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"Change back or I&039;l neuter your ass right now!"

Miranda&039;s warning jarred Kylie awake shortly before three that afternoon

Not that Kylie wanted to wake up now For al she cared, Miranda and Del a could duke it out this time Kylie pul ed a pil ow over her face when Miranda&039;s threat repeated itself in her head

Neuter? Del a didn&039;t have a pair of bal s to re?

Oh, no Socks, Jr?

"Fine," Miranda&039;s voice rose again "You asked for it"

"Stop!" Kylie screa the kitten and wiggling her pinky at it

"You were so wrong," Miranda snapped "It&039;s not me he likes He was in bed with you"

"No, no" Kylie pushed her hair back and tried not to laugh "That&039;s not Perry"

"Then who is it?" she asked

"It&039;s not anyone It&039;s a real kitten"

"He fooled you again"

"No He&039;s not fooling ave it to me"

"Lucas?" Miranda&039;s eyes widened "That&039;s what I ca everywhere for him"

"I know," Kylie said

"How do you know?" Del a asked, popping into the bedroom

The kitten let out a pathetic meow Kylie took the scared feline fro for Lucas earlier today"

"Was he here?" Miranda asked

"No, he&039;d already left" Kylie hesitated "What do they think he did?"

"Beats ed the kitten closer

"Whatever it is, it ht human cops out to talk to Holiday He&039;s up to his eyebal s in trouble"

After Del a and Miranda left, Kylie sat in the living roo with Socks, when Helen knocked on her door

"Hey," Kylie said, and asked her to co wel "

"It&039;s nothing," Kylie said, wondering if Helen had co airl wanted to say so but couldn&039;t spit it out At first Kylie al a brain tu?" Kylie asked

"It&039;s stupid, real y" Helen said "ButI needed some advice"

"From me?" Kylie asked

Helen nodded "You see, I kind of like Jonathon, but I don&039;t think he knows I like hiuys I was hoping maybe you couldyou know, tel hed "Seriously, I&039;m not the person to come to with this"

Helen looked disappointed "But I&039;ve never even had a boyfriend And I don&039;t know anyone else I could ask"

Kylie stared at Helen and reone the extra mile to help her "I&039;ve only had one real boyfriend And because I&039;m notflirty, I just went for honesty"

"Like what kind of honesty?" Helen asked "Because I don&039;t see ed "It sounds dorky, but I just asked hiirlfriend When he said no and asked why, I just said that I was sort of thinking that I liked hi hair, giggly thing, and ain, honesty worked for me once Maybe it ith Jonathon"

And ure out what she felt, ain

The next few days were soood blur, either Kylie and Holiday weren&039;t getting anywhere with thewas at an al -ties on Kylie&039;s phone Kylie couldn&039;t stop thinking about Lucas Oh, and her dad had cal ed her mom and told her that he hadn&039;t visited Kylie the last week and that Kylie wasn&039;t answering any of his e-ave her hel for it, too

"You lied to me," her mom had accused

"No, I just let you believe he caet mad at your dad," she insisted

"Why?" Kylie asked "You&039;re always ot her panties in a wad because Kylie&039;s dad insisted on co out this weekend At first, Mo furious, and saying she was co Guess who she expected to take care of al the scheduling?

Right Mo was that Soldier Dude hadn&039;t returned Kylie wanted to believe he was gone for good Holiday wasn&039;t convinced, though Then again, Holiday wasn&039;t in the best ofon, Holiday just shook her head and said it would work itself out

Kylie had also asked Holiday about Lucas The cah of frustration and said she couldn&039;t talk about that Kylie had to bite her tongue to keep fro Holiday that trust was a tay street It would be nice if Holiday wouldn&039;t be so secretive The tension Kylie saw in Holiday seemed even more pronounced in Sky, which struck Kylie as odd Because so far, the olf leader seeht on by the FRU&039;s constant visits Kylie got the i probleh, the tension fro a bad influence on everyone else There had been another fight, this one between a witch and a fairy

"Told you witches and fairies don&039;t get along," Miranda had said the day she, Kylie, and Del a stu broken up by Holiday

"What are you going to do if I discover I&039;m part fairy?" Kylie asked Miranda

"Damn," Del a said "Did you just say what I think you said?"

"What?" Kylie asked, clueless

"Are you final y ad else going on, Kylie hadn&039;t given the whole huh, it didn&039;t even seem to matter anymore Okay, that wasn&039;t true She stil wanted to know, but if she did find out she was supernatural it wasn&039;t the end of the world As a ht not be "special" that seemed to bother her more

"So?" Miranda asked her

"I am whatever I a and Del a held up her hand "Shh"

Kylie and Miranda paused and listened Al Kylie could hear was the background noise from the wildlife park

"What do you hear?" Kylie asked, almost worried Chan had returned

"The animals," Del a said "They are seriously pissed"

"At what?" Miranda asked

"Like I would know," Del a said "But I&039;ve never heard theht then, Helen came up beside Kylie and leaned in to whisper, "It worked I asked if he had a girlfriend and it was just like you said happened to you He asked ht like hio on a picnic toet to know each other better Thanks"

Kylie gave Helen&039;s arreat Come by before the date and Miranda can fix your makeup Won&039;t you, Miranda?" Kylie looked over at her friend

"I&039;d love to," Miranda said

"Thanks," Helen said, and ran off

Saturdayto hear who they&039;d be paired with for an hour and finished her conversation with her dad She&039;d final y given in and cal ed hi, never even said anything about not co his cal s or e- her on Sunday and then he started talking about a trip he was taking to Canada in a feeeks

Kylie explained that hertomorrow and that they would have to take shifts Kylie was positive that her dad would tel her that whole shift thing was stupid, that they could both just visit her

Maybe deep down, a tiny part of her hoped they would both come at the same time, and then, miracles of miracles, maybe they would take one look at each other and decide they&039;dabout miracles They didn&039;t happen that often Her dad didn&039;t cal the shift thing stupid As a matter of fact, he seemed just as adamant not to see her mom as her mom was not to see him

"How about I show up after lunch?" he asked "And I&039;l cal first to make sure she&039;s not there"

Kylie bit her lip to keep fro him where her real dad was Every since a divorce had been ed Completely, wholeheartedly Parents weren&039;t supposed to do that to their kids She was certain it ritten in the parents&039; rulebook

"Fine," Kylie said And if you don&039;t show up, don&039;t worry I don&039;t think it will hurt as much the second time "Later, then," she said, and closed her phone

"You ready?" ain close to her ear "I got your naed to evade him al week Not to be mean, but out of a basic need for sanity Her life was already a friggin&039;else to it Besides, he had a girlfriend as probably more than happy to spend time with him She turned around "You already had ot lucky a second ti about his voice, as if he worried she wouldn&039;t believe hiain, didn&039;t you?"