Hidden Love

Chapter 4

Flashback

“Catch me…catch me” I said running around the garden “ ha ha…you can’t” I said showing my tongue at Jason who was chasing behind me.

“ yes yes I will catch you” he cooed showing his own tongue. I tried all my best to be away from him. Suzy sat under the tree cheering us up as she earlier got injured while playing.

Suddenly I stopped running when I saw a small kitten playing with the fallen flowers, I said kneeling down a little far from where the cat actually was “aww…Jason come here”.

He came running and took hold of my arm telling “ yay..i caught y-”. but stopped as soon as he saw what I was looking at so amused. We both looked at each other with bright smiles plastered on our faces and bent down taking the cutest creature in our hands. It was all white in color  and so soft that I didn’t want to move my hand away from its soft little body.

“Isn’t it the cutest thing Jason?” I asked. He smiled next to me still playing with it. “ I want this baby cat, please?” I asked again, looking at him.

He started laughing “My dear Marie its called Kitten or kitty not ‘baby cat’” he joked.

“urghhh…whatever. All I know is its now mine” I said feeling proud as i thought I won the argument with huge grin. 

“But Marie we don’t know whose ‘baby cat’ it is so how do w-“ he was cut off by Suzy from behind “O.M.G” she shouted with a disgusting face and ran towards the house almost tripping on her way because of the earlier injury.

We both turned around looking at her with huge shock clearly written on our faces. Only then I remembered that she had a phobia of cats, something like cat-o-phobia...i don’t even know a word like that even exists…haha.

I face palmed sobbing “ she is scared of cats. They won’t let me keep it.”

Soon I heard footsteps coming toward us, I looked up when I heard aunt Lusy say while calming down Suzy “Its okay sweetie” she said. Suzy was behind her mom while she comforted her in her arms. Fear clearly in Suzy’s eyes. Jason was quite all the time.

Aunt bent down looking at me “ oh sweetie don’t cry” she sat next to me and took me on her lap wiping off my tears “ Hon, you know na Suzy is scared of cats. We cant keep it dear” she gave a weak smile and continued “ You love Suzy, don’t you? See she is so” gesturing toward her “ terrified”. I took a quick look at her and she was shivering with fear and tears in her own eyes.

I quickly nodded in response to aunt’s question, yes I do love her. She smiled hugging me and shifted me on the grass getting up. She took the kitty from Jason’s hand to get rid of it and leave it somewhere wandering in the woods with no food and water and be killed by some random car on a road by some stupid driver and…and my  baby kitten would die. I tear rolled down my eye. I came out of my horrible imagination when I heard Jason protesting.

Oh! Jason for the rescue, I thought and a bright smile appeared on my sad face. But it soon faded when I paid attention to what Jason was actually saying.

“Umm..Aunt Lusy I’ll drop the kitty somewhere” pointing towards Suzy he said “ suzy is scared you should take her with you” he said with a smile.

Aunt Lusy looked at Suzy then again back at Jason and said “ Oh thank you, hon. But be careful okay.” And she went inside with me and Suzy on her either sides. I went along with her without a word but not before taking a last glance of my baby kitty while Jason gave me a reassuring smile.

We had our dinner in silence and headed to our rooms quietly to sleep. I wept on my pink pillow silently missing that little thing already even though I had barely spent a few minutes with it in the garden.