I am sad to hear about Cross Roads,... poor guy was there since a kitten! I love Black cats, as my Maggie was a precious one who lived to be 17 yrs. old. I was not able to get one when I got Pip,..all the Black cats were kittens and there were many!....Pip is a sweetie at times and other times has me crazy . She is not well behaved and she needs so much training. She seems much younger than 2 years old and is small in size too. I pray that eventually we can make a good match