Bella, what are those?

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The next day, Angela and Bret seemed pretty happy about something, but I left them alone. Angela was still trying to understand everything Bret had told her.

Alice was pretty happy, and I was happy about that. She was going to meet Trent after school, he was still getting the house straightened out.

Well, until lunch that is.

We all sat down, I asked Alice about something, and I noticed Cynthia and the others weren't there. I didn't think much of it, they were probably sorting something out.

"Hey, you're meeting Trent later, right?"

She nodded, and I could tell she was excited. I grabbed her hand, and she smiled.

"I am. I-"

Her phone beeped and she checked it.

"No, I'm not. Apparently, something happened and she dumped him."

She showed me the message. She had caught him cheating with Maya!

"That's horrible."

"Yeah, she wants to see me later though."

I nodded, and Angela brought up the fact my birthday was coming up. I wanted to strangle Angela, but Alice's reaction stopped me. She got annoyed with me, and asked me why I never told her. I shrugged and tried to say that I didn't want to bring it up with everything that was going on. Angela assumed I meant the fight with Jessica and didn't question it, but Alice and Bret knew better. She seemed to understand, and didn't say anything else.

The rest of the day was pretty quiet, and I went home to do some homework. Angela was going somewhere with Bret. It was getting bright out, so I had an idea where Bret was taking her.

I did my homework, and decided to keep reading. I grabbed my book, thinking about everything. I'd been with Alice for about a month now, and I'd never been happier. My dad got home, and I made him something. When he was finished, I sat in the living room with him.

"Alice not coming over?"

"No, she had a few things to do. How's work?"

He shrugged, and told me everything was fine. We talked about a few things, and he brought up the fact my birthday. I blushed and told him not to worry about it.

"It's your 18th birthday, Bella."

"I don't care dad, you know I don't like fuss."

He shook his head, and didn't say anything else. I went upstairs, and found Alice sitting on my bed, with my book in her hands.

"You not spending time with Cynthia?"

She shook her head, and I sat next to her. I grabbed her hand, and she leaned against me.

"No, she wanted to spend some time by herself."

I nodded, and my dad called me. I groaned, and Alice laughed, kissing my cheek. I walked downstairs and my dad asked me to check the backdoor, apparently he'd heard something. I grumbled about him not doing that himself, and went to check. I opened the door and found a small cat. I picked her up, and called my dad. He walked in, and saw the cat. She had patches of black, white, and orange fur.

"I found her outside, she's freezing. No collar either."

I looked at my dad, and he knew I wanted to keep her. He nodded, and told that I could. Everyone around here had dogs, so we knew it wasn't a neighbours cat.

"Bring her to the vet tomorrow."

"I will. Now, I gotta go sort out a few things for her."

I was thinking about Alice listening to this, and didn't want to keep her waiting. So, I cleaned the kitten up, and walked upstairs, carrying her. I walked in, and she looked up at me.