"Frannie what the heck is going on here?" Ray Vecchio yelled to his sister as he walked into the Vecchio house.

"Hey, Ray. What do you mean?"

"What do you mean what do I mean? I can't believe I just said that. What I mean is why are their five dogs in our house?"

"Hey, they are not 'just' dogs! Their pure bred great danes."

"I don't care if their robot chiwawas! What are they doing in the house?" Frannie scratched her head and shrugged a little.

"Um, My friend and I we're talking about making a little extra money so."

"Oh great!" Ray knew where this was going.

"Long story short, welcome to Francesca and Penny's Doggy Daycare!" Francesca said as she struck a pose and tried to smile at her brother.

"Does Ma know about this?"

"Uh, no." She walked out of the room briefly and casually. "So, um what are you doing home so early? It's not even noon yet." She tried to distract him.

"Well, that's a long story." Ray sighed as they both pulled up chairs.

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-Three hours earlier.-

"Ray?" Fraser asked his partner.

"I told ya a bunch of times Fraser, ya can't call me Ray anymore! It's too confusing with the original Ray back." Stanley said to Fraser.

They just stepped out of Stan's GTO. It was cold out and starting to snow. They were both on their way to a restaurant for lunch.

"You're right Ray, I apologize. I mean Stanley." Fraser was use to calling his partner Ray since the real Vecchio just came back a few weeks ago!

"Ha, that's ok, buddy! Let's get some lunch. Will the real Ray be joining us?"

"He said he was prepared to meet us if we decided to dine at a casual establishment." Fraser was shocked by his partners amazed look towards him.

"Ray Vecchio said that? Or did you just kinda make it your own fancy Canadian paragraph?"

"Well, no he didn't really say it like that. He said it more like 'Fraser I'm not eatin' at some fancy restaurant!' So, I assume that we will call him and he won't mind coming."

"Ok, fine, you do that. I am gonna get a table." Stan said as Fraser was holding the door of the restaurant open for his partner. Just then a younger man ran out of the restaurant.

Stanley was knocked to the ground. "Are you ok, Stanley?" His concerned partner asked while Dief licked his face.

"Yeah, but I think I landed on my glasses. Hey you called me Stanley!" He pulled a broken pair of glasses out of his pocket. Ray just arrived and ran over to Stan, who was still on the ground.

"You ok?" Ray asked as he saw a man running around the corner.

"Ray, lets stop that man!" Fraser said as Ray helped Stanley stand up.

"Ok." Stanley and Ray both answered.

"Oh, dear. Well actually I was referring to both of you. So, no harm done." The three laughed a little and ran off after the man who was quite slow. Stanley turned the corner and ran into someone.

Therefore, he ended up on the ground again! Ray laughed a little. "Not you day is it Stan?" Dief and Fraser continued after the man. Ray stopped to help Stanley up but, Stanley didn't need his help.

"Oh, I am so sorry! Clumsy me!" It was a beautiful girl with long brown hair. She helped him up and Ray whisper to himself "Oh great!"

"Ah, It's no problem! Are you ok though?" He stared at her at heard violins playing in his head.

"Oh yeah I'm fine! My name is Penny Brandon"

"Oh, I'm Stanley Kowalski. Nice meetin' you."

"Yeah, and I'm Ray Vecchio." Ray broke the silence and awkwardness, for him. They we're doing just fine staring at each other.

"Oh, Hi, I didn't see ya there." Penny told him.

"Yeah, I can tell!" Ray said with all do sarcasm. Just then Dief started growling. They had forgotten about the man and Fraser.

"We should probably check that out." Ray told Stanley as they both left Penny without saying one thing to her about where they were going. They didn't realize that Penny was following them.

Then they found Fraser with the man holding him at gun point. "Chicago PD! Don't do anything stupid!" Ray yelled to the man. Both Ray's were afraid to pull their guns. The man kicked Fraser's legs out from under him and he fell to the ground.

Then he aimed his gun at the Ray and Stanley. "Don't you move. I ain't afraid of shooting cops!" A small box fell out of his pocket. Their was someone sneaking up behind him. It was Penny.

She kicked the man and punched him in his groin, Very professionally! Stan's mouth was dropped. She really knew what she was doing. The man fell to the ground and called to Stan. "Well, you can arrest him now, Stanley."

"Uh, yeah. How did you do that?" He grabbed the man and cuffed him.

"Karate. I'm a black belt." She grinned a little. She was trying to show off to Stanley although she just met him.

"Wow! You really know what you're doing. And thanks for helpin' us. Well, we got to take this bozo in. If ya ever need anything' you can find me at the police station. It's just down the road." He winked at her.

"I know where it is. I use to go there all the time." The smile left her face. She sat down on the curb.

"What do you mean by 'go there'?"

"My husband, he was an officer there. He died in action four years ago." She almost started crying but kept up her image.

"I'm so sorry. I'm sure he was a good man." He ,bravely, put an arm around her. she looked at him and sighed.

"He was and Thank you." she liked his are around her but, she slid out and walked away. She was scared of starting a new relationship.

"Well, I have to go. I need to order a new pair of glasses." He pulled out his broken glasses and they both laughed a little.

"Hey, I know a great place to buy glasses. Can I show you?"

"Yeah, I'd like that. Ray would you mind booking him?"

"You owe me Kowalski!" Ray said with a smirk and left with the man.

"Stanley, we are going out for lunch after this." Fraser said to his partner still recovering from his ordeal.

"Yeah I have a feeling I'll be having lunch with someone else."

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"What does this have to do with being home early?" Francesca asked her brother.

"I'm not done yet! The best part starts after you meet Penny." Ray narrated and continued his story.

Ok, well I'm stopping here. Review if you think I should continue this. I'll be finishing my first story too. It's called "A Date for the Dance." Review it too please. I'm planning on incorporating the charactors Cassie and Hazel into this story since they were in my last one. Do you think thats a good idea? Let me know please! Thank you kindly! :D