spin_kick_snap | 33 Apocalypse Ave, Tuesday Afternoon

It was October, even if the weather didn't match Tumblr's expectations of the month, and Kathy was getting into the spooky spirit. She'd decorated the living room with some window decals and a small stuffed bat for the cats to play with, there were a chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven and a bowl of ganache cooling on the counter for chocolate monster cookies, and two gallons of apple cider sat in the fridge, waiting to be mulled or spiked with cinnamon-flavored booze.

Now she was sprawled on the couch, playing through her repertoire of songs she'd learned on the guitar, and trying to figure out if she could learn to play Bad Moon Rising before it ceased being relevant. Hmm, maybe she should try to play something off of the Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads instead.

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"I don't know what you're smartassing about," Dante said, after a pause, "But I don't like it."

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"I'm not smartassing!" Kathy said, giving him big eyes and nodding. "I'm agreeing with you!"

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"I don't believe it," Dante accused.

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"What else could I have meant?" she said, trying the big eyes of her own.

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rebelseekspizza

"I don't know," Dante said, squinting at her. "But you meant something."

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"Throwing around baseless accusations is just rude," Kathy declared with a solemn nod. "Especially when I was agreeing with you." She strummed a minor chord to highlight how truly saddened she was by all of this.

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"That was a super-sarcastic strum, I don't fuckin' believe it," Dante announced. "I'm keeping my eye on you, Kat."

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"So now my guitar playing is sarcastic?" Kathy asked, cracking up. "What have I done to fall so low in your estimations?"

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rebelseekspizza

"Make that face."

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"It's just my face!" she said, still sputtering laughter. "You can't be mistrust me because of my face! It's a perfectly good face!"

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rebelseekspizza

"Not when you do that with it," Dante accused, waving the pick at her face.

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"I'm sorry you think laughter somehow makes me untrustworthy," Kathy said, affecting penitence and likely doing that thing with her face yet again.

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rebelseekspizza

"Yeah, definitely kicking you out of bed to get the booze," Dante muttered.

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"If you want me to freeze to death three feet from the front door," Kathy said sadly. "And then you'll never get the booze delivery."

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rebelseekspizza

"You're not gonna freeze to death, it's like 70 in here," Dante said, rolling his eyes.

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"We were talking about being in Austria and drinking schnapps," Kathy reminded. "I'll get booze deliveries while we're here. Hell, half the time, that means just stretching out from the edge of my bed."

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rebelseekspizza

"I'll bet it's gonna be seventy in the hut there too, just wear a fucking parka," Dante said, poking her with his foot.

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"A parka and no short skirt," Kathy declared. "Layers and stuff like leggings and sweatshirts and shit with buttons."

Did you really want that, Dante? Did you?

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rebelseekspizza

"And then you come back with the booze and we take it all off," Dante said. Mercilessly.

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"Hmm, maybe I'll make you both strip me naked before I hand it over," Kathy said, pondering this new idea. "I mean, the cold would still suck but this part seems doable."

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rebelseekspizza

"See? You get a little in return," Dante said. "Just gotta work for it."

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"Hey, if you went for the booze, I'd make sure you were well-rewarded too," she pointed out. "I can be pretty expressive with my...appreciation." She licked her lips and dropped him a wink, leaving no illusions about how she meant it.