect a response; it was six in the morning. But that would have made sense. She texted me back less than a minute later. So I called her, taking care to whisper. "Hey?"
"Sup."
"Why are you awake?"
"Why are you?"
"I'm feeding Rae. Your turn."
"I'm brushing my teeth."
"At six in the morning?!"
"I can't brush my teeth in the morning?"
"Of course you can. But this is your first morning of freedom. Why aren't you sleep?"
She grunted.
I rolled my eyes. Talking to her was like trying to get blood from a stone. "Are you going to church?"
"Hell no!"
I giggled. "Swear jar. Why not?"
"Fuck that jar."
"Marcy!" I giggled.
I heard water running. "You're the one who said it was my first day of freedom. I'm not sitting in a hot building all day when I could be out doing stuff."
"What do you want to do?"
"Let's go to brunch."
I adjusted Rae to be over my shoulder and burped her. "I like that idea. What time?"
"Hell if I know. You know we have to go shopping."
"I want to hope against hope that you mean for clothes."
"There's no way under the sun."
I made a small sound of displeasure. "It should have been!"
"It was not. I know it wasn't. You know it wasn't. Stop fooling yourself."
"You're a dream killer."
"Didn't we just go shopping for clothes?"
"That was weeks ago!"
"Like two; don't trip."
I sulked as I patted Rae's back. "You never gave me a time."
"Ten o'clock, heifa!"
"Don't call me names!"
She didn't say anything and the water got louder before it was shut off. "Get bent."
"Rude little thing."
"Whatever. Just call your friends and tell them the news."
"One, they're your friends, too-"
"Shut up."
"Two, you want me to call them right now?"
"If you do, keep me on the line. I want to hear you get cussed out."
I rocked Rae back to sleep. "They will not cuss me out!"
"Yes, they will. Nobody's up at the asscrack of dawn."
I fell out laughing. "I can just send a text and hope they see it before they eat."
"You're going to have to text Mikey every hour on the hour. He is going to go looking for food."
"He has no food. What's he going to eat?"
"I said he was going looking for food; not that he'd find any."
I laughed. "Rae's sleep. I'm going back to bed."
"Deuces."
"No! Wait! What are you about to do?"
"Bye, Mercy." She hung up on me!
I stared at my phone in shock then realized I shouldn't be surprised. That bad child never answered questions she didn't want to. I frowned as I got up to put Rae down after changing her diaper then left to go back to bed.
I texted our friends (Brunch @ 10) before setting my phone on the nightstand and crawling over Noah. I had to break up a spot for myself because he'd rolled over and there was not one bit of spot open on the other side of Annie.
I should have just gotten at the end… MAP
"Wake up!" I pushed at Noah's shoulder.
He continued snoring.
"Wake up!" I beat on his chest.
"Is he okay?" Annie rubbed her eyes.
I pushed at him from behind, grunting with effort. "He will be when I kill him. Wake up, Noah!"
He rolled over.
I sighed and pushed my hair out of my face. "Fine! Stay here and miss breakfast!"
His eyes flew open. "Breakfast?"
"Are you kidding me?!" I yelled as Annie giggled.
He sat up. "Where's the grub?"
I slapped his chest. "Get up and get dressed!"
"I don't wanna do that."
"We're going out for breakfast."
"Oh. Okay." He stretched.
I gave Annie a look, which made her fall over in laughter. "Let's leave him."
She climbed off the bed and stood at the end by the settee. I got down and took her hand. We went to the closet.
"Are you mad at me, Mama?!" Noah yelled.
"Yes!" I shut the door and turned to Annie. "I want to make him suffer. You in?"
"Are we going to keep him waiting?" She sat at the free vanity. I already asked Marcy to fix it so it would reflect her.
"No. We should but no. We're going to knock his socks off."
"I'll follow your lead."
I nodded and went to my clothes to rifle through the racks. I found a plum peplum shirt and black skinny jeans. "These ought to get him."
"Gotcha!" She looked through her bags and found a summery dress in pastels. It had short sleeves and a scoop-neck.
"Great! Do you want to shower first or wash up?"
"I can wash in the sink while you shower."
"Let's go." I took her hand and led her to the bathroom. "Get up, Noah!"
"I am up!" He lied.
"I'm not playing with you! We'll leave you here!" I closed the bathroom door behind us and went to turn the shower on.
Annie filled the sink with water and stopped it with the rubber stopper. "Where's the towels?"
I went to the closet and grabbed a face towel for her before grabbing a pouf for myself along with a body towel. I gave her the face towel and set the body towel on the counter before taking off my clothes and stepping inside the shower.
The water felt really nice. I wasn't even aware I had any kinks and knots until I was under the stream. But it felt oh so good to get them pounded out.
I yelled out for Annie to turn on some music just as the water turned burning hot. I jumped out of the way and screamed.
"That was Noah!" She yelled.
"What I do?" He shrugged. I knew he did. I didn't have to see him. I could see him in my minds eye and his inconsiderate self shrugged.
"Noah, I'm going to kill you!" I shouted.
"My bad, Mama."
The water turned freezing cold. "Noah!" I stretched out his name.
"I gotta wash my hands!"
I was seriously considering cussin him out. "Hurry up and get out!"
"Can I wash up?"
"Get out!"
The water went back to normal but I felt a cold draft when the door opened.
"Noah! What are you doing?!"
His head was tilted and he wasn't looking me in the face. "Want to have some fun?"
"Noah, I'm trying to shower!"
"You can do two things at once."
I blushed. "Annie, come get him!"
She poked her head around. "You look really good."
My blush worsened. "Guys! Can I shower in peace?!"
"I want to break you in pieces." Noah reached out.
I slapped his hand. "Noah, go check on Rae. Annie, finish washing. We have to be out of here by ten."
"Why?"
"Do you want Marcy to burst in here and kill us all? You know she hates being late."
"She'll cut off pieces. Important pieces." He gulped. "Alright. We'll see you after your shower." He shut the door as I laughed.
Annie turned on music and I sang to her as I finished washing myself. My hair was totally wet so I decided I'd wear it wavy. No need to trip.
I turned the water off and came from the shower. I wrapped up in the towel and noticed Annie was in one, too. "I guess we should let him use the bathroom."
She giggled. "It'd be nice."
"I am the nice one, aren't I?"
She grinned. "Out of whom?"
I swiped my finger down her nose. "Stop spending so much time with her."
