Within a few hours, he had showered, wrapped the gifts for under the tree and stashed the ones from Santa, and put the snow chains on the car, and then came inside to warm up.

Prissy came out to greet him, meowing as she rubbed up against him. After dropping off Kiki, he had stopped by the station to get her, wanting to surprise Kiki. The guys teased him and Erica pouted as she playfully admonished him for taking away their mascot. In the few days that Prissy had been at the station, everyone had grown attached to her, but Taren figured that Kiki was ready to have her back....