The Cat
Chapter 3
The Cat's Hiss
The two danced song after song. Soon, the dance ended and it was time to go home.
"Cat, do you want me to drive you home?" asked Giles.
"No, thank you. I don't want to leave my date, it's rude."
He nodded.
"Ah. See you tomorrow."
"Night Giles."
"Good night."
Charlie and Cat got into his car and pulled up in front of her house.
"See you on Monday," said Charlie.
"Bye," said Cat.
He leaned closer and kissed her, and she kissed him back until someone, or something ran into the car. They looked up.
"What the--" began Charlie.
Cat sighed.
"Spike. I've got to go. Thanks again."
She got out of the car.
"Okay."
She closed the door and he drove off. Cat walked up to Spike, right then, he would have rather taken on all of hell with his hands tied behind his back.
"What? Don't look at me like that," said Spike, ready to run, he knows she couldn't run in heels and by the time she changed he would be on his way out of the country.
"Leave me alone," she said, warningly.
"What?"
"You heard me. Go away and leave me alone."
"Fine."
He tuned and left. Cat walked into the house, up to her room, got a shower, put on her pajamas and went to bed. That night, Cat felt the presence of something, neither human nor vampire, in her room. She felt under her pillow for her sword, and when she found it, she jumped up on her bed, turning on the light. All that was there was a letter from a letter jacket. It was an 'S'.
"Charlie," she whispered.
She ran down the stairs and out the door, waking Xander and Anya, and she ran down the street, Xander and Anya following. Cat heard a muffled shout from an open upstairs window. Cat climbed up the tree and into the window. Xander went to call Buffy, and Anya waited for Cat. What Cat found in Charlie's room was unusual, but not for her, she had delt with it before.
"Love- Angel." It sighed. "I should have known."
"Jealousy. I thought I killed you."
"You can't kill me, I'm an emotion, and a sin, but anyways, as long as anyone feels me strongly enough, I'll be back."
Charlie was unconscious on his bed, Cat sighed her relief.
"By the time I'm done with you, you'll be coming back in pieces."
"But then you won't figure out who summoned me."
"That's right. Who?"
"You'll have to give me something. Something valuable."
"Not to answer yes or no questions. Is it the same person as last time?"
He struggled not to say anything. Buffy climbed through the window.
"N- n- n- n- YES!!" he said, out of breath.
"Thank you."
She stuck her sword in his heart, banishing him, for a while anyway. Cat then put a spell over Charlie to make him forget about jealousy and she and Buffy climbed back down where everyone else was standing, Cat was furious. Her long- sleeve, cotton pajama top was unbuttoned accept for two, the third and fourth ones down.
"Cat! Are you okay?" asked Anya.
"I'm fine. Buffy, can I see that?" she asked.
"Sure," said Buffy, handing her the wooden stake in her hand.
"Where are you going?" asked Giles.
"To end this," said Cat, walking away from them.
She walked angrily to Spike's crypt, she kicked opened the door, and threw the stake at him. She missed his hear, but got him in the stomach.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"You know exactly what that was for!" she screamed.
"No I don't!"
"You summoned Jealousy, again! He almost killed Charlie!"
"I did? Bloody hell--"
"Which is where you're about to go."
"Not without you."
"Save me a seat, then."
"How about my lap?"
"In your dreams," she said, disgustedly.
He pulled out the stake and threw it to the ground. It then flew up and Cat caught it. A blonde girl vampire walked in, and tried to attack Cat from behind. Cat threw her over her head, and into the wall.
"Harm! No! She'll kill you! On second thought, have fun."
Harmony ran at Cat. Cat pulled her hair, and Harmony drew back.
"Harm? As in Harmony, as in Hope Kendal?"
Harmony nodded.
"That's my sister."
"I'm friends with your little sister."
"Really?"
"Tell her I said hi."
"I have a different idea, how about I kill you?"
Harmony ran at Cat, but then went around her and out the door.
"She's not all that stupid after all," said Spike, laughing.
"Why, Spike?" asked Cat.
"Why what?"
"Why are you jealous? You know I don't love you."
"I misjudged them, then. I thought we were both having those dreams about us."
Cat dropped her sword.
"How did you--"
"When we-- you know-- in Egypt, we were linked forever until we could break the curse, by dying together after loving each other for many years, then we die of being old, together."
"Then I'd keep coming back because you can't die of getting old, you can't even get old! And anyway, that's not the curse, the curse is that we have to have meaningful sex, and that'll be it."
