status -> closed for @hairpintvrns (terry) location -> terry's residence
Theodora has to do a quick, impromptu color analysis on Terry — it’s not something she’s had to think about before, so she spends some time at the makeup store, frowning down at pictures of her friend, trying to decide their season. At first glance, Theo wants to say they’re a cool winter, though perhaps she’s being a little bit hasty. She thinks maybe a bright winter color palette might suit her best, in the end, and picks out some nail polishes in shades of silver, mint, and navy. She’ll have to decide when she’s over which one might look best.
Forest Lake is a charming neighborhood — very spacious, she thinks, which makes it a little obvious to Theo why Terry may have chosen this place to settle down. Well, that, and she’s sure Terry has had some fabulous luck with their birds out here. Theo’s never understood the appeal of birds the same way Terry has, but then again, not very many people tend to understand her relationship with horses — at least, not in a friendly manner — so she’s happy to support Terry with their hobby, even if she doesn’t quite understand it.
She reaches the cabin with the red door eventually, and knocks delicately against the wood three times. The paper bag in her other hand houses the nail polishes she definitely overdid, but it’s rare Terry ever indulges Theo in these things. Though she did have to give up the subject of Cassie, which — thinking about it now, she’s not sure is such a fair exchange, but she was being truthful when she told Terry she’s trying to meddle less in people’s lives. She just gets so caught up in trying to fix everything for everyone, she forgets that sometimes it’s not her place to do so. Another symptom, she’s recently discovered, of being raised by a narcissistic mother.
She knocks three times again, wondering if Terry had heard her the first time. Maybe they’re asleep? Theo debates phoning her, but doesn’t have a chance to make a decision before the door is opening. Terry smiles widely at the sight of her old friend — someone she loves and holds near and dear to her heart, after having been a motherly figure in a childhood that lacked her own. “Hi!” she greets happily. She doesn’t want to give Terry a hug without them asking first, so she keeps her distance. “Did I get taller, or did you get shorter?” she teases instead.