| PART ONE Posted by z.q. on 4/5/2001, 6:31 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I woke to the sound of the alarm clock blaring in my ear. What was I late for? What day was it for that matter? I slammed my hand down on the clock and searched for the off button. Once that awful noise was taken care of I lay there trying to remember what day it was. I could hear the television in the other room. Cartoons. Cartoons? What was my tv doing on? I sat straight up in bed grabbing the browning out of the holster on the headboard on my way. Someone was in my house. I heard a laugh and remembered. It was Saturday (hence the cartoons) and I had raised nine bodies the night before, which is why I was so groggy - it was a long night. The laugh belonged to Nathaniel the wereleopard. He had begged to spend the night and I finally gave in - so sue me, I'm a sucker for his little lost kitty cat face. His version of spending the night involved curling up with me in my bed. My version of spending the night invloved him curling up with an extra penguin in my spare bedroom while I slept with my bedroom door locked. Guess who won? I rolled out of bed and grabbed a pair of jeans out of the closet and pulled them on. Mental note: call Ronnie, we have got to start working out regularly again. I pulled my shirt down over my jeans and unlocked the door. I walked into the living room to find Nathaniel upside down on the couch watching Pinky and the Brain with his hair pooling on the floor beneath him. There was a half-eaten bowl of cereal on the floor beside his head, a opened box of Cookie Crisp lying on it's side on the other side of his head, and a very large glass of chocolate milk on the end table. The breakfast of champions. "Please tell me you didn't eat that entire box of cereal already" I said, trying not to laugh. "Not yet," he replied "but it is on my list of things to do today." He watched me walk into the kitchen with those violet eyes. I assume he went back to watching tv cause I heard him "Narf" while I got the coffee beans out fo the freezer. I made myself a nice strong pot of coffee and poured a cup, added sugar and real cream and proceeded back into the living room. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART TWO |