"But I like her." The fact that she knew who I meant without mentioning a name showed how in sync we were. Or how bad Marcy was…
"She'll lead you straight to hell." I took her hand and opened the door.
"I bet it'd be fun."
I shrugged. "Probably."
Noah popped up from the bed. "Still lookin good."
"Noah, go shower."
"You don't let me do nothin."
"Tuesday is Annie's birthday. We can do plenty then."
"Promise?"
I squeezed Annie's hand. "Promise."
"Yes!" He jogged into the bathroom.
Annie giggled. "He's eager, isn't he?"
"You'd think it's been years!" I threw up my free hand. "Let's get dressed."
We walked into the closet and got dressed. We put on lotion and perfume and I took down my braid. We brushed our hair then put on makeup.
By the time we were done, Noah strolled in. He whistled. "We don't have to go!"
I grabbed Annie's hand and sticking out my tongue, left.
"That's not what I wanted to hear!"
I kept going as Annie laughed. I pulled her to Rae's room. Rae was awake and playing with her feet like the adorable weirdo she was.
"Hi, baby!" I went to her and picked her up.
She made a loud noise and pulled my hair.
"Why you wanna hurt me?"
She laughed.
"I can't get over how beautiful she is." Annie wiggled her finger in Rae's face.
"She is, isn't she?" I was über proud of my child.
"She looks just like you."
I kissed both of their cheeks. "We have to wash her and find clothes for her to wear."
"How do we wash her?"
"Like my momma used to do us before we were big enough for the tub." I grabbed a washcloth and the baby wash.
"With the baby tub?"
"We don't need a tub." I led her to the bathroom down the hall. I set the stuff down then ran warm water in the sink and stopped it (the sink; not the water). I turned off the water when it got a certain height then set Rae in it after taking off her clothes.
"You're washing her in the sink?!"
"Yeah. I don't have to worry about her drowning."
Annie watched with rapt attention as I washed Rae quickly. I'd forgotten to bring a towel so I took one off the rack and wrapped her in it.
We went back to her room and I put her in a fresh diaper with a bit of powder. We went to the closet and searched for something for her to wear. Annie came up with a green jumper and pink undershirt. She had dozens of pink socks to match.
We got her dressed, brushed her hair and prepared a bag for her before leaving. As we walked down the hall to go to our room to see if Noah was ready, there was a sound on the stairs.
"Hi, Tia Me!"
"Hi, Bethie!" I squatted so I could kiss her plump cheek.
She kissed me back. "Good morning, Sissy!"
Rae squealed and clapped.
She kissed Rae. "Good morning, Anna."
"Good morning, Beth." Annie smiled.
Beth stood back. "Do you see my dress? It's new."
"Yeah, you look cute." I told her.
"Mommy got it for me so I could match her."
That sounded like Lucy… "Where is Mommy?"
"She's yelling at Finn to get ready. She said we were going out to eat. I'm hungry."
I laughed. This was at home Beth. This Beth talked a mile a minute. "Go see if Papa is ready."
"In here?" She pointed to our door.
"Yep. He's in there."
"Okay." She pushed open the door. "Papa?!"
We heard a shout then a giggle. We went to go see what was going on.
Beth had walked in on Noah shirtless.
"You know she's too young for the gun show." I teased.
He put his shirt on before coming over to kiss me. "You're "D" right; it's the gun show."
Beth giggled again. "You're silly, Papa!"
He scooped her up. "You're silly!"
"No! You're silly!"
I brought out my phone to record them. They were like the nonthreatening version of Mal and Mickey.
"It's 9:58." Annie said suddenly.
"Oh shoot!" I jumped and put away my phone. "We have to go!"
"We have to go or your aunt's head'll spin." Noah told Beth.
"Don't tell her that! She'll believe it will actually spin."
"She'll make ours spin."
I had to concede that. "Let's go."
We left the room as Rachel and Lucy were coming down the stairs. "Hey!"
"Hey!" We responded.
"Where's Finn?" Noah asked.
Lucy's face darkened. "We're leaving him here!"
Rachel took her hand. "He's getting dressed."
"Marcy's not about to chew my head off!"
"Scared of your little sister." Noah shook his head.
"I dare you to step to her." I gave attitude.
His face showed horror.
"Then shut up!" Lucy bit off.
"Marcy is very nice." Annie said.
"I think so, too." Rachel added. "I have only seen her hurt two people since we've met."
"Everybody can't be stupid." Noah pointed out.
Finn clomped down the stairs. Even in socks, he walked hard. "Morning."
"Trying to get Mini Mama to pass a brick?" Noah grinned.
Finn sulked. "That bed is amazing! I wanted to sleep!"
"It's ten o'clock!" Lucy shouted.
He pouted.
"We should go." Rachel advised. "I don't actually like making her mad."
We walked to the front door after setting out food for Fluffy and put on our shoes and grabbed the strollers.
We left the apartment and locked the door. Nothing happened.
"It is ten o'clock, right?" Lucy checked her watch.
"I'll call her." I gave Rae to Annie and called Marcy. "Where are you guys?"
"I'm feeding Secret." Marcy replied.
That made sense. "What about the others? It's after ten."
"So?"
"What do you mean so?! You said we were having brunch at ten!"
"Yeah but not like a hard ten. More of a get ready at ten."
"Are you not ready?!"
"Of course I'm ready. We're really just waiting on Tana."
"She does like her sleep." I admitted.
"She does but she just had her first bout of morning sickness. It's ugly."
I cooed. "Oh! Poor Tana!"
"We'll be out in five. Go see if the others are ready. We'll meet you in the lobby."
"Okay. See you then."
"Bye."
"Bye." I hung up. "So Tana had a rough morning. She got sick."
"Will she be okay for breakfast?" Annie asked.
"Food is a battlefield when you're pregnant but she'll probably eat something."
"Pregnant?! Santana's pregnant?! " Her eyes widened.
"We didn't tell you." I couldn't believe it. "Britt is, too."
Her mouth formed an "O".
"Wheels called us all up on Friday and was screaming it in the phone." Noah said.
"He's really happy." Finn added.
"Are we going to wait here for them?" Rachel asked.
"No." I remembered. "Marcy wants us to wait in the lobby with the others."
"Are they even ready?"
"It's food. Mikey's ready." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"I think it's safe to say Sam's ready, too." I muttered.
"I'm ready." Noah bit off.
"You'll get food. Hold your horses."
