Sequel to I Lost a Bet. This one's short, but I am putting it in here mainly for story reasons.
One: Getting Cat
One slightly drizzly afternoon a mere three days after Kim and Alix got back from their honeymoon, Alix was sitting on the couch flipping through channels so fast that it was impossible to watch anything. Kim was out getting milk or bread or something, because they still had not had a chance to go shopping. The door banged open, and Kim strode into the living room holding a dog.
"Nope."
Alix did not even stop flicking channels.
"What? Name one good reason why I don't get to keep... Devil?"
No reaction from the dog.
"Okay, not devil."
"Know one good reason, Hercules? Because random stray dogs off the street probably have fleas!"
"It's not a random stray dog off the street! It's from a licensed establishment."
"Reason two: we don't have enough spare cash to take care off a dog."
"Did we really need to fix up the guest room? Because that fund is empty now."
"Reason three: I wanted a cat, Hercules."
"You can't even take a cat running!"
"Still wanted a cat."
"Please let me keep him, I'll do anything please please please please!"
"Two things then: she will be named Cat, because I can't have a cat."
"What do you mean, she?"
"It's a girl dog, Kim."
"No it's not!"
He checked.
"Oh. Yes it is. But Cat's a stupid name for a dog!"
"I bet she answers to it."
"I bet she doesn't!"
Kim put the dog on the floor.
"Cat!"
The dog ran up to Alix and jumped into her lap.
"Second thing: You go out and get milk, and bread, and apparently dog food, because there is none."
Kim walked out the door, shaking his head. In the space of five minutes, his wife had managed to win over what was supposed to be his dog. And had named it Cat.
She won way too much. He needed something to win at. Hmmmmm...
Kim ran into the door.
"And get a leash!"
First chapter! Am I doing okay? Tell me what you think!
~Madei