FINALLY! I'm free! Now I can write the next chapters without much problems. Sorry for updating so late but, unfortunately, you can bring a computer to a family trip. Any way, sorry for the grammar mistakes.

Hope you like it!

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Francoeur froze as soon as he heard the knock at the door, he slowly looked toward the door and then looked at the clock; it was 10:05 AM, past breakfast time.

Francoeur had no idea about who was knocking the door and was afraid of finding an unknown person at the door.

When a second knock was heard he became so tense and still that he could have been mistaken by a statue but he soon relaxed when he heard the familiar voice of Raoul calling him.

''Good morning Frank I hope you had a great breakfast, listen today you'll be on your own but Maud said that she'll come at midday to pay you a visit, hope you have fun and have an excellent day, see you later'' Said Raoul without giving Francoeur the time to reply;although, before he could leave he heard a loud cringe from Francoeur who made different sounds and motions out of which Raoul managed to understand none.

''Ho-hold on a second I'm not getting anything, you want me to come inside? But you know tha- Why aren't the curtains hung?''

Oh dear, how do I tell him? . . . I know! Francoeur though quickly making motions of cleaning to Raoul who, miraculously, got the message.

''Oh, now I get it you're cleaning the house, and you want me to help you!'' Exclaimed Raoul.

Well, at least he got one half of the message, right?

Francoeur shook his head and tried to explain again, first pointing at himself and repeating the cleaning movement then he looked at Raoul to make sure that he got the first part of the message.

''OK, I get that part you're cleaning, got it'' said Raoul waiting for Francoeur to continue. Francoeur took a card, with 'Maud' written in it (remember Charles's cards?), out his pocked and showed it to Raoul then Francoeur pointed towards the inside of the house and shook his head.

''You don't want me to help you cleaning, you want Maud to help you, is that what you mean?''said Raul with an unsure look on his face.
If Francoeur new about the element of body language called 'face-palm' he would have used it.

15 minutes of motions and misunderstandings later . . .

''You, don't want, Maud, to come, is that what you mean? But why? Oh, because you're cleaning! I get it now!' exclaimed Raoul happy while Francoeur let out a tired sigh and nodded; sometimes it could be very hard to communicate without speaking.

''Listen buddy, I know you don't want her to come because of what you're doing but, believe me, you'll be very happy after she tells you the news, and don't ask me why, I've lost too much time and consider this a surprise if you want, Maud will be here around 1:00 PM, goodbye'' Said Raoul quickly before jumping on Catherine and leaving very fast.

Francoeur sighed again and went back to the house; as soon as he closed the door he collapsed on the floor feeling very tired for an unknown reason, he remained there looking at the ceiling A surprise? What news? suddenly, a meow pulled him out of his toughs.
Rude was staring at him from the couch and began to speak as soon as he gained the flea's attention.

''So, are we gonna hung the curtains or are you gonna lay there until your friend arrives?''

''Why so cooperative out of sudden?'' Asked Francoeur intrigued by the sudden change in the cat's behavior.

''You told me that I was going to stay with you until everything was fixed and believe it or not I do like the outside world, so let's get started; and besides someone once said that if you can't against someone, you have to join them, and I'm pretty sure that I can't against you''

''I should call you Astucieux then, you learn fast how to adapt yourself to the situation''

''Me? Astucieux? Nah, although, compared to Rude, why not?''

''He he, come on, let's hung those curtains before Maud arrives''

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First of all, sorry, I though that Raoul's name was written this way -Raul- but I corrected that for this chapter.

By the way, Astucieux means clever in French in case you're wondering.

Hope you liked it.