"Just think about it."
"Fine." Beca deadpanned, turning away from her sister to look back at the road. She tilted her head in thought and smirked back at the 21 year old sitting beside her in the passengers seat. "Nope."
"Beca!" Emily whined, slapping the dashboard. "She's great, I promise! I wouldn't set you up with a psychopath."
"Em, you think everyone's great." Beca chuckled and rolled her eyes, "This girl could be a psychopath but you wouldn't see it cause the world is full of great people who just need that one person to believe in them." Beca laughed at her impersonation of her sister, an over exaggerated chipper voice that made Emily scoff.
Emily glared at her sister, "First of all, I don't talk like that-"
"Yes you do."
"Second of all," Emily reached over and slapped Beca's shoulder, "You're almost 30 and you're single! You need to get back out there!"
Beca scoffed and raised her eyebrows in shock at the offending outburst.
"I'm only 25! You're making me sound like I'm dad - he's the one you should be having this conversation with."
"I would rather know you're getting laid instead of knowing he is." Emily said, her forehead creasing when she realized being aware of Beca's sex life would most likely give her nightmares but it was better than the alternative. "Actually, no. I don't wanna know about either of you getting laid. Ugh, Beca, but I at least wanna know you're happy with someone!"
"It's still a no. I hate blind dates, you know that. Call her and cancel." Beca ordered as they came to a stop in front of a red light, the car sitting still for a moment before the green light gave Beca the signal to proceed.
Emily groaned and slumped in the seat, her face falling in defeat.
"You suck."
Beca smirked, "I thought you didn't wanna know about my sex life."
"That would've been clever if you actually had one."
"Shots fired." Beca muttered, glancing over at Emily with a grin on her face. Emily rolled her eyes and sighed when a smile grew upon her face too.
Emily looked forward as they drove down the familiar streets of their neighborhood. They passed by the bar Beca took Emily to once she turned 21 just six months ago, then the hair salon they both visit, religiously, every five months. It was when they began to approach a reconstruction site of a Taco Bell that Emily noticed something different.
"What's that?" Emily asked, pointing forward at the windshield towards the work site.
Beca lifted her head from where it was propped on her fist, her elbow perched on the window ledge, and looked towards where Emily was pointing.
"The very cause of my despair." Beca said with an eyeroll, "The fucking nerve they have to decide to remodel."
As they began to drive closer, Emily's eyes widened at what she saw leaning against a pile of rubble and plaster.
"No! Beca it's a puppy!"
Beca nearly swerved the car off the street when she turned the steering wheel in a haste. She came to a stop on the corner of the site, her and Emily were quick to unbuckle themselves and exit the car.
Beca and Emily exchanged looks of concern and shock when they finally had a chance to fully process what they were looking at. A tiny black puppy was shivering up against a pile of rubble, white brushes of dust were patched around the puppy's coat as it bent its ears back at the sight of the two strangers.
Emily covered her mouth and shook her head, "What do we do?"
Beca took a step forward and bent down on one knee, "We'll take this little dude to someone who can help him." She slowly reached forward with her finger extended, "Ain't that right, bud?" Beca inched closer and smiled when the puppy slowly wobbled towards her finger and gave it a sniff before darting his tongue out to lick it.
Emily smiled, "Aw!"
Beca managed to gain the puppy's trust as she carefully scooped him up in her arms, careful to not agitate any wounds that the pup may have. Emily gently scratched the puppy behind his ear as they walked back towards the car, not wasting any time to get the cute little guy to the nearest animal clinic.
Beca and Emily walked into the clinic with the pooch shivering and whimpering in Beca's arms.
"How about Ash?" Emily asked with a smile.
Beca raised an eyebrow, "That dude from Pokemon?"
"No," Emily rolled her eyes, "Like ashes."
"Ashes?" Beca chuckled.
"His fur." Emily said as she ran her fingers along the puppy's dark coat.
"Let's get him examined first, Em." Beca led them to the front desk, "Names later."
"But they're gonna ask for his name." Emily frowned.
Beca sighed and turned to the woman behind the desk who pushed the phone away from her ear.
"Can I help you?"
Beca nodded down at the puppy cradled in her arms.
"We found him outside a construction site."
The woman raised her eyebrows and gasped, "Oh dear - one second." She stood up from her chair and disappeared behind a door that led to the offices and operating rooms.
Beca drew her bottom lip between her teeth, bouncing on her heels. She was hoping this puppy wasn't hurt in any way but his whimpering only seemed to sound more desperate and painful the longer they stood there. She worried it was due to how she was holding him, maybe her arm was pressing against something wounded. But she was too scared to move. He was so little, so fragile looking.
"I hope it isn't anything too serious." Emily said, as if she sensed Beca's worry.
