cat lady :: lrh [au]

deux

alex

it has been about 3 weeks now, and i am really starting to like it here. i got a job at a candy store and it's pretty fucking great. i was really staring to convince myself that my life was going to be great. that was until my worst nightmare started to become true.

or was it?

i had always been scared out of my shit to hang out with boys, because boys had never liked me and i had never liked them. i just kind of keep it in the back of my mind that boys will never be apart of my life, i thought they would 100% ruin my life.

until one day, i guess i had accidentally left my door open, and sammy, my cat, escaped. i honestly never really realized he was gone until it was time to feed him, and i couldn't find him. but then i saw that my door was open.

fuck me in the asshole.

so, i braced myself to actually get out the house for once and go walk around the apartment complex searching
for my "lost cat". that was when i realized that i needed to go put on a damn shirt, seeing as in i was only in my sports bra, so i threw on a greenday shirt and started to walk out the door.

but of course, the second i walked out the door, i saw a fucking giraffe like man standing up with my cat in his hands, by giraffe i mean he is like over half the size of me.

just great, another man to transform my life from perfect to trash in the blink of an eye.

"what the fuck do you think you're doing with my cat?"
i snapped, slightly irritated with the fact that a man was holding my cat.

"well you know, i was walking to the elevator, and i figured that since there was a cat roaming the halls i would pick it up and, hang out with it?"

"that's great, but i would really appreciate it if i could have him back now."
i implied.

"so it's a him? he kind of looked like a her to me"
he laughed.

"well he's not, so you can set him down now and walk away so that you won't have to deal with me ever again, how about that?"
i said.

"but what if i don't want to not deal with you ever again?"

"just give me the damn cat please"
i sighed.

"what's his name?"

"who?"
i said slightly confused.

"the cat dumbass, what's his name?"

"sammy, why would you care?"
i asked.

"well maybe i like your cat"

"i like him too, so you can hand him over now, blondie."
i stated getting annoyed that he wouldn't give me back my cat.

"you'll get him back eventually"

"why can't you just fucking give him back?"
i yelled.

"i wanna talk, you seem nice, right?"

"well that's a first, no one ever really wants to talk to me. plus, i'm really not nice."
i had given up by now. if the boy wanted to talk, then he wanted to talk.

"what's your name?
when did you move to new york?
what's your favorite band?
is it just a coincidence that we happen to be wearing the exact same shirt?
how many cats do you have? why do you hate me so much?"

the fourth question had me confused, until i looked at his shirt and realized that we were both wearing greenday shirts. weird.

"why do you want to know all of this about me?"
i asked.

"i don't know, you seem interesting i guess"

"okay"

"just answer the fucking questions"

"fine"
i paused
"my name is alex.
i moved here a couple of weeks ago.
i can't choose. greenday or arctic monkeys? there's about a million more but.
i suppose, thats freaking weird though.
umm, i had about five cats before i moved here, but in case you didn't know, this apartment complex only allows one pet per apartment so, 1.
i hate guys in general."
i answered, out of breath.

"is that short for something?"

"what?"

"alex. is that short for something? my name is luke by the way"

he winked when he said the last part, what the fuck.

"it's short for alexandria, but i swear to god if you call me that"
i threatened.

"interesting, alexandria, i like that."

he paused.

"so are you like a crazy cat lady? 5 cats. that's a shit ton of cats"

"you could say that"
i replied before i accidentally looked up at his eyes.

damn.

i obviously looked away immediately because that's awkward as fuck, but damn. his eyes were mesmerizing. they're like a beautiful blue color. not the color of the sky, but more like the color of the ocean. not the ratchet fugly oceans, but like the bora bora oceans. yeah, that sounds about right.

wait what the fuck am i doing. he's a guy, i can't think about him like this, what the hell?

"well here's your cat. see you around?"
he said as he was handing me the cat.

"thanks, and hopefully not."
i said with a slight smile.

he put his hand over his heart acting hurt, and then walked away.

what am i getting myself into?

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second chapter yayy! lmao no one has read this yet it's kind of depressing :)

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