Leaving Me

I wake up early, its still dark outside, mainly because its winter. Tavi is sound asleep, beautiful but not really touchable. I get up and head downstairs. For some freak reason a cat is inside the house!

"Hello little cat." I whisper. "What are you doing here?"

The cat is stalking a fly that is bothering it. I'm not really sure why there is a cat in my house though, so I just take it and put it in the empty closet in the hallway with some tuna until I can figure it out later. I have the oddest feeling I have reset the day; I got my coffee, and I'm staring at the broken mailbox again. I turn around to see If Tavi is going to startle me again, but she isn't there. Good, no weird reset . I think to myself.

I sit down and open up Tavi's magazine, there is a cello player on the second page. He is holding a electric cello, awesome, and playing at a coliseum, awesome too. The back of the magazine has a small add of the performance that was last night, It shows her and a few other people all lined up a few days before the concert. She is smiling like a dork but I still cant get over it.
I head back upstairs to check on Tavi. She is still sleeping, so I lay the magazine on her nightstand. The simplistic room makes me sad, there isn't much to look at. My phone buzzes in the bathroom. I go and read it. Its from Lyra, You awake?. I shove it in my pocket, and glance at the mirror in the dark. My face looks like it was ran over with a steamroller. I apparently didn't get much sleep, because I have bad bags under my eyes, and my hair is a tangled mess. I turn on the light after I shut the door, and fix myself up.

The phone buzzes again.

If you are up, I was wondering if you wanted to bring Tavi with you to my house for some card games. It will be awesome! Lyra informs me.

'Sure, I text back. I'll ask her once she wakes up if she wants to go. Thanks!

Alright meet me at my place around five.

Sure thing.

Oh and I left my cat in your house, sorry. Could I have her back please? :3

Nah, she's mine.I joke. Of course you can have her back. :D See you later.

I put my phone on my nightstand and go take a shower. I have the newest phone, but it doesn't work very well. I remember my first phone I got when I was just six, It was green, with five buttons, and two antennas. Four of the buttons for contacts, and one for 911. I think the second antenna is just for decoration, to make it look like a bug. Now I just have an Android, which I like much better, for obvious reasons.
The warm water feels calming, almost like a tranquil-state, which is what I've turned showering into feeling like. I have been a lot more stressed recently. Dj gigs. Tavi's recitals. How I look and how I dress. Tons and tons of miscellaneousness. I almost can't stand it. I have kept the same bottle for about 3 months. I like to refill it with new soaps, while having my original coconut and lavender smell from what is left inside. It fills the shower with a nice smell.

"Good morning!" Tavi startles me.

"Give me some privacy!" I proclaim. Hiding back behind the shower curtain. "Jesh, can't I take a shower in peace?

"Sorry, I didn't realize you were sensitive about me being here." She giggles a bit due to the situation. "I thought you wanted me to see you like this!" She jokes.

"Of course I did"

"Obviously. Do you mind If I join you?"

"Sure."

She gets in after I switch for her to be under the shower head. We stand in silence for a minute. Facing away from each-other.

"So what do you plan to do today?" I ask.

"Well, I was going to practice a new piece today, what about you?"

"Well, I may just practice my stuff also. I don't have anything to do on a Saturday." I tell her.

I continue to scrub my head. I turn around and she is staring at me, beautiful black hair laying down. Gorgeous Tavi. I don't see this very often as I never have time.

"Could I rinse off my head please?"

"Of course." She says says as she slides past me. "I need to suds up anyway."

We continue to chatter along about what our plans for the day are. She wants to have Mexican food for dinner, and so do I. I want to go to the music store, but she would rather stay at the apartment and read her magazine. I turn back to her, she is quietly singing a song she recently heard on the radio. As if she doesn't have a care in the world. I wish I could be that peaceful. I move closer and sing with her. People are right. Showers do have better sound.

We both finish and dry off.

"Do you want some coffee? I'll make some after I fix myself up." I ask her.

"Yes, and I would like some of your non-decaf coffee please."

I freeze, how did she know?

"W-w-what non-decaf coffee? I don't have regular coffee." I lie.

