Cleanup

You decide that you can still wear the t-shirt and shorts that you had put on earlier this morning. Tibby goes to the closet to figure out what to wear for the day. You follow her into the closet before you go to fetch your outfit from where it landed when you took it off.

"Hey, I'm not sure if I can ask this or not, but do you think you could wear some sort of ears today? I think they look really cute."

"Yeah. That's no problem. I didn't wear them yesterday because you made it sound like it was going to be hard to keep them clean. You can understand why I don't normally wear ears when I'm working out."

You grin as you think of some of those yoga poses where she was upside down. Ears would not stand a chance of staying on and with some of those flips, the last thing she would want would be to have a foot land on a fallen headband. Then you think back to the lineup of cats at Friendly Pets Inc. "At Friendly Pets, I noticed there were a lot of cats with tails that they were petting."

"I'm more into whiskers than tails. A lot of my gymnastics is about balance and I found that tails threw off my balance and made it harder for me to do well. Plus, could you just imagine a butt plug doing those moves? It's limiting and uncomfortable. As for those clip-on tails, often they rub causing more distraction, usually when I need to focus the most. I have some tails, but most of them are knitted right into a cardigan. They are for my other clothes, not my my active clothes."

"Thanks. That helps me get to know you a bit better. I'll leave you to get dressed now."

Tibby comes out of the bedroom wearing thin, black footless tights under a pair of black shorts that balloon out from her hips just a little bit. Her black t-shirt follows her stomach and chest closely. The neckline is slightly below her collar and has ruffles instead of sleeves or ruffles as sleeves. Today's collar is green satin that matches her eyes beautifully. She's wearing a ponytail and instead of a headband, she has barrettes with black triangle ears attached to them. She also took the time to put on makeup: green eye shadow, pink lip gloss, pink nose, and a couple of grey whiskers drawn on each cheek.

Once dressed, the two of you tackle cleaning the kitchen. You hope that the easiest is to get Tibby to wash the dishes while you get a bucket of soapy water and start washing down the table, chairs, and floor. That way you know it will be done right. As you scrub, you are surprised by just how far the syrup got! Who knew it could travel this far. With that thought in mind, you look up at the ceiling. OK, good to know it didn't just go everywhere wildly. The ceiling is clean.

As it turns out, you both finish about the same time. As you do one last check, you hear Tibby rinse the frying pan and put it in the rack to dry. Before you can start on the living room, you hear a knock on your apartment door. As you walk towards the door you can hear scampering behind you.