Let's See how smart you are

I want create an original riddle by meeeeee ^^ !!!!

Ok I GOT ONE!

I live in a cup and warm you up.
I am between the letters E and P (hint: keyboard. yeah without it, you might be thinking of the alphabet)
And i happen to be chilling next to you.

What am I?

Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.

You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?

one, there is no mate.
(it took me "8 months" worth of counting to realize -_-

I disagree. Should there be none? The answer should be zero mice.

He said "How many mice would you have?" And you are right that there will no mate. But after ten months, won't the mice you pick up turn from a mice to a mouse in ten months?

If that is true, you won't have any mice. In the beginning you had one mice but now you have one mouse.

So i believe the answer should be zero mice. Because you have one mouse.


Major Edit.

I realized that mice and mouse refers to the same creature. I thought mice was the baby form of mouse and it isn't. HOWEVER, sinful made a mistake. I did a little research and found out that "mice" is the the plural form for "mouse."

It is impossible to take one mice from the pet shop...it doesn't make sense.

I believe sinful meant "mouse." (If i taken one mouse from the pet shop...)

But still, if the question is...how many mice you will have at the end of ten months, then the answer is zero. You have only one mouse.

Am i right sinful??