"Hurrrrry Peep!" Locket groaned. "Priscilla's baby is really heavy!" The kitten weighed all of 8 ounces. Locket's tiny blue arms were getting shaky. She began losing her grip. "I'm dropping herrrrrrrr..."

Peep panicked as heard keys jingling. His mother was home! He grunted as he shoved open his bedroom window. Then he knocked out screen with his elbow. It fell into the backyard almost hitting Taz, which sent him into a barking frenzy.

Locket quickly passed the kitten to Peep as she heard Liza heading up the stairs. "Gotta fly!"

"Peep Mama's home!"

Peep hid the kitten behind his back as Locket disappeared through the, very opened, window.

"Peep? She popped into his room. "Whatcha been up to kiddo?"

Peep gulped, "Nothing." He put the kitten inside the back of his orange sweatshirt. She immediately began purring.

Liza asked suspiciously. "Peep why is your window open?"

Peep answered, "It was stuffy in here. I needed to air out the joint." He looked guilty.

Joking, Liza asked, "Have you taken up smoking buddy?"

He answered much too fast. "Me? Smoke! Uh no, no way! Smoking is G-ross!"

Liza stuck her head out the window. "What happened to the screen?" She saw Taz peeing on it down below. "Taz get away from there!"

Peep needed a diversion. He thought he'd better come clean about the kitten. "Mom look who followed me home today?" He pulled the kitten out from under his sweatshirt. She continued purring like a motorboat.

Liza swooned. "Oh hiya baby..." She held the kitten, rubbing her petal soft fur against her cheek. "She must belong to somebody."

Peep protested. "She does!"

Reluntantly Liza handed the kitten back to Peep. "Who?"

"Me."

The kitten crawled up Peep's arm and nuzzled against his neck.

"Peep this a full breed kitten... She looks Persian maybe?" Liza studied the kitten. "We've gotta put up flyers, at least try and find its owner.

"Ma, what kind of owner lets a 6 week old kitten roam the streets? A bad one that's who!"

Liza was smitten. "You're right, but still... If we see any signs for this kitty she's gotta go right back.

"Deal!" Peep kissed his mom on the cheek knowing there would never be any flyers.

"Oh we've gotta get her some litter and food... Tell you what I've gotta pick up Oskar at soccer practice. I'll get some supplies at Petsmart. You wanna come?"

"I don't wanna leave Hello alone."

Liza smirked, "You're naming the cat Hello? As in Hello Kitty?" She tousled Peep's black hair and wondered how long she'd have to keep hiding who he really was.

Peep placed Hello on his bed sung her an old Lionel Ritchie song. "Hello... is it me you're looking for?"

Then he removed a dirty shoelace from his black chucks and dangled it in front of her blue eyes. She batted at the shoe lace a few times then curled up on Peep's pillow and fell asleep.

"Come on kiddo. She's sleeping. Let's grab some dinner and a few kitty toys while we're out."

Peep conceded. "Only on one condition..."

Liza already knew the condition.

They said it together, "We go to Burger King."

—-

Later that evening Liza helped Peep set up the litter box in his room. She put down some water and Fancy Feast in matching pink food bowls. One said food the other said water. As if cats can read! Hello sniffed the food and turned up her pink little nose at it.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Liza said, "Hey kitty this is the most expensive food they had in the store!"

Peep knew he could only to let Hello eat fairy-kibble. He told his mom, "She'll eat later. She's probably just nervous. I never eat when I'm nervous."

"You're right Peep. But if she doesn't eat by tomorrow we'll have to take her to the vet." 

Taz sheepishly entered Peep's room. His head was lowered as he wagged his curly gray-black tail. Then he scurried over to Liza, jumped into her lap and shivered with glee. He jumped up licking Liza's face.

She asked, "Hey Tazzy, have you met our new little friend?" Taz sniffed the kitten, walked passed her, and gobbled up the Fancy Feast.

This made Peep very happy. Now he knew what to do with the Fancy Feast Liza bought. Now Mama would be none-the-wiser.

—-

Locket kept her promise. Overnight Peep's boring, white colonial, house was transformed into buttercup yellow with bright blue shutters and doors. As agreed upon the doorbell played: You Are My Sunshine. However, there were a couple fairy-sized flaws. First, the doorbell wouldn't stop playing the tune over and over and over. And secondly every room on the inside of the house was also buttercup yellow. The kitchen, the living room, the bathrooms, the bedrooms and even the basement were now all buttercup yellow! Of course each and every door on the inside of the house was also painted periwinkle blue.

At three o'clock in the morning Liza heard the doorbell ringing, You are my sunshine my only sunshine... Blurry-eyed she stumbled out of bed and hurried down the stairs. She flung open the front door but saw no one. Talking to herself she asked, "Is my doorbell possessed?" Over and over she pressed the button trying to stop the maddening tune. She shouted over the music, "This used to be my favorite song!"

Sheepishly Peep came down the steps.

Exasperated Liza yelled, " What on earth is going on?"

Peep knew what outside of earth was going on! He wanted to squash the little fairy who was behind all of this.

Liza asked Peep, "Honey, can you get me the hammer in the junk drawer?"

He did.

SMASH! You are my sunshine... my... only... sun...

Oskar called from the top of the stairs, "Mom, what's going on?"

Liza hollered up to him, "Never mind sweetheart. Go back to sleep. You've got a soccer game in the morning." Oskar went back to bed. Liza's husband never even woke up.

How does he manage to sleep through everything?

The house remained dark. So far Liza hadn't noticed the fresh paint job.

"Peep why don't you go back to bed too? Tomorrow I'll call the doorbell's manufacturer and find out why this thing went haywire."

Liza mumbled to herself, "I didn't know our doorbell could play different tunes."

There's more to come Liza, lots more...

-End of Chapter 12-

Author's note: As a child, what's something magical you dreamed would happen? Comment below and maybe I'll put it in the story. Your votes give be confidence!💛