Chapter 4: Major.
Lily, Jeff, Christine, Lilies friend and I walked home as we always did.
The girls were talking about something I didn't care to listen to.
"Why do you have to be 21 to drink?" asked Jeff, trying to make conversation.
"You don't, you have to be 21 to buy" I replied.
"So what's stopping me from drinking?"
"That you can't buy any"
"Oh..."
"You guys are dorks!" Said Lily.
"At least us dorks could go out." I replied.
"Thanks to you!"
"You're welcomed."
We kept walking til we got to Jeff's stop.
"Piece…" He said and took off.
I realized that I was the only guy in the group.
A white cat appeared from an alley and stared at us.
I heard Lily sigh as I picked up the cat and held it in my arm.
"Jonathan is that-?" asked Christine.
"Yup" I interrupted her "she's a cat..."
"I thought guys hated cats" said Lilies friend.
"He has a special side for cats" said Lily quickly.
"Weird" said Lily's friend.
"Why's that, Lily's friend?" I asked petting the familiar cat.
"Samantha... My name is Samantha" she snapped.
"Me-ow" stressed the cat.
"I know" I whispered to the cat "everythings ok, go tell mom."
The cat smiled and jumped off my arms and ran into an alley.
"You're so weird" said Samantha.
"All guys are" I replied.
"Agreed" said Christine "that's it, piggyback!"
Christine jumped on my back again. I yelled and swung her around but she stayed on, we both knew that I would eventually carry her home in one way or another but it never heart to put up a fight...
We finally got to our street and Samantha parted ways. Chistine, Lily and I walked home.
"Wasn't that...?" started Christine.
"Yup" replied Lily in a familiar annoyed voice.
We reached Christine's house and she went inside and we continued into ours.
A man wearing a military uniform stopped on our side.
"Evening" he started looking at us "Jonathan Marcus and Lilian Ann Talbain I presume."
We looked at each other. "Nope, sorry can't help you" I said. We started walking away.
"Oh, i'm sorry" he stared smartly "I meant 'Dog' and 'Cat.'"
We stopped and looked at each other.
"As we said" I started "can't help you."
"Just what i'd expect from Gallon and Felicia's children, i'll keep contact."
The man drove off and we watched him go.
"Who's Gallon?" Asked Lily.
I shrugged.
"Do you think he knows something?" asked Lily unlocking the door.
"Not sure... We should show 'ourselves' in the morning thought... At least not for a while" I replied and we went inside.
The same white cat that greeted us in the alley sat at the bottom of the stairs. I picked it up and took it to the kitchen to feed it as I thought of the name "Gallon."