Francis, the cat, is in his living room about to fall asleep.

The Pen comes rushing towards him, angry.

Pen: Francis!
Cat (looks up, unfazed): what?
Pen: where have you been?
Cat: what do you care?

The Pen notices the scratch marks all over Francis.

As soon as “it” notices the wounds on the resting cat, anger becomes concern.

Pen (worried): Francis…?
Cat: what?
Pen: how…? What happened?

Cat (avoids the question): Nothing…
Pen: what do you mean nothing? You´re all scratched up…

Francis remains silent.

Pen: Francis?
Cat (annoyed): what?
Pen: did you get into a fight with someone?
Cat: No.

Pen: No? That´s it? You´re not going to tell me what happened? How did you get all those wounds?

Cat: That´s none of your business.
Pen: of course it is! I worry about you.
Cat: oh please… Just a second ago you came marching towards me to nag.
Pen: but, you´re hurt…

Cat: yes, yes. No big deal. I´ll be good as new in couple of days.
Pen: Francis?
Cat: what?
Pen: what happened?

Cat: Nothing. I´ve told you, I´m fine. Now go away and let me sleep.
Pen (no such luck): No
Cat: what do you mean no?

Pen: Tell me what happened and I´ll leave you alone.
Cat: No.
Pen: why not?
Cat: because I don´t want to.

Pen: Francis if someone hurt you I want to know.
Cat: why?
Pen (dead serious): So I can hurt them back.

Cat: You´re not going to hurt anyone. Just relax Al Capone.
Pen: who?
Cat: You sound like a gangster from the 20s.

Pen: Francis?
Cat: what?
Pen: why won´t you tell me who hurt you?
Cat: because it´s none of your business.

Pen: of course it is.
Cat: why? You love to make fun of me, you nag me relentlessly. You´re a pain in my ass!
Pen: it´s all out of love.
Cat: shut up and GO AWAY!

Pen: I promise I´ll leave if you tell me what happened.
Cat: yeah, right. You´ll just use it to mock me even more.
Pen (starts to smile): what did you do?
Cat: I didn´t do anything. (notices the grin) There it is.

Pen (can´t stop smiling): There´s what?
Cat: why are you smiling?
Pen: It was Amelia, wasn´t it?
Cat (avoiding the question): why do you think that?

Pen (doesn´t answer): Amelia found you getting frisky with another female cat and beat the crap out of you didn´t she?

Cat: No.
Pen (confused): No?
Cat: No. She has this very acute sense of smell and…
Pen (excited like it´s Christmas morning): Oh my god!

Cat: please shut up.
Pen: She smelled the other cat on you. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Cat: Just die.

Pen: Ha! Ha! Ha! That´s what you get for cheating on your girlfriend you stupid cat.
Cat: I didn´t cheat on her!
Pen: oh no? Then how is it that Amelia could smell the other cat on you?

Cat: The stupid cat was in heat and she rubbed all over me. Just ask Jason, he had to pull the dam cat off of me.

Pen: You truly are a weird cat.
Cat: why?
Pen: You have a female cat getting close to you and you do nothing and on top of that your girlfriend finds out and beats YOU up. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Cat: Please go away.
Pen: Ha! Ha! Ha! You truly are a riot…

Cat: Just die already.
Pen: Ha! Ha! Ha!

The Pen starts to “glide” away, highly humored.

Cat (yelling): I hate you!
Pen (from a distance):Ha! Ha! Ha!
Cat: stupid stick… (in pain) ouch.

The end!

2019_ Joana Teixeira