"Call Mikey and Kurt." Lucy said as we headed for the elevators.
I dialed Mikey's number. "Hey? Are you guys ready? I know you're hungry. Tana got sick. Yeah, she's fine but they'll be out soon. I know you're hungry. I don't know. We're about to see her and Kurt. Okay. See you soon. Bye."
"He's angry, isn't he?"
"He's complaining, that's for sure. But he said they'd meet us down there." I pressed the button to go down.
It took the lifts a minute to get up here then we got on them and rode down. We got to the lobby and saw Mikey, Sammy, Blaine, Kurt and T.
We all spoke and the last greeting didn't even get a chance to be missed before Mikey groaned about not eating yet.
I patted his stomach. "You plan on being a sumo wrestler instead of a dancer?"
He gave me a look. "I'll be the fattest dancer in the world. I'm not gonna stop eating."
"Pop-Pop." Lucy teased.
He picked her up and twirled her around. She giggled, even when he put her down and shook her head. "So?"
"What are you saying?" T asked.
I realized then that we weren't speaking English. We had to get better at that… I shrugged. "Just teasing."
"About what?"
"Mikey's fat." Lucy said.
Mikey hugged her hard. "Take that back!"
"Ah!"
He twisted side to side as her legs buckled.
"Okay! I take it back! You're not fat!"
"Don't let him make you lie. Stand up for the truth. He's as fat as his relatives."
We turned to view Marcy and the others walking over. The demon spoke.
"Moppet." Mikey let Lucy go and approached her.
"You're fat. Deal with it." She put a hand up.
He picked her up and twirled her around. "I'm what?!"
"Fat!"
He turned her upside down. "I'm what?!"
"Don't you let my hair get on this dirty ground!"
He flipped her over and put her over his shoulder. "Who wants to spank her?"
"Hey!"
"I do!" Noah raised his hand. Finn blushed, Sam looked away, Kurt smirked and Blaine raised his hand, too.
Artie rubbed his hands together. "I should get first crack!"
"What?! No way!" Noah frowned.
"This is my girlfriend you're talking about maiming!" Mal yelled. "I go first!"
Marcy tossed him a glare. "Put me down, *!"
"Marcy!" I gasped.
Mikey turned to Mal. "Get her!"
Mal rubbed his hands together as she kicked. "You better not!"
Mal slapped her butt before taking her from Mikey. "I saved you. Kiss?"
She stepped on his foot and pushed him. "Don't go to sleep!"
Mikey snickered.
"I'm going to get you, too! Don't get too attached to your kidneys!"
"But I already am." He put his hand on his side.
Karou laughed. "Thank you for waking me up. I couldn't have missed this."
"You need a spanking, too."
"Can we get her?" Artie asked.
Both Tana and Britt hit him.
"How about we tie you down and work you over like kneaded dough?" Marcy rubbed her backside.
"I'm okay with that." He shrugged.
"Well let's go back upstairs and we can break out the chains." Karou smirked.
Marcy leaned over with a dirty grin and asked her in Spanish, "You think he'd be into wax?"
Artie gasped. "I've found my people!"
Lucy and I fell out laughing, Mikey snickered, Britt and Tana were upset and Mal shook his head.
"What'd she say?" Ellen demanded.
"Why so suspicious, Red?" Marcy grinned. "Come on. I'm hungry and I found this great restaurant on Yelp."
"How's the cuisine?" Mikey wrapped an arm around her neck.
"It's decadent."
"Have I ever told you you were my favorite?"
"Really?" She looked up at him with hope in her eyes.
Lucy and I were hurt. "She's your favorite?!"
Mikey stilled. "Did I say that?"
"Yes!" The three of us yelled.
"Hmm." He walked out.
"Get back here, Chang!" We ran after him.
He broke out into a run and we chased him down. We finally caught him down the street and threw ourselves on him.
"Who's your favorite?!" We yelled.
"Why does it matter?!"
"Tell us!" We hopped on him.
The others walked up. Mal was the only one laughing as the other guys were openly shocked. "What are you doing?!"
"For real." Karou crossed her arms. "I'm his favorite."
We looked at her, cross. "No, you're not!"
"Yes, I am! Tell 'em, Mikey!"
"Can I get up, please?" Mikey grunted.
"No!" We shouted. "Who's your favorite?!"
"Laura! Now get off me!"
"Laura?!" We sulked.
"That makes sense." Marcy got up.
"I would think it was Grandmom but you're right. It does make sense." Lucy got up next.
I pinched his cheek. "Aww! You love your big sister!"
He threw me a glare as best he could with me still on his back. "I didn't say that!"
"But she's your favorite! Obviously you love her very, very much!"
"No, I don't!"
"Yes, you do!"
"No, I don't! She's awful! Grandmom is my favorite!"
I got up. "Nope! You said Laura. You love her!"
He got up and dusted himself off. "I do not love Laura!"
"You can't love your sister?" T smirked.
"Not that one!"
"But you love her!" Marcy teased.
"Aww! How cute!" Karou laughed.
Mikey glared at both.
Marcy grinned. "The restaurant is this way."
He grunted and walked off before coming back to snatch up T's hand then walked off again.
"We make his life miserable…"
"You enjoy your work." Noah nodded. "Respect."
"Well when you love your job, it doesn't feel like work."
"It makes me wish I wasn't the oldest." Artie said.
"Me too." Noah frowned. "Why couldn't my parents had had another kid before me?"
"So not fair."
We followed Mikey and T as the two went back and forth about wondering if a big sister would be better to have or a big brother. MAP
Puck: POV
Breakfast. was. AWESOME! Mini Mama had us go to this huge place but we ate outside. Mostly cuz she had her scary ass dog.
We ate until full (they had huge portions) and talked about nothing. Satan and Britt had a… problem when they ordered coffee.
Mini Mama told them they couldn't have caffeine and Satan said she wasn't going without it. She ordered it anyway and when it came, she instantly threw up.
That made Britt throw up. Mama and Q almost threw up and Mike was looking a little pale but they were able to hold back.
Mini Mama raised a brow and asked Satan if she still wanted coffee. Satan had pouted and said no before she and Britt went inside to wash out their mouths. Luckily (for them) they threw up in flower pots (but sucky for the owners).
When they got back, they settled for orange juice. After that, talk turned to babies and stuff and the girls went there talking about what to do and what not to do. Tina, Elle Woods, Kick, Rachel and K-Easy asked a bunch of questions which made Satan and Britt ask a bunch of questions.
