The Way We Were

The Way We Cajole

Karen stared at Marcy darkly. "Your sister talked my sister into getting a tattoo. Now you're trying to talk me into one?"

"Come on, KayBee." Marcy flitted around her bestie. "You and your daddy are so close. Don't you want to be just like him?"

Karen narrowed her eyes. How'd she keep falling for this?! Of course she wanted to be like her father! "If Momma finds out, I'm blaming you."

"Ms. Brooke loves me. Mari."

Mari's eyes widened. "No! Daddy will have a heart-attack! I will have a heart-attack! You know I'm bad with pain!"

"I can do it!" Daisy boasted.

Anna, Tina and Carly shook their heads.

"Stop being babies!" Marcy groaned. "You never want to do anything fun!"

"Your type of fun is us getting arrested!" Anna pouted.

"It happened once!"

"It happened three times!" And the Picos parents hadn't forgiven Marcy yet.

"But you're free now."

The friends looked at her.

She pouted. "Please?"

That wasn't a word they heard from her regularly so they gave in.

Marcy wanted them to have something that represented them so she thought up a black moon and star to represent their favorite '90s anime show; Sailor Moon, but was unlike the moon, sun and stars she already had.

Then she talked Karen and Mari into getting a tattoo with her to represent their toddler days; white baby's breath, three.

Marcy had another idea after that for Karen and Daisy and had them stick around after Sebastian (Logan) came to pick up the shaken Mari and Tina and Carly took Anna home in one of her dad's luxury cars.

Although Daisy had cried, she stayed. Karen had gotten a tribal tattoo of her father's Cherokee tribe.

Marcy texted for certain people to meet her at the tattoo parlor and when they all showed up, she demanded that they get matching tattoos.

All were confused but some were still terrified of her. They wanted to know why. She told them they knew why. They would all get a paw print somewhere on their bodies so they'll always know what they did.

Finn had said there was no way he could forget.

They each agreed (mainly because she'd threatened them) and most got different paw (animal) prints so it wasn't so conspicuous and also easier to hide.

Puck liked it. He had his first tattoo over Christmas break when his little brother (shocking) came to see him in L.A. This one made him really feel like a badass.

Javier wanted to know why they didn't get teardrop tattoos on their faces and Marcy just stared at him like he asked why she wore underwear.

Karen explained that not only were they not in prison (fingers crossed) but they didn't want to announce what they'd done. It was just for them.

Finn then asked why did prisoners get face tattoos of teardrops and Mike told him it was to mark them as murderers. He gulped.

Vic wanted to know about the investigation and Mal revealed that he was officially declared dead since he'd been missing for an entire year despite Coach Beiste looking for him. The police figured he ran off with a lover.

Blaine was a little shaken that they'd seemingly gotten away with murder. Marcy told them to go away if they were going to be scary.

The others left and Marcy called Karou, Jude, Paris and Yuria down. Three of them were still pregnant but they could get henna until they gave birth, which would be any day now.

Marcy, Jude and Yuria got an eye in their eye colors (Marcy, green; Jude, blue; Yuria, brown) while Marcy, Karou and Paris got their symbol (something they made up in their childhood) on the nape of their necks.

Marcy was satisfied then. The only time she'd get another tattoo in her life would be when she had another baby or something really important happened to her.