I woke up at 4:00 (a.m.) and couldn't get to sleep. Something made the floor creak outside my door and I suddenly sat up. I heard footsteps and saw four feet cross my door. The only other sound was the footsteps and then, a light scratching at my door. I got up and walked to my door, sitting on the ground was my cat, Sea Glass. I picked her up and brought her to my bed.
"You scared me, Sea," I cooed to her. "I thought you were a burglar."
She just purred and looked up at my through her sea green eyes. I remember when we first got the cats. My moms mother cat had a litter of 5, and my mom let each of us name and keep one of them as long as we took care of it, ourselves. This was my first pet so it was a big deal and I threw myself into the work. I would feed her, and love her, and pamper her all day.
Antoinette named hers sparkles because of the collar she bought her cat. Lillian named hers Einstein, it wasn't surprising because the cat was male and she loved Albert Einstein. Mary named hers Just-Because and no one knew why because every time we would ask her why she named it that, she would always say 'Just because'. Beatrice named hers Alice because at the time, that was her favorite name and it had blue eyes and blonde fur and looked just like Alice from Wonderland. My sisters were older than me and that's why it was so surprising why I named mine Sea Glass.
Everyone always asked her name and I would politely say 'Sea Glass.' I was only four at the time and the name was far past that of the intelligence of a four year old. I told them I named her because of her eyes and how she looks like she belongs in a lighthouse and not a suburban home. I would tell them that someday I would take her to Maine and live in a lighthouse with her until we both die. They always told me that cats don't live that long but I wouldn't believe it.
Of course we don't have all the cats anymore. My sisters were never home and so that would leave me to take care of them and my room would smell like cats. Finally my mom asked if I wanted to keep them for myself and I said I just want to keep two. So I kept Sea Glass and Alice because they were always my favorite. Mom explained to the girls how they didn't pull their part of the deal and that I was too young to have that large of a responsibility.
I heard a tap on my window and headlights in our driveway. I ran to the window to see who it was hoping it wasn't a stalker. But my heart soared when I opened my window to see a boy with red hair on my lawn.
"Come on down! Do you wanna go out?" He whispered loud enough for me to hear.
"Sure! I'll be down in a minute." I whispered back.
I went to my closet and got into my black jeans and green button up that always showed a little cleavage. I put my hair up frantically and grabbed my leather purse that I rarely ever used. I climbed over to the window and jumped. It was only about six feet from the ground since I was the only one on the first floor of the house. But being who I am, I slipped on the window and went soaring to the ground. Luckily, Rustle caught me and was walking me to the car in his arms like nothing had happened.
"Good Morning, Ellie. I thought you might want to go meet my brothers." He said.
"Sure. Where are we going exactly?" I asked puzzled why this couldn't wait till the morning.
"Oh, we are going to play football. Well… you can watch." He said, chuckling.
"At 4:30 in the morning?"
"What better time to play?" He said sarcastically.
I didn't know what he was planning but anytime with him was perfect for me. A perfect time for anything… even sports. That's why I didn't doubt anything at all when I got into his land rover.