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It's a Bad, Bad, Day (or Something)

Summary: Jade is riding the back of a shopping cart in the grocery store parking lot, and accidentally runs into Perrie's car.

Jade loves going out to buy groceries. Always. Especially with her family or her friends. To her, there is something incredibly calming about going through the different aisles, and finding new stuff that you haven't tried yet, as well as adding familiar things to your cart. Yeah, Jade loves shopping.

Just not today.

Today has been a really shitty day, and all she wants is for it to be over. She can't bring herself to enjoy a single minute of something she'd usually look forward to doing all day.

All she does is follow her parents around the store, ready go home. Her head is down, her hands are in the pockets of her jeans, and she wants so badly to just drive back, run to her room, throw herself on the bed. Bury her face in her fluffiest pillow. Cry.

The day actually had started okay. She'd gotten up on time, managed not to spill milk all over herself during breakfast, and she'd left the house at a reasonable time. Everything was great. She'd looked forward to coming home from work, spent, but still happy to buy food and snacks.

Until she realized she'd forgotten her key on the counter.

Alright, so that really was only a minor setback. She'd rolled her eyes at herself—because, see, losing keys? That's just what Jade Thirlwall does, every now and then—but she hadn't beaten herself up over it.

Fortunately enough, all went well after that.

Until... it didn't.

During her shift, it had started raining, and, being the non-weather forecast watcher that she is, she hadn't brought an umbrella. That did make her groan, but she guessed that, hey, taxis exist. And they exist so one can use them. So she went to fish her cell out if her purse to call a cab. And she quickly realized that, for some reason, said phone had run out of battery, and she was already a block from the office, and she really did not want to go back just to call a cab.

So, in the middle of the pouring rain, she had to stop. To think. Walking home didn't even take long, but with–

She remembers tiredly running her hand through her hair, coming to the conclusion that she'd simply have to wait for the shower to be over in one of the various cafés in the area.

Which would have been great. Perfect.

Had she not forgotten her goddamn wallet as well. Which made taking any sort of public transportation just as impossible. At that point, she'd gotten really frustrated, and realized that maybe she'd have to go home right away after all. She was already freezing, though, and—honestly? Kind of in the mood to cry.

She had always been clumsy, forgetful, and all that other jazz, but this was exceptionally ridiculous.

She had, obviously, gotten home at some point. Had gotten inside, too. With blue lips, though, and feet that could have been mistaken for ice blocks. Trembling all over.

Not even showering had helped her get in the mood for shopping.

So, yeah, here she is. In the worst mood.

"Jade, we'll be done in a minute," her mother assures her when she notices Jade's expression, trying to lift her mood.

She even caresses her cheek and gives her a hug, but it doesn't help.

"That's what you said half an hour ago," Jade whines into her mom's shoulder. She doesn't want to roll her eyes at her mother, she really doesn't, but—today? Right now? She can't promise anything.