What!? Two chapters in one day!? It's a miracle! lol. I just wanna thank you all for the positive feedback! Here's Chapter 3 for you all! Happy reading!

Chapter 3: New pet

I woke up the next morning to something buzzing. Blinking away my dreadful sleep, I sat up and looked around, confused. Finally, I found that the buzzing was just my phone vibrating on the night stand. Scooting over to it, I picked it up and saw that Travis was calling. I answered the phone, yawning.

"'Morning Travis." I yawned, standing up and stretching. I took a glance at my clock. 7:26 am. Early bird gets the worm, right?

"Oh, did I wake you?" Travis asked.

"Yeah, but I don't really care." I walked out of my room and to the kitchen.

"Okay, good. So..Autumn told me about your dinner yesterday." Travis said.

"Oh, that. Yeah. I threw up last night after I got home." I explained casually.

"Ugh...Kate, you have to stop doing that..." Travis trailed off.

I sighed. "Look, I'm sorry. I just didn't feel that good. I hate this disorder of mine." I wedged the phone between my ear and my shoulder as I gazed into the fridge, pulling out some milk. I went to the pantry and pulled out some Rice Crispy cereal. "Here, I'll make a deal with you. I will try to not throw up from my disorder."

"No, you won't try. You will do." Travis said firmly.

"Fine. I will not throw up from my disorder." I said, arranging my cereal.

I picked up the bowl of Rice Crispy's and walked to my couch, sitting down.

"Now that's what I wanna hear!" Travis yelled into the phone. "Look, I gotta go. My mom's mad about something or whatever."

"That's why I moved out." I grinned with a mouth full of cereal.

"Good plan. I might be next. I could move to California with you or Texas with Autumn." Travis suggested. "But I really have to go, bye."

"Bye, Travis." I ended the call and finished my cereal, trying not to gag.

I ate my breakfast until someone knocked on the door. Setting my cereal down on the coffee table, I got up and walked to my door. I opened the door to reveal Jordan.

"Hey." I greeted.

"Hi." He replied.

"Why are you here?" I asked, tilting my head.

"I have to take you shopping. You're gonna starve in here." He said, stepping in and looking around. He saw the cereal and smiled. "Well..after 2 days you'll be out of food if we don't get you some."

I grinned and started to laugh. "I have never heard of a guy willing to shop."

"I'm just trying to be a good neighbor!" Jordan said.

"Mhm, what, are you State Farm or something?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"Like a good neighbor, Jordan is here." Jordan sung the tune for State Farm.

I rolled my eyes. "You're making a bigger fool of yourself."

"Is that possible?" He asked, raising his brows.

"For you? Not likely, but possible."

Jordan just laughed lightly and walked more into the apartment. "You really have to put up some posters."

"I was just thinking of drawing on the walls. It would be harder, but it would look great in the end." I smiled, looking around he place and imagining the walls all painted with pictures.

"Nice imagination. Now, let's get going. I don't want to spend that much time at the store," Jordan said, walking to the door.

"Now you're sounding like a boy." I chuckled, opening the door and walking into the hallway.

Jordan and I went to the elevator and the doors slid open. We stepped in and I looked out the window of the elevator. The elevator slowly moved downward until it stopped. We both waited for a ding, but nothing came. Jordan sighed as the elevator burst back into action and kept descending.

"I swear, one day this thing is gonna break down completely." Jordan said, glancing around the elevator.

"If it ever does when I'm on it, I'll just break the window and jump out." I replied casually.

Jordan looked at me. "You'd get hurt."

As if I'd care... "Yeah, but it's better than being stuck in the elevator for life."

The elevator stopped and I realized we were at the lobby. The doors flew open and we stepped out and walked to the parking lot. I went to my car, Jordan tagging along. I opened up my door and Jordan did the same, cursing at the low ceiling. I started the car and started to pull out of the lot and onto the road.

"So..where are we headed?" I asked him.

"I don't know. Just go search aro-"

I interrupted Jordan. "Oh my gosh! Let's go to Target! It's right next to PetSmart!" I yelled, pulling into the Target lot.

