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Threads - Tea leaf ®

Mornings. Why do they have to exist? All you have to do is get up and go to work, grumbling about how the day will go, about how the traffic will make you late, and how your boss will yell at you for the reasons; all of the above.

But, whatever. Thankfully, it was a Saturday today, and he could turn the pillow over to the other side, roll over, and then snuggle up to... wait. Hold on...

"...Laura? I-Is that you?"

The being in his bed shifted about and turned round, yawning ever so adorably right in front of Alex's face whilst he merely blinked, gazing at the Feline's Amber eyes. He knew already it was her. He knew the fur pattern, the texture, the softness...

"Master... Morning."

Laura always had this sense of innocence to her. And it was because she simply was an innocent, adorable and beautiful child. Alex couldn't help but smile at the feline, and opened his arms to have a cuddle with her.

"I'm not your master, remember."

She blinked, opening those gorgeous eyes again to peer at him.

"What am I?"

This got Alex thinking...

Because Laura was a house cat, it was sometimes the tact that she wasn't all with the outside happenings. Alex had her since she was a kitten, being sold by a poor Polish man in the street, and has had her kept in the house for near most all four years of her precious life.

He would of course let her out into the large Gardens out the back of the house, and try to keep her up to date with the news whilst watching it with her on the TV. But often she would fall asleep clinging to the Human, and end up being taken to bed.

"Well... I'd say I'm your very good friend?"

He wasn't sure what to say really. Alex loved her dearly, but he didn't want the Master treatment. He looked after her, taught her, and loved her. He didn't take away her life and simply make her his slave. He couldn't do that to anyone, different species or not.

"All that matters Laura is that I will always love you, and look after you."

Perhaps that backfired.

"Neh! Boyfriend?"

She seemed to positively perk up to awake when he said that, and flew into the Humans arms, pressing kisses all over his face.

"Well I-whoa!"

Again came the flurrie of kisses from the feline he dearly loved, almost leaning back into the bed as he cuddled her back, turning his head to escape them.

"Too much cute!"

"You love it!"

They both laughed and laughed in the bed with each other until they were just as tired before they woke up. Laura's nose was a mere few millimetres away from Alex's as they cuddled again in the lovely warm bed.

"Ugh... Gay."

"Alex blinked, and opened his eyes to see one familiar Tiger shark standing in the doorway, leaning on the arch.

"Jealous, Nicky?"

"Far from. I think I'd throw up."

"Oh really now? How's about you join us?"

Alex patted the bed, offering a seat for the shark. But in turn she simply flicked her tail into a sway, obviously showing she did want to, but shook her head with a light laugh.

"Nah, I'm good thanks. I'm gonna go and find something to nibble on. Catch ya later big guy."

And with that she was gone, leaving the two in the dark room together to cuddle. Laura blinked at Alex and mewed, tilting her head to the side as she didn't understand.

"Yeah Nicky's a little... Tomboyish."

"Neh?"

"Never mind love. Now where were we?"

Laura smiled and giggled, blushing gently as Alex would move in and wrap his arms around the gentle feline, but stops halfway, and lets his eyes fly open.

"...Laura."

"Mmm?"

"Are you... Naked?"

She nodded, moving that last few centimetres into His arms, and begins the purrs that he often adores to hear from her. Of course though Alex would blush, much to Laura's amusement too.

"Aww! You're blushing."

Usually this made him blush more, and indeed it did actually. But instead of making a fuss, he simply kisses the feline on her cheek, and cuddles closer to the lovely warmth she emanated. Now this, was what he loved to do. A lazy Saturday morning, with someone he could hold close, and love.

As the two were just settling down again, with Alex relaxing to those adorable purrs, his mobile phone began to vibrate and shudder against the wood bedside table. The amber eyes blinked open, looking at Alex with a confused look to her face as she heard the noise.

"Don't worry Laura. It's my phone."

After reassuring her, he picked up the phone and placed it against his ear.

"Yap?"

"You need to get in here. Now."

"The hell are you talking about? No I'm snuggling with Laura."

"Alex you're on speaker phone..."

At that moment, his eyes flung open. That usually meant there was a meeting. A meeting meant associates of the company, and associates of the company meant shut up about the Carbine he lived with.

"Laura is my new Girlfriend."

Quick thinking? Well...

"Neh?!"

Laura gasped and clung to Alex, nuzzling him tight as he knew she heard Girl friend. She was positively over the moon in happiness about it.

However, over in the offices at the Construkt building, the 12 men who sat around the desk all looked very puzzled at each other, and then at Alex's friend. He was simply shaking his head, leaning onto his hand whilst mouthing 'Swinger' to everyone. They all let out a small laughter to each other whilst Alex protested against how tight Laura was being with her affection, even if he did like it.

"Uh... Okay I'll be there as soon as I can."

