I found us an apartment to live in. it was big enough to house two people which was just enough for us. Having a house like before seemed like a bit much especially in a city were prices skyrocketed. it was better and cheaper to just live in an apartment. We were on a tight budget anyways so buying a house in the city was a big no no. I don't have that kind of money. 

once moving in was taken care of I got to work looking for job offers while moon went straight for the door. they bolted out and shut the door loudly. I could tell they were just excited so I didn't plan on reprimanding them too much later. today was supposed to be fun after all. 

a few hours later and moon was back. I hadn't had any luck online so far since I was only able to apply for a few jobs so I went to see if moon had a better time job searching than I did. sadly that wasn't the case. 

"..."

"..."

"you....forgot?" I asked ticked. 

".......sorry?" moon said after flinching. they were clearly terrified......good. 

" 'sigh' did you at least see one? I don't care if it was by accident or looks shitty just please give me something." I asked desperate. applying to three jobs online just wasn't enough variation. nor was it good idea if by some chance they all declined my job application. 

"oh! now that you mention it I did see one place..." moon said snapping their fingers. they trailed off at the end thinking for a moment. 

"oh Thank God! where is it? whats the name! I can go and apply right now if it's still open!" I said holding on to moons shoulders and shaking. 

"whoa whoa hold on a minute mom! I don't remember the name exactly but I remember where it was! I can take you there now if you want?" moon asked.

"what are you waiting for moon? we have no time to waste!" I yelled and puller them out the door with me using a tendril. I couldn't contain my excitement at the prospect of a job just down the street from where we live. lots of the restaurants and stores around here look wealthy so I'm sure the pays good. 

I was on my way to the place following each of moons....less than accurate directions when we were stopped abruptly by a passing by stranger. 

"hey! what do you think you are doing?" he asked threateningly. behind him was a group of his friends. they looked hostile towards me for some reason. 

I was confused on what he meant when I realized I was still holding moon with my tendrils. in all my excitement I had completely forgotten how bad that would look. undeniably I look like a kidnapper. 

I was about to respond when the next guy a buddy of his, I assumed, chimed in. 

"just put them down and things won't need to escalate." he said looking defensive. again before I could respond another one started talking. 

"I'll have 911 on speed dial in less than one second if you don't put them down right now." this guy was practically yelling. this situation was getting out of hand so I did just what he said. I was more than a little surprised when they grabbed moon and pushed them behind the group of men. I know they mean well but I was about to blow a fuse. technically they were the ones kidnapping now. 

"give me back my child!" I yelled in anger. they all looked at me in confusion. 

"let go of me! that's my mom not a kidnapper you idiots!" moon screamed. at this point more people had noticed the situation and came to see what was wrong. 

"huh?/wha?" all five men said at the same time. at some point a group of girls came rushing over and with a few words from moon each and every one of the women smacked the men over the head with there purse or some other solid object till they were all apologizing profusely while crying. 

it was a comical scene not going to lie but I was more focused on getting away from these lunatics so I didn't pause to admire it. I grabbed moon hugged them and then led them away from this ridiculous situation. 

after a little bit of tense silence me and moon started giggling out of nowhere at the hilarious situation that had just occurred. 

eventually me and moon had managed to make it to the store in one piece. we had gotten a good laugh out of the situation before hand so I would call this day a success whether I managed to get the job or not. 

once we got close enough to see the sign I just knew some higher being was messing with me. 

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