Black Cats

Meeting Chapter 1

"Tinder, breakfast time, come here, bud." Knowing the cat is following her, stupid stalker cat ,she sighs under her breath.

As the pain in the ass black cat rounds the corner, meowing the whole way, Thia thinks she can see disdain for the name on his face.

"Well then, what do you want me to call you?" Tossing his bowl on the floor, almost waiting for him to answer, but he's to absorbed in his meal to care what she says. Moving on with her morning, she starts the coffee pot, pours herself a bowl of marshmallow crunch and waits for her best friend to smell the coffee. Finishing her breakfast, Thia grabs a cup of the coffee and goes in her room to shower, Tinder hot on her tail.  As she gets in the shower, with Tinder perched on the toilet, their first meeting crosses both their minds.

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6 Months Earlier...

I could feel it when the girl walked in. That pull that my parents had told me about. I just knew, we were meant to be. But with my broken body and weak mind, I can't possibly think she'll want me. As she walked down the line of cages making cooing sounds, I couldn't help but feel jealous, she should be making those noises for me, not the cute cats in great health, let some small child pick them, I needed her to pick me. Then she was there, standing in front of my cage, the look on her face almost broke my heart. She must think I'm hideous. Meowing again and hiding his face in his paws, then he hears their exchange.

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Walking down the line of cages, sticking her fingers in the gates and rubbing kitty cheeks, not yet feeling the pull of any of them. Coming to the end of the line, she finds herself looking into a cage that held the most pathetic black cat she had ever seen. Looking up at her he gives the most sad and miserable meow she had ever heard.

Approx. 6 years old, male cat, found on side of highway. No name, no tags and not chipped. Needs constant medical attention for the next month. Great temperament, very loving, Just in a lot of pain. We recommend adoption to a home with no other pets, to help the healing process, after clean bill of health, he would love a companion.

"I will take him" She stated as if the shelter volunteer was going to question her, which he did.

"He's a mess, lots of medical care and time involved, are you sure?" the volunteer asked.

That thing in the cage could barely be called a cat, cuts and stiches everywhere. A piece missing from his left ear, and mostly bald, looking slimy from the lotions and antibiotic creams. His eyes told her everything, he would always be hers, that was all she needed to know. 

"I said I wanted him, problems and all, get me what he needs so I can take him home." Thia stated no longer waiting for more questions. She didn't know what came over her but she knew that cat was meant to be hers. Broken and in need of love, she couldn't leave him. The pull was too much. It was almost as if she could feel his pain.

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Coming out of the shower, Thia hears Cass shuffling around the living room. Wrapping a towel around her  hair and drying her body, pulling the towel around her.

"Come on, Tinder, Cass is awake." Stretching the cat uncurls himself from the toilet and jumps down, pawing at the door. Making their way to the living room Thia rounds a corner to find a man instead of her roommate. Tinder jump in front of her, looks at her sadly and meows the most sad cry she ever heard. Within seconds, Tinder is no longer a cat but a very attractive man. More beautiful then any man she had ever met, seen or heard of. At least 6'2, muscular but not big, she could feel the power coming off of the man that was just her cat.