Family. (DNF angst)

Chapter 10: Change.

♡George pov♡

I picked up the small gray kitten and plugged the sink drain. I set him in it, and Clay got out some cat shampoo.

"Are Patches and Luca your only cats?" I asked quietly.

"Well, Sapnap has two. Milo and Naomi." He told me.

4 cats? That's crazy.

"Don't give me that face. I only wanted one cat. I swear." He defended.

I smiled a bit, and he opened the shampoo. He put it on Luca and beging washing him.

"He stinks." I mumbled.

Clay nodded in agreement, gagging a bit. I giggled, and he smiled at me. He rinsed Luca and told me where the towels were. I got one out, and he put Luca on it. I dried the small kitten off.

"Much better." I stated.

I picked Luca up, and Clay tossed the towel in the laundry basket. Suddenly, Karl burst into the bathroom. He had his phone in his hand, covering the microphone.

"George, CPS is on the phone. They wanna talk to you." Karl whispered.

I gave Luca to Clay, and we left the bathroom. He gave me the phone and I held it to my ear.

"Hello?" I said.

"Am I speaking with George Davidson?" A woman asked.

"Yes, ma'am." I replied.

"Alright, hello George. My name is Laurie. I've called regarding your custody of Rose." She said.

I held my breath.

"We would like to visit the home you're staying at for a checkup. We need all members of the household there. Does tomorrow sound okay?" She asked.

"Hold on. I'll ask." I told her.

I muted myself.

"CPS wants to come here tomorrow to do an inspection. Everyone needs to be here during it. She asked if tomorrow worked." I explained.

Clay ran downstairs to ask Sapnap, quickly returning.

"Works for me and Sap." Clay stated.

"Works for me too." Karl added.

I nodded and unmuted.

"Tomorrow works." I told Laurie.

"Alright, we'll see you then. Thank you, George." She said.

"Thank you." I replied.

She hung up and I gave Karl his phone back.

"Okay, CPS has come to my house a couple of times, so I know one thing we need to fix is the outlets." I told them.

"What about them?" Karl asked.

"They need a cap over them." I said.

"Sap and I can run to the store. What else do we need to do?" Karl asked.

"We won't need baby gates. She can get downstairs if she needs to." I mumbled to myself.

Karl nodded.

"I have a shelf in my room. We'll have to nail it to the wall." I said.

"She has her own room. Unless you want her to sleep in the same one as you." Clay told me.

"She has a room here?" I asked.

Clay nodded.

"We decided it was gonna be down tje hall from yours." He told me.