"Oh really, cereal cabinet? In the back."

"Oh, that coffee." I give up. "Of course you can. Your craftier than I thought." I joke.

I get clothed, and fix my wispy hair; I use a lot of conditioner. After the shower I look awake and ready for the day, which I guess I haven't realized until now. All I payed attention to was how the droplets calmed me down.

"Alright. Coffee time."

I head downstairs. Octavia is already at the table. She must have gotten the new version of her magazine because the cover is different than last night. I turn on the coffee pot and fill the pot with water, and put regular coffee in the top. Tavi suddenly comes up behind me and hugs me around my waist.

"Having a good day I see." I say, amused.

"Of course I am. We have a whole day to be together! Isn't that great?"

"Always. But I need my arms that you are pinning down in order to make coffee."

"Oh, right." She lets go.

I grab the creamer and sugar for my coffee. And some Splenda for hers. I keep telling her that its bad for her, but she wont listen to logic. So instead I secretly put sugar in hers also, but she cant tell the difference. You have to do things for the people you love.

"Hey, would you ever leave me?" I ask Octavia insecurely.

"Of course not, why would you ask such a crazy question?"
"I was just wondering.".

I don't want to loose her, and I definitely don't want to go through a motion like in my dream.

"Vinyl, I would never leave you. What would be my reason?" She asks back, worried.

"No clue, I honestly couldn't think of any reason. I know better than to cheat on you, because you would flip if i did. I surely know better than to do anything to harm you."

"Well, then no worries!" She says smiling back at me.

That took a huge weight off my shoulders, I had to make sure she didn't have a reason to leave me that I didn't know of already. I give her the treble clef mug, and sit and drink a sip of my coffee.

"So... Whats first on the agenda?"

"Well," She pauses for a sec. "I think we should clean the apartment some. For obvious reasons." She points to everything that I haven't cleaned up.

"Ugh, I meant something fun, for the both of us."

"Well, how about we practice our music together? I wonder how it would sound if we mixed both sounds together."

"Are you sure? How do I dub your cello sound?"

"I'm not sure, how about we just relax for a while. Read a book."

"That sounds... Good!" I smile.

We head to the bedroom and throw ourselves on the bed. Tavi likes romance, but I don't have a preference. I lay down, and watch Octavia read. I still can't help but think that something will happen that will separate us.
She glances over to me, staring at her.

"What are you staring at, Vinyl?" She laughs.

"You. I guess your eyes? I don't know."

She laughs hysterically.

"Whats so nice about my eyes? Their brown! So what?"
"Nothing, I'm just looking at you. Thinking about life and such."

"Alright, I'll leave you to that, I'll get back to my book." She continues to read.

I turn and stare at the ceiling. About few months ago she wanted to get those glow-in-the-dark stars that you put in little kids rooms, and place them on the ceiling. She thought they were beautiful. We also got a moon that turns on with a remote. It lets her stare at the ceiling and pretend there is a huge skylight at night. She always loved the night sky.
A year ago we went on a camping trip up to a secret family camping area. I begged her to go on a camping trip for the two of us and she finally budged. She was cranky and car sick the whole time we were traveling. When we got there, though, she calmed down and started to like it. We sat around the fire, and had difficulties with the dual size tent we borrowed from her sister. Later that night she got bored. So I persuaded her to lie with me on a blanket under the stars for a bit and then we could go to sleep in the tent. That was the best idea ever, because she never got to really enjoy the stars in the night sky.
I look back at Octavia. Blissful. Calm. Happy. I must be so lucky to have her. I get up to go get another cup of coffee for Octavia and I. A quiet meow roams through the halls. I take some Tylenol with my coffee and bring both cups back to the bedroom.

"Hey Tavi?" I get her attention.

"Yeah?" She replies

"Here is your mug. I'm going to bring Lyra's cat back to her. She left it here apparently."

"Alright, she just text me and asked for me to come with you whenever you were gonna return the cat." She says inquisitively.

"Oh kay? And what does that mean?"

"I bet it means were gonna have some fun!"

"Sure." I say jokingly. "And were going to fly in a big purple hot air balloon."

"That would be the day." She rolls her eyes.