He walked to her, his body against hers.
"I've missed you, very much."
She backed away, picking up her sword, and the stake, and she left him standing there. The following week was Christmas break, and Cat and Dawn were having a few friends over for a small party. Charlie dragged Cat into the kitchen and gave her, her Christmas present a little early. She opened it to find a diamond with rubies surrounding it in the shape of a heart. She kissed him and put it around her neck. They went back in the den, and the doorbell rang. Dawn got up to answer it.
"Hi, can I help you?" asked Dawn.
"I'm one of Cat's friends," said the guy, who looked about four years older than Cat. "I was told I could find her here."
"Yeah sure, hold on. Cat! Someone's here to see you."
Dawn didn't invite him in, just in case, she had learned her lesson from Harmony. Cat walked up behind Dawn.
"Yes? Mike? Oh my goodness, come in! Come in!"
He walked in, grinning. He had tan skin, light brown hair and a killer smile. Dawn was all ready in love.
"Hey, Cat. What's up?"
He sat down and she grabbed him something to drink.
"Nothing at all. How about you?"
"I'm great! I've been transferred to UC Sunnydale as a student teacher."
"You? A teacher? I can't see that? I can see you as an actor. That robotic dancing, and the Ladies' Man sketch, and the Top Gun looking monologue."
He laughed and blushed.
"Well, you know, there's not much of a future in show- biz."
"Yeah. How's the family? Is Billy still silent?"
"No, actually he's as talkative as you, and we all blame you for it."
"Me? I was here, in Sunnydale."
"True, true. Well, anyway, how's it going here?"
"Great!"
"Sunnydale sounds like a boring place."
"Yeah, I guess you could call it that."
Cat gave Dawn a sideways glance, Dawn grinned. Cat introduced everyone, when she remembered her manners. The song 'Lady in Red' came on and Mike grinned, standing up.
"Wanna dace with the Best dancer in the world?"
"Yes I would," said Cat, remembering that Christmas dance when she was a freshmen and Mike was a senior.
They danced, Mike occasionally stopping to do his 'Robotic Dancing' as Cat called it. The song ended and they sat down, red in the face from laughing.
Chapter 3
The Cat's Hiss
The two danced song after song. Soon, the dance ended and it was time to go home.
"Cat, do you want me to drive you home?" asked Giles.
"No, thank you. I don't want to leave my date, it's rude."
He nodded.
"Ah. See you tomorrow."
"Night Giles."
"Good night."
Charlie and Cat got into his car and pulled up in front of her house.
"See you on Monday," said Charlie.
"Bye," said Cat.
He leaned closer and kissed her, and she kissed him back until someone, or something ran into the car. They looked up.
"What the--" began Charlie.
Cat sighed.
"Spike. I've got to go. Thanks again."
She got out of the car.
"Okay."
She closed the door and he drove off. Cat walked up to Spike, right then, he would have rather taken on all of hell with his hands tied behind his back.
"What? Don't look at me like that," said Spike, ready to run, he knows she couldn't run in heels and by the time she changed he would be on his way out of the country.
"Leave me alone," she said, warningly.
"What?"
"You heard me. Go away and leave me alone."
"Fine."
He tuned and left. Cat walked into the house, up to her room, got a shower, put on her pajamas and went to bed. That night, Cat felt the presence of something, neither human nor vampire, in her room. She felt under her pillow for her sword, and when she found it, she jumped up on her bed, turning on the light. All that was there was a letter from a letter jacket. It was an 'S'.
"Charlie," she whispered.
She ran down the stairs and out the door, waking Xander and Anya, and she ran down the street, Xander and Anya following. Cat heard a muffled shout from an open upstairs window. Cat climbed up the tree and into the window. Xander went to call Buffy, and Anya waited for Cat. What Cat found in Charlie's room was unusual, but not for her, she had delt with it before.
"Love- Angel." It sighed. "I should have known."
"Jealousy. I thought I killed you."
"You can't kill me, I'm an emotion, and a sin, but anyways, as long as anyone feels me strongly enough, I'll be back."
Charlie was unconscious on his bed, Cat sighed her relief.
"By the time I'm done with you, you'll be coming back in pieces."
"But then you won't figure out who summoned me."
"That's right. Who?"
"You'll have to give me something. Something valuable."
"Not to answer yes or no questions. Is it the same person as last time?"
