Chapter 5: Phone Lines Engaged.

A/N: If you see a conversation like this { Hi there!} its a translation of what Ivan's cat is saying. (in cat language!)
I also up Sheba's real age to 15. ( Her real age is 14.) This chapter is kinda PG-13, but who cares about ratings. Bah humbug!

Disclaimer: Discovery channel, heh, I dont know who the hell it belongs to but its NOT mine okay!

Ivan finally reached his single story house. Basically, he was the only one living there. His dad was never home. His mom died at childbirth and his father was too busy making year-round business trips. His dad would send his profit from working to Ivan so he can support himself. Maybe once or twice a week his dad would come spend the day with his only son. It wasn't enough though. Ivan learned how to pay house bills, spend money wisely, etc. His house didn't look like a teen lived there. It was very clean on the outside and in the inside. Ivan was a very tidy and independant young man. The sad part of it is he would get very lonely. Yeah, he did have his cat and rarely the Djinns, but he wished he had a brother or sister to talk to. Most of the time, he read books and meditate in his jungle-like garden.

Ivan got his house key out to open the door.

" I'm home Mina," Ivan greeted his leopard fur-like cat with a scratch around her ears. It meowed back to Ivan and purred.
Ivan placed all his school stuff near the door and placed his shoes neatly in the closet.
Ivan laid on the couch and got the remote. He switched it onto one of his favorite channels, the Discovery Channel.
Mina hoped onto the couch and purred.
" You missed me didn't you." Ivan petted Mina, " I was at my new friend's house today."
Mina meowed in reply. { What's your friend's name? }
" Oh, her name is Sheba." Ivan talked to the cat. "She kind of had a crush on me and."
Mina meowed a question to Ivan. { And you had a crush on her? }
" Yeah, " Ivan stared at the T.V, " you could say that."

On the T.V one of those animal nature shows were on. It was about Lions! ( tigers and bears oh my!)
Mina curled up near Ivan. Ivan stroke her soft fur as she purred quietly.

" Are lions really that sexually additive to mating?" Ivan spoke to Mina.
{ That's how lions are. When ever a female is in heat, the males all come and try to get a piece of her. }
"Urgh," Ivan continued to watch the T.V. " The male lion looks like he's really enjoying it."
{He does doesn't he. Luckly I'm fixed or there would be a bunch of male cats at your door.}
" Reminds me of Garet," Ivan snickered, "he's always like that with Jenna."
{ You mean Garet? That strong tall friend of yours? He's sexually active?}
" That's what he told everyone in our group." Ivan shrugged, " Jenna admitted that she and Garet had sex with each other a couple of times."
{ He looked like it when I saw him. Garet seems proud for his doings with Jenna. Are you like Garet Ivan?}
"No," Ivan shook his head, " I'm not that horny for girls."
{ Well that's good, at least you will keep you virginity longer. }
"Yeah," Ivan watched another nasty part on the show, "urgh, the lion is giving birth! Does that actually really hurt?"
{ I don't know, I haven't had kittens. I think it does hurt and you have to push really hard for them to come out.}
The commercials come on....
" Commercials," Ivan got up and went to the kitchen, " might as well call Sheba."

Ivan picked up the wireless phone and took out the paper with Sheba's number on it out of his pocket. He dialed the number.

The phone rang at Sheba's house.

" Hello?" Sheba picked up the phone.
"Hey Sheba!" Ivan recongised her voice, " It's Ivan."
" Hi Ivan!" Sheba talked back into the phone, "what are you doing right now?"
"Watching T.V." Ivan walked back to the couch.
"What are you watching?" Sheba went into her room and shut the door.
"Just some show about lions on the Discovery channel," Ivan kept talking. "It was on when I was channel surfing."
"Did they show any nasty parts?" Sheba started to snicker.
"Yeah," Ivan told Sheba all about how sick it looked.

15 minutes passes by with long conversations and questions.....

" I have to go Ivan." Sheba said her last words, "meet me at my house at 7:00!"
"In the morning?" Ivan asked, "All right I'll meet you there!"
"Bye Ivan." Sheba said bye.
"Bye Sheba!" Ivan hanged up the phone.
{ You have a lovely conversation didn't you? }
" It was fun talking to her," Ivan set the phone down.
" Nothings on T.V," Ivan was channel surfing, "I'm going online."
Ivan got up and went towards his computer. He turned it on.
About 5 minutes later, he was online reading Jan's fanfics. He thought they were the best fanfics in the whole wide world! (Thanks Ivan! ^.^)
Then he did the usual, visited web sites, talked in chatrooms etc.
About the time he got off, it was 9:00.
"I better go to sleep," Ivan went online and shutted down the computer. Mina followed him.
Ivan opened up his closet, he took out his cute little PJ's out. They were blue and had cloud prints on them! (like in my other story! ^_^) He got into them and got into his water bed.
"I need to read something!" Ivan reached for a few books. "I'm not tired yet."
{ Can you read me a story Ivan? I'm very interested in learning your species ways of writing. }
"Sure!" Ivan took his old books out of the bottom bookself. The old books were books he used to read when he was little.
"Which one do you want me to read?" Ivan placed all the books on his bed.
{That one! } Mina pawed one of the books, Little Djinn.
" I'll read it," Ivan opened up the book and started to read the big easy words.

Right when Ivan finished the story, Mina fell asleep.
"I'll put these back later," Ivan placed a CD into his radio/CD player and stacked the books by his bedside.

Ivan liked to listen to music while he slept. It refreshed his brain for school. The sweet non lyric nature songs played quietly. Then Ivan fell asleep.