How Green Becomes Wood

Cooger stepped out into the hall and made his two phone calls and came back in only about twenty minutes later, "Alright. The vet is able to get all these guys in tomorrow. I had to call one of my clients to reschedule, he was a bit peeved until I explained the kitten drama, now all he wants is pictures of them. The shelter also needs photographs, one of the main employees is going to meet me at the vet tomorrow to finish their in-boarding, so they're all definitely staying at least one night." He tugged lightly at his beard for a moment, "Let's set up the play pen first, we can put it in here."
 
By the time Cooger returned, Lex had made herself comfortable on his bed and had all seven of the kittens on top of and around her. She was smiling and fussing with the long-haired black one as it sat on her chest. She looked up when he finished giving her the run-down. "I think we're good with the play-pen, but if you still want to put one up, don't let me get in your way," she teased.
 
"What, you have a better idea?" Lex grinned. She pointed to the long haired grey kitten. "That one is Toe because she has one tiny, tiny spot on her paw that might actually be something dirty, but it's on her toe tips. This one," she pointed at the smallest of the group, "is Tiger!"
 
"You don't need stripes to be a tiger, do you?" she crooned to the little kitten. "Besides, haven't you heard of giving a child a name of power to give them strength later in life? I bet it'd work for kittens, too!" She smirked at him. "Don't we have kittens to bathe and feed?"
 
"My name is just a fancy stone, and I don't know if you're the one to start talking about how to name a child," He teased heading downstairs to get the supplies. A little while later, he came back up, a play pen under one arm and a bag of supplies in the other. He sat the bag on the bed and then set up the playpen on the floor, moving his good rug out of the way, "We should feed 'em first because they're just gonna make a mess on themselves. But first, I want to lay down pee pads, then a blanket. Then we can put the kittens in and give 'em food and water. I've got cat beds downstairs I still gotta bring up and I need to set up a little box in here but I want to get these babies eating before fussing with that."
 
"Hey, I found them. I think I should get to name them. Would you rather car makes and models?" Lex grumbled. She sat up, sorting out the kittens and putting them back in their box for now before helping Cooger to set up the play pen. "Show me how to feed them?"
 
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