The day after Leisure Day I
went to work walking on air. My mood immediately diminished when I realized no
one else was at work that day, and their shifts started before mine. Since
everyone else decided to play hooky I focused on maintaining the fire station,
just in case an emergency did happen. I started with the fire alarms and worked
my way through the station, fixing anything that needed it. I finished the day
by inspecting the fire truck and working out a little.
“How
was your day, Babe?’ I asked.
The
usual huge grin filled his face. “Since we’re together now, and have already
lived together for a while now, I was thinking that it might be fun to adopt a
cat .”
I paused as familiar
worries filled my head. What if my wolf
side hurt the cat or worse yet got hungry and decided kitty tartar would hit
the spot? “I don’t know about that,
Jasper. “
“You’re
worried about you wolf side again, aren’t you?” He asked and I nodded. I swear
his green eyes can still see right through me.
“How many times do I need to tell you that your wolf side is not violent
at all? I bet you’d be more likely to protect your cat than eat it. Wolves are
really protective of those they care about after all. “
I was
still hesitant, but said, “All right, but if anything happens, or almost
happens to this cat next full moon, we’ll find a safer home for it. Agreed?”
“Agreed.”
***
After a few weeks of research
and browsing various adoption centers and houses in town where cats had recently
given birth we came across a shy, Russian Blue at a local shelter and fell in
love immediately. Jasper named him Rasputin
and I agreed that it suited him. He took
a little longer to warm up to me than Jasper, but the moment he crawled into my
lap right before bed my hurt melted. While not religious, I prayed that he could stay with us as long as he wished.
Before we knew it, the dreaded full moon rose again. As
usual all my knowledge of the night comes in vague flashes of memory and secondhand
accounts, but Jasper insists I didn’t try to harm Rasputin at all. However,
both of us went a little wild that night since we decided to go
out.
According
to Jasper we spent most of the night in the Fae Ray Gardens. The first thing we did was dance outside a fairy castle. Jasper cast a spell on it so that it played
music. I have no recollection of that,
but I do remember that we kissed afterwards and one thing led to another until
he pulled me into the castle and we made love for the first time. it was an odd sensation, but not a bad one.
I think I felt ravenous afterward and no restaurant was open
besides the grocery. Jasper confirms that and jokes that I may have eaten him if there wasn’t a
twenty-four hour grocery nearby. It took
we awhile to be comfortable enough to laugh at that joke, but now I consider the
hodgepodge picnic dinner we put together that night a great memory, although the details
are still a little fuzzy.
We
returned home after the picnic and the next morning I woke up next to him in
his bed. I was super embarrassed at the time,
but Jasper insisted that my fur was comfortable to snuggle against, like a favorite
stuffed animal. I’m still
not sure if that’s a compliment or not, but knowing Jasper it was high
praise.
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