"I want a kitten to love me while you guys are on tour!" I yelled into the house that Mike and Vic shared.

"So go get one!" Mike's voice came from upstairs. I went up to his room and laid down next to him.

"You have to come with me or I'll buy too many" I smiled, rolling onto his back. I rested my chin on the top of his head.

"This is very true" I could almost hear the smirk in his voice as he pressed the buttons on his Nintendo 64 controller.

"Mario Kart again" I laughed.

"Mario Kart always"

"Mario Kart, shmario kart" I scoffed, reaching over his shoulders and pressing all the buttons I possibly could.

"Torch!" He whined. I smacked his shoulder while he shifted underneath me, positioning himself so that he was looking up at me.

"Don't call me that" I pouted.

"I'll call you what I want" He smirked again, flipping us both so that I was beneath him, his face barely and inch away. He stared into my eyes for what felt like forever. Suddenly, he got up and walked out the door. "Let's go get you a kitten!" I heard his voice coming from downstairs before I heard the door slam.

He's been doing this for three months now. It's like he didn't know how to go back to how things were
before. He acts like he wants to kiss me, then he runs. It's been driving me insane. Just friends. That's all I can manage right now, but I know it's not enough for him. I'm so scared of losing him over this. It's his own fault this time, no one else's. He fucked up. I heard him honking his horn from the driveway, so I got up and ran through the house and to the car.

"You're very impatient" I said sliding into the passanger seat.

"You're slow, let's go get a kitten!" He backed out of the driveway and drove off towards the pet store. I heard him fumbling with the radio and his ipod. All of a sudden, the car was filled with Jordan Witzigrueter singing Give Me Your Hand. Neither of us sang or danced like we used to. It was the song I told him I loved him to. "I leave again in two days"

"I know" I sighed and pressed my forehead against the window.

"Hey, we'll be okay I think" He smiled and took my hand in his.

I doubted we would be okay. I loved Mike more then anything in the world, but he wasn't mine anymore. He had no reason to have to call me everyday and talk to me. We were just friends, there was no commitment between us. He pulled into a parking spot and opened my door once he got to it. I got out and walked towards the pet store slowly. Mike walked next to me, just as slow. I didn't want him to leave. I never did.

"Girl or boy?" I asked.

"Girl, for sure" He smiled and led me to where they had the kittens.

"Mikey look!" I screamed excitedly, pointing at the kitten behind the glass.

"She's perfect for you Vicky" He smiled and laced his fingers between mine, staring at the kitten.

It felt like we were in high school again. My stomach did flips and a wide smile spread across my face. I heard him tell someone who worked there that we wanted to play with the kitten. Mike led me by my hand into a little room where the worker stood with the kitten in her hands. We both sat down on the floor and the lady placed the kitten between us. She jumped from my lap to Mike's and curled up on the crotch of his pants, falling asleep.

"She knows where the party's at" Mike laughed, petting her.

"You are so gross Mike!" I laughed scooting next to him and leaning against his shoulder.

"You love me" He grinned down at me and poked my nose, careful not to wake up the kitten.

"Of course" I laughed rolling my eyes. He leaned down a bit and pressed his lips to mine softly, as if he was unsure of what he was doing. I kissed him back, holding his face in my hands. "Mike" I said quietly against his lips.

"Yes baby?" He muttered before he kissed me again, this time is was sure and hungry.

"I love you so much" I pulled away and smiled at him.

"I love you too baby, always" He gave me a soft kiss just as the kitten started climbing up his shirt.

"Aww you woke her up!" I frowned holding her close to my heart.

"No no no, never. It was you." He stroked the spot between her eyes and they started to drift shut again.

"What should we name her?" I stared at the small creature in my hands.

"We?" He looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"Well duh!"

"Hmmmm, I don't know babe" He looked the kitten in my hands over a few times before a grin spread
across his face "Crookshanks"

"She doesn't even look like Crookshanks!" I objected.

"I get to name the cat and you get to name our first baby" He said standing up and extending a hand out to me.

"Our first what" I laughed holding onto Crookshanks with one hand and holding onto Mike as he pulled me up with the other.

"Baby" He shrugged like what he just said was nothing. I hated kids.

"There will be no kids coming out of this body!" I laughed again while we paid for the kitten, got her paperwork done, and left the store.

~

"How are you going to leave our baby two days after she came home?" I frowned at Mike as he played with Crookshanks on the couch in my apartment.

"Leaving her is the easy part" He stood up and wrapped his arms around my waist, looking down at me
"Now leaving you is the challange, especially after we started to fix things two days ago." He mumbled the last part against my lips before giving me a soft kiss.

I never wanted him to leave. I heard Dave, their tour manager, honking outside. I took his hand in mine as we walked to the door to carry his things out. Once his things were inside the RV, he came back out to say goodbye again, Vic trailed behind him.

"You behave yourself! Don't let that kitten starve! And don't forget to hang out with our girlfriends!" Vic screamed, wrapping me in his arms and squeezing me tight.

"As if I would let Crookshanks starve! She's gonna be big and fat by the time you get home." I smiled at him before he ran back onto the RV.

"Vicky?"

"Yes baby" I turned to Mike and smiled up at him.

"I'm gonna miss you so much" He sighed pulling me close to his body. "If we didn't have Crookshanks I would have you out there with me every step of the way" I felt tears in my eyes, this scene was all too familiar.

"I'm gonna miss you too baby, I'll see if I can come out to a few dates, get Leo to watch Crookshanks, I love you Mikey" I said wiping away the few tears that actually fell from my eyes.

"I love you too Victoria, never forget that." He pressed his lips to mine one more time before he started walking to the RV.

"Mikey!" I called after him. He turned around, smiling "Promise you won't forget about me in the next four months?"

"Me? Forget? Never" He grinned and ran onto the RV, blowing me kisses from the back window, just like last time.