Mama, Mini Mama and Q answered them all and wasn't snooty about it.
After we ate (and talked), we decided to walk off our meal. The girls wanted to go shopping. Mini Mama and K-Easy did not. Kurt of course wanted to go shopping. The rest of us guys did not.
We lost… miserably.
Mini Mama made a compromise. She and K-Easy would pick the store. Mama them thought that was fair. I was suspicious. What the hell was she going to pick? Mini Mama was a fucking wild card.
She led us all around, pushing the twins in their double stroller with Secret's leash tied to it. Finally she stopped at this place and spoke to her cousin in Japanese.
K-Easy nodded and they went inside.
We followed behind dumbly. "What is this place?"
"Hello!" A woman behind the counter smiled. "Welcome to Dutler's Animal Rescue."
"We're at an animal shelter?" Mama looked around. "Yay!"
What did that mean? Were we getting a dog? I could go for that. I liked dogs. Moms was scared of them so I never had one but I liked dogs a lot. "Cool."
"Can we see what you have?" Mini Mama asked.
"Yes, you can!" The woman smiled. "We have an array of animals."
She led us through the back and took us around the cages. We let the kids free so they could explore but I noticed Mini Mama stopped at a certain cage.
I went up to her. "What are you looking at?"
"I don't know." Her head was cocked. "It's big though."
"You like real dogs." I nodded slowly.
She shrugged before clicking her tongue. Whatever was in the cage got up and walked over. "Hey, dude. What's your name?"
The dog sniffed her fingers curled in the metal wire cage door. He licked her fingers.
She unlocked the door and he burst out. She fell backwards and he was all over her.
"Oh shit!" I jumped back before trying to get it off her but that mean thing growled at me. So I just watched as he sniffed her all over then licked her.
A weird sound came from behind me and I turned to see Secret bounding towards us while still tied to the stroller. He stopped in front of me and looked ready to attack.
"It's okay, boy." Mini Mama rubbed his face. "This is a friend."
I looked over the other dog. He was nearly as big as Secret but way skinnier. He was white with gray patches and he had blue eyes. He didn't look like no damn friend to me…
Secret obviously agreed with me because he tried to run over Mini Mama to get to the other dog, who looked ready to go at any moment.
Mini Mama hit Secret's nose gently. "Stop it. He's going to be your new brother." She lifted a back leg of the white dog. "Yeah, brother."
Secret turned up his nose and headbutted her.
"It's okay, boy. I'm not throwing you to the wayside. You're still my homeslice."
I knew damn well he was glaring at the other dog as she rubbed his side.
"Can you handle two dogs?" I asked.
"My heart is big enough to handle two kids and two spouses. I can handle two dogs."
I blinked. She had a point. "I wonder if anybody else found something."
"Hey, look!" Sam ran over with this pathetic look mutt. "His name is McConaughey!"
"What kind of name is-?"
Mini Mama shook her head fast. "That's a good name, Samantha."
"He's amazing! I don't know why someone returned him!" Sam gushed. "And I can afford him!"
"Proud of you."
"Thanks. Did you find- whoa!" He got a good look at Mini Mama's new dog.
"Isn't he beautiful?" She rubbed his head. Secret growled.
Sam looked at me. I grinned. He gulped and looked back down at this horse lookin dog. "Yeah. Beautiful. Just what I was thinking."
The woman walked over. "Did you find a furry companion- oh my go-! Did you let him out?!"
We stared at her. "Yeah?"
She made these awkward moves but didn't move her feet a damn inch. "Go away! Shoo! Back to your cage!"
The dog just looked at her.
"Shoo! Go away!" She flung her arms out.
He stood up and she backed away and screamed. I could swear he was smirking.
"What is your damage, lady?" Mini Mama was looking at her like she lost her mind.
"That dog isn't for sale!" The woman hid behind Sam. "That dog isn't a dog!"
We looked at the "dog" before looking at her. "What?!"
"He's mostly wolf!"
Sam and I stepped back.
"He doesn't get along with anybody! He's feral!"
"Don't lie on him!" Mini Mama hugged him.
"I'm telling you; he's a demon! He bites the other animals, howls at night, pees on anyone who looks at him! He's a menace! Everyone is afraid of him!"
Mini Mama glared. "He's sweet! He hasn't even looked at me crooked! You're a good boy, aren't you, Sully?!"
"You've named it?!"
"His name is Sully." She rubbed the dog's head and he butted her.
"Who are you?!" The woman looked at her in horror. "You must be Satan personified to get this hellhound to listen to you!"
"I prefer Lucifer." Mini Mama raised a brow. Her face was completely blank and it was scary as shit.
The woman gulped.
Mini Mama climbed to her feet. "I assume you know how to fill out the paperwork necessary so we can get our dogs?"
The woman nodded in fear.
"Lead the way."
The woman damn near ran out.
We followed behind and whistled for the others to catch up. We went back out to the front and the woman had the papers ready.
"What'd you get?" Mama asked. "I couldn't find anything. They all look so cute but we didn't have time to bond!"
"We can go to a pet store." Mini Mama assured her. "I need stuff for Sully."
"Sully?"
Mini Mama patted his head.
Mama looked between them. "That's your dog?"
"He's actually part wolf."
"I can see that."
I tried not to make a sound as I chuckled. "I'll protect you, Mama."
"Can you?" She stared at him.
"Of course!" I looked down. "Maybe."
She didn't look convinced as she looked at Sam. "What'd you get, Sammy?"
"Look at him! I named him McConaughey." Sam held him out.
"Look at you!" She cooed. "You're so cute!"
The dog yipped.
"Ten dollars please." The woman still looked at Sully like he was going to eat her at any second.
Sam pulled ten bucks from his pocket.
"Sign here."
He picked up a pen and signed his name.
"You have to put the name of the dog."
He did so.
She stamped it and folded it before giving it to him. "Here's your leash and a standard collar."
Sam took them and put them on the dog. "There you go, buddy."
Mini Mama handed over ten bucks and signed her papers. "Thank you very much. Say bye, Sully."
He growled at the woman, who hid behind the counter.
"So the devil has a brother." Mike whistled.
"Why?" Mal swore. "Why do you get these demon dogs?"
Mini Mama hit him. "Don't talk about my dogs!"
He glared. "You walk your dogs, I'll push our children!"
"We don't like you."
He growled.
