A New Dalmatian on the Block.
An Oliver and Company fanfic, starring Dodger, Oliver, Francis, Tito, Einstein, Rita, Georgette, Jenny and many others.
Note: This chapter takes place 3 days after Ryan and Company.
Chapter 1: Rita and Ryan.
Ryan looked around himself. He was in a fantasy land, full of grassy hills and plains, towering mountains in the distance and most importantly, trains. He chased a local passenger train hauled by a Southern 2-8-2 all the way to a local train yard, full of railroad cars and locomotives. The locomotives ranged from all different types, shapes and sizes, making the Dalmatian wag his tail excitedly. He ran around the train yard until something hit him square in the face.
"OW!" he said, instantly waking up. "I'm up, I'm up!" Ryan groaned as he stretched his legs. He then saw a deflated dodgeball infront of his face and moments later, Einstein's head peeked through the curtains.
"sorry" he said. Before the Dalmatian could reply, the Great Dane rolled the ball out of the curtains and went back to playing with the others. Ryan just smiled. He and Einy were like brothers from other mothers because of their cheerful attitudes and playfulness. Even though the autistic Dalmatian was short tempered sometimes, he can't see how Einstein would make him angry at all. How would he, the Great Dane, make Ryan lose him temper?
Ryan slowly walked out from behind the curtains and yawned loudly. "good morning you guys, and Rita."
"morning Ryan!" Francis, Dodger, Tito and Einstein said, playing with the ball happily. Ever since Ryan being rescued from the Humane Society and nearly being "put to a deep sleep" 3 days ago, the gang respected him more and promised to help him whenever he was in danger. But Rita, who was sitting on Fagin's chair, respected Ryan more than any of the others. With a visit from Ryan's father, she promised never to yell at him again, no matter what. She even allowed Ryan to sleep with her in bed since they were started to date each other and that there was no other place he could stay warm in besides the barrel.
Rita was watching the 4 male dogs played with the ball, stomping all over the place like children. She just shook her head. "what a bunch of over grown men." She looked over to Ryan and smiled, happy to see that he's awake.
Ryan chuckled and walked over towards Rita. She didn't want to be a part of their game, nor did she want to be trampled on by the "over grown men" either.
"good morning Ryan" she cooed at the Dalmatian, blinking flirtatiously at him.
"morning Rita" Ryan smiled back. He looked around and noticed that Fagin wasn't around. He was surprised. Had he overslept? "where's Fagin?"
"he went out" replied Rita, "he probably won't be back until later this evening or so. but you know, we carry on as usual. well, we do while you just probably hang low for a while."
"oh" frowned the Dalmatian. Even though Ryan escaped the Humane Society, the threat of being taken back again was one of his worst fears he hope would never happen again. Thankfully Fagin would sort it out once he had gotten himself a job, but Ryan was still scared.
Rita gave the Dalmatian a playful lick on his cheek. "don't worry, I'll stay here with you of course. there's nothing else for me to do besides stealing stuff as always. plus we can do stuff together and such."
Ryan's spirits lifted. A day with Rita and only Rita was one thing to keep him happy. "sounds like fun!"
The 2 of them shared a romantic kiss before watching the others play their game.
An hour later, Dodger and the others went off to steal stuff as usual, leaving Rita and Ryan alone together. This was perfect for them. No one can interrupt their romantic "date" and they can do whatever they want. Well... sort of.
"hope there's something good on tv" Ryan said as he flipped through the channels on the tv. He was hoping to find a documentary of trains, but no luck. Disappointed, he decided to watch a show where some ladies were talking about some products that are on sale. Half way through the show, Ryan was as bored as a little kid complaining to his parents. "ugh... I'm so bored Rita. there's not so much to do."
"me too" Rita said from her bed. She was resting in her bed just to keep herself warm and nearly fell asleep from laying in the bed. The female canine walked over towards her new boyfriend, looking a little worn out. "so much for sitting around, huh?"
