Author's note: Bwwwaaaahhh I'm working on a story… but exams are next week, so be patient with me _ I'll try finishing it… In the meantime you guys bombard me with whatever you think will make me work on the story XD here's the beginning part of it:

Kiri scratched the cat's head. The creature, which could only be described as a giant lump of fat and fur, purred, making her lap vibrate. Kiri smiled with a short outburst of air, feeding the ever-hungry Shampoo a few more sardines. She was so distracted by her cat that she didn't hear the crunching sound of gravel as a van rolled to a stop in front of her home. " Ki-chan?"

Kiri raised her head to see her long time friend, Kanako Aoyama. She was dressed in a red, warm, pull over sweater with dark blue jeans and white sneakers covering her legs. " Ki-chan?" she asked again.

Kiri stood and sighed, walking over to her. " So how long are you gone for?"

" Oh, about two weeks." She replied, looking down at her feet. " I'll miss you Ki-chan!" she cried, giving her a big hug.

Kiri returned the hug, breaking it shortly after. " You have fun, alright?"

Aoyama nodded. " Yup! I'll be sure to bring you lots of souvenirs!" she exclaimed, already walking back to the car. The door closed behind her with a loud thud. She was waving and looking out the window long after the image of Kiri and her house had disappeared.

Kiri brought a hand up to scratch the back of her head, standing alone on the driveway of her home. She turned and caught Shampoo as he leapt up into her arms.

Shampoo stared up at her, as if to say 'She'll be back soon enough.'

Kiri scratched Shampoo's head once more before letting him drop to the ground. " I know."

Geez… right now I have about twice that amount ^^^^ but it took me a few days _ culminating is never fun D: but procrastinating is so I used this story to procrastinate studying and culminating XD well… mmeeehhh…

p.s: my itunes went kaplooie… and so did limewire D: I have these new song I wanna put on my I pod, but last time this happened and I synched my ipod to an empty itunes, my songs disappeared T_T so I'm trying to download all my songs again (thousands T_T) before I synch it this time… wanna recommend some songs? ;) I think if I get it back to at least the 500 mark I'll be satisfied with synching my ipod…anyways here's hoping I do well on my exams so I'll live to continue this story!