True Colors (English translation)

11.- Sparkie.

-You just can't dispose of our parents' money because you wanted to send me a ferret, Zoe! What the hell were you thinking?

-Oh, Topi don't get angry. It's just a little animal. I sent you all the necessary things with it! It's already vaccinated and castrated, you just have to take care of it. You've got a friend now!

Did she just insinuate that I need friends?

Great.

-But, Zoe. Listen, now that you did it with the intention of... Okay. But, a ferret? Really? Why didn't you just send me the number of any friend or something?

-Oh, do you want me to do so? You should've said it before, because I have a friend named Aldo that...

-No, Zoe! I don't want you to, I don't even know what the hell I am going to do wih this animal. Gosh, you just did it without thinking on the consequences.

-I mean... Topi, you're nineteen years old, you know? Nonna has more fun than you do. You've got a ferret, now take care of it. By the way, it doesn't have a name. And unfortunately we can't name it princess as our first dog becau...

And I hung up, enough dose of my sister for the day, and the next and and all the next ones to that one.

I just had the enough to sustain myself and now I had to mantain an animal.

And the worst of all was that it was so cute I didn't want to give it back.

-Hi, little thing.- I looked at it for a few seconds and the little animal poked his head from the box.

I sat down on the floor and smiled.

I'd definetely stay with it.

But I wouldn't thank Zoe, she didn't deserve it.

When I finished ordering everything in the living room, I took the ferret to the vet so he would check it, and explain me the special cares he needed.

And I had to buy nothing, except for the food, my sister had bought everything, and I started to think she did it for pity. I knew , better than everyone, Zoe and I was sure she did something and didn't tell me.

-I can't believe I can't think of a name. Is it posible, Dest?- I asked my friend on the phone, she had decided to travel with her boyfriend to I don't know where, and left me here all alone. An amazing friend! -No, I'm not naming it Topi, you're not helping.- I growled and then smiled when I heard her laugh -Anyway, I have to train again this rat, see you later.

And I hung up.

It had been a month full of peace -if you call peace to be bitten by a ferret- The small animal had arrived to the point of making me lose my patience, and by reading on the internet, I discovered that as any other domestic animal, it had to learn.

It had its own sand box as a cat, its own food, and even some biscuits.

Though I had had to close all the doors and to cover every place that would be dangerous for it to get in.

As a plus, it was cute. So even though it had bitten me more tan a fifty times, I wanted to stay with it.

But I was missing a name and I was just about to name it Pandolf, or something like that.

-I'm coming- I shouted as I came running to the door

-Hey sparklet.- he smiled and I rolled my eyes closing the door on his face.

We'd agreed that he would knock the door even though he had the key for the simple fact that I could possibly be naked and singing in the living, and he could see me so... No.