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[pandion]

"Especially if I don't, actually, since it's more tempting and I don't have productive things to say then."

[hold_infinity]

She snorts. "Yeah. I hear you."

[kindestgarden]

The door opens. "Hello girls!" calls Renée.

[instar]

"Hi, Mom!" calls Bella's voice from upstairs.

[pandion]

"Hi Mom! This is Robin. Robin, this is my mom."

[hold_infinity]

"Hi, Andi's mom," says Robin, waving.

[kindestgarden]

"Oh, you can call me Renée, it's fine. Are you girls ready to go to the movie?"

[hold_infinity]

"Yeah."

[kindestgarden]

"All right then, let's go!"

And she ushers them out to the car.

[pandion]

And there is the theater! Andi reminds Renée of when the movie is over, and that Bella will remind her if she forgets to come get them, and then she gets in line.

[hold_infinity]

"Is your mum the forgetful type?" inquires Robin.

[pandion]

"Yeah. Only about some things, but this is that kinda thing."

[hold_infinity]

"Got it."

[pandion]

"We have to be on her about running errands and stuff too. She doesn't let anything get too out of control but she leaves it later than she means to if we're not kind of on her case."

[hold_infinity]

"As long as you manage to get it all down between the three of you, I guess," says Robin.

[pandion]

"Yeah. But we come home from Dad's in August and she's down to a can of beans and a bottle of ketchup and there's four utility bills wedged behind the toaster and her car needs to be washed and the sink's full of dishes. Takes a day or two to straighten out."

[hold_infinity]

Robin laughs.

[pandion]

They are nearing the head of the line. "Have you got cash on you? I can put it on my card and you can pay me back."

[hold_infinity]

"Sounds like a plan," says Robin.

[pandion]

"Two for Freaky Friday please," Andi chirps to the person behind the glass, and tickets are printed and her card is swiped. She tears their tickets apart and hands Robin hers.

[hold_infinity]

Ooh, ticket!

"How are we for time? It might be a better idea for me to pay you back after the movie," says Robin. "I expect I'll spend a while staring at a handful of indistinguishable bills and cursing."

[pandion]

"It'll start in like ten minutes, we should find seats," says Andi. "They're numbered, you know, the bills, what else do you usually expect money to do, fold itself into origami birds?"

[hold_infinity]

"I expect it to be different bloody colours and sizes!" she exclaims. "So I don't have to squint at the corner to see the bloody denomination!"

[pandion]

"The portraits are different too. Do you maybe need glasses?" Andi spots the correct theater and heads into the darkness.

[hold_infinity]

"I've been in this country for a sodding week, you think I've had time to memorize the faces on your money?"