Scottie doesn't know that Fiona and me do it in my van every Sunday, She tells him she's in church but she doesn't go still she's on her knees and Scottie doesn't know! Oh Scottie doesn't know oh! So don't tell Scottie! Scottie doesn't know! Scottie doesn't know! So don't tell Scottie!
"Hello." I said picking up my cell phone from where it had fell on the floor while glancing at the glowing numbers on my alarm clock. 4:09 AM. Too early for a phone call, especially from Tara who loved sleeping in more then anything. "Tara, its nine after four in the morning." I said bluntly rolling onto my back and trying not to let my eyes drift closed.
"I know, I need a favor." Tara announced. My eyes widened at that. Tara rarely asked for favors but when she did you could be sure they would be a doozy. "I don't have money for bail." I deadpanned. "I'm not in jail!" She protested harshly to my comment. "Fine, what do you need at this lovely time in the morning." I could practically drown in my own sarcasm.
"Okay, I found a liter of kittens. They're odd but I can stand the thought of giving them to the shelter because they'd be euthenized almost immedeatly. So I was wondering if you could take them." Tara begged. "Why can't you take care of them?" I protested. "You know my landlord doesn't allow pets. And you have that whole house to yourself, plenty of room to raise a liter of kittens." Tara said.
"I'll take care of them if you buy the supplies I need." I bargined. I was going to end up taking care of them one way or another and I'd rather if Tara paid for their stuff instead of me. "Fine." Tara relented. "I need collars, id tags, water dishes, food dishes, litter boxes, food, a cat tree, cat beds, litter, and toys." I said grinning at the thought of Tara's empty wallet.
"Okay, I'll drop the kittens off then bring the supplies later." Tara said and hung up before I could react. I sighed. I wasn't going to get anymore sleep now. I could take a nap later. I slipped into the shower and then got dressed in my lazy day clothes: sweat pants and oversized tee-shirt.
I heard the door open nearly silently. "I'm in the living room." I called out to Tara. The first thing I saw when Tara entered the room was her eye catching hair color. She had dyed her hair purple on a dare when she was sixteen and had grown attatched to the color and kept dying it that color. She was wearing her favorite tee-shirt that said: G_ F_CK Y_ _RS_LF would you like to buy a vowel.
In her arms was a cardboard box about the size of a microwave box. She set it softly at my feet and then smiled at me before turning to leave. "Wait. I need to name them so you can get their name tags made." I told her before turning to the closed box. I openned the flaps and stared down at the odd colored cats. "Tara! I know you like your odd hair color but that's no reason to dye these poor cats." I scolded looking at the two blue kittens, the orange and black kitten and the half black half white kitten.
"I didn't dye them. They came that way." Tara protested against my acusation. I shook my head and let the subject drop. I picked up the smallest one which was a blood red kitten with brown eyes. "Hm. How about Saxan." I said thoughtfully setting him down in my lap. "Wait, I'll get a note pad." Tara said moving to my kitchen where I kept a pile of note pads just in case. "Okay, red one is Saxan. How do you spell that?" Tara asked as she wandered back into the room. "S-A-X-A-N.(Sax-on)" I said reaching for the next kitten. This one was the second smallest, blonde with blue eyes. "How about... Donovan." I finally decided. "How do you spell that?" Tara asked again. "It's D-O-N-O-V-A-N.(Don-oh-van)" I spelled out picking up the light blue only female kitten next. "This one will be Kamiko." I decided. "By the way, it's spelled K-A-M-I-K-O.(Kami-ko)" I told Tara before she could ask.
The orange faced black kitten was next. He squirmed eagerly in my hand. "How about Terrell. T-E-R-R-E-L-L.(Tear-all)" I said setting him with the other named kittens. The orange one with black piercing like marks was next. "Um... How about Paz." I decided. "P-A-Z, right?" Tara asked as she wrote it down. I nodded as I picked up the half black half white kitten. "You will be Zeev." I decided. "Z-E-V?" Tara asked. "No. It's Z-E-E-V." I corrected as I reached for the next kitten which was silver with purple eyes. I had to pull my hand back fast to avoid getting bit. I moved quickly grabbing the violent kitten by the scruff of his neck avoiding his second try at bitting me. "Hadwin. It means war friend. I think it suits him. It's spelled H-A-D-W-I-N." I mused outloud. I set the newly named Hadwin down a good distance away from me so I would notice if he tried to bite me again.
I picked up the black kitten next, I could have swore his black eyes flashed red but I passed it off as my imagination. "You get to be Isaakias. I-S-A-A-K-I-A-S.(Isa-key-us)" I said as I set him down gently. The next kitten I picked up was tan and had black markings that looked like stitches on each of his limbs and his back. "You can be Karlitis. K-A-R-L-I-T-I-S.(Carl-itis)" I said setting him down. The last kitten was the biggest and he was a deeper blue than Kamiko. "Kaidan. K-A-I-D-A-N.(Kae-don)" I spelled out as I set him down.
The kittens sat in a straight row and stared at me.
"What do the names mean?" Tara asked as she sat on the couch beside me. "Saxan means sword, Donovan means strong fighter, Kamiko means paper girl, Terrell means powerful, Paz means peace, Zeev means wolf, Hadwin means war friend, Isaakias means child of laughter, Karlitis means strong and masculine, and Kaidan means spirt of battle." I explained. Several of the kittens looked confused and I could swear Hadwin was laughing at Isaakias.
"How did you come up with those names?" Tara asked. "Well, I'm not just a school teacher." I told her. "Oh, that's right your working on your book. How much farther do you have to finish it?" Tara asked. She was the only person who knew I was working on a book and that I was almost done with it. "Only four more chapters." I said sighing. It was my summer vacation and I was trying to finish my book before the new school year.
"You'll let me read it before you send it out, right?" Tara asked. "Yeah, I'll let you read it before I send it out." I promised. "I'll be back in a couple hours, alright?" Tara asked as she took the list of names and left.
"Okay, guys and girl, I'm going back to sleep because it's only 4:43 and I'm tired. You can join me for a nap or explore but if you go to the bathroom on my floors you'll be in trouble." I told them bluntly as I went back toward my bedroom turning off the lights as I went. There was a pause then the sound of unclipped claws on hard wood floor as the kittens followed me. I got on my bed then sighed as I had to pick the kittens up one by one onto my bed. I settled down pulling the sheet up to my waist and slipped off to sleep. The last thing I felt was ten little bodies pressing up against my sides.