ShipWrecker

Abby comes over (Part 1)

~Giada's POV~

Ever since I became a meif'wa, I've been really tired during the day, more than usual. It's only been a week, and the boys and Xina have all noticed it already. It wasn't that hard to find me sprawled across my bed or the couch downstairs. In the past week, I've learned how to control my transformation between meif'wa and cat, so whenever one of the neighbors come by, I immediately duck behind a chair and use my new powers to become a cat. Ever since that one night, I felt like my life has changed, and I just know Xina has something to do with it. Even if she denies it, I can tell she did something to me, but I'm not sure what.

~le doorbell rings~

"What the? Who could be here at this time of day?" I ask myself, as I look out of the window and see Jeffory out on the driveway with his daughter, Abby.

"Oh, no... I almost forgot that Jeffory asked me to babysit Abby today... What should I do..?" I whisper to myself as I begin to pace around my room.

"Hey, Giada? Jeffory's at the door... he wants to see you," I hear Zane say from the other side of my door.

"Can you get the door for me? I don't want him to see me like this..."

"I guess..."

I hear Zane walk away from the door and down the stairs as he goes and tells Jeffory to leave Abby in the living room.

"I can't let Abby see me like this..." I tell myself as I look at my reflection in the mirror. This gave me an idea instantly.

"Maybe she doesn't need to know that I'm a meif'wa... Maybe I could just watch her as a cat, she won't mind playing with me, right? Yeah... I'm gonna do it!"

 I open my door, transform into a cat, then saunter down the steps, only to find Abby sitting next to Zane on the couch.

"You're weird," she says to him.

"Well, you aren't exactly perfect either, aren't ya?"

Abby stuck her tongue out at him as I jump up into Zane's lap.

"Hi kitty!" Abby exclaimed as she started petting me.

"Oh, uh... hi- I mean, meow...." I say quietly.

Zane picks me up and gets off from the couch, then sets me down on the floor to talk.

"What are you doing?!"

"I don't want Abby to know that I'm a meif'wa, so I'm going to watch her as a cat and make sure that she doesn't cause any trouble."

"Well, what about Jeffory? How is he going to know that you watched her?"

"When he comes back, I want you to say something, like 'Oh, Giada was here and watched over Abby for a while, but she had to leave' or something like that, got it?"

Zane nods his head, as he turns around to talk to Abby.

"Abby, my cat, uh,..."

"Yuki..." I whisper.

"...Yuki, is going to watch you, ok? Play with her all you want, just be gentle."

"Okay Uncle Zane...!"

"Good, now I'm going upstairs... Yuki, meow if you need me," Zane says as he walks out of the room. 

I jump on the couch and turn on Netflix with the remote. It was hard, seeing as it was my first time doing it as a cat.

"Ooh, can you put on Worst Cooks in America? I've been binge-watching the first season, and it's hilarious." Abby asks. I nod my head 'yes' and turn on the show. As Abby stares at the TV, I go into the kitchen and grab a large bag of white cheddar popcorn with my mouth from the pantry. I bring it back to the living room and give it to Abby.

"Thanks, Yuki," she says as she stuffs a handful of popcorn in her mouth. I take a few pieces for myself and lay down, watching Bobby Flay teach a handful of cooks how to cook eggs in multiple different ways.