A Story that leads to a problem with my cousins...

[ladydog]

Hey.
I am dealing with my cousins at this time. Nothing between me and them, but them and my neighbors, which I like a whole lot.
Last year, there dog killed my neighbors cat on my neighbors front porch. They didn't so anything. Just said, "So what? The cat was old..." Yeah, the cat was old, 16 matter-of-a-fact, and that's why it should have had way more respect! Then, January 2, there dog killed my cat in my backyard, while my Mom and I was in B'Ham, AL. My neighor called saying there dog had killed a cat that looked very much like Sandy. I didn't think much about it, Sandy had always been a cat that got away with that stuff, the dogs were pratically scared of her, she was 12 and still acted young, taking up for what was hers, like her cat food when there dagum dogs came over trying to eat it, she would hiss, and attack, they ran with tails between there legs. Then they tried to hide her behind there house, dug a whole, and buried my Baby, hoping we would think she was hit, or died of old age somewhere. My Mom ask them about it, they brung the cat, sure nuff, my Baby was dead. They just looked at me, with sad faces, no "Sorry"... but looked at me with no face at all, really.
I cried and cried and cried. Cussing till I couldn't beathe, swearing at there dogs, and them themself. I couldn't help it. I had a young mouth, at the age of 12, going on 13, in a few coming days.
There for months, I had nothing to do with them. Which was hard when I sat down and thought about the last 7 years I had grown up with them, doing everything together, every day we were together, All 4 of us. We were like... Best friends. Here lately, we've become closer then we have. Not close, but, close enough. My neighbors got them another cat. They love that cat, her name's Baby. She's gonna have babies too, soon. My little cousin, Tritt who is 12, last night, seen the cat, threaten to shoot it. He had his gun, and I knew he would. I turn around, and told him, he even dared to shoot that cat, he'd be standing in the road alone, with cussing from my mouth still ringing in his ears. I wasn't playing neither. Then, my older cousin, Drew, 14 years old, I look up to him really. He's about to be 15, soon enough. He seen my neighbors truck, grabbed a rock, threw it and hit the side of the truck, I stood there like a fool, while they ran and I stood there, and my neighbor thinking i done it. I told him I didn't do it, he believed me. I didn't tell him who tho. Drew's a good kid. He's not a trouble maker, just mad at them for certain things.

Now, seeing what they are doing, and wanting me to do it with them, just aint working. I love them, yeah, but, I have nothing against my neighbors, and I aint gonna turn my back on them. They're nice to me.

What do I do though? I am very confused, wanting to tell my neighbors what they did, but I have just become close with Drew again, and I sure don't wanna loose it. Heeeeelp mee.

[Cassiepeia]

Tell the neighbours. If someone is planning on murdering their cat....TELL THEM!
If I were your neighbour I would want you to tell me as soon as possible so I could deal with it and protect my pet.

Cass.

[ladydog]

Yeah, I seen they were outside a wollo' go. I might walk over there in a minute and tell them. I would want to know if someone wanted to kill my other baby, if I lost him to those lil hudlums, they'd sure nuff pay for it. =]