A/N Hi all! What time is it? IT'S SUMMERTIME! YAY! Summer equals more updates! Anyway, here is the next chapter!
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Chapter 11- K is for Kittens
"What about a cat?" Hazel asked her new (finally!) husband, Frank.
"I'm allergic," Frank reminded her.
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please with kisses on top?"
Frank looked at her with a questioning gaze.
"Why do you want a kitten?"
"They are SO adorable!"
"I can be a kitten." Frank frowned.
"I know, sweetie. You are a great kitten! But it's not the same!"
"What about when the kitten turns into a cat?" Frank asked. "It won't be as cute,"
"Yes, it will!" Hazel cried. "It's the same thing, only bigger!"
"But what about teaching the kitten to use a litter box? And not pee on stuff?"
Hazel laughed. "It's all part of the experience, honey!"
"But it's gross."
"Please, Frankie-Poo?"
Frank sighed. "We will go look at the kittens. No guarantee that we will get one."
Hazel squealed. "Yay! We are getting a kitty! What will we name it? Oh! What about Pastel! Or..uh...Tinker?"
"Hazel, I didn't say yes." Frank groaned.
Hazel smiled evilly. "But you haven't said no."
The Next Day...
"Remind me why I'm doing this again," Frank groaned as he pulled into the rescued pet shelter.
"Because I'm your wife and you love me," Hazel said as she got out of the car, and walked up to the door.
As they walked through the door into the pet shop, they were greeted by a smiling man.
"Hello! I'm Jimmy. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Hi Jimmy. I'm Hazel and this is Frank-"
"Her husband." Frank said as he sized up Jimmy.
"Yeah. We are here to look at kittens!"
"That's great!" Jimmy said. "One of our rescued cats, Lucy, just gave birth a month ago, and we still have a few kittens to give away." He started to walk away from the desk, and into the door. "Follow me!"
Careful not to step on any of the numerous cat toys, Hazel and Frank followed Jimmy into the room.
"Don't trust that guy," Frank whispered in Hazel's ear.
"Why not?" Hazel whispered back. "He's nice!"
"Too nice," Frank whispered.
"You're just jealous!"
"Am not!"
"Oh, Frank. You are so jealous. But I married you. Just remember that." And with that Hazel walked over to where Jimmy was standing.
"Here we are! That's Lucy." Jimmy pointed to a big Siberian cat that was lying on its side. A bunch of little kittens were jumping around the bigger cat. "Those are the kittens."
"Oh Frank! They are so adorable! Can we get them all?!"
Frank sighed. "No, Hazel. I agreed to only one." There was a moment of silence. "Hazel, wait...I-"
"You agreed! Yay! Which one will we get!? They are all so cute!"
Frank looked at all the kittens. A fluffy gray one walked over to him, and he picked it up.
"This one seems nice!"
"Aww Frank," Hazel said. "It is so cute!"
"It's a girl!" Jimmy put in, reaching down to pet another one of the kittens.
Frank held the kitten at arms length and sneezed. "Do you want this one?
Hazel looked at him with wide eyes. "Really?"
"Yeah, if you want it, you can have it."
"Aw! Thanks, Frankie-Poo!"
"Hazel!" Frank groaned. "Not in public."
"Sorry, honey. Jimmy, we will take this one!" Hazel said pointing to the one in Frank's arms.
"All right, then. Since we're a nonprofit organization, the cat is free, but we still need you two to sign a bunch of papers to make sure that she'll have a good home." Jimmy said, handing Hazel a large stack of papers.
"Thanks," Frank muttered. "Hey, do you have a pen?"
"Sure!"
The began filling out the big stack of papers.
~~~~~~5 minutes later~~~~~~
"Here Jimmy. We are finished." Hazel said handing Jimmy the papers.
"Excellent! Now, you need to get all the supplies for the kitten. Have you named her?"
Hazel looked at Frank and he nodded. "We are naming her Pixie."
"Oh what a lovely name! Now follow me into the other room to get supplies."
After getting everything, they got into the car and drove home.
~~~~~~~~~~~~2 Years Later~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Frank!" Hazel called, lifting their four month ear old baby out of the crib. "Pixie has to go to the vet today, so could you please get her cage out of the closet for me?"
"But Pixie doesn't like her cage," Frank complained, holding the kitten(who wasn't really a kitten anymore, but they still called her that) on his lap. "I'll just hold her on my lap in the car." Pixie purred, cuddling closer to him.
Hazel sighed, shaking her head. "You and that kitten. You spend more time with Pixie than with Jason or Percy."
"Well, Pixie doesn't complain about life."
"Aren't you allergic to cats?"
"It's faded over the years." At that moment Frank sneezed.
