Claire walked down the stairs to the living room. Sitting on the couch was Eve and Michael, laying on the couch was her boyfriend Shane. She walked over and sat on the floor in front of the lazy boyfriend. "hey guys, do you think we could get a pet"? Claire was messing with her thumbs until she looked up at the gawking housemates, "what," they all almost said in unison. It was kind of funny how Shane had managed to be a bit behind on that one. "I want to get a cat," Claire announced cautiously, looking at Shane then Eve and finally Michael. Since Michael's words would most likely be final she figured she would have to suck up to him the most, "please" she said with her most innocent smile. They all looked at her as if she was a lunatic that needed to be in a white room with a straight jacket on. "thank about it, it's not like anything big is happening right now, and I've always wanted a calico" she said sheepishly. "Okay," Michael said, Claire shot up while everyone else started to stare at Michael. "Really? Really? Really?" Claire screamed ecstatic. "Really?" Eve asked a less happy more concern, "really" he said in response. "Really?" Shane then asked, "really" Michael said mockingly. "yes," Claire shouted doing a happy dance. She tripped over Michael's guitar case that stuck out from unter the coffee table, falling backwards onto Shane. "Ouch" he shouted "Yeah, yeah, wipe up the tears," Claire insisted with zero interest, "let's go rescue a cat."
Michael decided to stay home and wait and Eve decided to stay with him leaving it to Shane and Claire. Arriving at the Shelter after 20 minutes of choosing names Shane parked Eve's car in an a vacant spot in the middle of an abandoned lot. They walked hand in hand up to the door that held a swinging sign saying they were open and entered. There was a young man and woman at a counter, he wrote things down while she typed on the computer. "hello," they said looking up at the young couple standing in there midst. "we would like to adopt a cat if that's okay," Shane said with little or no effort to impress them with a smile as wide as Saturn's rings. "well we'll lead you to the back and let you look, there aren't that many considering this is Morganville the lady said looking down at there wrists. Shane and Claire walked down a narrow hallway to a door that read 'Felines'.
They walked through lanes filled with cages on either side, but only half of them were filled. They found a calico that had black over both eyes that made it look like it wore a mask. They requested to hold the cat to see it more thoroughly. Holding the cat in her arms Claire saw the eyes that looked like emeralds and the sleek fur that was like satin ad said "this one". Shane nodded in approval of the male cat and paid a small fee for adoption.
On the way home Claire told Shane the name she thought fit the cat best "Gambit". Shane thought about it and couldn't form an opinion on the name "like the superhero slash villain from the x-men" she explained. "i always liked his name and his character, he would always call rogue chere" she said romantically. "yeah, okay, I like the name but I don't care for the documentary" he said
stepping in the door Eve ran up to greet the new family member while Michael followed leisurely behind. "ah look at duh little baby" she said snatching Gambit from Shane "hey I just got him" he said unfairly. "yeah and you can wait another few minutes" she said. "so, what did you name him" Michael asked, "easy, Gambit".