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Of course her statement was going to lead to that.  It was the perfect setup for an ultimatum, but even though she walked straight into it, she wasn't prepared.  It did make the decision easier, though, because no way in hell was she leaving right now just because Penn couldn't fucking deal with himself.

You could have told me you were in such a hurry.  We've been here what, a week?  Just because you don't think you have family here doesn't mean I have to pretend like I don't either.  She didn't care if that hurt.  She didn't know why she was so mad... except that she felt like she wanted to cry, and she was in no way going to do that right here.  The thought of leaving her dad and mom right now, before she'd even gotten to spend any amount of time (it seemed), felt wrong.  Him rushing her to it only made it worse.

Fine, go.  Don't bother waiting up.  Fennec turned and started off in a random direction into the territory, too mad to even really worry about where she was heading.  She could feel the telltale hitch in her breath, and there was no way she was going to the meeting now.