Kelly lay on her bed, absently stroking Charlie, her alpacorn. He was looking a little worn, but what did she expect from having cuddled the creature every night for the past year and a half? And it wasn’t as though she could just throw him in the wash…no, Bea creations were hand was only…and sometimes Kelly just wasn’t about that life.

Charlie had been a gift from Bea the day the two had become senshi…the last day anything in her life was ‘normal’. Quietly she looked at the misshapen beast and sighed. At least he was cute. Some of the creatures she had around her room weren’t so lucky…but normally Bea did try to give her the cute ones…not that it mattered now.

The melancholy of the month had started when October first had rolled around. This was her friend’s most favorite month and…this would be the second time she would be missing it. That didn’t matter though. What mattered was the fact that people in Broadway Musicals were all…hypocrites.

Her eyes slid over to her open computer screen where Pandora sat open, playing her Broadway Showtunes playlist, something that had become a guilty pleasure as of late. But right now, the songs were doing nothing but making her angry and unhappy and…well. That was the opposite of what music was supposed to do to a person.

Kelly was starting to have a very large issue with the Dear Evan Hanson soundtrack…for reasons other than the fact that it played all the time. Honestly, it was almost like Pandora didn’t realize that there were other shows out there apart from Hamilton and Dear Evan Hanson…and…when she did manage to listen to one of those other musicals…it was an amazing moment.

She sighed, rolling her eyes and then rolling herself over in bed, curling up closer to her stuffed creature.

Perhaps she would call December or Leander to come over…or to go out somewhere…heck. Maybe if she worked hard enough she could convince them to just…move in to her bedroom until the month was over…it was only another…twenty seven days. No big deal, right?

And why, why were all of these song either about loss or friendship or love…or something stupid that made her just want to start crying? It was all a load of crap, and finally, Kelly sat up and slammed her laptop shut, pleased that the actress who played Anastasia stopped warbling about Dancing Bears…she just didn’t need that in her life right now. She needed…franken bears. And BatCats and…whatever else.

Heck. Maybe she would try her hand at mutilating stuffed animals. Maybe she could start her own creepy…no. Not creepy, just cute. She could start her own super cute collection. She could add lace and buttons where they weren’t needed…and just…turn the cute fluffy things into…cuter fluffier things…

Kelly sat up with the idea, mind whirling, but then her eyes again fell on Charlie and she blew out a breath, drawing him close.

No. She couldn’t hold a candle to these creations…besides. It wouldn’t be the same if she just made them for herself…but…perhaps a trip to the craft store was in order…she could call Dessy and maybe…just get out of the house for a bit.

If she tried hard enough, maybe October would end quicker than normal.

Maybe she’d get lucky.