Contemporary Creative Nonfiction Fantasy

Allowing my hairy paws to trample through the early morning dew on the spring grass. I'm used to it. Must be early May, feels like summer must be on the way. My golden coat of fur to warm my exterior wealth. Went by Jessie's she must of overslept. Not a chance of romance early today. I'll catch her a little later. She always needing a cat nap or two, three. I had to stop off at old Romone's though, Mr. Devineer, show star. Had a late niter out with the boys. Looks and sounds like I missed out on a real showstopper of a good time down by the pier. Roun devour well planned. Got away with leftover grocery chicken and ghetto burgers from the burger barn. Some real party favors intact. Deliveries coming in as usual from the coastline. Boys were Jamin. "Romone" "I'll make sure your reminded of the premier next week.". "Oliver" "I'm sure you will." "You know me I'm Oliver your golden dust", The fastest damn draw everlasting. What the Hell does he think he is, going off to a boys nite out with out me. Usually I conjure up the outings. I must of got caught up in Mr. nice guy at the home front. I never forget our boys club. Romone said not to worry, not all showed up. It was a late delivery a spontaneous event. Something in the import shipment that through a curve ball. Those tariffs or the ship broke down off the Asian peninsula. Who the hell knows. "Oliver" See you later Romone. "Romone" yea back at ya man. Always after the sun goes down. Now Romone he's my main man right out back. Better get moving I can hear the old lady in the distance calling for me already. Hope she knows that it's my day to celebrate my anniversary. Usually, I don't stay very long at one place. But I fell in love with the new place I came upon. I just couldn't move on. There she stood on the edge of the porch with the screen door in her right hand and a dish towel in the other swaying back and forth. "Oliver" where are you. Yes its Esmeralda with her dark long hair and spare tire and ostrich legs perturbing on deck. Strung out already from my early stroll. I presented my presence as not to startle any ears to hear noisy calling. I motioned over for my grooming and stroking of that welcoming missed you already. Tried to become sly in making my way over towards the kitchen where I have always had a cold bowl of water awaiting. I was so very thirsty. You think that dumb women would get the hint that I wasn't in the mood for a brushing and grooming brawl. "Esmeralda" Oh, Oliver my old pussy cat, what have you been up to? "Oliver" slurp... slurp.... slurp .... Looking for my left paw I wiped the excess and perched upfront on my back and looking at her I thought if you only knew. "Esmeralda" Oh you silly old man, I think I'm going to make you your favorite dish of all times. I do need to go to the market to retrieve the items to complete the recipe that we call "lasagna" Now that is human in nature, but for some reason you devour the entire casserole. Someday I'm going to write about you and this casserole and how a special cat eats lasagna. I'll be a millionaire some day off of cat food international. I'm grabbing my list and out the door I'm going. Won't be long. Enjoy the rest of your morning and enjoy engulfing leftovers. "Oliver" Just think of it as our memorable occasion. Great that solves my hunger. Those old boys down by the dock and I'm saving it for lasagna. Go ahead I'll be waiting. Now I think I just turn on the T.V. get that update. Usually the weather projects. Wonder what could of happened out by the South side of Frisco. I'm from the North, not a lot of action turns. We have a quiet part of town seldom heard just a whisper. A ghost or two. Ripley believe it or not. Try and catch me if you can. I've had a couple of close calls. Those animal catchers are always around the corner it seems. You think I need a watch and to learn how to tell time. Nothing good on here. Lets see if we have anything good leftover in the fridge. I smell tuna fish salad. Enough for one or two sandwiches, lets eat. Besides Esmeralda likes replenishing new dishes. Shes always saying anything good for my cat. Throws it in the sink. You know I'm spoiled. You can't just eat one dish. I hope I didn't leave too much a mess. I think I'll stretch out. Yawn Yawn.......off to sleep went Oliver. Esmeralda came home in the mean time and began to conduct the search of her grandmothers secret recipe for lasagna. The noodles are the main ingredient that I do need to shop for. So bulky to keep on hand and take up cupboard space. I got hamburger, sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, red onion, tomato sauce, mozzarella, cottage cheese, crumbled five cheddar cheese salt and pepper. The expense of this casserole is not in your budget. I'm putting it in the oven to bake for thirty minutes at 350 degrees. Let it cool. One oven spatula to serve. Company calls and I have got the time to refresh. "Oliver" I smell that lasagna already and I can't keep this party animal like me sleeping. I come knocking. After Esmeraldas party I'm ready to surrender. Celebrating another year of goodwill hunting and with my feathered black hat and sword how can I go wrong on the North side of Frisco Bay. I always have Jesse for my boot knocking adornment. My boys club and Romone in my back door for trumpeted acquisitions. Con questors padres reveling nine lives.

Posted Jun 12, 2025
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Jes Oakheart
21:57 Jun 18, 2025

Heidi, this was a super creative interpretation of the prompt! I loved seeing through the eyes of cat. I would have loved some paragraph breaks, especially between sections of dialogue. But otherwise, great job!

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