Sully lifted his leg.
Mal moved. "He's trying to pee on me!"
"I told you we don't like you." She pushed his leg down. "But we don't pee on people."
"Anymore." I snickered.
She whipped around. "Him you can eat!"
I stuck my lip out.
That monster actually turned to me and growled.
"I never thought I would ever say this but I actually would rather take Secret." Mal muttered.
"Screw the both of you. My dog is lovable." She attached that collar and leash. "Come on, boy. We gotta get you some stuff so you'll be at home."
Then she walked the fuck out!
Mal glared down at Secret. "How could you let this happen?!"
Secret got up and went around his legs. Mal untangled himself before pushing the stroller out.
I laughed on the inside as the rest of us followed. Elle Woods touched Mama's arm. "He's- he's a little scary."
"I don't know what she's thinking. Secret is protection enough." Mama shook her head.
"Is she really getting these dogs for protection?" Tina asked.
Mike snorted. "We're the ones who need protection. From her!"
"Who's really going to step to BT?" Wheels rolled his eyes.
"You do realize she's been in plenty of fights?"
"Who is that stupid?" I didn't get that. That chick was dangerous.
"There's plenty of stupid people on this planet. She's fought most of them."
"How long has she been fighting?"
"How old is she?"
My lips twitched. "No way!"
"Legend has it; she used Momma Rose's kidneys as punching bags."
Wheels laughed. "That's amazing! Who says that?!"
"Me." K-Easy lifted her head.
I cracked up. "You know? I keep thinking about how she hurt Karofsky. He didn't see it coming. We didn't see it coming!"
"I saw it coming." Mike said. "You don't walk up on Marcy."
"She does like her personal space." Mama chewed on her bottom lip.
"Remember when she dropkicked Eliza Parker?" Satan grinned. "Best day of my life."
"Ugh!" Mama rolled her eyes. "And she's been so mean to Eliza ever since!"
"I hate her!" Tina wrinkled her nose. "She's always got something to say and it's never nice. She's mean and hateful and cruel."
"She's really the worst person I can think of." Kick frowned.
"And Patti was on her like a tick on a dog." Satan grinned wider. "I swear I can still hear her voice when she bumped into Parker and told her she didn't like her face and that her rank breath gave her cataracts."
Britt giggled. "Eliza was always a thunderstorm but Marcy is the rainbow when the sun comes out."
"Meaning Eliza was a raging witch and Patti made her life hell."
"Are you saying Marcy bullied Eliza?" Sam blinked.
"Can you bully a bully?" Kurt asked, actually confused.
"Marcy's not a bully!" Mama was offended.
"Eliza made everyone's life more difficult and Marcy was just the first person to call her on her crap." Q rolled her eyes. "Everyone just let Eliza get away with being awful and Marcy just did what we all thought about doing."
"I thought about it." Satan grumbled. "Often."
"She didn't fight her or anything. Did she?" Sam frowned.
"Totally!" Tina seemed really happy about that. "We had to separate them plenty of times."
"Why didn't Principal Figgins do anything?! What happened to that zero tolerance on violence thing?"
"Figgins ain't stupid." I snorted. "He knew better not to cross Mini Mama."
"For some reason, Principal Figgins was scared of Marcy." Mike shrugged.
"For some reason?" Finn looked at him like he was as bright as well… himself.
"Marcy's rough on just anybody but she's mostly good if she likes you. Principal Figgins had no reason to think she didn't like him. He was safe."
"Safe from what?!" Sam demanded.
Mike grinned.
Sam looked scared as fuck.
"Stop it, Mike!" Kick frowned. "Marcy is a very good person! She was really there for me when I was lost. I owe her everything."
"I never said Marcy was a bad person." He looked confused. "She's a better person than she gives herself credit for. If she likes you, you'll always be taken care of. She takes care of her own. She believes in loyalty."
"But?" Elle Woods led.
He looked at her for a long time. "There is no but."
Somehow I didn't believe that. I looked at Wheels with my bullshit face and he hit me with one back. We'd get it out of him later.
Suddenly Mini Mama stopped. We stopped a bit behind her then took a step back when she looked at us. She pointed up. "Pet store."
"We weren't talking about you!" Tina spilled.
Mini Mama just looked at us. "Pet store."
They relaxed but that creeped me out. She didn't react to an obvious lie? Hmm.
Mama walked forward first. "Let's go find your weredog new stuff."
"He could eat you."
Mama stopped.
"But it'd be bad form."
Mama looked back at us and we could read the lost scared look on her face. She turned back to her sister. "What kind of collar should he have?"
"After you." Mini Mama moved.
Mama ran in ahead of them. We all moved forward but Mini Mama didn't move. She just let us go first. I put a hand on Wheels' shoulder so we could hang back and see what was going to happen.
She pulled on the back of Mike's shirt. "Thanks."
"For?" He looked behind him at her.
"For putting Elle at ease."
"The streets are noisy."
"You know my hearing."
He shrugged. "If this is going to work, she's going to find out eventually."
"Like Tina?"
He sighed. "I wonder how long we can put it off?"
"What have you told her?"
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. You?"
She raised a brow.
"I know but Mal could have dropped a hint."
"Mal knows better than to go blabbing. Even to her. What about Mercy and Lucy?"
"Lucy will never tell. Finn and Rachel are going to be in the dark until Lucy's death. The only real problem is Mercy. She loves to talk and share."
"But she knows-"
"She does but she hates secrets and wants to be open with Puck and Anna. You know her."
Mini Mama grimaced. "Her PollyAnna ways are going to get her killed. Or worse; us."
"We just have to impress upon her the significance of secrets. She knows this is too important."
"I hope so. How would that conversation start anyway? "Hello, we're evil."?"
"My heavens, we're the Manson Family."
"Nobody can know about us."
"Do you think we'll ever get married?"
"Hell no."
"Seriously. To anybody?"
Her mouth twisted. "We have obligations."
"Right. But I would rather marry T. I want to marry T some day."
"Do you plan on hiding it from her your whole life?"
"I'm thinking yes. You know people cannot know. She'll leave me! And if we have kids, she'll take them and say I'm an unfit parent and then I'll have to steal them from her-!"
"Mikey!" She punched his shoulder.
"Right." He shook his head.
I looked at Wheels. Was he hearing the same thing I was?! What the fuck was they talkin about?!
"The point is, you can hide it better than we can. You live a floor above Tina and you have a room to yourself. We have to make sure Elle never finds anything." Mini Mama said.
