Chessa tossed her purse on the couch before pausing and looking around. She let out a small weak laugh as she realized how dark her house seemed. Like even it knew that he wasn't coming back. That he had moved on. She sighed walking into the kitchen.
"Meow!" her cat, Luna, called jumping up onto the counter in front of her.
"Hi baby" she smiled scratching the long haired Siamese's chin laughing lightly at the rumble that came from the tiny animal. "I'm going to go upstairs" she said to the cat, who meowed in response. She nodded climbing up the stairs and heading to her room. She planned on tackling another picture before going out to dinner with a couple friends from work who had noticed that she had been down lately. She took a deep breath as she sat on the floor and pulled out the boxes. She closed her eyes and fished around in the first box pulling out a photo. She looked down at it and laughed. It was her and Sam sitting cuddled on the couch with Luna curled on his chest.
"How could you not like cats?" Chessa asked looking up at him. "Luna certainly likes you" she said looking at the tiny kitten who was sleeping on his chest.
"Well unlike dogs, who are mans best friend, Cats are man's weird reclusive roommates who poop in a box" Sam said making a face down at the cat.
"But that's what I like about them!" Chessa protested "Their poops are easy to clean up!"
"It's just weird" Sam shook his head. "I don't like cats." He said "Now dogs, dogs are awesome." he smiled "I had a dog once, his name was bones"
"That's cool" Chessa laughed as Luna let out a small mew of protest at her mummy and daddy moving so much.
"Aw" Sam smiled reluctantly down at the kitten. "That was pretty cute" he said his face softening.
"Told you so" Chessa nodded stretching up to give him a kiss. "When will you listen to me? I'm always right" she nodded.
"Well not always" Sam laughed "You thought I was a pompous jerk when we met."
"And my opinion really hasn't changed" Chessa shook her head
"Take that back!" Sam mock gasped causing Luna to let out another annoyed mew.
"Ok ok, don't piss off the cat, I take it back!" Chessa snickered scratching the kitten's head so she would go back to sleep.
"Good" Sam nodded slowly. "You know you love me."
"I'll admit to that when you admit that you like the cat" Chessa bargained.
"Do I really have to?" Sam pouted.
"Admit it and I'll do that thing you like tonight" Chessa grinned, a mischievous glint coming into her eyes.
"How about you do that thing I like right now?" he asked smirking back at her.
"Not in front of the baby," Chessa shook her head smacking away his wandering hand.
"Ugh," Sam looked down at the cat. "No wonder I don't like cats…" he trailed off at the look Chessa gave him "I mean I love this adorable little ball of fluff very much" he said in a fake sweet tone.
"That is so much better" Chessa gave him a light peck. "Here let's take a family picture" she hit a couple buttons on the lap top in front of her.
"You do know it's a cat right?" Sam asked smiling at her childish behavior.
"Bite your tongue. She's a part of our little family." Chessa thumped him on the chest.
"Ok ok just take the picture" Sam rolled his eyes at her.
"Smile" Chessa grinned as the web camera snapped the picture.
"You're crazy you know that?" Sam asked her.
"But you love me anyway." Chessa beamed up at him
"Sure" Sam nodded slowly still smirking at her. The smirk died on his face.
"What's wrong?" Chessa asked frowning at him.
"I have to leave tomorrow" he said reluctantly. "Dean's getting antsy and there's a job in Maine that we need to get to."
Chessa nodded not saying anything. She knew that this was coming. He had been here for two weeks. It was a long time for him.
"But I'll come back soon" Sam said taking her chin between his thumb and forefinger forcing her to look at him. "I promise."
"I know" Chessa nodded smiling sadly. "You have to go save the world one beastie at a time." She laughed weakly.
"I'd rather be here with you, and even with the cat" Sam looked down at the small purring creature.
"I know" Chessa nodded again "But you have to go, I understand. Sometimes I just wish….never mind" she frowned
"Wish what?" Sam asked
"Well, I wish I didn't have to share you with the world." Chessa said softly.
"I know honey." Sam hugged her, Luna let out a little hiss and jumped away from them. Chessa giggled slightly.
"I love you" she told him.
"I love you to" he nodded
Chessa sighed and stuck the photo in the second box.
"Two down" She smiled to herself as she stood. "That was relatively painless right Luna?" she looked to the cat for confirmation. She just blinked back at her human.
"Yeah I know I'm a liar, but I'm determined to have a good night" Chessa nodded to herself as she got dressed to go out to dinner. Her work friends were really nice people. Crystal, Tiffany, and Norissa meant well. They were good people and they had become good friends. Chessa just hoped that she could forget about things for a while.