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Dog Daze
When Julien pets a puppy on the way home one morning, it follows him home.. So of course the children decide to keep it. The story of how they came to hide Tiny from all of the adults
This story takes place during The Baby Apocalypse Prevention Squad
Chapter One
In the beginning
It was early on a Monday morning when it all began. As many suspected later, but no one would confirm, it was actually Julien Keller that started the trouble. In the end, no one was really surprised at the idea that he was behind it all, even if they couldn't prove it. It was, after all, Julien.
Whistling, Julien strolled down the sidewalk, happily avoiding the lecture that was sure to come from being late for curfew...eight hours late. He was well aware that he would probably have detention for this, not that he cared. He'd needed out, so he'd gone out. Sometimes he just needed a break. He hadn't been to the clubs or bars, or wherever else his teammates assumed he disappeared to. He had just wandered around town, as he did most of the time. Honestly, when one of his friends asked where he had been, he claimed he'd been at the clubs, because he had a terrible memory, and would forget where he had gone. But club sounded better to him.
Now he was going home, because he was tired. He was headed back the long way however, because he was hoping to miss homeroom and French. Apparently there were no English words in French... so he didn't understand it. He had tried to explain to Professor LeBeau that he didn't speak any other languages. The teacher didn't really see the problem however.
On his way home he saw a woman handing out puppies. He had always loved puppies so he walked over to her and leaned over to look into the box.
"Would you like a free puppy?" She asked, handing one to a lady who accepted it and walked off.
"What are they?" Julien asked, petting one.
"Saint Bernard's," she told him.
"Well I have to leave now," Julien said, reluctantly, a few minutes later, setting the puppy back in the box.
"Do you want one? They're free." She offered, gesturing to the puppy he had just been holding.
"Nah, I don't really like puppies...well I like puppies I just don't like puppies," Julien explained (poorly). She stared at him confused.
"Well I like puppies, I just don't like the responsibility of puppies. Also, I don't think I'm allowed to have one." He finally said.
She stared at him for another second , wondering if he was alright.
"...Alright," she said turning her attention to other people. Julien stared reluctantly at the puppies for a few more minutes, before sighing and slowly walking away.
Julien walked off in the direction of the School, oblivious to the puppy that was now following him. The same one he had played with. He was back to thinking about his favorite subject: trying to get Laura to notice him.
He'd tried everything he could think of. He'd been quiet and attentive in class, he'd been polite and friendly to all of her friends. He'd even been respectful to the teachers! AND when that hadn't worked, he'd been disruptive in class, rude to her friends, and disrespectful to the teachers! Still nothing...
The only things he hadn't tried were kidnapping her he'd heard a rumor that worked for one of the teachers. He wasn't sure which one... probably one of the 'cool' ones, like Mr Drake. He couldn't imagine one of the Squad members doing something like that.) Or actually talking to her...he was leaning towards kidnapping. Because every time he thought about talking to her, his mind went blank on what to say. It didn't help that she was clearly very smart...and pretty...and perfect.
The problem was, where to take her? Because apparently that plan worked best, according to Jamie, if you had a valid reason for taking her. Otherwise you're just a creepy stalker.
He'd tried to think of one, but sadly his family didn't have an interesting backstory that would lead to an impromptu rescue mission. He even got along with his dad, darn it. So what could his valid reason be?
Maybe he could hire a villain to attack, then he could take her to 'protect' her... No that wouldn't work. She'd just get mad that he kept her from the fight. This was going to continue to be a problem. If only he could think of something amazingly interesting as a valid reason.
For a moment he wondered about the logic of taking any form of advice from the younger boy, but he had seemed to know what he was talking about.
He continued to obsess on the subject as he walked past the gate and up to the school. He had to come up with something, because this was driving him crazy... If only he could think of something amazingly brilliant! Oh well. He decided that perhaps he should sleep on it.
Sighing, he walked into the mansion, thankfully unnoticed, though that was likely because homeroom started ten minutes ago. He made his way up to his room, and collapsed onto his bed, fully intending to sleep until lunch. He didn't notice the puppy slip into his room behind him, or that it curled up on a pile of dirty clothes at the foot of his bed. He was far too tired, and preoccupied, to notice much of anything right now.
How the puppy had managed to follow him all the way home, up the stairs, and into his room without notice would remain a permanent mystery to Julien and his friends.