chapter 1
Lion-o Roarson was a fine young man. He was full of dreams. His main dream was going to school to learn to be a veterinarian. When he was little he played vet with his stuffed animals. He had a toy vet set. It was such a cute sight for his parents.
"That's just sweet, our boy might become a fine veterinarian." Leona said.
"I think so too," Claudius said.
"I'm a vet," Lion-o said pretending to listen to his stuffed bear's heart.
Lion-o sighed as he finished up the trip down memory lane. "Okay just a few more things to pack." Lion-o said. He put his clothes in the suite cases and some of his other stuff in boxes. Then he began to pack the stuff into his car.
"Need a hand son?' Claudius asked.
"I got it," Lion-o said.
"Lion-o are you sure you don't want help?' Leona asked.
"Yes mom, I'm fine," Lion-o said.
"Come sweetie let us help you," Leona said.
"Mom I'm not a baby!" Lion-o said.
"I never said you were, you just look like you need help," Leona said.
"I'll be fine," Lion-o said.
"If you say so," Leona said.
Lion-o placed the last box in the car and shut it.
"Be careful son and we are so proud of you," Claudius said.
"Call us when you get there," Leona said.
"I will," Lion-o said.
"Drive safe," Leona said.
"Take care and do well," Claudius said.
"I will," Lion-o said. "bye," he said hugging them.
"We'll miss you," Leona said.
"I'll miss you too," Lion-o said. Then climbed into the car and waved good bye.
Lion-o drove for hours to go to the college. "Okay I will be there in three more hours." Lion-o said. His stomach growled he was hungry. "I better stop off to get something to eat." he said. He saw one of his favorite burger places. "I'm in luck," he said.
He pulled in to a parking spot, got out and locked the car. Once inside he walked up to the counter.
"What can I get for you sir?" the lady asked.
"I want a number one with tomatoes, and ketchup only please," Lion-o said.
"Okay then, you want the meal?" she asked.
"Yes, please," Lion-o said.
"Name for order?" she asked.
"Lion-o," Lion-o answered.
"Okay then, we will call you when it is ready." she said.
Lion-o paid and got his food and started to eat. He finished his food and left. He got back in the car and headed off again. He stopped for gas and went on. Finally at 9:00 pm Lion-o made to the motel and paid for the night and went to sleep. He woke up the next morning ate breakfast and headed for the college.
Once there he went to registration. "Hello, Lion-o here is your room key. I hope you feel at home," the lady said.
Lion-o saw pets. "Wow is this place pet friendly?" Lion-o asked.
"We sure are, but the thing is you must make sure to take care of it," the lady said.
"Okay," Lion-o said.
Lion-o went into his room and unpacked his stuff. The next day he woke up and went to his first class. He was learning about radiology then he learned about medicine, after that it was about animal nutrition. There were many classes he had.
His days were mostly about study. So days he worked with raw meat to practice on and stuffed animals.
"You all are doing well especially you Mr. Roarson I am very impressed." the professor said.
"Teachers pet," one of the students said.
Lion-o was reading one of his vet books and bumped into someone. "I'm sorry," Lion-o said and picked up a book and someone else grabbed it. The one he ran into was a girl. "Hi," he said.
"Hi," she said.
"I'm Lion-o," Lion-o said.
"I'm Liosia," Liosia said.
"Are you vet student too?" Lion-o asked.
"Yes I am," Liosia said.
"Well then I believe this is yours because it has your name on it," Liosia said.
"This one must be yours," Lion-o said. "So you want to grab some lunch?" he asked.
"Sure," Liosia said.
They got lunch at a local burger place. They talked and became fast friends. They both studied together. They were at fair and Lion-o and Liosia were watching fireworks. Liosia said: "I love you Lion-o,"
Lion-o looked at her and smiled. "I love you too Liosia," Lion-o said and they started a relationship.
Today Lion-o got a call from his parents. "Hello son how are things going?" Claudius asked.
"Things are going great for the past four months things have been great," Lion-o said.
"That's great to hear sweetie," Leona said.
"I have some good news," Lion-o said.
"What's that?" Leona asked.
"I have a girlfriend," Lion-o said.
"That's great," Claudius said.
"What's her name?" Leona asked.
"Liosia Clawer," Lion-o answered.
"Well I hope all goes well," Leona said.
"Yes maybe someday you two might get married," Claudius said.
"Father, we just started our relationship," Lion-o said.
"Sorry, I just hope someday of getting grand children," Claudius said.
"We both do," Leona said.
"I know I just hope Liosia and I stay together unlike my high school girlfriend who dumped me for a football player who she thought was the greatest and more handsome than me," Lion-o said.
"We remember that, I hope it goes well too," Leona said.
"Well Liosia and I have date tomorrow so I have to get ready," Lion-o said.
"Okay bye," Claudius said.
"Bye," Lion-o said.
Seven months later. Lion-o had proposed and Liosia had said yes. Lion-o told his parents the good news. "That's great son." Claudius said.
Liosia's parents congratulated her too. Then three months later they got married and moved into an apartment near the school.
Lion-o and Liosia were out on a walk when they saw something. They heard mewling. "It's coming from the alley." Liosia said.
What they saw was a female of one of them new genetic pets. She was hurt. "Come on let's take her to the vet," Lion-o said. They picked her up and carried her to the vet.
"Oh hello what's going on?" the vet asked.
"She's hurt," Lion-o said.
"Well you both did the right thing by bringing her here," the vet said.
"Well we are vet students we couldn't leave her there," Lion-o said.
"Oh will you two like to help me?" the vet asked.
"Sure," Lion-o and Liosia said.
They started the exam. "She's fine," the vet said.
"What about shots?" Liosia asked.
"No shots," the vet said.
"Why is she alright?" Lion-o said.
"Yes she is going to be fine, the reason is she is going to be a mother," the vet said.
"How long?" Lion-o asked.
"Judging by the looks of her about five more weeks. But I will do an ultrasound to be sure," the vet said. The ultrasound confirmed that the kittens wouldn't come for about six weeks.
"Does she have an owner?' Lion-o asked.
"I called the house but a neighbor answered he said the family moved away and abandoned her." the vet said.
"How about we foster her," Lion-o said.
"Yes that way she and her babies will have nice safe place to stay better than the clinic." Liosia said.
"Good now here are some things you need for her." the vet said.
"Thank you," Lion-o said.
They set things up at the apartment and got her settled.
Lion-o and Liosia went back to class the next day and asked their next door neighbor and friend Tygra to watch Callie the pet they were fostering. "Hey you to are late," their professor said.
"Sorry we just took in a foster animal we rescued off the street that we took to the vet's office." Liosia said.
"Yes and it's pregnant so we will foster her and her babies until they can be adopted." Lion-o said.
"Well, consider her to be your temporary study partner, you both will learn hands on how to tend to pregnant animals and newborn animals," the professor said.
"She is one of the new genetic cat pets that came out," Lion-o said.
"Well she needs specail care as does her babies, I expect you to write down notes and a report later once you are done," the professor said.
"Yes sir," Lion-o and Liosia said.
"That goes for any of you who have pets or foster animals," the professor said.
"Yes sir," the class said.
To be continued.