Ryan sighed and nodded. Trains was one of the things that entertained him the most besides playing ball and so forth. But with the death of his owner, he knew most of the trains he collected would be dumped in a trash can or sold at a yard sale. "It's a shame all of my trains are gone" he said sadly, "that always entertained me, along with videos of trains too such as Thomas the Tank Engine Little Jack would watch with me in the living room whenever that's on."
Rita slowly walked up the stairs out of the barge, going out to get something to eat, leaving Ryan by himself. As the Dalmatian sat in Fagin's chair by himself, he started to think about what he did that made Rita furious at him that one night. Would he really be the perfect boyfriend to Rita? True he had dated his ex girlfriend Tiffany before, but she only wanted him just for attention. He was starting to worry when he heard Rita's voice from up the stairs.
"ohhhh Ryan" she cooed, "look what I found." She walked down the steps, smiling brightly. In her mouth was a Lionel 6200 Pennsy Turbine locomotive covered in a little rust and gunk, but was still in good shape.
Ryan's eyes nearly popped out upon seeing the rusty toy train! "Rita, that's one of Little Jack's trains he had for Christmas!" he said with glee. "thank you so much!" He then kissed Rita's face repeatedly, making her giggle.
"there's another one I found" Rita replied with the train in her mouth. The Saluki then set the train down on the ground beside and walked back up the stairs. Then she came back down with what appears to be the tender that went with the locomotive. The tender, like the locomotive, was a little filthy but still looks good despite the small teeth marks on the top of it, with "Pennsylvania" in white lettering a little visible through the gunk.
Ryan gently pulled the tender away from his girlfriend's mouth and placed it on the ground excitedly. With his tail wagging with joy, he slowly picked the hook up from the back of the locomotive and slid it through the small hole at the front of the tender. The cute Dalmatian panted excited and pushed the engine across the ground, making train noises and howling/whistling softly.
"awwwww" cooed Rita. She thought Ryan looked so cute playing with his train.
The Dalmatian just smiled as he played with his train. "thanks Rita. this is probably one of the best, extremely early birthday gifts I've ever received yet! I could just do this all day."
Rita's eyes shot wide with shock. Ryan's birthday was coming up and she didn't know about it? what kind of friend or girlfriend would not know one's birthday? "wait, you're birthday is coming up?" she asked, surprised.
Ryan nodded happily as he pushed his toy train around his girlfriend. "yeah! next week actually. I'll be a young adult I think! too bad my friends won't be here to see me grow up."
"well" said his Saluki girlfriend, "at least you got us though right?" Rita smiled playfully at her boyfriend, who was still playing with his train. As soon as he stopped pushing his toy train around to get a break, the lovely Saluki tackled him to the ground playfully, giggling innocently. "I love you."
"I love you too Rita!" Ryan replied. The two of them began to tackle each other playfully in the barge, giggling and laughing as they did so. They were happy with each other, that's all it matters to them. Despite the outburst and all the stuff that has happened in the past couple of days between the two of them, they were both very happy.
By mid-afternoon, Rita and Ryan were all worn out from playing with each other. They were all bundled up next to each other in Rita's bed. It would be a good long while until Fagin, Dodger and the others return home from a productive day, so they might as well enjoy it while it last. The 2 of them were enjoying each other's company more than ever before and were glad they were alone together. Ryan grinned playfully as he snuggled up under his blanket Dodger gave him on his first night with the gang. He peeked his head out from under the blanket and looked up at Rita in a begging pose.
"awwww Ryan, you're so cute" Rita smiled and rubbed her head against Ryan's warmly. The Dalmatian reminds Rita of Oliver like most of the other dogs not only because Ryan is kind, loyal, brave sort-of, smart and friendly, but to Rita's eyes Ryan is cute, funny, playful and very sweet. She cooed at her boyfriend like a mother would do to her baby, "who's a cute Dalmatian? you are! that's right! does a cute Dalmatian want some smooches?" Rita smooched her lips as she lowered her head towards her boyfriend slowly.
Ryan panted happily and hid under the blanket with a grin. "you're gonna have to come and get me!" he said under his blanket.
