A store on the mainland- Friday

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The last time Kitty dragged Derek shopping with her, it was because it was kind of fun to torment him, yadda yadda yadda. This time, she was dragging him along because he'd actually been good with fashion advice and she didn't have a Rachel anymore, so... she'd been recast as a surly werewolf with bad conversation skills. Sorry, Derek.

"Remember, I'm just looking for a work outfit," she said as they walked into the store. "So this should probably be less eyeroll-inducing than the costumes."


[For the personal shopper!]

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"That is not going to improve this situation at all, you know," Kitty pointed out.

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"That's between you two. I'm not interested."

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"You were the one who brought it up."

See, Derek, you bring that kind of thing up after you let the girl think she's letting a gay guy help her in using lingerie as outerwear. After.

[justlurkinghere]

"Because I don't want another 'talk' about this." If it helped at all, he was so deeply traumatized that sex was not on his mind.

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"Your timing could have used some work," Kitty sighed. "Okay. Onward."

Because if she wasn't going there, and he pretty clearly wasn't going there, and she didn't even know for a fact that Clint thought this and she'd be talking to him about it anyway, then she might as well get what she actually came here for. Like a grownup.

[justlurkinghere]

That's right. Make all the bad decisions with Derek.

Derek just shrugged again. "Pick the right size and we'll work from there."

Because it was totally normal to buy lingerie with girls. Perfectly normal. Erica would totally agree in the future.

[throughaphase]

Kitty frowned at that, because that sounded way too much like he actually knew what he was doing here, and now she was really hoping he couldn't use his sister as a reason this time.

"This is so weird," she muttered, shaking her head. It might become her mantra.

[justlurkinghere]

No, Laura had taste.

"You're the one who dragged me."

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"Because it wasn't weird before and now there's talk of lingerie sizes."

...That might be weird even before this whole thing came out, now that she thought about it.

[justlurkinghere]

"Then pick your own bar clothes out. Don't blame me if you look like Tara Reid."

Yes. That was where his pop culture knowledge ended.

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Kitty stared at him. "That's a low blow."

She was way classier than Tara Reid and her boobs stayed in her clothes, thank you.

[justlurkinghere]

FOR NOW.

"Stay away from reds."

[throughaphase]

Damn you, Derek, now she had to ask. "Why?"

[justlurkinghere]

"Tara Reid."

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"You say that name one more time and she's going to show up," Kitty threatened.

[justlurkinghere]

"Tara Reid," Derek replied, eyes wide for a moment before wandering away to find something that looked mildly classy.

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"How about I wait by the dressing rooms and pretend this isn't happening?" Kitty called.