He struggled not to say anything. Buffy climbed through the window.
"N- n- n- n- YES!!" he said, out of breath.
"Thank you."
She stuck her sword in his heart, banishing him, for a while anyway. Cat then put a spell over Charlie to make him forget about jealousy and she and Buffy climbed back down where everyone else was standing, Cat was furious. Her long- sleeve, cotton pajama top was unbuttoned accept for two, the third and fourth ones down.
"Cat! Are you okay?" asked Anya.
"I'm fine. Buffy, can I see that?" she asked.
"Sure," said Buffy, handing her the wooden stake in her hand.
"Where are you going?" asked Giles.
"To end this," said Cat, walking away from them.
She walked angrily to Spike's crypt, she kicked opened the door, and threw the stake at him. She missed his hear, but got him in the stomach.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"You know exactly what that was for!" she screamed.
"No I don't!"
"You summoned Jealousy, again! He almost killed Charlie!"
"I did? Bloody hell--"
"Which is where you're about to go."
"Not without you."
"Save me a seat, then."
"How about my lap?"
"In your dreams," she said, disgustedly.
He pulled out the stake and threw it to the ground. It then flew up and Cat caught it. A blonde girl vampire walked in, and tried to attack Cat from behind. Cat threw her over her head, and into the wall.
"Harm! No! She'll kill you! On second thought, have fun."
Harmony ran at Cat. Cat pulled her hair, and Harmony drew back.
"Harm? As in Harmony, as in Hope Kendal?"
Harmony nodded.
"That's my sister."
"I'm friends with your little sister."
"Really?"
"Tell her I said hi."
"I have a different idea, how about I kill you?"
Harmony ran at Cat, but then went around her and out the door.
"She's not all that stupid after all," said Spike, laughing.
"Why, Spike?" asked Cat.
"Why what?"
"Why are you jealous? You know I don't love you."
"I misjudged them, then. I thought we were both having those dreams about us."
Cat dropped her sword.
"How did you--"
"When we-- you know-- in Egypt, we were linked forever until we could break the curse, by dying together after loving each other for many years, then we die of being old, together."
"Then I'd keep coming back because you can't die of getting old, you can't even get old! And anyway, that's not the curse, the curse is that we have to have meaningful sex, and that'll be it."
He walked to her, his body against hers.
"I've missed you, very much."
She backed away, picking up her sword, and the stake, and she left him standing there. The following week was Christmas break, and Cat and Dawn were having a few friends over for a small party. Charlie dragged Cat into the kitchen and gave her, her Christmas present a little early. She opened it to find a diamond with rubies surrounding it in the shape of a heart. She kissed him and put it around her neck. They went back in the den, and the doorbell rang. Dawn got up to answer it.
"Hi, can I help you?" asked Dawn.
"I'm one of Cat's friends," said the guy, who looked about four years older than Cat. "I was told I could find her here."
"Yeah sure, hold on. Cat! Someone's here to see you."
Dawn didn't invite him in, just in case, she had learned her lesson from Harmony. Cat walked up behind Dawn.
"Yes? Mike? Oh my goodness, come in! Come in!"
He walked in, grinning. He had tan skin, light brown hair and a killer smile. Dawn was all ready in love.
"Hey, Cat. What's up?"
He sat down and she grabbed him something to drink.
"Nothing at all. How about you?"
"I'm great! I've been transferred to UC Sunnydale as a student teacher."
"You? A teacher? I can't see that? I can see you as an actor. That robotic dancing, and the Ladies' Man sketch, and the Top Gun looking monologue."
He laughed and blushed.
"Well, you know, there's not much of a future in show- biz."
"Yeah. How's the family? Is Billy still silent?"
"No, actually he's as talkative as you, and we all blame you for it."
"Me? I was here, in Sunnydale."
"True, true. Well, anyway, how's it going here?"
"Great!"
"Sunnydale sounds like a boring place."
"Yeah, I guess you could call it that."
Cat gave Dawn a sideways glance, Dawn grinned. Cat introduced everyone, when she remembered her manners. The song 'Lady in Red' came on and Mike grinned, standing up.
"Wanna dace with the Best dancer in the world?"
"Yes I would," said Cat, remembering that Christmas dance when she was a freshmen and Mike was a senior.
They danced, Mike occasionally stopping to do his 'Robotic Dancing' as Cat called it. The song ended and they sat down, red in the face from laughing.
