Catch Me, I'm Falling

Who could have predicted the storm brewing within my heart?

If I hadn't been banished, I would have probably felt normal, but now that I'm secluded on here, possibly forever, I feel like I might go insane.

What the heck is wrong with me?

I don't know, but I'm going to find out eventually.

I went back into the house to clear my mind about the entire predicament, but I ended up feeling more anxious than before.

"What could it be now? Why do I feel like this?" I asked myself.

Sparkles meowed loudly in response, knocking over a bowl like she, too, was overwhelmed.

"Great. Now we're both panicking." I sighed, then grabbed the broom so I could clean up the broken pieces.

As I was cleaning, I realized something.

I felt this way when Odysseus first showed up on my island, but it was more laid-back and whimsical.

The feeling I'm describing is infatuation, but that's not the same as love.

Infatuation fades, but love does not.

I didn't want to just fall in love the way I did last time.

I wanted to grow into it.

Just then, I felt someone touch my shoulder.

I gasped aloud and nearly dropped the broom.

"Relax, Calypso. It's just me." Antinous said.

"You scared me." I seethed, then elbowed him harshly in the chest.

"What was that for?!" he shrieked.

"Don't scare me like that again." I scolded playfully, and we both laughed.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." Antinous giggled.

"It's fine, I forgive you." I told him.

Sparkles ran up to him and pounced on his leg, then darted away.

"You have a cat?" he asked.

"Yes, I do. Her name is Sparkles, and she's nine months old." I responded.

"That's really sweet. She's a spunky one, isn't she?" he chuckled.

"Oh, she IS spunky. She was biting my hand yesterday." I sighed, holding up my hand.

"Well, she's teething. She'll learn eventually." he explained.

"I doubt it." I commented.

"I had some cats back at home, but I had to leave for Penelope's hand in marriage." he said sadly.

"I'm sorry." I stated.

There was awkward silence for a while, but then, Sparkles jumped onto the curtains and started swinging on them.

"SPARKLES, GET DOWN FROM THERE THIS INSTANT!!" I screamed.

She let go of the curtains, then meowed softly.

"No, Sparkles, although you're my baby, you cannot do that. I'm putting you in the gynaikon!" I scolded, then I took her to the gynaikon, which is a room designated for women only, and I shut the door behind me.

"In a second, she's going to start meowing, but then she'll stop." I explained to Antinous.

He laughed and said, "My cats do that whenever we put them inside a room and shut the door, too!"

"Oh, really? I guess all cats are the same!" I snickered.

"They really are." he replied, then started giggling.

The air crackled with an unseen energy, a sense of impending doom. If only I had known this sooner, I wouldn't have taken this moment and future moments for granted.