CHAPTER 1

I was in a day dream standing holding a 'pets at home own make dry puppy food mix' in one hand and a 'butchers young puppy chicken mix' in the other, I look down at my new beagle puppy at my side looking back up at me with a cute expression as if to say 'dude I really dont care' when someone taps my shoulder, with a jump I turn and face them standing behind me,

"Holy crap! Oh god sorry! " I say with a cringe,

"Haha, sorry didnt mean to scare ya!... What I was going to say was Bruce here," the guy says reaching down and picking up his beagle and then continues,

"He loves the chicken stuff! Dont you little guy?" he says bouncing Bruce up and down like a baby, I laugh and pick up mines,

"Well, I guess we will see if Bruce knows Big Muddy here!" I laugh again and ruffle Bruce's head,

"The Big Muddy! As in the springsteen song?" The guy asks with a smile, a smile that is so perfect I realise who I am actually talking too,

"Yeah! Springsteen is my hero! He is GOD. By the way my names Kate" I say with a smile and hold out my hand,

"Springsteen is like a god to me too! Thats why Bruce is called, Bruce! haha, I'm Danny" he replys shaking my hand and smiling again, I knew it, I was speaking to Danny Jones,

"Danny? Jones is it?..." I ask even though I know its him, he looks down and scratches his head,

"Yeah, thats me! fan are we?" He asks with a little chuckle to himself,

"Well I wouldnt say, I was a die hard fan but I love a few of your songs, no need to panic I dont like stalk you or anything !haha!" I laugh and put Mud on the ground, Danny does the same with Bruce, then a voice booms from a few isle's away,

"DAAAAAANNY! DANNY COME HERE MATE!" The voice sounds extremly happy. Danny looks at me with a bit of embarassment,

"Oh god...That'l be Doug then... was nice talking to a fellow Springsteen worshiper! See you around Kate" He smiles, tugs gently at Bruce's lead and follows the laughs and voices and walks out of my view.

I do the same with Mud and notice something on the floor, it's Danny's wallet. I pick it up and head in the way he went, when I turn the corner I find Danny with his head in his hands standing behind a guy and a girl holding a massive snake, I walk up to him anxiously as there was a 7ft snake metres away from me.

"Da-danny?" I say with a whimper as the snake moves a bit, he turns and smiles at me,

"Oh, Kate? whats up?" He asks with a puzzled expression,

"Your wallet must have fallen out when you picked up Bruce" I hand it to him and he takes it,

"Shit! Thanks! Wouldnt have got far without it! haha" he laughs at himself again, I smile back and we both look at the snake.

"What is he doing? Is he buying that thing?..." I say anxiously,

"I bloody hope not! Tom would flip out! Shan? SHANZO?" The girl takes the snake from her shoulders and hands it to the worker, she smiles and walks to us,

"What? Oh Hi! Im Shannon!" She reaches her hand out and gives me a massive grin, I do the same,

"Kate, are you's buying that?" I ask in the politest way possible,

"The snake? No, we have way too much animals in the house! haha, but im pretty sure I will have to pull him by the feet to get him out the shop now! haha" She smiles again, Mud barks really loudly and I turn to see what he was doing, him and Bruce were playing,

"Mud! Stop it c'mon we have to go now!" I laugh and lift him off of Bruce,

"Kate wait!" Danny shouts at me and runs slightly to catch up with me,

"You seem really nice, maybe we could take the dogs a walk tomorrow? say...the pond at St James Park at 12 ?..." he looks down at the dogs and then back at me,

"Em...yeah sure... heres my number just incase" I hunt for a pen in my bag and write it on his palm.

"Bye Danny, bye Shannon was lovely meeting you!" I turn and grin from ear to ear, I hear Shannon shout bye back and turn and wave at her as I wait in the que,