"What about the twins? When are you going to broach the topic with them and not have them tell her?" Mike asked.
"The same way we were taught. I hope they get it because I don't want her hurt. You know how they get. How he gets. I don't want her hurt."
He wrapped an arm around her. "They probably won't do anything. He probably won't do anything. And she loves you guys. She wouldn't do anything to get you in trouble and she won't have to worry about disappearing."
Disappearing?!
Mini Mama chewed on her bottom lip. "They're lucky we care about them. I could totally be with a princess right now. He keeps sending me photos of women he thinks would make a great alliance."
Were they talking about princesses now?! I knew they were rich but they knew royalty?!
"Me too." Mike frowned. "I don't want any of those women. They're either too hard (no offense) or too weak. T is both strong and feminine. I like that about her."
"You think I'm too hard?" She looked up at him.
His eyes widened before he looked down at her. "You're durable and dependable. You get the job done. You're a closer. He's very proud of you."
"Yeah right."
"He is. He'd never say it but he is. He only wants to run your life cuz he wants to make it easier."
"So Granddad tells you three what to do because he wants to make your lives easier?"
"Granddad has issues. It's not enough that he's corrupted Jamie and the others, he wants me, Marc and Mal to follow in his footsteps."
Their Granddad was Mr. Taylor right? Wasn't he a racecar driver?
"These old men are a trip." Mini Mama said. "Why is family so hard?"
"Because then it wouldn't be family. It'd be friends." Mike said flatly.
She smiled. "We have years to go before the deadlines anyway. We have time to follow our dreams and go to school and be happy. We have plenty of time before we have to tell them what's up, if we have to at all."
"Denial is good."
"I prefer to think of it as alternative facts."
He smirked. "Let's go find your demon dog something so he can stop growling at me."
"I think that's his stomach." She looked down as she began walking, Mike following her.
I made sure they were gone before turning to Wheels. "What the fuck was that?!"
"I feel like I just watched a live episode of Scandal!" He rolled back and forth nervously.
"Of what?! Nevermind! We have to find out what they mean!"
"Hell naw! You heard what they said about Elle Woods disappearing!"
"Why would Tina call Mike an unfit parent and take his kids?" I put my fist to my mouth.
"Mike's like the best guy I know. Tiny Dancer would never take his kids."
"I'm not the best guy you know?" I hit his shoulder.
"You're a guy I know."
Damn! I was joking but hurt my feelings why don't ya?! "Hurtful, bro. Hurtful."
A scream rang out and it sounded like Mama. We looked at each other and I don't know if he was thinking it but I damn sure was thinking Sully broke free and was eating people.
We ran over as fast as we could. MAP
Mercedes: POV
I screamed again and hugged the dog to my chest. He was the cutest dog I have ever seen!
"Mercy!" Marcy opened my arms and took the dog to put him down. "His head was gonna pop off!"
I pouted before getting to my knees and petting him. "He's perfect for me. I love him already."
Noah and Artie burst onto the scene. "What's going on?!"
"Look what I found, No-No!" I held the pomeranian out.
He looked at me, lost. "What?"
"I want to call him Elmo." I hugged the tiny furball to my chest and let him lick my chin.
A scream tore through the store. Then another. Two pairs of feet ran over. One belonged to Annie and the other to Britt. Both held out tiny animals.
"Look! Isn't he cute?!" Annie wiggled. "I want him! I want him so much!"
"Aww!" I patted the Yorkshire Terrier's head.
She put him down and I put down my new doggy. They sniffed each other before they began playing.
Us girls cooed.
"What are those?" Noah asked.
"Your feet with fur." Marcy replied instantly.
I swatted her. "What do you have, Britt?"
Britt wiggled and put down what she held. "It's called a Teacup Pig! Isn't he cute?!"
"What?!" Artie looked so messed up.
Britt pulled out the puppy dog eyes. "I love him. I want him. Can I have him, Artie?"
"What are we going to do with-?"
"Pancetta?" Marcy quipped.
Mal chuckled.
"What's that?" Britt asked.
"It's a type of Italian bacon." Marcy explained.
Artie smirked before chuckling. "Good one, Boo Thang."
She saluted.
"Britt, what are we going to do with a pig?"
Marcy opened her mouth but Mal slapped a hand over it.
Britt was offended. "We can have lots of fun with a pig! Lord Tubbington would love to have a younger brother!"
"They're not even the same species." Blaine pointed out.
Artie made the sign for stop talking but it was too late. Britt began to cry. Artie pulled her onto his lap. "It's okay, Britt. I don't think Lord Tubbington is ready for the responsibility of being an older brother. There's a lot that goes into it."
"Are you sure?" She wiped her face.
Before he could say anything, Tana ran over with a bird cage. "Look what I found! She's so beautiful!"
"Is that a bird?! San, you know I'm allergic to birds!" Artie reprimanded before he started sneezing.
"But- come on, Jimi." Tana pouted cutely. "Look at her!"
He turned his head when she stuck the cage in his face. His eyes were quickly becoming red and puffy and his nose was turning red, too. "San!"
Tana burst into tears. It was expected from Britt, who wore her emotions on her sleeve but Tana was way too hard to cry at the drop of a hat. But she was bawling now. "Why- won't- you- let- me- be happy?!"
Artie looked horrified.
Britt hit his chest. "We're getting these pets! I don't care what you have to do to get over it but this is what's going to happen!"
All our eyes got wide at that. Britt didn't talk like that! I saw Marcy slapping Mikey five on the sly.
Artie sighed. "If it'll make you happy. But that bird cannot be in our room. I need allergy medicine right now and I can't go through every day like this."
"She can stay in our closet." Tana sniffed.
"Him giving in is less fun." Mikey whispered. Marcy and Mal nodded.
I hit all three. "Stop it!"
"Who'd ever think of Tana with a dove?" Marcy mumbled.
"If I can't watch my best friend get in trouble, I'm going to go find something." Mikey walked off.
I wanted to throw something at him. I stamped a foot. "Why is he so bad?!"
"Why do you have to police everything?" Marcy rolled her eyes.
"I don't police everything." I pouted.
"You're the fun police. Stopping fun in as big a way as possible since 1994."
That hurt. "I love you."
It was the weirdest thing. Usually she responded with a joke when I told her I loved her. She just sneered and looked away.
