Ghosting (PJO Young Justice)

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I pulled my backpack over my shoulder and I walked out the door.

As I walked down the street, I noticed a stray cat following me. It was one of those blue-grey cats, although it was dirty and quite thin. I frowned and crouched down next to it. It seemed a little wary, so I held my hand out for it to sniff and realize I'm not gonna harm it. After a moment of awkwardly sitting there waiting for the cat to scratch me and run off, it surprisingly rubbed its face against my hand.

I gently pet its head and checked the time. (I'm gonna go off the time my school starts)

7:27. I quickly stood up and started walking towards the school, but the cat kept following me. Soon I was just around the corner of the school, and the cat was still behind me. Shit, did it do that thing called imprinting? Probably not. They're small for a cat, but they aren't a kitten.

I sighed. I took off the huge backpack and unzipped it and held open the front pocket for them to climb into. After curiously sniffing the bag and wandering inside, I pulled the backpack up, trying to be careful to not hurt the cat. I zipped it almost all the way shut so the small cat could breathe.

I wandered into my first class, sat down at my marked seat, and gently set my bag down next to me. I looked at who else was in the noisy classroom and saw that ponytail and sir freckles glares a lot were here too.

Freckles was staring at me suspiciously and ponytail snapped her fingers in front of him to get his attention back to their conversation.

The cat was quiet during class, so when I had to grab something I also put my hand in her face. I'm just gonna call her a girl. She needs a name. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm... how about...

Caterine. Like Catherine, but with no h.

Anyway, she gently kicked my hand, and purred slightly. I silently sighed in relief.

The day went by good. No one talked to me, or even noticed I was there. Lunch rolled around, and I got the meatiest meal I could find, along with a bottle of water. I looked around searching for anyone watching me, and saw no one. I slipped out the door to the lunch room and into a room without anyone in it.

I took the backpack off my shoulders and opened up my backpack for Caty (Like Cathy) to climb out if she wished. I took a smaller portion of my meal for me and gave her the majority of my food, taking out anything that wasn't meat, and filled up a spot on the styrofoam tray with water, and she soon crawled out and began to feast. Soon she was done, and I played with her a little bit before the bell rang. I quickly threw away the trash, and Caterine slunk back into my bag.

The continued as normal, the only difference being me walking on eggshells with my backpack.

I saw the 'Megan squad'-something I decided to call the few students that went out of their way to glare at me, since I was as invisible as can be.

I walked home in peace, stopping briefly at a Petsmart to get cat supplies.

I got cat food, a dish for the food, a small bucket, cat shampoo, a litter box, cat litter, and cat toys.

I put my backpack on my front side and opened the front, allowing Caterine to crawl out onto my shoulders, and I replaced the empty space in the bag with the Petsmart supplies. We continued on, with me having to be in a sort-of uncomfortable position with my head tilted forward stiffly so she could rest peacefully around my shoulders, with my backpack as extra support of course.

Besides a few strangers giving me confused looks, the walk back was uneventful.

(This is how we clean my dogs and my cats always get away if we give them a bath sooooo)