“Confusion: Deal With It”
A Bosco and Cat Tale
By: Mary Moule
“Cat? Cat, honey are you all
right? Breangwen’s mother just called me and told me what happened at Joey’s
last night.” Her mother spoke from the doorframe of her daughter’s bedroom. Cat
lay in her bed, curled under the blankets, making small sniffling sounds.
“Honey?” Her mother moved to lift all the used tissues off her floor and
cleaned her room a tad. “Would you like some Mood Mender Tea?” “Yes please.” “A
scone?” “Yes please.” “I’ll be back in a bit.” Cat nodded and blew her nose
again, dropping the tissue into the massive garbage bag beside her bed.
“Bosco, what happened to
you?” Yokas asked as her partner walked into the locker room. He had a shiner
and a few bruises elsewhere from the fight. Bosco cleared his throat some as he
opened his locker to change, “Got into a fight last night.” “With who?” Yokas
raised a brow as she shut her locker door. “It’s no one. It’s not important.”
“Did you go after Cat last night?” “Who told you?” “Her cousin was here ten
minutes ago, telling Swersky about it.” “Shit.” He rubbed his forehead. “You’re
lucky he’s decided against pressing charges for last night. You’ll be even
luckier if Cat speaks with you in the next few days.” Yokas moved to go to roll
call. Bosco followed after he had changed into uniform.
“So, he showed up at Joey’s
last night and caused a scene?” Her mother asked as she brushed her hair. Cat
sighed and nodded, “Yes he did. This turned into a fight that Breangwen broke
up.” “So, where did you spend the night last night?” “Erika’s, I know she was
keeping an eye on me all night.” “Well, who wouldn’t want to dearest? He must have
upset you enough if you’re like this even now. You just got home an hour ago
and you jumped right into bed with you tissue box.” Cat sighed more as she
sipped her tea, having finished her scone then sat back. “This is very true
mom. I don’t know why I even told his mom where I was going…” “Because even if
you didn’t, he would have come here to ask me and I was out at Bingo night with
the ladies.” “Oh, right. I had forgotten about that a while back.” Her mother
nodded and stood. “Something came in the mail for you yesterday. Let me go get
it for you.” “Okay.”
Soon her mother returned with
two packages, one shaped like an amplifier and the other shaped like a guitar.
“Here you go honey.” “Thanks mom.” Cat slowly opened them and sighed a bit,
“Finally. My amp and my Fender Strat.” Running a hand through her hair she sat
up a bit. “I’m going to get started on lunch, okay?” Cat nodded as she
carefully plugged the amplifier into the wall and then plugged her Fender Strat
into the amplifier. Moving towards her desk, she moved her mouse to open a file
with some songs she had wanted to try out. They were all by SwitchFoot, some
were new and some were old. Printing out the sheet music, Cat moved towards a
secluded corner of her bedroom and sat with her back to the wall. Carefully
playing the notes a few times over before singing a smidge to her whilst playing.
Life and love and why
Child, adult, then die
All of your hoping
and all of your searching
for what?
Ask me for what am I living
Or what gives me strength
That I'm willing to die for
Take away from me
This monstrosity
'Cause my futile thinking's
Not gonna solve nothing tonight
Ask me for what am I living
Or what gives me strength
That I'm willing to die for
Could it be this
Could this be bliss
Could it be all that
I ever had missed
Could it be true
Can life be new
And can I be used
Can I be used
“Cat! Lunch is Ready!” Her
mother called from the kitchen as she was setting the table. “Okay! Be there in
a minute, Mom!” Cat slowly stood up and went to eat her lunch. Then returned to
her bedroom to practice some more. While Cat was doing that, she moved a bit
and opened her window to hear sirens outside and turned up the volume. At the
same time, her mother had let Breangwen inside the apartment to watch Cat until
she got back from shopping. Breangwen sat outside her cousin’s doorframe and
just watched her play.
Come back and haunt me
Follow me home
Give me a motive
Swallow me whole
They way I've lost it
What could I know
When I'm but a mockery?
I'm so alone
Sooner of later you'll find out
There's a hole in the wall
“Hey Cat.” Cat looked up at
Breangwen as she put her guitar beside the wall and stood. “When’d you get
here?” “Your mom let me in; she went to get some stuff.” “Oh, well…how’s Joey
doing?” “He’ll be all right. Just a few
bruises, nothing serious although I told him what Bosco probably looked like
today when he went to work…so..” “Did that make him feel any better?” A
smoothly inserted snide remark from Cat as she moved to leave her bedroom and
go to the kitchen for a snack. “Well, he didn’t say but from his roaring
laughter over the receiver I’m going to say yes. Why? What’s the matter?”
“Nothing, really nothing. Seriously, it’s not important at the moment.” “You
sure?” “Yes, I am. Just leave me alone about it…okay? I don’t feel like talking
about it…at all and let me avoid it if I can.”
Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door; Cat looked at Breangwen who
moved towards the door. “Who is it?” “Bosco. Is Cat there?” “Lemme check.”
Breangwen turned to Cat who moved towards the door and opened a smidge. “What
do you want Bosco? Hey Faith.” “Hey Cat. I told him this was a bad idea but
he…” “Never listens to reason, I’ve caught onto that.” Cat’s eyes glared at
Bosco. “I think it should be quite clear that for the next week and a half you
need to stay as far away as possible from me. Especially after last night and
if you even suggest talking about it I will hurt you. Bye.” Cat shut the door
in his face and locked it. “I told you.” Faith said to him as they walked back
to the RMP. “You okay, Cat?” “Yeah, I’m fine. Excuse me.” Cat moved back to her
bedroom and began to play once more.
Only the losers win
they've got nothing to prove
They'll leave the world with nothing to lose
You can laugh at the weirdos now
Wait till wrongs are right
They'll be the ones with nothing to hide
'Cause I've been thinking, thinking
I've got a plan to lose it all
I've got a contract pending on eternity
If I haven't already given it away
I've got a plan to lose it all
I've been the burnout kid
I've been the idiot
I'll turn the other cheek to be hit
You can take what you want from me
Empty me till I'm depleted
I'll be around if I'm ever needed