Missypooh, welcome.
I think like Karen: the kitty will choose you. And than he or she will take it's little paw and wrap Gareth around.
A story of the first cat my colleague got: (now she has 4 plus one dog): She was 12 then and brought that kitty home in the evening. Her parents said "Absolutely no and never" but she was allowed to keep it until the next day when she should bring it to a shelter.
Ok, this night her daddy who was the Number 1 No-cat-man stayed up quite long and the next day, kitty was allowed to stay. No need to say that it was daddy's cat then