We parked and both got out, walking into the store. After buying some food, and some posters forced by Jordan, we walked over to PetSmart. We both looked around, me dying of the cuteness. We passed the kitten area and I froze in mid-step. There were many little kittens pouncing along the cage, all trying to show off. One caught my attention.

There was a little kitten playing by itself with some yarn. His design was what really caught my eye, though. His face was gray around the eyes and forehead, and white below the eyes and nose. The white fur covered his chest and then it went back to the light-gray fur. His two front paws and his ears were white and so was the tip of his tail. I grinned and knelt down on my knees. Jordan stood next to me, watching the kittens play.

An employee strutted by and I stood up, tapping her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw me and smiled. "Hello, how can I help you?" She said in a peppy voice.

"Um, how much are the kittens?" I asked, ignoring the glance from Jordan.

"Each kitten is $70, ma'am." The girl said, smiling.

"Really!? Oh, awesome! I think I may want to buy one!" I said, grinning.

"Great! Which one would you like?" The employee, who I read was called Sandy, shot us both a smile.

"There's this one kitten.." I pointed to the one I was checking out earlier. "I really like him."

The girl nodded and went back into a room behind the cages, telling me to follow her. I looked back at Jordan.

"Oh, are you two a couple? I could let you both in." The girl suggested.

Jordan and I recoiled, me gagging. "No, no, no. We are just neighbors." I said.

"I'll just stay out here." Jordan said, stepping back as Sandy opened the door.

I followed Sandy into the back room and looked through the cage, grinning when I spotted the gray little kitten. Sandy opened of the cage and was bombarded with mews. She laughed and picked up the little gray kitten, earning a loud mewl of protest. She set the kitten on the ground and I sat down. The kitten looked around, green eyes wide. He looked at me and clumsily crawled to my lap. I smiled and pet him softly, stroking his short fur. The kitten started to purr as he arched his back at my touch.

"Can I buy him!?" I asked Sandy.

She nodded and handed me some forums. "You'll have to fill these out first, so we can make sure you're going to be a good owner."

I nodded and took the forums, signing them. As I did so, I felt eyes on me. Trying to ignore the urge to look up, I pet the kitten with my free hand and wrote with my other hand. I ended filling out the forums and stood up, holding my new kitten in my arms. I handed the girl $70 and she opened the door for me. She handed me a card with a number on it.

"Just call me if you have any troubles with your new kitten!" Sandy said, still smiling.

"Okay, thank you!" I returned the smile and waved goodbye.

Jordan and I walked to my car, both stepping in. My new cat, who I decided to name Jayson, sat in my lap, purring. I smiled and softly pet him. Starting the car, I suddenly realized how coldly silent Jordan had become.

"You OK?" I asked Jordan. pulling out of the lot and into the main road.

"Why did you buy a cat?" He suddenly asked.

"Because I've wanted one all my life but have never been able to get one because of my mom." I explained, focusing on the road.

"Oh, okay. He's very cute." Jordan laughed as Jayson tripped into his lap. He scratched Jayson's head, smiling. "What's his name?"

"Jayson." I answered.

"Jayson..." Jordan repeated. "You're good with names."

"Thanks." I said, pulling into the apartment lot. Then I remembered. "Shit!" I yelled. I jerked out of the lot, earning a yowl of surprise from Jayson and Jordan.

"What the hell?" Jordan looked at me, rubbing his head.

"Sorry, I forgot to get cat food..." I explained, face growing hot.

"You could've warned me before you made me smash my head into the dashboard!" Jordan glared at me.

"Sorry.." I sighed, riding down the main road.

I got the cat food, along with a cat play-house and some toys, at the store and then headed back to the apartments with Jordan. It took 30 minutes to load everything into my apartment, including Jayson. Once I was all stocked up on food Jordan and I set up the play-house for Jayson. We set it down next to my blue couch and Jordan started to play with Jayson with a feather toy we bought.

"Good boy, Jay!" Jordan laughed as Jayson caught the feather, using the nickname he created for Jayson.

I sat down next to Jordan, chuckling as Jay pounced onto Jordan. It looked as though Jayson immediately regretted his decision; as he clung to Jordan's shirt. Jordan started laughing, petting the frightened kitten. Jordan looked at me.

