It was 6:00am, the angry red numbers from his bedside table signaling that Andy Davidson had made it through another sleepless night.
"How can four people make so much noise?" He asked himself as he threw the blanket off and dragged himself to the bathroom and into the shower, it was mornings like these that he was glad he slept naked, because he doubted he would even have the energy to undress for the shower.
As the water cascaded down his tired body Andy tried to remember the last time he'd had a good night's sleep.
Three weeks! It had been three weeks since the group of college lads had moved into the empty flat above his and that was the last quiet night he'd had.
Being a police officer himself meant that he couldn't ask the boys to quiet down with any authority from the law so he called the land lord to complain only to find out that the new tenets were the land lord's nephew and his mates, so Andy was stuck in the poor situation because he couldn't afford the rent anywhere better.
Stepping out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist he walked to his bed room to get dressed for work.
As he walked to his closet he opened one of the windows to let the morning air in, "Another beautiful Welch day." he smiled as he looked at the rain clouds in the distance then turned to grab a pair of underwear.
Just as he slipped on his briefs he heard the meow and almost jumped out of his skin, because to his left in the window seal was a black & white cat.
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"Where did you come from, kitty?" Andy asked the short haired cat as it jumped from the window to circle around his feet and rub against his leg.
"Lets see who you belong to." He said bending down and reaching for the silver tag hanging from the cats collar. Looking at the tag he saw there was no address and only one word, "Trouble." he said and the cat meowed as if answering him.
Standing back up and looking at the clock Andy realized that he was still just standing around in his underwear when he should already be out the door and on his way to work.
"Sorry kitty, you have to go ho…" he started to say but noticed the cat have moved back to the window seal and meowed as it jumped outside.
Running to said window Andy looked on the ledge but couldn't see the cat, looking down the five stories to the ground he saw the cat looking back up one last time before walking away.
Shaking off the eerie feeling the cat's stare gave him Andy pulled him head back in, closing the window as he did and gathered up his uniform, got dressed and headed out the door.
As he turned the key in the lock he had no idea that this would be the day he died.