That hurt even more…
"Look what I found!" Ellen ran over. She held a Maltese puppy in her hands. "Isn't he so cute?!"
"That's not a dog. That's a hairball Sully coughed up." Marcy said.
Ellen pouted. "You don't think he's cute? I was thinking of calling him Buttons."
"Or something not stupid?"
I could tell that hurt her. "What's a better name?"
"I'm sorry, Elle. Buttons isn't a stupid name." Marcy sighed.
Mal looked away. "But maybe we should name him?"
"Why?!" Ellen cuddled the white puppy closer.
"So he doesn't get beat up at the dog park."
Ellen's mouth fell open as Marcy's lips trembled greatly. "Buttons is an acceptable name but maybe Cedar or Ash would be more appropriate?"
"Aren't those trees?" Ellen asked.
"What about Ecru?"
"Ooh! What does Ecru mean?"
Marcy looked at the dog. "White."
Ellen frowned. "Ecru sounds kind of exotic."
"Is that what you want?" Marcy looked up.
"Yes. Secret is so mysterious and Sully sounds like a man with a past."
Marcy looked back at Mal, who shrugged. She turned back. "Okay."
Ellen, who'd been looking at her dog, looked up. "I think I like Ecru. Let's see if your dogs like him."
"Uh… maybe not so close to their mouths?"
"But dogs lick each other. Right?"
Marcy looked at Mal again but he only grinned. She hit him and turned back. "How about we introduce them later?"
"Actually it's better for dogs to meet in a neutral space before you take them home." Someone showed up that worked at the store.
"How helpful. Go away."
He frowned and walked off.
"Marcy, that was rude!" Ellen scowled.
Marcy grunted. "Let's get stuff for these dogs and get the h-e-l-l out of here."
Mikey walked over. "I found the perfect thing!"
"What you got, homie?" Artie asked.
"Come see!" Mikey was giddy with excitement.
We followed him through the store until we came to the reptile section. I got really nervous. Reptile meant snakes. I held onto Annie and hoped I wouldn't see one.
Mikey stopped in front of a tank. "Tada!"
I screamed. MAP
Anna: POV
I have never seen MercyCat move so fast. Or scream so loud. She sounded like she was in a horror movie. She turned to run and ran into Noah, who was behind us and wouldn't let her go.
She kept screaming and she looked close to tears. People all over the store was looking at us. Most of our friends looked shocked but her family looked sad. Mal and Marcy looked like they felt bad for her while Mike looked hurt.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" Noah picked her up but she began fighting him.
Mike went over and got her from Noah. He held her close and rubbed her back as he whispered words to her in another language. She stopped screaming and just silently cried. She held onto him so tight, I thought she'd choke him.
He began dancing slowly and she loosened her grip. I noticed he made sure she couldn't see the tank. "Do you feel better?"
She nodded.
"Good. I'd never let anything happen to you. It's just a pet."
She tightened her grip. "You're gonna get it?!"
"You know I like snakes. But it'll be in my room so you never have to see it when you come over."
"Promise?" She sniffled.
"Promise. And I'll never take him out when I think you're over."
"Never?" She sounded like a little kid.
"Never."
She took a shuddering breath. "Okay."
"Okay. Go to Puck." He stopped dancing and handed her to Noah.
She held Noah tightly. He rubbed her back. "You okay, Mama?"
She nodded.
"What's going on?!" Quinn and Rachel ran over.
"Mercy saw my new pet." Mike said.
"What's your new pet?" Quinn asked.
Mike moved. "Tada?"
"Oh Mikey! A snake?! Really?!"
"I like snakes!"
"Oh my goodness." She rolled her eyes.
"Leave me alone before I get a spider, too."
She clutched Rachel. "You wouldn't dare!"
He stared at her before he moved forward and hugged her. "I wouldn't do that."
"So you're not gonna get the snake?"
"Yes but she'll never see it."
She huffed. "You live too dangerously, Mikey."
"I'm sorry."
She patted his back and moved. "Are you okay, Mercy?"
MercyCat nodded.
"I have something that will take your mind off the snake."
"What?" MercyCat's voice was muffled.
"You have to turn around."
MercyCat peeked over her shoulder as Rachel held out a bit of orange fluff. "What's that? It's so cute."
"It's a cat." Rachel said. "He's really a kitten and he's so well-mannered."
MercyCat left Noah and touched the kitten. "Hello, sweet thing."
He rubbed his head against her hand and purred. He was cute. He was striped and about as big as tea cup. His whiskers twitched.
"He's such a sweetheart. Won't Fluffy get jealous?"
"He'll be mine." Rachel said. "But I hope Fluffy won't mind much. I really like him. I've never had a pet before."
"They're amazing." Quinn smiled. "You're going to love your cat."
Marcy said something in another language that made her pale. MercyCat's mouth made an "O" and Mike and Mal snickered. Quinn responded before taking her hand and dragging her off.
"What was that about?" Finn asked.
"Ishfay." MercyCat told him.
He looked so confused. "What's that?"
"Oh Finn." Rachel sighed.
Kurt whispered it into his ear.
"Oh!" Finn nodded in understanding before frowning. "What does fish have to do with anything?"
"Finn!" MercyCat waved her arms but it was too late because Beth and Mickey started yelling.
He grimaced. "Sorry, Sadie. What's the deal?"
Noah rolled his eyes. "Beth and Little Mini Mama have fish."
"That have-" MercyCat cleared her throat. "Gone on to the great fishbowl in the sky."
"Poor girls." Sam shook his head.
"They don't know that."
"What? How?" Finn scratched his head.
"Marcy and Lucy told them they're at the animal hospital. Which they are, munchkins." MercyCat said that last part to the kids.
"So they're going to "get them back from the hospital" right now?" Sam asked.
"Yes."
"How is that funny?!" Ellen hit Mal, who grinned.
"That's not nice, Mike." Tina waved a finger in his face.
"It's funny because Fluffy almost got to that fish first." Mike said.
"What?" Beth's bottom lip trembled. "Fluffy doesn't like Meatball?"
"Meatball?" Artie raised a brow.
"Of course Fluffy likes Meatball!" MercyCat hit Mike.
"A lot." Mike helped.
Both MercyCat and Tina hit him this time.
Beth stared up at them before turning to Noah. "Papa, where's Meatball?"
"Alright, the truth?" Noah asked.
Beth nodded.
"Meatball got sick so Mommy sent her here to get better and she's going to go get her because she's all better now."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Yay!" Beth clapped.