"Oh really? Why don't you stay with the baby?"
"I'll be fine, Hazel. Text me if anything goes wrong."
"Okay. Bye." Hazel kissed him on the cheek and Frank left with Pixie in his arms.
~~~~At the Vet~~~~
Frank was waiting for the Pixie's check-up to be done when he got a text message. It was from Hazel.
Frank. Does the baby have your shifting power?
I don't know, Hazel. Why?
Because there's a fly in the baby's room and I don't know if it's her.
Oh my gods.
Hazel!
Don't do anything!
I will be there soon!
Frank ran up to the desk and asked for Pixie.
The receptionist looked surprised. "But she's in the middle of her appointment!"
"Please," Frank said. "It's an emergency!"
The receptionist sighed. "Stay there. I'll be right back with your cat in a minute."
After Frank got Pixie back, he quickly ran out the door and drove home.
Hazel was waiting for him when she reached the front door. "Follow me," she instructed. Frank set down Pixie's cage, opened it, let her out, and followed Hazel to the baby's room.
"Oh no!" Hazel cried, standing next to the empty crib. "The fly! It's gone! I think the baby escaped through the window screen!" Hazel pointed towards the roof. "Frank!" she screamed. "I see the fly- it's on the roof!"
Frank sighed. "What do I do?"
"Go get it! And don't shape-shift because then you'll scare the baby!"
After pulling the window screen out, Frank very carefully stepped out onto the roof.
"Here, baby!" he called. "Come here, Emily!"
Now, it just so happened that some mortals lived next store to the Zhangs. And they were always watching the Zhangs, wondering what crazy things they would do next.
"Now what are they doing?" Dr. Nancy Bobofit asked, shaking her head. Her two kids shrugged.
"I don't know, Mom," they said. "The Zhangs are weird!"
"Yeah," muttered Dr. Bobofit. "They remind me of some kid I used to go to school with named Percy."
After about twenty minutes, Frank finally managed to goad the fly back into the room. Hazel quickly slammed the window closed after them.
"Remind me not to go on the roof again," Frank muttered, allowing the fly to land on his hand.
Suddenly, Baby Emily crawled into the room, with Pixie by her side. She started giggling.
"Wait a minute," Frank asked, looking at the fly on his palm. "if that's Emily, who's the fly?!"
"It's a random fly, I guess." Hazel said shrugging sheepishly.
Frank sighed. "I'm going to take Pixie back to the vet."
Before Hazel could reply, the phone rang. Hazel answered it.
"Hello?" Hazel said.
"Hello, is this...Mrs. Zhang?" A male voice asked.
"Yes, sir. And you are?"
"I'm Doctor Petersons, Pixie's vet. I would like to tell you about some things I found out during the exam."
"Oh! Were you able to finish it?"
"Yes, ma'am. We had enough time."
"Oh that's good. So what about Pixie?"
"It seems that she is pregnant."
"Really?! She's going to have kittens?"
"Ah, yes ma'am. Congratulations."
"Thank you, sir."
Hazel picked up Emily. "Did you here that? We're having kittens!"
The baby giggled and clapped her hands.
"WHAT?" Frank cried. "We're having kittens?! I'm going to be a father!" He picked up Pixie and swung her around.
"Frank," Hazel said, annoyed. "You already are the father of a human being."
"Well, now I'm going to be a cat father!"
Hazel laughed and kissed Frank on the cheek. It was adorable.
~~~~after Pixie has her kittens~~~~
"Hazel! Help! They are climbing all over me!" Frank yelled as the six kittens climbed on him.
"I'm busy, Frank!" Hazel yelled back as she chased after now-able-to-crawl-really-fast Emily.
Frank tried to keep the kittens at bay but it wouldn't work. And as much as he hated to admit it, he was still allergic.
"Achoo! ACHOO!" Frank sneezed as the kittens played around his face.
"GET OFF OF ME!" But the silly kittens didn't listen. They just kept climbing...until Pixie jumped on Frank too. Frank groaned. Now what?
Suddenly, Pixie meowed, gathered her kittens, and they all got off of Frank.
"Okay," Frank muttered, petting Pixie. "As much as I love your children, they are all really naughty. Is there kitten obedience school or something?" Pixie curled up against Frank and purred.
"Aw, I love you too, Pixie. Ah...ah...ACHOO!" Frank sneezed. "I guess somethings never change."
Pixie snuggled into his chest and purred again.
"You are purrfect, too."
"Your jokes still haven't changed. They are still terrible." Hazel yelled from Emily's room.
Frank laughed and fell asleep with Pixie sleeping on his chest and her kittens huddled around his feet.
A/N There you have it! Chapter 11! Please review, fav and follow! We hope you enjoyed this chapter! Until next time!
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