The totetsu looked shocked. "You-That's it! I'm eating her!" He was about to rip my head off or something, but I grabbed his arm and twisted it around, then knocked him down.

"Ow…."

"Uh..never mind about borrowing him," I said regretfully. "I don't think it would be a good idea…"

"Probably," The Count agreed. "But would you like to join me for tea?"

"Sure!" I exclaimed. "Just let me ask my mom.. She'll probably be okay with me being in here while she reads." I ran out the door and into the library.

~~~~~~~~~~Third Person~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Why're you doing this?' One of the cats asked. 'Normally you would've shooed the child away by now..' Count D sighed.

"This one is different..She does not understand the shallow lives of humans, and she actually respects other animals…" He started making tea. "Not to say that she is perfect."

''Respect' my a**..' T-chan grumbled, rubbing his face. 'That girl can slap hard…'

'Well you were about to eat her,' Pon-chan pointed out, leaning on the arm of the couch.

'Why didn't she freak out when she saw us?' Another of the pets asked.

"She reads manga," Count D answered, glancing at the cover of the book she had left, which had a boy with cat ears on it. "Katherine brought one in here...Actually, I'm surprised that she didn't run up and hug someone." Some of the animals shuddered at that thought, including T-chan.

"I'm baaack!" Kat skipped over to them. She looked around with a puzzled expression. "They look like animals again…Is that supposed to happen?"

"It's not surprising," The Count poured some tea. She sat down in a chair across from him, looking at the tea awkwardly.

"What's the matter?" D asked.

"Well..I've never really had tea before… "She admitted, picking up the cup.

"Then you must try it!" He exclaimed, looking shocked. Kat sipped the tea nervously, looking confused.

"Is is supposed to be this…sweet?" She asked, hoping that he wouldn't be offended.

"I like it sweet…"

"Cool."

"Is that pet store any good?" My mom asked. We were sitting in the car; I was drinking a milkshake and flipping through some manga.

"Yeah!" I grinned. "It's great!" It was more than great…more like the super-awesome-oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-this-is-actually-happening-to-me kind of great! "It's owned by this cool guy named Count D…and…"

"Mmhm?"

"He offered me a job!"

"But, honey, you can't work until you're 14," My mom pointed out.

"Well not a job job, just helping him out with the store and stuff after school."

"But how would you get there? I'll be student teaching…" My mom was student teaching, trying to become a teacher.

"I could walk from school? It's across the road from the library.. And I could even stop at Skye's house for a snack or something." I had no intention of going there for a snack; the Count had tons of delicious sugary and chocolaty things I had never eaten before.

"Hm…I suppose you could. But be careful, and make sure you have a cell phone with you. I could pick you up around five thirty or six?"

"Great!" I pulled my mom's cellphone out of her purse. "I'll call and tell him!" I dug the sticky note with the shop's phone number on it out of my pocket and dialed the number.

"Hello? This is Count D's pet shop, where we sell dreams and-"

"Hi! It's Kat!"

"Oh, Katherine. What did your mother say?"

"She said yes! And that she'll pick me up around six."

"Wonderful. Will you be starting tomorrow?" He asked. I covered up the mouthpiece and asked my mom.

"Tomorrow'll be fine," She replied. I told Count D that, then asked what I should bring.

"Oh, you don't have to- What?" I could hear a voice in the background say 'Philippe says to make sure she brings a swimsuit!' "You may need a swimsuit," He added. Then we said goodbye and hung up. I was hyper all day, and I could barely sleep that night. I could tell that something great was about to happen

Sorry this chapter's so short… D: Usually my chapters are 1,000-2,000 pages… If you'd like to have a pet/customer or someone in the series, please tell me! :3 I could use some background characters lol.