"So how was it." Genevieve asked. "How was what?" Coraline replied. "You know with you and Wybie. I know what happened."
"Oh you can't describe the feeling of a first kiss it was love at 1789046283th sight." Said Coraline. "Genevieve! ¿Dónde está tu ropa sucia!" Said Genevieve's mum from the kitchen. Which meant : Genevieve! Where are your dirty clothes in Spanish. "Allí, en el cesto de la ropa, ¿dónde más!" Replied Genivieve. Which meant: There in the laundry basket, where else!
"So when did your mum come from Argentina to Australia?" Coraline asked. "1978." replied Genevieve. "And why did you come to America?"
"Oh, because of dad, he reckons..." Genevieve paused the screamed. "HOLY CRAP THERES A CAT! A FERRAL CAT WITH DEASISES AND...CRAAAP!"
"A cat? Oh my god. Gosh I haven't seen...let him in Gen."
"No way, I'm not letting a wild cat in MY bedroom.
"It's er Wybie's cat."
"He doesn't have a cat, he has a dog, a husky."
"Just let him in Genevieve. NOW."
"Why don't you open the window and let him in. Go on." So Coraline opened the window and the cat in. "Long time, no see Coraline." Said the cat. Genevieve screamed again "AHH he talks? Does he have a name?"
'Cats don't have names,' it said.
'No?' said Genevieve.
'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names."
"I thought you could speak only in the other world." Said Coraline. "I can speak anywhere but I choose not to."
"Do you mind telling me what's going on!?" Said Genevieve in a sour tone. Before Coraline could talk to the cat any more she decided to tell her about this whole 'Other Mother' situation. "When I first moved here there was a door, you know the small one near our piano and it had a key and a doll and...Urg! I can't explain it in a way that sounds real ok! Look, there's a evil spider maniac and a man with no face that's out to get me and the spider maniac wants to sew buttons in my eyes and the guy with no face wants to kill me and...and I'm starting to think there out to kill and sew buttons in Wybie's eyes as well."
"You really expect me to believe that?"
"This is why I didn't want you to know because you'll call me crazy and I'll probably start throwing shoes at you. Well that's what happened with Wybie anyway."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"So the spider bitch thing was actually the spider maniac not the Red Queen from 'Alice in Violent land.'
"Yes."
"And that's why you're really close Wybie."
"Yes!"
"And that's why you've been acting weird recently?"
"YES!"
"And that's why you like 'Slender, eight pages'?
"NO! I mean no, it's just an addicting game."
"Riiiight, I guess that's convincing."
"Do you think Joseph will believe me?"
"Oh he believes in anything. He still believes that Bloody Mary's still out to get him after we did Bloody Mary at his house."
Coraline packed up her stuff went home with the cat.
The next morning it was school and Coraline felt really stressed because she had been dreaming and been having visions of the other-mother. "Hey Coraline." Said Joseph "Check my lasted invention I created it's called...well I haven't really thought of a name yet but I'll think of one. Can you pass me your phone."
"Not now Joseph." Said Coraline.
"I can assure you it won't blow up in your face like last time and I've even tested it."
"Oh geez, that's new." Coraline said sarcastically while putting some books in her locker. "Hey, why so glum." Before Coraline could reply, she changed her mind and decided to walk off to class. After class she met Wybie in the corridor. "Um, hi Coraline, listen I was wondering if you could sign this for me about the new orphanage. It's just needs to be signed by the closest adult or child that I know, it's just one of those useless things that people need to know about. It doesn't mean anything thing financially or-"
"I have enough stress right now, I don't need to sign some stupid form if it doesn't involve me. I have enough stress over this whole 'Other Mother' thing you got that!" said Coraline. After a couple of seconds Coraline realised everyone in the school corridor was staring at her. "What are you looking at." she said to them. Before she went off to her next class Wybie said something to her that made her stop. "The world really revolves around you, doesn't it."
"Maybe it does." Coraline replied.
