Chasing Evelyn

33

-Elijah Harper-

Evelyn and I are on walk since she wanted to and it's her day off well technically she doesn't work there anymore but she's trying to get her job back

Anyways we were walking around town and she looked into one of the stores and her eyes widened in awe at a little furball.

It was a little ginger cat that was sitting in the corner of the playpen as the other cats play.

I see the way her eyes lit up as she watches the furballs playing around, Evelyn eyes me confusingly as I pull her into the pet store.

"What are you doing?" She asks looking at me with those beautiful ocean eyes.

"You like the furball don't you Ev." I say she shakes her head but I can tell she's lying.

The way her eyes lit up watching them said everything, she loved the furballs and obviously wanted one or at least wanted to hold one.

"Angel, don't lie if you want one I'm perfectly okay with that okay?" I say she nods softly and looking at them before turning towards me.

"Are you sure..I don't want it to seem like I'm using you or anything- not that I am I would never do that because that-" I cut her off with a small kiss to her lips.

"I know you wouldn't do that angel, as long as your okay and happy, then I'm happy." I say softly she nods her head and hesitantly walks towards the kittens

I see her eyes flicker towards the ginger one, and the ginger cat walks over to Evelyn trying to get to her but the other furballs are hogging up all the space. Little shits.

Evelyn frowns seeing the ginger cat giving up and sitting in the middle, I sigh and crouch down seeing that little shits running towards me.

Evelyn mouths a quick thank you as the ginger cat walks towards her happily, i don't miss the way she grins at it one of the workers walk by us "any of them catch your eye?" She asks.

"I think we're taking the ginger cat." I say earning a glare from Evelyn, the worker nods and reaches over to grab the cat and hands it over to Evelyn.

She smiles seeing that cat cling onto her and playing with her necklace "if that cat breaks the necklace I'll go grab one of the others ones instead." I grit.

She rolls her eyes and follows the worker towards the register, she was hesitant on letting me get her the furball but I didn't care.

Luckily the car wasn't parked too far so we could drive to the pet store "I think I should name her Cheeto." Evelyn says suddenly.

I stare at her "Cheeto? Like the snack?"

"No cheeto as in the flower- yes as in the snack." She says "she looks like a cheeto although she does have the white undercoat but still" she says happily.

I shake my head with a small smile, over the past months Evelyn has started to get better, she was healing as if the past was gone and she was ready for her future.

I never realized how much it hurt being away from her until now. I forgot about that feeling how it hurt being away from her.

I parked at the pet store and Evelyn gave me a wearily look "are you sure about this? I can pay for the stuff" she says and I shake my head "don't worry about it angel, I can pay for this stuff" I say making her nod her head slowly.

We go and buy whatever we needed for Cheeto. Still can't believe she named the cat that.

The cat clings onto her when Evelyn tried putting her in the basket, so she had to carry Cheeto the whole time.