Toronto 9:30 AM
The next morning, Leo woke up to a slightly distressed Aeris trying to poke him awake. "*Groan* Aeris, it's… 9:30 on a Saturday. Please let me sleep in." He groaned. "But I'm hungry." The young kitten pouted and gave him the puppy dog… er… kitten eyes. "*Sigh* Fine, just let me get dressed and I'll make us some breakfast." He conceded, as he was unable to resist that look.
"Yay!" Aeris yelled as she skipped happily out of the room. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out his usual attire and started to get dressed. 'Ok Leo, evidently yesterday's events were not a dream. So now I have to figure out what to do with her. First thing on the agenda for today: feeding the Aeris.' He thought to himself as walked down the stairs.
As he entered the kitchen, he saw that Aeris was already sitting in her usual spot at the table. He wasn't sure if that was a sign of more latent memories, or if she just randomly picked there to sit down. "What do you want for breakfast? We have… P, B, & J sandwiches, and cereal." He said as he peered into the nearly empty cabinets. He looked over his shoulders to see her scrunching up her face in thought. "What kind of cereal?" She asked. He pushed around the few cereal boxes that were in there before answering. "Uh… Blandi-os, Diabetes bombs, and sugar loops." He read to her. "Uh… What ever will be fine I guess." She said in a disappointed voice. He couldn't blame her either. After that truth-in-advertising bill became law, the cereals just weren't the same.
He poured them both bowls of sugar loops and milk, and walked over to the table. They ate in silence; Aeris too busy scarfing down here cereal and lapping up the milk, and Leo to groggy to make true conversation. After finishing her cereal in record time, Aeris looked at Leo and asked him the very question he was mentally asking himself. "What are we going to do today?" Leo paused eating and considered the question. 'What ARE we doing today? Well, we need to go get some food to keep us both from starving. I need to deal with some business, and I also need to see about finding a way to change her back to normal.'
Leo looked at the kitten for a few seconds before answering. "Well, first I am going to find you some clothes so we can go to the store today. Then I have some stuff I have to do on the computer, then we can go to town and run some errands." He told her as he put their bowls and spoons in the sink. "Now, let's get you in some different clothes." He said as he led her upstairs.
Leo opened the box of Aeris' old clothes and dug through them for a suitable pair of clothes. "How about this? A bit out of date, but it'll do until we can buy you some more." He told her as he handed her a Pokémon Red t-shirt and some old jeans. "Oooo… Pokémon is my favorite!" She squealed happily as she took the clothes. "Really? Good, because I am gonna let you play my Gameboy and you can play Red version while I finish up some things on my computer." He told her as he left the room to let her change.
Once she was changed he gave her his old Gameboy, with a new set of batteries of course, and a copy of Pokémon Red. "Take this and go play on the couch please. I have to take care of a couple of things and then we can go to town." He told her. "Ok." She said with a cute little grin as she skipped over to the couch. 'What ever happened to this carefree Aeris?' Leo wondered as he sat down at the kitchen table with his laptop.
Leo started his computer up and started to work. 'Got to keep food on the table, especially now that Aeris is out of commission.' He thought to himself as he submitted his latest article to his editor. Leo grinned. Most people though he was just a mindless retard, and on some days they were right. But he did indeed have a job, where else did he come up with his side of the rent and grocery money? And what a job it was. Leo had been employed by one of the biggest video game news magazines for nearly three years now as a reviewer and someone who made predictions on future hardware and games. He made a pretty penny doing it too. He had originally meant to tell Aeris about it, but he decided against it when he realized she wouldn't like the thought of Leo having his dream job while she had been fired from her last three jobs and had finally found some stable employment at a local bar.
He then opened his email and composed a message to the only person who could possibly help with his problem. "Hey dude, got a problem. Need you to meet me at the playground in town at 2:00 PM. Don't be late, don't be drunk, and for Pete's sake make sure you are dressed. It is an emergency so be there. Or else." He sent it and closed his laptop. Leo sighed as he walked into the living room. "All right. Are we ready to go?" He asked. Aeris grinned and took his hand and they walked out the door for a day in town.
Author's Note:
Sorry for making this one so short. I just was not looking forward to this chapter because it was so boring. But it had to be done. Now that that stuff is out of the way, I am going to have fun with the next chapter. Thanks for reading! :D