Chapter Two
I slump down on my bed, fed up with the way things were going.
"Did you have to put Ryan up for today?" I ask Daphne.
She raises an eyebrow and takes another bite of her apple. "Put him up to what?" she asks once she swallows. I'm not sure why she's using my desk and not her own, but I don't question it. My room has kittens, that's enough of an explanation.
"Trying to ask me out in the library," I mutter.
"He asked you out? Good for him. I didn't think he had it in him."
"We are both talking about your brother, right?"
Rhubarb decides that he wants some kind of fuss and uses Daphne to climb up the chair and jump on the bed next to me.
Without even thinking about it, I reach out and scratch him behind his ears. He purrs loudly. At least I have a happy kitten. Well, four
