A few days later, the doctor told Azalea that she could go home. Her mum picked her up and took her home.
For the next two weeks, Azalea watched Netflix, read two books and wrote a few parts of a story she was writing so she could heal properly. She did all this in her bed. She didn't move from her bed for those two weeks unless she needed the toilet.
Every so often she would get a bit bored so Tessa would come round to chat. They talked about the future, jobs- what jobs they wanted and what they thought they would be able get- and pets.
For years now Tessa had wanted a cat. She didn't care what breed, any cat would do. Her mum promised her that she could get a cat if the she was responsible and helpful over the summer. If she is good most of the summer then, Tessa's mum would take Tessa and Azalea to an animal adoption centre.
After Azalea healed and was able to walk again, Tessa asked if Azalea could come round her house for a bit. Azalea said that she could and walked over right away. When Azalea got there she knocked on the door. The door was flung open and Tessa grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing?" she asked in surprise.
"Taking you on a trip." Tessa's mum unlocked the car and Tessa dragged Azalea into the back seats.
"Where are we going?" Azalea pleaded.
"Not telling." replied Tessa. After that Azalea didn't bother asking again for she knew it was no use.The car rumbled to a stop and Tessa announced that they were here. Azalea looked out of the window to see a big sign that read 'ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTRE' she squealed in excitement.
"Did your mum say you could get a..."
"Yes!" Tessa butted in. They both scrambled out of the car and then jumped up and down squealing.
As soon as Tessa's mum had sorted herself out and locked the car, the two girls ran towards the entrance of the centre.The centre was a ginormous building with various doors leading to various different animals. As they walked in they found a fat rectangle shaped hallway with a desk at the end. On the walls were six doors, three to the left and three to the right. Above each door were names and categories of animals. Cats, Dogs, Reptiles, small mammals, chickens and other.
Azalea laughed slightly when she saw the sign for chickens. She pointed it out to Tessa and they giggled together before the brunette woman at the desk politely asked,
"Can I help you girls in anyway?"
"We are going to get a kitten but I think we will just wonder round first." Tessa replied. The lady nodded and continued to type of her computer.Before the girls wondered anywhere, Tessa told her mum what she was doing. She nodded, showing that that was fine.
The first room the girls went into was the chickens because they thought it was funny. They opened the door to a small room with a few seats. They could hear the chickens clicking from in here. They ignored the room and opened the door that lead straight into the the another large from room filled with open chicken pens. It looked almost like a hay filled tree house except the door on the other side of the room lead outside where many other chickens could be found.
The two girls carefully walked through the chickens being careful not the step on them or scare them. They reached outside successfully and breathed in the cool air.
"Man, it was stuffy and hot in there." Azalea said
"Sure was." Tessa said slightly distracted.
"Tessa, what is it?" Azalea asked looking to where Tessa was looking. A girl maybe a year older than the girls was feeding the chickens. The had light brown hair in two French plats down her head. Her red plaid shirt and jeans she was wearing almost made her look like a cowgirl.
The girl looked up at Tessa and smiled. Tessa looked away shyly.
"Hello, can I help you girls at all?"
"We are okay thank you, just looking round." Azalea replied.
"Okay, if you need anything just say, my name is Hazel."
"Cool, I'm Azalea and this is Tessa." Tessa, staring at the floor, glanced up and whispered a small "Hi.""What are you here for?" Hazel asked. Azalea waits for Tessa to reply but she doesn't so she speaks up.
"We are here for a kitten. Tessa's mum is letting her get one."
"mmmhu" Tessa nodded glancing upwards towards Hazel.
"How exciting, I love the kittens I will come with you. I need to feed them anyway." Azalea and Tessa made there way back through the 'human sized chicken house' to get back into the corridor. Hazel finished off feeding the chickens and then she said she would collect the chickens eggs then collect the cat food to feed the cats. In the meantime Azalea and Tessa looked into the rooms named Reptiles, small mammals and other. The reptile room was filled with lizards and geckos and even some frogs in large glass tanks. The small mammal room had gerbils, hamsters, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs in large pens and cages. The other room was mostly filled with fish which the girls found very calming.
When they came out of the other room, Hazel was waiting for them talking to Tessa's mum with a bag of cat food in her hand. When Hazel saw the girls she lead them into a room with a corridor down the middle. There was glass creating the corridor and separating the free roaming cats and kittens from them.
Tessa and Azalea wondered through series of room separating the kittens to the cats, the males to the females. After a while of playing with nearly all the cats Tessa found a kitten she liked.
The tabby tortoiseshell kitten. It seemed shy at first but as Tessa sat down to stroke another cat, it slowly walked towards her and smelt her. Tessa began to stroke its fur.
"Hello" she said in a soft voice. The kitten stopped sniffing Tessa and walked round and curled up in Tessas lap."Mum," Tessa said, "I think I like this one."
"What do you want to name it?" Tessas mum asks.
"I think I'll name it..."1076 Words
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Hi, I'm back after a while... sorry. The kitten above is what it looks like. You have a choice to name the kitten. It can be male or female for I have not specified yet. I hope everyone is enjoying a story.Edit: I have written the next chapter with the kittens name of Marshmallow but you can still comment names and if I find one I really like then I'll change the name! Thanks everyone!
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