Breakfast In Bed
Waking up on a chilly winter's morning, all wrapped up in your blankets, and safe in the knowledge that you have nothing forcing you to get out of bed is truly wonderful, isn't it? I was fortunate enough to be just ascending from the depths of a...
Homecoming (Chapter 2)
Freddie was utterly bewildered by what he saw before him: it was true that the cat he had known was tall for her age and, as he hadn't grown in the slightest since he had moved away, the chances were that she would have become taller than him. However,...
Homecoming (Chapter 1)
It would have been rather poetic had Freddie made his return to the home that embodied his childhood ten years to years to the day of his departure, but he had to make do with arriving a few weeks earlier than that particular anniversary. It was still...
Homecoming (Prologue)
Ten years can seem like a long time when you're young, can't it? When you're an adult with all kinds of worries and responsibilities the days seem to last an eternity, yet the weeks, months, and years are but a blur. When you're a kid however, a week...
A Grand Day Out
What a beautiful day it was! The sun had woken shortly after six o'clock that morning and had now climbed steadily higher in the heavens to illuminate the world with hardly a cloud about to obscure its golden smile. Everywhere it looked it could see...
Winston's Weight Gain
"Order up on table twelve!" "On it!" Winston hurried to the serving window where three servings of dessert were waiting to be delivered. Balancing two of the dishes on a small tray with the third sitting snugly on his other palm-up hand, he wended...
A Rabbit's Recovery
Kate was feeling plenty grumpy already as the nurse wheeled her into the doctor's office, so his joke was far from well-received: "I'd ask you to take a seat, but I see you've already done that." His chuckle faded away at her deeply furrowed brow and...
The Fast and the Fat
"Ridge Racer! Ridge Racer! Ridge Racer!" "Okay, okay!" the tigress chuckled, booting up the game in question while ZX investigated the bags of food she had delivered. "Mmm! Thanks!" he said brightly, digging out a bottle of soda and big bag of his...
A Bed For Life
There was no need for an alarm, for there was nothing urgent on the agenda for the day: no work, no school, no errands, nothing. Yet, despite having a leisurely day of doing whatever he fancied - including sleep - ahead of him, Ashes was keen to wake....
A Lesson in League
Let's set the scene. The room was dark, the windows covered by the industrial-strength bleach of the world of blinds (kills 99.9% of sunlight!) which made it very difficult to have any idea of the time of day or what the weather was doing beyond those...
Life of Pi(zza)
One would hope that after spending ten hours at a tedious office job, including two hours' worth of commuting on cramped buses, work would be done for the day and it could be a case of relaxing until the time for sleep rolled around; but no, dinner...
Change of Plans
_Rustle, rustle...CRRRRRRRRRRRUNCH! CRUNCH! Crunch...rustle..._ "Come on, Mika," Apollo said gently, arriving in the doorway separating the kitchen and living room, "Put the chips away so I can take you out to that fancy Italian place on the...