This fic is meant to replace my deleted fic, 'things that go click'. I hope you like it.
"Good morning Bolt." Mittens said as she stretched. Bolt opened his eyes.
"Morning Mittens." He said sleepily. He too sat up and stretched. Mittens looked over at him. "Did you sleep well?" She asked.
"Not really." Bolt replied. I had a dream you were out on one of your walks. You never came back so I went looking for you." Mittens smiled. "Aw. You were worried about me." She teased. Bolt looked at her.
"Of course I was worried. Apart from Penny and Rhino you're all I've got." Bolt said. Rhino opened one eye. "Morning B- WHOA!" He yelled and fell off of the bed. Mittens laughed and Bolt rushed to the side of the bed. "Are you okay Rhino?" He asked. Rhino gave him a thumbs up and laid his head down on the bottom of his ball.
"That wasn't all that much fun." He said. Bolt smiled and shook his head. "You amaze me Rhino." He said. Rhino laughed and sat up. Then he rolled down the stairs and into the den to watch the T.V. Mittens snuggled up against Bolt. "That rat gets on my nerves sometimes." She said. Bolt smiled and laid back down, allowing Mittens to press close beside him.
"Yeah but where would we be without him?" Bolt replied. Mittens sighed.
"I don't know." She said. "Do you want to come for a walk?" She asked. Bolt yawned.
"Sure. But let's rest for a bit longer." He said. Mittens smiled. She knew Bolt was enjoying just laying there beside her. She wrapped her tail around his and closed her eyes. She would enjoy the extra sleep, and so would Bolt. Later, when they woke up, Mittens and Bolt started on their walk into the town. "Bolt?" Mittens said after an hour of silence.
"Yeah Mittens?" Bolt asked.
"It's been three months now, and I still haven't really thanked you for saving me from that shelter." Mittens said. "I would have died there if you hadn't come." Bolt smiled.
"You're welcome Mittens." He said. "In the truck, Rhino had opened the door. Then I realized that I really didn't have any powers. Rhino had to convince me to go back for you. I-I didn't think I could do it." Mittens purred and rubbed against Bolt's side.
"I'm glad you did." She said. They walked for another five minutes before reaching the town. Bolt saw another white shepherd on the other side of the road. Mittens saw him staring at her. She hit his leg and he came out of his trance. "Oh I…" Bolt couldn't find the right words. Mittens smiled and shook her head. Then, she did something Bolt never dreamed would happen. Mittens leaned over and licked his cheek. Bolt looked into her eyes. "What was that for?" He asked. Mittens didn't answer, she just smiled and kept walking.
Then, one of the common ally cats stepped in front of them. His name was Cody. He was an American Shorthair cat with slick, brown and black spotted fur.
"Well this is new." He said. "Mittens what's up with kissin' the dog?" He asked. Mittens rolled her eyes. "Hello Cody." She said.
Bolt blushed. He hadn't known anyone was watching them. "Cody just buzz off will ya'?" Mittens said. Cody put a paw over his heart.
"That really hurts Mittens." He said. He had met Mittens a week after she, Bolt, Rhino and Penny had moved into their new house. He liked Mittens, and to see her kissing a dog really did make him sad, but he tried not to show it.
"Go home Cody!" Mittens said. Cody stopped.
"I don't have a home Mittens." He said.
"Then go away." Mittens said again. Cody sighed and walked off. Mittens looked up at Bolt. "He likes me." She said.
Bolt nodded. "Good for him." He nuzzled Mittens under her chin. "Looks like I beat him to you." He said softly. Mittens giggled and licked the top of Bolt's head. "He's the kind of guy who may try something." Mittens said, looking back over her shoulder.
"Like what?" Bolt asked, even though he already knew the answer.
"Uh… stuff." Mittens said. "We're friends but I don't feel safe around him without anyone else."
"I can understand that." Bolt said. "It'll take about two hours to get back home, and it's already four o' clock. We should head back." Mittens looked over her shoulder again. "I hope I didn't hurt his feelings too bad." She said worriedly.
"I'm sure he'll get over it." Bolt said. Almost exactly two hours later, Bolt and Mittens got back to the house. Rhino had turned on the Bananas Family night show. A comedian named Tim Hawkins was on for his second time. He was in the middle of one of his jokes.
"I just got the uh, GPS for my car. I love the GPS man it's got this nice female voice: 'Keep going straight. You're almost there. You have arrived!' and that's great because I'm not used to a woman talking nice to me in the car. I'm used to: 'I told you to turn left a mile back, but you didn't want to did you? Thanks Christopher Columbus we're in a corn field now. Yay!'"
Rhino had a hard time trying to stop laughing. He thought pretty much anything Tim said was funny. The man continued. "So yeah the GPS is great. But when I got into Dallas, it went: 'Your on your own. Your guess is as good as mine.'" This made Mittens laugh. Bolt smiled.
"He is pretty funny." He said.
"He's hilarious!" Rhino said. "I think he's the funniest man alive."
Bolt grinned. "I like the joke about the alarm clock."
Rhino laughed. "Yeah. 'Last Christmas my kids got me the laziest gift. They got me an alarm clock, that projects the time onto the ceiling.'" Bolt looked at the clock. It was eight o' clock.
"I'm going to bed." He said and looked at Mittens. "Are you coming?" He asked.
Without taking her eyes off the T.V., Mittens replied. "I think I'm going to finish the show. There's one more episode." She said.
Bolt nodded. "Alright, just be quiet when you come to the bed room. Penny will probably be asleep." He said.
"Okay. Goodnight Bolt." Mittens said.
Bolt walked up to the bedroom and jumped onto the bed. Half an hour later, Penny joined him. Bolt was still awake and wagged his tail. Penny smiled.
"You tired Bolty?" She asked. She laid down under the covers and Bolt laid down beside her. Penny wrapped an arm around him and closed her eyes. "You're my good boy." She whispered, then they both fell asleep.