"Can I be his second owner?" He asked.

"Yeah, sure. But he stays in my apartment unless I'm not here!" I explained, grinning at Jordan's glare.

"No fair." Jordan pouted.

"Life isn't fair." I laughed, Jordan rolling his eyes. "Oh yeah, say, you've never been to my place before! You wanna watch a movie later?"

I tapped my finger on my chin, pretending to think. "Eh, why not." I shrugged. "When's the movie?"

"Hmm..." Now it was Jordan's time to think, "Does 9 sound good?"

"Sure," I smiled, trying to pick up Jay from Jordan's shirt.

It was no use, Jayson clung onto Jordan's shirt for dear life. We both laughed as Jayson started climbing up to Jordan's shoulder. He cuddled up to Jordan's neck and closed his eyes.

"Haha, parrot kitty." I laughed.

Jordan softly pet Jayson as my phone started to ring. I picked it out of my pocket to see that Autumn had texted.

Hey, where have you been? I've been trying to Skype you! The text read.

Oh, sorry, I was at the store with Jordan. I'll call in a minute. I replied.

It took a few moments, but Autumn replied. Oo-la-la Jordan and Katherine sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g! I could just imagine Autumn laughing her head off at her comment.

I rolled my eyes. Yeah, what ever. I'll get on Skype in a second. I replied.

I turned to Jordan. "Autumn is gonna Skype. You wanna leave or stay?"

"Stay. I'll introduce her to Jay!" Jordan suggested, smiling when I nodded in approval.

"OK, let's go then." I stood up and grabbed my laptop, sitting down on my couch. Jordan sat next to me, holding Jay so he wouldn't fall off his shoulder.

I called Autumn and she answered at the first ring. I quickly made sure Jordan wasn't in the view of the camera. Autumn came on the screen, grinning.

"So, you and Jordan shopping? You didn't drag him off to shop, did you?" Autumn asked.

"No, he actually suggested shopping." I admitted, shooting Jordan a sideways glance. "And we got something."

Slowly, I turned the camera to Jordan. He pointed to Jayson and yelled "Ta-da!"

Autumn gasped and put her hands to her mouth. She started screaming and smiling wide. "He's so cute! Oh my God where did you get him?!"

"PetSmart," I grinned, taking Jayson off Jordan's shoulder.

I turned the camera back to me and saw Jordan give me a sad look. I rolled my eyes and scooted over. He gladly scooted over to get back in the view of the camera. Jayson laid down across half of our laps. We both laughed as Jayson fell asleep immediately.

I looked at the camera to see Autumn doing a picture frame with her hands. "I can so see you two as a couple."

I quickly shook my head, heat rising to my cheeks. "Why does everyone think we are a couple!?" I growled.

Autumn started howling in laughter as Jordan and I scooted away from one another. "Because you two look like a couple!"

"I've only known him for 2 days!" I pointed to Jordan.

Autumn sighed, trying to look serious, which was hard due to her laughing. "Fine, whatever."

We all talked for a while until it got to 8:07 pm. Jordan stood up, waking up Jayson.

"I'm gonna go pick a movie for tonight. I'll see you later." With that, Jordan walked out of the apartment.

Autumn raised her eyebrows. "Movie?"

"Yeah, he wanted me to see his apartment so he invited me for a movie." I shrugged.

"Don't shrug!" Autumn yelled. "This is big!"

"Why? It's just a movie-"

"WITH A DUDE!" Autumn yelled.

I rolled my eyes. "It's not a big deal, Autumn."

Autumn glared at me. "Fine, be like that. I have to go. Dinner time. I'll talk to you tomorrow! Don't have too much fun tonight."

"Is that supposed to be an innuendo of some sorts?" I raised a brow.

"No, it's an outmestartdont." Autumn rolled her eyes.

"Wow." I sighed, catching her sarcasm. "Okay, bye bye now." I ended the call and stood up, looking at the clock. 8:28. I had a good amount of time before the movie. This is gonna be interesting. I thought, starting to play with Jayson.

Aww! She got a kitten! I can't wait to write the next chapter :D Keep reading and, as always, feedback is appreciated! Bye for now!