"Me too, Em." Beca replied, looking down at the puppy and smiling softly when he arched his head back to gaze up at her, darting his tongue out to wet his nose.
A veterinarian, dressed in dark blue scrubs accessorized with fuzzy animal pins on her chest pocket and ginger hair tied up in a high ponytail, emerged from the back and with a smile plastered on her face she approached the Mitchell sisters.
"Word is you found a puppy in trouble." The vet said sadly as she got a good look at the black pup. She ran her hand down his back and lifted his chin.
Beca nodded, "Sure did. Little dude was chillin' at a construction site."
"Well don't worry." The vet smiled, motioning for Beca to hand him over, "We'll take care of him." She cradled the puppy in her arms and sighed contently as she looked at Beca and Emily.
"I'm Dr. Beale."
"Beca." Beca pointed at herself, "And this is my sister Emily."
Emily smiled brightly at the vet, "Thanks so much for this. I really hope he's gonna be okay."
"Well, you can both come 'round back and watch me do the examinations so you can see what's going on." Dr. Beale offered.
Beca raised an eyebrow, "Are you allowed to do that?"
Dr. Beale grinned, "I own the clinic. I'm sure it won't be a problem."
Emily squealed, "Yay!"
Dr. Beale smiled and spun around to lead the way, Emily hot on her tail. Beca held back a moment, smirked and scoffed at the situation they managed to land themselves in.
But it sure beats a blind date with a potential psychopath.
Beca followed Dr. Beale and Emily into one of the examination rooms, a metal cursive 3 propped up against the door that revealed a room with a table in the middle, a desk with a monitor linked to a screen on the wall, and shelves with equipment that Beca could only assume was used to poke and probe sick animals.
Dr. Beale stood the puppy up on the table and pushed her fingers against his arms and legs, stomach and back, looking for any sign of an injury. She pulled out her pen light from her chest pocket and leaned in to flash it on both of the puppy's eyes, smiling soon after.
"So far so good." Dr. Beale said, she moved his fur around and quickly noticed a few unwanted guests crawling on him, "A bit of a flea problem but that's nothing a bath won't fix. I'll have a tech do an x-ray just to check if everything's a-ok, also I'll give him his vaccines."
Beca and Emily sighed in relief.
"Sounds good, thank you." Beca smiled, rubbing the back of her neck as she gazed at the puppy's face. He sat down on the table while Dr. Beale gently rubbed his head.
"Have you two named him yet?" Dr. Beale asked.
"Ash!" Emily answered quickly when she saw Beca about to speak, "His name is Ash."
Beca rolled her eyes, "Fine. His name is Ash."
Dr. Beale giggled, "Like from Pokemon?"
Beca smirked and Emily groaned.
"No! Ash like ashes!" Emily explained, "His fur is- nevermind." She began to back out of the room, "Where's the bathroom?"
Dr. Beale pointed to her left, "From the front, it's the second door to your right."
Emily nodded and scurried down the hall. Beca turned back to Ash and hummed contently.
"You got me out of a blind date, little dude. Thanks." Beca cooed, quickly clearing her throat to gather herself from that uncharacteristic baby voice she made.
Dr. Beale giggled and leaned against the table with her hand, "Blind date?"
Beca sighed and chuckled, "Yeah. Emily tried setting me up with one of her coworkers friends. Who she's never met, by the way." Beca rolled her eyes and Dr. Beale shook her head with a laugh, "I could be...abducted on this date, who knows."
"Y'know, some people actually like the surprise part of a blind date." Dr. Beale said with a suggestive raised eyebrow, "Something about the thrill of the unknown."
"And where are these people now?" Beca asked with a smug grin.
Dr. Beale thought for a moment, realizing she hasn't spoken to these people since college. "I really couldn't say. We lost touch."
"Abducted." Beca sang in a hushed tone as she gazed back down at Ash who was watching them like a tennis match, his head moving side to side whenever one of them spoke.
"Hey, I went on a blind date once." Dr. Beale said with a grin, proving Beca's suspicions wrong because she was here and not at all abducted or killed.
"How'd that go?" Beca asked.
Dr. Beale pursed her lips, "Well...I'm single now, so."
"I rest my case, Dr. Beale." Beca snickered.
"Chloe."
"What?"
Dr. Beale smiled, "Call me Chloe."
Beca nodded, her eyes darting between the vet's eyes. Radiant blue with a soft gaze. Beca couldn't push away the feeling that they looked familiar. She then looked back down at Ash and noticed his own blue eyes, a pair of iris' where a speck of danger or intimidation is nonexistent.
Much like Chloe's. The vet with puppy eyes.
A/N: Hey, guys! Not sure where this idea came from. But I decided to put it out there to see if you guys like it and would like to see more.
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