Alfie knew it was his birthday - but because it was his birthday it was the only time he'd have been able to get this for Julien, too. Because he didn't have the money to do it himself, but he'd owled his mum for two and because it was his birthday she'd given in and gotten two of them.
One for him. One for Julien.
He was late getting to the library, though. And when he got there there was a distinctly squirming bulge under the chest of his sweater vest. He'd started out just holding the kitten - it needed to know the lay of the castle, didn't it? But one sight of Mrs. Norris and it had retreated into his clothes and was refusing to come back out.
"Hey," He said, coming up to Julien, then "OW! I SAID NO CLAWS!"