I stared blankly at the screen. There was nothing on! I sighed as I switched the channel. I don't want to learn about birds! I sighed again. I stared out the window, and then sighed.
"Tch. Lexi, will you stop sighing. Just stay on one channel and be done with it." Bec muttered at me, irritated. I almost sighed again as I reclined on my chair. I turned off the TV and scratched my nose. I stood up. I paced to the kitchen and back. To the kitchen, then back. Felix chuckled and said, "Why don't you read a book." I stared at her. She smirked.
"Right. You don't read. Go draw or something." She shook her head, throwing a pillow at me.
"I wish something interesting would happen in this goddamn tow-"Right as I was about to finish my sentence, the doorbell rang. I perked up immediately at set out to open the door. After all, ADVENTURE WAITS FOR NO MAN! I flung the door open with as much force as I could muster. My ears drooped. There wasn't anyone at the door. It was just those playful boys from downstairs. I looked down. And they left something here. I figured I'd return it to them after I… Inspected what they had left at my doorstep.
Bec and Felix peered over my shoulder as I plopped the cardboard box onto the ground and began the tedious task of removing the tape from the box. I noticed the box rumble as a soft almost inaudible purr surface from the interior of the box. The box opened to reveal ten pairs of eyes staring at us. Bec immediately dove behind the couch and shrieked for me to 'get those things away from her'. I collapsed on the floor laughing at her reaction. Felix reached her hand into the box and pulled out the onyx coloured cat. Its crimson eyes stared at her as it meowed at her.
"Hey, look. They've got some pretty screwed up colour schemes. Did someone dye them or something? There's even a blue one." Felix commented as she stroked the blue cat. I nodded in agreement, busily chasing Bec around the house with the red cat. It kept hissing at me, pawing at my hands. I thought aloud, "So what should we do with them? Can we keep em?"
Felix shrugged her shoulders, glancing at Bec's direction askingly. Bec glared back with heavy intensity, radiating hatred for the cats through her dull brown eyes.
"No. Don't you dare give me that look. Don't you dare." Felix and I smirked before continuing to look at Bec with pleading puppy eyes. "Gah! Fine! Do what you want, but don't you dare bring them close to me. You hear?!" She grumbled.
I gave Felix a look as we fist pumped, grinning like a Cheshire cat. I pulled the kitties out of the holey (Holy? Get it? Okokok. I stop) box and plunked them carelessly on a cushion. I lifted up the funny looking grey one. It had stitches that ran along its body and four weird multi-coloured patches on its back. Then, it dawned on me.
"I DUB THEE SIR STITCH-A-LOT." I yelled. The cat looked at me with fierce intensity in its eyes. It appeared to be… Staring at my wallet? I shook my head and plopped in on the ground. I looked over at Felix, who was staring at me whilst holding the bright orange cat in her hands.
"This was is soooo much friendlier than the other cats! Look, it's licking my fingers. Then again, it has those weird ring things on its face. Looks like a lollipop, so I DUB THEE SIR LOLLIPOP." Felix mimicked my words dramatically, placing her finger on the cats head like a queen knighting a knight. I rolled my eyes at her, as she started sticking her tongue out at me. My attention was turned back to the kitties, when the other carrot orange feline slunk out the box.
In the end, we named:
The one with stitches on its body, 'Sir Stitches'
The silver one that constantly quarrelled with Stitches, 'Albino'
The adorable lollipop looking one, 'Sir Lollipop'
The black and white feline that seemed to be PMSing, 'Split personality'
the blonde kitty with issues,"Blondie"
the red one with the funny marking on its chest that looked strangely like the kanji for love,'Ai'
The carrot coloured kitty with black dots on its body, "Carrot"
The pretty blue kitty that seemed to be the only she cat among all of them, "Blue'
The other blue kitty with weird gill like markings, 'Fishy'
The last black feline with red eyes, 'Red'
As the night went, our creativity diminished, reducing the back end of cats to having shit names. I rubbed my eyes and yawned, loudly and rudely. I rubbed the nape of my neck and stood up carrying as many of the cats as I could to place them in the room. Felix groaned and picked up a few more. Bec screamed at us and ran into her room, locking it up. I grinned as I placed the cats down in the room I shared with Felix.
She shook her head as she bent down to place the kitties on the ground. Not knowing what to do, Felix and I just shared a look and jumped onto our respective beds, promptly falling asleep.
I'm sorry… It's so short… -_- But keep in mind that this is just a taster, a trailer if you will. So I really don't know whether or not I will do it like this or jump back to the original one. So yeah. I'd really like to know what you thought of this version. I tweaked everyone's personalitites too, so the storyline will definitely be different. I'll get th next chapter up ASAP, hopefully in a two to three weeks time.
P.S I'm thinking of changing my penname… What do you guys think?
Colouring out of the lines,
TENEBRAE99
