Tertioday, Bertzia 6th 067.M42
I invited Maddy over last night - having a cat is a great excuse to invite a girl over, let me tell you that for free. I told her how I found Noodles and how Mei named her and she practically invited herself without me even asking.
We stopped at Benny's on the way back to my place to grab some groxburgers, chips and a six pack. Not that we wanted to get plastered or anything, but a beer is nice with a burger. On our way from picking that up we passed by a little Scrip-store as well, so Maddy insisted we stop in and buy some toys for Noodles. Nearly twenty scrip later… I think she could have bought the whole store if I'd let her.
My hab is now full of things that jingle and flutter and flap. And I think Noodles is the happiest a kitten could ever be. She's such a friendly little thing, she almost reminds me of Maddy in a lot of ways. She just gets on with anyone who comes home with me, climbing up all over them and trying to perch on their shoulder or chest or head. Maddy must have spent a good half an hour or so just sitting on the floor, showing her all of her new toys, cuddling her and playing with her. It was probably the second most adorable thing I've seen - after watching Mei play with Noodles the night before of course.
But eventually we had our (now cold, but that was okay) burgers and chips, and settled down with our beers to watch some season one DSS. Maddy argued that we should start with season 2 and the coming of Sheridan, but I held firm. If we're going to watch this, we're going to do it right, Saints damn it! She eventually saw my point, that we need to start from the beginning if we're going to do it. Even though she did complain a bit about Sinclair, it was mostly in good fun.
We'd only intended to watch an episode or two, so that I could walk her back to Central and she could get home tonight but, well, we got wrapped up in it and ended up watching four episodes, and by the time we did it was way too late to walk back to Central and get her magrail home and still be able to get a decent sleep before she had to return to work in the morning…
I loaned her a shirt to sleep in, and after she had her shower and had washed off her makeup I could still see the shadow of the bruise on her eye and cheekbone. She must have seen me looking, because she kissed me and said she knew I was worried about her, but that she's okay. That it was a personal thing, but it's dealt with, and it has nothing to do with her family. All I can do is believe her when she says this. It's not like she's a child and needs me to look out for her. She's a grown woman and she's been looking after herself and helping out with her family since she left schola. To insist she needs me to protect her would just be insulting.
I'm worried for her, but I'll take her word for it that she's got things sorted out. I just told her that if she ever needed anything - someone to talk to, or somewhere to stay or just somewhere to get away for a while, that I'd always be that for her. She seemed really touched by that for some reason, like nobody's ever told her something like that before.
We spent the rest of the night… well, I don't think I need to go into any detail about that. But it was a good night. We probably both got a lot less sleep that we needed but it was well worth it. It was really, really good to wake up in the morning and just find her there again, to wake up together and make breakfast. I would really like this to be a regular thing, and Maddy agrees. We both agreed that this is a thing, or to be more exact that we are a thing. So hey. I have a girlfriend now. This week is coming up pretty well for me it seems.
Thought for the Day: The fear of failure often causes one to lose more than risking a chance for success.
