Blog Love Omega Glee: The Cats Say Hello (7 May 2012)

"Meow!" Monique the cat yells while Jake tries to talk on the phone with Francine.

"What's that?" Francine says.

"Shhhh!" Jake says to the cat who jumps on his bed and meows again even more loudly.

"Shhhh?" Francine says.

"Oh, sorry, I was talking to Monique."

"Monique?"

"That's one of the cats."

"Oh, your cats, that's right. I'd love to have cats, but Donald's allergic so we aren't allowed to have them."

Monique paces up and down the bed. Jake pets her, and she meows again.

"I think she wants to say hello. Hang on," Jake holds the phone near the cat's head. She brushes the corner of her cheek on it, and decides that she now owns it. She paces the other way. "Say hello to Francine," Jake says, but Monique just turns around and collapses on the bed in a heap of gray fur and white paws.

Jake puts the phone back to his ear, "I guess she said all she wanted to say earlier. She probably just wanted to say hello."

"Mer--ow!" Rudy, the other cat, comes in the room and brushes up against Jake's legs. A furry white toy mouse has been dropped by his feet.

"Oh, the other cat's here now. She wants me to throw her mouse. Hang on and listen."

Jake holds up the phone near Rudy, and picks up the mouse. Rudy stares at the mouse and her tail starts to twitch. "Who's this?" Jake says, "Is this a friend of yours?"

"Mow!" the cat cries, and Jake throws the mouse through the doorway into the hallway.

Rudy chases it down.

Jake puts the phone back up to his ear, and says, "Did you hear that?"

"Yes, I did. You have very vocal cats."

"Yes, they've got a lot to say. I'm surprised they don't have their own blogs."

Rudy brings back the mouse, carrying it in her mouth. She drops it by Jake's feet. "Mer-ow!" she says.

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