Cat Instinct

Chapter 4

Getting Money

Something was trembled against her body. Still halfway into her sleep, Courtney first reaction was to press snooze and roll back over and go back to sleep. What her mind register as snooze was accepts from a phone call. Courtney closed her eyes, ignoring the voice talking to her telling her to wake you.

"I am up."

The voice huffed, "No you are not."

Mom?

Courtney straight up and tried to wake up, even though her head still seemed a little cloudy, "Hello?"

She could feel her mother smiling as she spoke, "Hey baby. You sound tired."

Courtney yawned, checking her phone for the time. It was 8:32 in the morning. Her mother would hate to sleep in and would always wake early. Courtney wiped the slob from the side of her face, "Yeah. I have to be at work at one."

"Oh," her mother smacked her lips, "Did you think about working with your cousin? You know it would pays better."

With? You mean work FOR.

Christian wasn't as pretty as Jada or Kim, but she still was better off than Courtney. Christian had the habit of trying to hook Courtney up with these dead beats that looked as though they haven't even got their high school diploma or a GED. Courtney couldn't stand Christian, but with the way things where going at work she may not have a choice.

Courtney frowned, looking down at her fingers, "I was planning to call her today."

"Well hurry up honey. A job that pays ten dallors an hour won't last forever. Now, I love you and I hope to see you at the church charity Saturday."

"I am--"

"You know Mrs. Merkle will be there. She told me that her son is planning to come..."

Why is it every time I turn around someone is trying to hook me up?

"Imma let you go. When you get home call me."

"Yes mam."

"And call your cousin."

"I will."

"Okay. Love you. Bye baby!"

"Love you too. Bye momma."

Her mother hung up and Courtney lowered the phone. Jada was off today, so she wouldn't be up until twelve. Courtney looked around for her laptop.

Come on. Not again.

She stood up and walked into Jada's room with still smelled like sex. Jada was rapped up in her sheets. Her long leg poking from under the covers and hanging of the edge of the bed. Courtney looked at her, hating that even though she was sleep she still manage to look good. Jada slept only on silk and satin because she believed it was better for her skin and her hair.

Courtney tipped toed up to the edge of the bed and grabbed her laptop off the end. She quickly moved out of the room, after getting her charger.

8:41

Courtney pulled out her research paper and put in the password to her computer. Courtney walked into the kitchen and pulled out three eggo blue berry waffles. She would usually have some bacon, eggs, and sprinkle some brown sugar on her waffles before popping then into the oven.