A Cat? For Us?

Chapter 2: A Pretty Harsh Wake Up Call

Caleb woke up the next morning and looked at the clock. 4:30am. He sat up and stretched a little, yawning afterwards. He stands up and starts playing a song to start his day. He scrolled through his playlist and clicked on a song. He hummed to the opening tune and walked to his wardrobe singing quietly along with the opening lyrics. "Iiiiiiiit's not easy having yourself a good time~" He grabbed some clothes and dressed before grabbing his laptop and putting on his glasses. He sat down and started reading through his messages. He responded to a few before checking the news and reading an article for a moment. He saw some basic stuff like a store opening nearby, some random guy screaming about how we'll all die. "Yes, we will. That's how existing works." Caleb says with slightly more sarcasm than usual. He put down the newspaper once it got to the political parts, that stuff wasn't interesting to him.

He sighed and leaned back. He checked his phone's calendar for today. He had planned shopping at around 7:30, that was fine by him. He stood up and stretched a little before walking downstairs. He sat in the kitchen and ate his breakfast before sitting on the couch and started watching a documentary about black holes. "Hm." Caleb's mind started wandering again, thinking of a few scientific theories. The big bang was apparently started from an infinitely dense point, like a singularity, so is everything outside of that point like a universe sized event horizon? He stopped when his phone buzzed, it was 7:20. He turned off the documentary and grabbed his bag, walking out the door and locking it behind him. He started walking down the street and turned into the first shop he found, picking up some bread, milk and a few other things he needed.

He paused when he heard the rain outside and sighed but accepted it and paid for the things he bought. He walked out of the store and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end as a small but noticeable electric buzz was heard in the air. A bolt of black lightning struck the spot Caleb once stood and he was gone, a smiley face charred into the ground as the only evidence of the disappearance.

Caleb woke up, his body felt weak and tired. He opened his eyes and raised his head looking up to the sky seeing a wooden roof. He tried to stand up but he couldn't feel his hands anymore, he looked down at where they should've been and saw... Paws... Cat paws. "...I didn't think I'd go into shock this fast honestly." He said in monotone, looking at his new paws and flexing them. "This is... certainly different."

He then tries to use his legs to prop himself up, no dice. He looks down at them and sees cat legs. "I'm starting to connect the dots now." He says as he feels his breathing slightly hitch on the back of his throat as the shock slowly fades being replaced with panic. "Ok, ok, calm down, keep yourself distracted Caleb." He looks around to find something to distract himself with, seeing a girl on the floor who seems asleep. He manages to pick himself up and jump down to the floor, his legs sticking out almost on instinct. "Well that's one more thing to add to the metaphorical wall of weird shit that has happened in the last 6 minutes."

He walks over to the girl, looking at her face. She was breathing softly, he laid down next to her while he waited for her to wake up, it gave him time to process all of the things he was dealing with. He looked at the girl again and her eyelids started to flutter. He slightly shuffled backwards at that.

The girl's eyes opened and she stared at him seemingly confused, given that face he suspected she wasn't expecting to wake up here either. She sat up and looked at him again a small "hi?" escaping her lips. "Hi..." He responded, her eyes shot open, whatever drowsiness she had a few seconds ago completely gone.

"WHAHEHRA HUH!?" was her initial reaction to him speaking, startling him into a legs-poised position. "God, please if you're gonna scream could you do it quieter. You're not the only one freaked out about the whole I'm a cat thing." He said slightly raising his voice. "Ok, I'm going insane, there is a talking cat staring at me." The girl said taking a few steps back from him.