The phone was put down, and he then turned back to the feline, simply laying there, gazing straight at Alex's eyes with that adorable little kitten face she wore so adorably well.

Alex smiled and gave her a gentle kiss, giving one of her ears a gentle stroke between thumb and fore finger. "You're amazing, you know that?"

"Aww..."

Almost as soon as he said those words, she buried her head under the covers and into his chest, making him smile and kiss her fore head. "I love you Laura."

"L-love you too Alex."

With one final hug between the two, and a gentle kiss, Alex got out of bed, got dressed into a pair of dark blue jeans, a Black Guinness rugby shirt, an officers Coat, and then headed downstairs, letting Laura sleep for the rest of the day as she so pleased.

"Kristin I need you."

"Hm? What, what's wrong?"

Alex had moved down the stairs and into the foyer as he was comparing Ties, watching as Kristin had moved behind him in the mirror.

"Womans touch. Tie or no tie?"

"No tie".

"Jacket or no jacket?"

"Trench coat."

"Ahh..."

He moved over to the closet at the side of the stair well and opened it up, looking through for a large Officers Trench Coat, black, no zip and button executive. Fantastic, it still fit perfectly.

"Lovely."

"See you later today."

"Don't let them trash my house, or leave, all right?"

Kristin simply gave a small salute and then walked off, bounding up the stairs to slip into bed from her previous breakfast. As for Alex, it was time to step out into the light and calm snowfall of the Saturday morning.

The roads were equally as calm as the snowfall. Perfect.

Alex had previously bought a brand new car, a BMW Z4 just last week. It had been delivered on the Friday morning just as he had to walk into work because of the ice, but had never had a chance to drive it.

Okay so perhaps not a fantastic idea to drive on the ice, even if there wasn't much of it left. But in any case the car felt fantastic. So tuned, so tightly strung, it was fantastic.

It's only a shame that his work was only a 10 minute drive down the road. But whatever, he enjoyed it with no traffic, and it was still worth it. The car simply made him smile.

But now fast forwarding to the office, trying to conceal laughter from the secretaries new awful haircut, he would burst into the office, letting the glass door fly open, and immediately sits down.

"Ah, Alex."

"Sorry I'm late sir."

"Quite all right, you weren't expected at first. Now then gentlemen, I have been waiting to show you this. As the technology designed by Alex here to control the Rats to run into broken down buildings and search for Survivors, we have taken it into development. Here, behind this cloth, I will reveal to you here our business is going to co-join the government."

Alex blinked a few times, and shrugged to himself as he waited for Gibbons to take away the cloth, and show what they have done to his technology.

"I present to you, the Carburettor."

And with that, the cloth was drawn, showing what seemed to be a Carbine figure with a small head band looking device over their heads. Oh no...

"With the Carburettor, we can now control the Carbine to whatever we want. No longer will we need to pay for expensive PULSE machines, but instead buy these cheap, cost effective machines to simply slip over the slaves head and they are, quite literally, to your whim."

Alex looked devastated. His heart sank, all mind and well being had flown out the window and landed on the floor 70 flights down. Kristin, Nicky, Laura and Shauna all flashed in his mind. 'You can't possibly collar them...'

"I can tell gentlemen; this will be a brand new revelation to the Carbine. Meeting Adjourned."

The other 10 stood up and began small chattering, all clambering out of the door and into the offices about the floor, resuming their posts, and the associates moving to the elevators to report back to their bosses.

Gibbons turned from the placard, a slightly portly man, to Alex, and leaned down on the table to get his eye sight. "You all right lad?"

"No..."

"Well maybe you ought to go back to sleep? It will be a tiring few weeks for the week coming."

A tear rolled down Alex's cheek as he kept thinking about the ones he loved. He loved them more than anything...

Instead of standing up to his boss, he simply got a photograph of the card on the stand, and then walked out of the building, returning to his car, and then to return home.

The door was opened by Kristin, and she smiled at Alex, letting him inside, and then closed it behind him. "Good day at work? It was pretty short."

"Yeah it was... fine. Productive."

He gave a fake laugh, and shredded the jacket, tossing it to the side as he walked up the stairs.

"All right, you going to bed? Silly question, never mind."

Kristin would walk off to the living room, to switch on the TV and flick through the channels, whilst Alex would return to his bed.

He stood in the doorway, watching Laura. She was still asleep. She still held that innocent smile, and had kept to her side of the bed. Another tear rolled down his eye, but he quickly wiped it away and then got rid of his clothing, keeping the boxer shorts on as he got into bed.

Almost as soon as he got in, the feline had snuggled up to him. His eyes would blink, as he turns to her. The tears kept coming. He leaned in, gently kisses her fore head, and then leant back, slipping his hand into hers gently, and threaded his fingers with hers.

"I love you Laura... I always will."