The black haired woman rolled her green eyes as she dragged puff after puff from the cigarette between her fingers. Tali stood outside her small second floor studio apartment her tortoiseshell kitten curling around her legs, listening to her next door neighbors go at it again. By go at it she meant fighting. She could hear the woman screaming at the top of her lungs, something about never having enough time for her (a usual complaint) and never having enough money for her (also another usual complaint).

Tali didn't know how the guy took such accusations, she never really saw the him, he usually left in the early morning as wasn't back till late at night. She was pretty sure the guy had like 3 or 4 jobs, he had to otherwise Tali didn't think they could afford the lavish tastes the woman had. Just today she'd seen the woman with a brand new Gucci bag, it was no wonder the man could never spend time with the snob.
Suddenly there was a crash of glass breaking and then a thud as if something had fallen to the floor. Then the woman was storming out of the door slamming it so hard it bounced back out of it's cracked frame. She glared at Tali as their eyes met.

"What are you looking at?!" she spat.

Tali turned away and took another drag from the cigarette ignoring the question, she didn't want to be involved in other peoples problems she had to many of her own. She heard a huff and then the sound of the woman's heels clacking down the concrete steps then the sound of a car starting and peeling out of the parking lot.

Well at least now I can get some sleep, Tali thought as she flicked the cigarette butt over the rail and turned to scoop up Mia. But the kitten was just disappearing through the still open door of the couples apartment.

"Dammit Mia! Get back here!" She hissed lunging for the animal, just missing as the cat disappeared into the darkness of the front room.

Son of a bitch! Just my luck! she thought as she knocked lightly on the door frame.
"Hello," she called quietly, "Not stealing anything but just coming to grab my cat." They didn't live in a very nice neighborhood, everyone was afraid of break ins. There was no answer so she made her way in scanning the room for the kitten and seeing her disappear into the kitchen.

Rounding the corner she had to suppress a groan, she really didn't need this right now. The man was laying on the floor what looked like a glass vase shattered around him blood trickling from a deep cut in his head completely unconscious. She glared at the cat who stood by the counter, "I should have got the dog."

The multicolored kitten just stared as Tali went to her apartment to retrieve her first aid kit.