Why?

On Monday, the 4th of July, my brother and his friend found a little kitten under the car. The poor baby is covered in fleas, and they're sucking the life out of it; because of the fleas, the kitten also has a cold, if you can call it that. My mom put it in an animal carrier and placed it in my room. She called me when I was at the fair, and told me the kitten was there, and that I needed to make sure it went to the bathroom when I got home. Now, if you know me, then you know that my mom made a huge mistake. She put the kitten in my room, and I've been caring for him/her for two days, and I want to keep the kitten. She said "No." She tried to feed me some bullshit about my dad not wanting any more animals, and that if I could let this one go, then we could keep on taking animals in and nursing the back to health.

Why is she doing this to me. She, of all people should know how I am; she should have known how I was going to react to the kitten! Knowing this, she is still subjecting me to this torture! Aren't parents supposed to protect you? If so, then why is my mom doing this? Sure, she's not causing any physical damage, but, there is damage there, just the same.

If that isn't bad enough, she has to insult me when I say that I want to keep the kitten. My parents have their D&D crew over, and, almost right in front of me (they're in the dining room, and I was in the kitchen) she proceeds to tell everyone that the kitten is going to the humaine society after he/she gets all better. When I protested, which I'm sure she knew I would, and said that I wanted to keep the kitten, she told me to stop acting like Beth. If you know me, you know who Beth is, so I don't need to explain. That really pissed me off. To top that off, when I stormed out of the kitchen and slammed some of the doors behind me (since there are a billion and a half doors in this house), my dad says "Now she really is acting like Beth." So, I had both my parents insulting me.

If they really want me to act like Beth... I could act like Beth. I would hate myself for doing it, because that is definately not who I am, but, I could do it. They should be careful what they ask for!