Mickey said something that made her father respond. MercyCat told her something in the same language and kissed her cheek. Mickey cheered loudly.
"What'd she ask?" I poked MercyCat.
"She wanted to know about Blue." MercyCat told me.
"Her fish is named Blue?" Artie still looked skeptical. "Does she even know her colors?"
"Yep!" Mal said proudly.
"Smart kid."
Marcy and Quinn walked back with a bag each of a tropical fish. They went to their daughters and squatted at their strollers. "Look!"
Both Beth and Mickey reached for the bags but their mothers held them out of reach. "Not yet."
"Meatball!" Beth growled.
"Meatball needs to stay in this protective bubble until we get home." Quinn said.
Marcy talked to Mickey in I guess Japanese. She put the bag in the tray on the handlebar of the stroller as Mickey twisted to see.
"Shouldn't you teach them English now?" Artie said. "Or at least Spanish?"
"They'll pick up English from you guys."
"So we're going to be responsible for teaching your children English?"
"Don't speak around them. Not hurtin my feelings."
He reached out to swat her but she was too far away. "You're the true devil!"
She danced just out of his reach.
"You are truly bad." Mal said.
She walked up to him and stared for an uncomfortable amount of time before blowing in his face then walking away.
Mal blinked then reached out for her. "I'm not a baby!"
"I never called you a baby." She walked out of reach.
"Then why'd you blow on me?!"
"Because I could."
"Wait a minute." Blaine waved a hand. "You blow on babies?"
"It's not as serial killer-y as it sounds." Mike assured him.
"As?!" Marcy snapped.
"Or at all?"
She stopped moving and put her hands on her hips but Mal caught her and picked her up. "Put me down!"
"Or what?" Mal dared.
She reached up and pinched his cheek before saying one word in another language.
He set her on her feet and pushed her away.
Mike fell out laughing, Quinn giggled and MercyCat waggled her finger at Marcy.
Marcy, for her part, was completely unrepentant as she tried to wrap her arms around Mal, who kept moving. "Nah. That was low, minx. Even for you."
"What'd she say?" Artie hit Mike.
"She just said his name." Mike was wiping away tears.
"Uh huh. And that's why he won't let her hug him."
"She did." Quinn got her giggling under control. She told Marcy something and Marcy looked back at her briefly before sinking to her knees gently.
Her eyes widened and her bottom lip stuck out slightly. Her hands moved from her knees and she reached up to stroke Mal's belly.
Mike said something that had MercyCat and Quinn hitting him but Marcy just continued to touch Mal, who was trapped by her eyes (which I had to admit were mesmerizing).
He pulled her up by her hands and wrapped her arms around his neck and his arms around her waist. He dropped his forehead to hers and spoke to her before kissing her quickly and letting her go, moving when she hit him.
"Go Patti!" Santana cheered.
"Go where?" Marcy brushed off her knees.
"No. I mean you rock. Got him calmed down without apologizing."
"For calling him by his name?" Sam looked lost.
"He was obviously upset so what she said was mean." Brittany explained slowly.
"I don't get it."
"Me either." Finn shrugged.
"Speaking of names, what should I call my kitten?" Rachel lifted him up.
"Oliver." Marcy said immediately.
MercyCat and Quinn giggled while their brothers high-fived. "Good idea, Marce!"
"Oliver?" Rachel eyed her cat. "It is a strong name. Different but not too different. Easy to spell. And it sounds cute. Oliver Berry."
"Sounds like Juniper." Marcy smiled.
Her siblings fell out laughing.
"What is the joke?" Finn didn't get it.
"You guys have so many inside jokes." Artie mentioned. "Way to make us feel like outsiders."
"It ain't that deep, RT." Marcy's lips twisted. "This cat looks like the orange (and only) cat from Disney's Oliver and Company. He was named Oliver."
"Oh." Rachel stroked him. "I still like it and it's clever."
"What about the Juniper?" I wanted to know without being too rude.
"Our aunt is named Juniper." Mal told us.
"Because Oliver Berry makes you think of juniper berries and your aunt is named Juniper." Blaine put it together.
"Yes." Mike nodded.
"That is clever."
"I try." Marcy smirked.
Their cousin, Karou walked over with a big black dog. I think it's called a Newfoundland but I'm not sure. I just know it was almost as big as Secret. "I found my new best friend."
"Ouch, Cuz."
"You know you love Secret more than me." She flipped her hair.
"Now."
MercyCat swatted her. "Stop it!"
"I heard screaming." Karou looked around our group. "I was hoping it was none of you but not many people can hit those high notes."
MercyCat pouted. "It was me."
"What'd ya see?"
"A snake."
"And you flipped out?"
"Yes." She was mumbling now.
"Aww! Poor Cuz! I'm sure the little guy can't hurt you."
"That thing is huge!" MercyCat's eyes widened and she pointed to the tank.
"Wow. That is a big snake." Karou blinked.
"And it's going to be mine." Mike rubbed his hands together.
Marcy said something in another language that had MercyCat smiling, Quinn and Karou giggling, Mal laughing and Mike fighting his smile.
"What's the joke?" Artie sighed.
"No joke." Marcy pointed behind him. "We're burning daylight and we still have to find things for these animals."
We all hopped to attention and scrambled to find things for our new pets. I know I found a bunch of stuff for my little guy.
It was fun shopping for someone else. I got some clothes for him along with food, a bed, treats, a leash, a collar, a pooper scooper, a dog book and doggie bowls.
I didn't have much money until I got a job so I couldn't get too much but I might have splurged.
When we got up to the counter, we realized a small yet important fact; except for Rachel, none of us had names for our animals.
MercyCat thought Noah should name ours since he wasn't getting anything. He named her dog Ozzie and mine Cooper (for Alice Cooper). I didn't really want my sweet baby named after such a chaotic man but that's what he wanted.
Rachel kept the name Oliver and Ellen went with Marcy's choice of Ecru for her puppy. Brittany named her piglet Cupcake while Santana named her bird Amy (for Amy Winehouse).
Karou named her dog Morimoto while Mike named his (female) snake Baby. Marcy and Sam found stuff for their dogs.
We ended up having stuff shipped to our homes because we couldn't carry everything all around the city so we paid and left.
We were walking around, getting used to our pets, not paying attention to where we were going when Marcy stopped suddenly. "I have to piss like a racehorse."
Noah fell out laughing.