Rita grinned, knowing her boyfriend was messing around with her. He loves Rita's smooches. They remind him of the kisses Ryan's mother would give to her son when he was a pup and still living with his mom before being left alone in Central Park and eventually be adopted by Little Jack. Rita kept smooching her lips as she peeked under the blanket.
"come on out you silly boyfriend" she cooed sweetly, "I just wanna smooch you. come on, smooch smooch smooch!" The Saluki slowly moved towards her Dalmatian boyfriend, making kissy noises. But before she would kiss him, she stopped all of a sudden with a large grin on her face. "hmmm... maybe I should put on some lipstick on these lips of mine."
Ryan's eyes lit up with excitement as he watched Rita spun around to put some lipstick on her lips. Female dogs normally don't wear lipstick unless they wanted to impress mates or just to tease their love ones. The day after Ryan's rescue, he found a beautiful scarlet red lipstick that he "found" in Central Park and gave it to Rita, who adored the lipstick very much. This would be the first time Rita would use the lipstick, just to flirt with him.
The Saluki soon faced Ryan with her lips covered in scarlet red lipstick. It was still wet, which is what Rita wanted to be so she can leave lipstick marks on her boyfriend. She soon made Ryan lay on his back, smiling flirtatiously. "hmmm... I have a curious question" she said flirtatiously, "how many kisses does it take to make you hallucinate and make you fall deeply in love? let's find out!" Without another word, Rita began kissing Ryan's face slowly, leaving lipstick marks on his face. She counted every smooch on his face as she continued kissing.
"101... 102..." Rita said later on, kissing her boyfriend Ryan.
Ryan's face was covered in lipstick all over, with his eyes filled with hearts as he felt light headed. He felt like he could fly as he looked at Rita with hearts floating all around. He had been deeply in love after 12 kisses and had barely moved an inch after being kissed on many times.
Rita leaned back to admire her work. "I guess he's already out cold with love! oh well" she smiled. Her ears perked up by the sound of footsteps coming down the steps. She looked out through the curtains and saw Einstein slumping in after a long day. Drool fell from his mouth as he was carrying a broken tennis ball he found.
Einstein smiled happily upon seeing Rita. He walked towards his Saluki friend and sat down with pride, showing her the tennis ball in his mouth. "Look what I found" he said happily.
Rita chuckled. "good show Einstein, something that'll go with your racket."
"you've been here all day with Ryan? I thought you'd be out finding stuff" questioned the Great Dane.
Rita smiled softly and looked back at Ryan, who was still in lala land of love. "I gave Ryan some company so he won't feel lonely or scared. Plus I gave him all the love he deserves."
Einstein looked puzzled. He wasn't really paying attention to Rita and Ryan's relationship after the outburst, even though he saw them kissing the night they saved the Dalmatian from being "put to sleep". "He's your boyfriend now?" he asked.
"mhm!" nodded the Saluki. She began to blush under her fur. The thought of actually having a true boyfriend was out of the question after her experience with David years ago. But with Ryan being her actual boyfriend, she finally gets to know what true love is, even from an autistic dog like him. "He's been my boyfriend for the past day or so after we saved him. true we went through that rough patch, but I think us dating will work out well." Hope so or else I'll have another meeting with his father.
"are you two gonna have puppies together?!" Einstein asked loudly.
Rita's eyes shot wide and her blush grew bigger than before. She was as red as a stop sign. "what?! No Einstein, we just started dating after all. It takes time to actually go to that level of love, but who knows, maybe we might actually have puppies. I'm not gonna demand for puppies unlike some couple do sometimes."
"awww" moaned Einstein sadly.
"I'm gonna go and get Ryan lunch, would you like to keep an eye on him for me Einy?" Rita asked kindly with a smile. It has been a while since both her and her boyfriend ate lunch due to them having a lot of fun together and she had completely forgotten to get lunch. But she couldn't leave defenseless Ryan alone so she needed someone to keep him company until she would return.
Einstein's eyes lit up once again. "I can do that!" he said with a cheerful smile. He loved Ryan like a brother and always enjoyed his company. He watched as Rita hurried out of the barge and off to find Ryan and herself some lunch.
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