t/2 – 15’ “What happened to you?” My dad asked. “Don’t ask.” I muttered, shaking my head. “Kitty, why are you soaked?” He was concerned. “I had to walk, it’s a lot of rain.” I said while hanging my heavy jacket. “You left the door unlocked.” “Yeah.” “Kitty, is there something going on?” He frowned a little, indicating he’d started to worry. I sighed. Cutie, kitty, cutie pie. I needed to do something so that adults stopped calling me names. “Dad, can you call me Lynx like everybody else? I don’t like kitty. I’m not a baby anymore.” “Fine. It’s going to take me some time to get used to that, you know?” He was serious but then he mocked me a little. “But Lynx it is. I made tea, you hungry?” He said that because I just dropped my backpack and headed to the kitchen. “Very.” “Alright,

