#allison interaction

The weather today was too good to waste sitting inside. Normally she would let Lucky let around outside at home, but she had a few errands to run and it would be nice to take him with her. He stayed close to her at each stop until he realized which parking lot she had pulled into. The SUV rolled to a stop, and she laughed as she watched him excitedly bounce around and start to whine in the backseat. "Calm down. We're going."

The golden retriever looked at her and then back out the window at the dogs playing. He was barely able to hold his excitement when she opened the backdoor and watched as he jumped down. He tugged at the leash and almost dragged her the whole way until she opened the gate and slid his harness off. "Go play." The five year old immediately ran around the pack of dogs and started saying hello to everyone he could.

"Sorry. Sometimes I think he likes to come here to see people instead of other dogs." She laughed and walked toward the man Lucky was sniffing. "You can push him away. It's -" She paused when she realized who it was. "Hi, Dom."

Alli looked at her hair once again in the rearview mirror and ran a hand through it. She had put off visiting Sylvia for two weeks longer than she should. The summer was always a busy time, but she needed to make some time for herself. Or that's what one of the techs at the clinic said in passing when they commented on her hair getting long.

She walked into the salon and lifted the surprise drink for her stylist when she spotted her in the back. "I'll take a seat until she's ready." It was a nice reminder of how small Merrock could be when the receptionist smiled and checked her in without having to ask for information.

"Sit up straight." Allison looked over at her son and nudged his arm. "I don't want to be here either, but you're the one that wants to play field hockey." She was still unsure about the new sport, but it would give him something else to do during the summer beside his assigned reading and showing up unannounced at each of the neighbor's houses.

"The appointment will only take a few minutes. And then we'll see about having lunch, okay? I'll even let you pick." She smiled and fussed over his hair. His hands came up and brushed her away before he finally smiled over at her. Even if she wasn't sure about him playing the sport, at least it would get the requirements out of the way for football in the fall as well.

Allison Bennett

(Rachel McAdams) 42. She/her. Born and raised in Merrock. Veterinarian. Widowed with a twelve year old son, Finley. Living in an old family farmhouse in the countryside with too many animals. Warm, practical, compassionate, self-sacrificing, overprotective.