Chapter 3: Dinner for Two

It took Savannah about thirty minutes to get home and as she pulled into the garage, she could hear Sebastian up against the garage door that led into the kitchen. She knew he was not happy over the fact that she was so late getting home. In fact, she was almost an hour late and Sebastian expected his dinner about a half hour ago.

Savannah stepped out of her car and opened the door. She was quickly greeted by Sebastian with a loud "meow". Sebastian was a full grown black jaguar that had very large yellow-green eyes. He absolutely loved grilled sirloin steak and fresh pancakes.

There was not a person in the entire neighborhood who didn't know about Sebastian but, they were very wary when it came to making house calls. But, Savannah was happy with that type of logic. Every one in her neighborhood has had their home broken into at some point in time or another, except for her. The way she looked at it was that no criminal wanted to go up against a two hundred and fifty pound male jaguar that loved to blend in with its surroundings.

"How about a nice two pound slab of grilled sirloin?" Savannah asked Sebastian as she rummaged through the refrigerator and found two sirloin steaks; one of which weighed about two pounds and the other weighed about eight ounces.

"Meow" Sebastian encouraged as he rubbed himself back and forth on against Savannah's legs, purring while he did.

"I take that as being a yes" Savannah laughed as she pulled out a skillet from underneath the stove.

"This is going to take a few minutes, so you might want to go outside and use the giant outdoor litter box" Savannah stated as she opened the back door and braced it open so he could come back in when he was through.

Normally, one of the neighbors would come by and open the door about every couple of hours during the night until they saw Savannah come home. Neighbors' meaning only one and that was Shakira, her best friend at the department who lived next door. She was the only person that Savannah trusted and that included her boss. She always felt as though there was something not right with him or Peters. They always seemed to want to know her personal business and she didn't like to divulge on anything of hers. That even included her big cat's habits, likes, and dislikes.

About twenty minutes later, Savannah and Sebastian were in the living room eating. They both sat on the floor; Savannah leaned against the couch while Sebastian lay down on his belly and ate his steak, contently. Savannah had also poured a large bowl of milk for Sebastian and grabbed a tall glass of milk for herself. Savannah had always thought of herself as being part cat because of Sebastian.

He had been a part of her life for the last ten years, since he was a cub. His mother and his other siblings had been killed by poachers. He, alone, had survived that massacre. He would have been killed to if she had not pleaded for his life when she was fifteen years old.

Her family, as well as herself, had been vacationing down in Panama when they ran across the hunting party that had slaughtered Sebastian family. They would have killed him if Savannah had not jumped in front of them and started crying for the young cub's life. The hunting party felt so bad for her, that they willingly gave Savannah the little black cub. They had a hard time getting Sebastian past customs but, Savannah used her feminine charms and the lost puppy look to win their hearts. Since then, Sebastian never left Savannah's side, except for when she was at work.

"Pretty good, Sebastian?" Savannah questioned when she saw Sebastian gently nudge his empty plate out of the way and then rolled over onto his back, purring very loudly.

"I guess so" Savannah chuckled to herself as she reached over and rubbed Sebastian's furry belly, feeling the rumbling of his purr grow increasingly louder.

"I'm full. Do you want the rest of my meal?" Savannah questioned as she poured her half glass of milk into Sebastian's bowl, which he quickly rolled over and lapped it up.

"Come on, let's get some sleep" Savannah stated as she stood up and walked to her bedroom, Sebastian was following closely behind her.

Savannah stretched and yawned as she pulled off all of her clothes and tossed them into a pill on the floor. The only thing she had left on was a black tank top and a pair of cotton underwear. As she climbed into her king size bed, she felt Sebastian jump up onto one side of the bed and crawl under the covers. Savannah always got a kick out of Sebastian because; he slept like a human with his head on the pillows and the rest of his body under the blankets. As she laid down under the covers, she felt Sebastian's purr motor go into over-drive as he lulled himself to sleep, which also worked for Savannah. Pretty soon they were both sleeping very soundly.

Well, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. All the information that I gave on Sebastian's height and weight can happen. I did a little bit of research on jaguars before putting the information in so this way the story would be more believable. If anyone would like information on the jaguar species, I would be glad to provide the information in which I got mine. The jaguars are on the endangered species list because they are hunted for their fur coats by poachers. Most of them are studied in zoos because they are so rare to find in their own natural environment. I don't own a jaguar (car or cat) but, I would love to have one of each in the future. LOL!