She

I absolutely could not imagine life without my best friend.  She is my favorite person in the whole world to spend time with, even more than my boyfriend.  We have all sorts of adventures together, and get into all kinds of trouble together.  She is a part of me in the way that only someone who was always meant to be in your life can be.

I feel like we are similar in many ways, and different in many more.  I appreciate that aspect of the relationship - the way that we are absolutely willing to protect and defend each other, but unafraid to call each other on our stupid stuff either.

She is a gypsy by birth, and I think to some degree I am a gypsy at heart.  She comes from a large family, known for its secrets and its desire to control those within the fold.  Like me, she is wild at heart and was not made to be controlled - by family, or otherwise.

She has long red hair, bright eyes, and a shapely figure perfect for the exotic belly-dancing she's mastered.  More than a few men have fallen prey to the sway of her hips, or the curve of her backside - or both!

She is also a cat.  Specifically, a puma.  Or, at least, she retains the ability to turn into one.  This has caused a lot of troubles for her, and is actually what originally brought us together.  I, too, am a cat - though of a different sense than her.  Our circumstances are different, but some parts of us are the same.  She stole my heart from the very first time that I met her, I think in large part because I've got a soft spot for cats.

We live in Haavi, she and I, and own an Inn together.  It is the most talked about Inn in all of Haavi, the pride of the land really, and that is in large part due to Catili.  She spends a lot of time and puts in a lot of effort to keep things running smoothly, making sure that our place is always in working order and tip-top shape, ensuring that our customers are always happy.  There is not a bad word to be said about the Hadjara Inn, because of her amazing work there.

She really loves reading, and I'm always looking for new books for her at market.  She likes to go shopping with me, and get me to try new things alongside her.  She is who I tell all of my secrets to, who I share my hopes and dreams with.  She never shoots my ideas down, instead always willing to listen and encourage.

There are things that I See in my dreams - only she knows the details of most of them.  I know I shouldn't share them, they're supposed to be private - I'm supposed to let the future go as it may.  But sometimes I just can't keep it all inside.  She reads tarot cards, and she's really good at it.  The Sight is another thing that she and I have bonded over.  Being the sort of people that we are, having the sort of gift that we do - it makes it hard for other people to understand us.

I am lucky to have found her, truly lucky for her to be part of my life.  I don't know what I would do without her - and have taken great measures to ensure that I never have to find out.  I love her as dearly as I love my sisters.  She is my confidant, my sister, my partner-in-crime.  We are two halves of the same soul, she and I, and she is my very best friend in the whole wide world of Kuri.