In the city of New York lives the Alley Cats. The leader of the Alleys is murdered, his murderer lurks in the shadows raising a rebellion.With her brother seeking for the truth. It is up to Nutmeg to lead her cats against the uprising. But what hap...
I flutter my eyes open to see bright amber eyes staring me down. I jerk back in surprise, recognizing them.
"Patches? Is that you?" Patches muzzles me on the shoulder . "You were squirming, I thought you were having a nightmare. " I heard him say. I frown. "I just went to sleep, I didn't have a nightmare." I say, utterly confused. Patches uses his broad head to help me to my feet. "Come on! Nut, I wanna go outside, but mama says you have to be coming with me. Jay and Violet are going to the secret hideout! I am not gonna miss it. I'ts would be our first time and I want to savor it." If I was confused before,
I am now puzzled. "But Patches we already been to hideout, you remember? It was when we encountered Frost! I thought you didn't want to go after that." I reminded him, yet my excited brother ignored the warning in my voice.
"Who's Frost? I want to go, why are you having doubts? I can't believe that your're the same cat who was begging dad to let us go out. what happened to you Nut?" he ask. His face is scrunched into a frown. His amber eyes flashing. Clearly not pleased with my sudden change of behavior.
Slowly I understand.
This is not my Patches.
I'm dreaming.
Somehow I'm dreaming about the past, when I was younger, when Patches was with us.
When dad was alive.
Tears start to form from the corners of my eyes. Patches now alarmed, brushes his messy fur against mine. "I didn't mean to hurt you sis, if you don't want to go, that's okay. I would never dream of been separated from you. So I'll stay. You hear that Nut? I won't leave you. I promise." A sob is caught in my throat.
"I promise."
I laugh at the bitter irony.
If only you knew.
"So what do you wanna play?"My voice still cracked.
"Well how about weird faces?I have a good one."
"Oh yeah? Not gonna be good as mine!" I say, feeling more like myself.
"You wanna bet?" He faced me. His eyes bright and fiery. Oh no, he got his game face on.
"You're on!" I challenged.
Patches rotated his ears, crossed his eyes and curled his mouth into a funny smile.
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I Let out a laugh. "Not bad! Now watch this!"
I flattened my ears to the back of head, diluted my eyes and stuck out my tongue.
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