Across the Times
By: Nightingale
Rating: PG13
Gin closed the door on the third failed blind date that week. Gin leaned against the door and sighed. She had to admit that Rain was doing her fair share to get her hooked up but she never picked the right kind.
Gin walked into her apartment turning on lights as she went.
"I need a shower" she voiced to Toby her cat
He looked at her and cocked his head.
"Yes I know I took one before I left, but I need another"
She then disappeared into the bedroom to gather some clothes. After a long shower Gin climbed out and dried her body off. She slipped on some shorts and a tank top before towel drying her hair. She brushed it quick and opened the bathroom door seeing Toby siting in the hall waiting.
Gin bent down and picked up the cat scratching his head. He snuggled into her arms as she stared out the window and off into space.
"Alone again tonight without someone to love. Stars are shining bright so one more wish goes up. Oh I wish I may and I wish with all my might for the love I'm dreaming of and missing in my life. You'd think that I could find a true love of my own. It happens all the time to people that I know. Their wishes all come true so I've got to believe that there's still someone out there who is meant for only me."
Gin put the cat down and opened the small sliding glass door of her apartment. She stepped out into the night air and Toby followed. She stepped out onto the porch and looked up. She was blessed with the top floor and a beautiful view of the sky and stars. Gin sat on the lonely chair she kept out there still staring up.
"I sit here in the dark and stare up at the sky. I can't give my heart one good reason why everywhere I look it's lovers that I see. It seems like everyone's in love…everyone but me. I guess I must be wishing on someone else's star. It seems like someone else keeps getting what I'm wishing for. Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are? I guess I must be wishing on someone else's star."
Toby meowed and leapt onto her lap. Gin looked to the small cat and scratched his head.
"Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are? I guess I am wishing on someone else's star. I'd have to be with all the rotten luck I've been having."
She put the cat down and closed her eyes.
"This is ridiculous. I'm talking to myself."
A meow was her only response.
"You're right…I'm talking to you." She laughed as she reentered her apartment.
After securing the door she turned back to her cat.
"I'm gonna end up the old lady with all the cats you know that."
Toby just listened.
"Why can't you be human" Gin laughed as she got some ice cream from the freezer Gin plopped onto the couch with her ice cream in hand. She grabbed the remote and began to flip through the channels.
"At least I got sole custody of the remote control." She muttered.
Gin woke up the next morning with a start.
"Shit! What time is it" Gin got up from the couch where she had fallen asleep.
Throwing the bowl into the sink she glanced at the microwave.
"Shit! I'm late"
She scrambled to her room where she threw on her work outfit and ran out the door. Toby had just curled up on the couch seemed rather comfortable until the door suddenly burst open again and the cat jumped up and ran for cover.
Gin ran in, running to her room, grabbing her car keys, and quickly dumping a cup full of cat food into a dish for the cat.
"Bye, Toby" she called as she shut the door again.
Gin quickly worked the lock and started down the stairs.
"Late again Gin dear" laughed her dear, old neighbor
"Yes Mrs. Harper" she answered with a laugh
"Be careful driving." Called her neighbor in the good motherly way
"Will do Mrs. Harper." Gin called back turning the corner and exiting the door of the building.
Gin quickly found her car and jumped in, started it, and began driving down the parking lot as fast as she could.