Chapter 2: Puppy
The very next morning, up in Lincoln's room, The pre-teenage boy was wearing nothing but his fresh red undies under the sheets. He had his sweet fuzzy Bun Bun in his arms, smiling in his own happy dream. He even snuggled with it.
Charles walked over to Lincoln's face. His big, moist tongue pressed against the kid's cheeks as he licked upwards to get him awake for seconds. Lincoln then opened up his eyes as he saw Charles swiping his wet tongue all over his face. He giggled as he picked the peppy bulldog up in his hands.
"Hey, cut it out!" he said.
"I'm awake, I'm awake."
He set him down on the soft bed in front of him. Charles panted as he wagged his little tail. He barked to him as if he was trying to bond more and have a cute little conversation with the boy.
"What is it?" Lincoln said to Charles.
The dog hopped off his bed as he left the room. A few seconds later, he came back with a leash in his mouth. He sat down as he begged him for his only desire for today.
"Oh, wanna go for a walk?" he said.
Charles wagged his tail again as he barked to him once more to confirm the activity. Lincoln got out of his bed and slipped in his pajamas before he stepped outside of his room.
"Well, right now it's a little early for a walk, but maybe later on in the afternoon, okay?"
Charles stopped wagging his little tail as Lincoln walked outside into the hallway and promptly headed downstairs. His ears flopped as he put his head down and whined for a second. Cliff and Geo walked in on Charles in Lincoln's room and meowed to him. The sad dog whined to the neutral domestic cat about his walk that now had to be delayed until later on today.
All of a sudden, the three pets started to hear some ongoing chatter that was coming from down the stairs. They all sat there with blank expressions, wondering what the chatter was about. As it continued on for a good while, the pets tried to piece together what it really could be about. As they still overheard the faint conversation, the only sentence they could make out with was "He's such a good boy, that he deserves a nice little treat."
They were surprised and super happy now. They even lifted their paws up as the animals started to fantasize about the treat they were going to get.
In Cliff's mind, he believed it was going to be a really soft scratching post that he could enjoy scratching. He put his paw on his forehead before he fell on his side on the soft carpet floor.
In Charles' mind, he believed it was going to be a mountain of bacon, grease included along with lots of glazed donuts. The peppy dog salivated as he panted before he lecherously licked up the slobber from his lips. He again wagged his tail.
In Geo's mind, he believed it was going to be a sweet maze tube for him to play in. He clapped his little hands as he sat there in amazement.
They managed to snap out of their fantasizing phase when they all realized there was more than one pet in the household and they glared and growled at one another about who was really the good boy. It wasn't until Walt flew in the room they were in as well and tweeted to them about a new dog in the house.
"Arooo?!" Charles uttered as he ran downstairs in a hurry.
Cliff, Walt and Geo followed him down as well without showing any kind of hesitation. As they all reach the first floor, the pets were shocked to see exactly what they observed with their own color blind eyes. Watterson was sitting on Lana's lap, with the rest of the Louds surrounding and gazing upon him with their full, undivided attention.
"Would you believe I found this little guy wandering around the kitchen?" Lana said.
"Puffy!" Lily uttered as she extended her little arms out to Watterson, clenching her fingers in the process.
"You really found him in the kitchen?" Lynn said.
"He's so fuzzy looking," Lola added as the pets glanced at once another before they all looked back at the situation.
"Is that his face?"
"Nah Lola, you're talking directly to his butt," Lana answered.
"Ew, gross!" Lola exclaimed.
Lana turned Watterson around at a good one hundred and eighty degree angle that revealed his nose and mouth, his hair on top covering his eyes whilst his small little tongue sticks out.
"This is his sweet little face." Lana said.
"Looks like you're the butt of the joke! You should probably butt out!" Luan said to Lola before she laughed it off for a quick second. Lola then blushed and growled from the awkward joke that spewed out from the teenage jokester.
"It's so cute to look at for sure," Lincoln commented.
"I have to agree with you Linc," Lynn said.
"Can he see? I don't see his eyes..." Leni asked.
"I'm pretty sure he can see just fine," Lucy said to Leni.
"Just cause his eyes are covered up doesn't mean he can't see.'
"Well yeah," Lana answered. "Although he did bump his head on the kitchen wall when I approached him under the kitchen table."
"Ouch! I hope he's okay..." Leni added.
"Trust me, he's fine! It's not like he's blind or anything," Lana reassured as she stroked Watterson's fur. The animals feared they were to the point where they all feel like they were being betrayed by the Louds, the unexpected shocking situation almost downright broke them. It was like kicking a sweet, innocent puppy.
They all glanced to each other before Charles walked up to Lincoln and once again begged for a walk outside, including some whining and his puppy eyes for a greater effect to get his attention. Cliff, Geo and Walt just sat there and watched the dialogue all go downhill as they heard the following words being uttered from Lincoln's mouth.
"Oh, I'm really sorry Charles. I can't take you out for your walk today. I'm taking the new dog out for one instead!"
Charles could not believe what he just heard, those exact words to him felt like his heart had been shattered into unrepairable pieces. The rest of the pets started to notice that something was wrong. As Charles ears flopped again, he whined and looked down and immediately walked away from Lincoln. It was then the other pets instantly knew that it was too hard to not feel bad for him as they sadly watched the poor dog walk away from his favorite Loud as they now know that his loyalty has been betrayed for another dog.
It was Cliff's turn to take a shot at trying to grab the attention of the Louds. He approached Leni and hopped on her chest, purring as he held on to her tightly. This startled Leni as she let out a scream from his sudden appearance, and that his claws were slowly starting to penetrate her skin.
"Ow! Owww!" she exclaimed as she pulled Cliff off of her while the rest of the Louds sat there and silently watched the procedure.
"Bad kitty! Bad!"
She set the cat down on the floor in front of her and pointed towards the exact same room that Charles went in. Cliff meowed sadly as he too walked to the room in deep despair. After Geo and Walt observed it all go down, they did not hesitate following the cat to the room too, but not before the yellow canary shared a quick glare at the blond ditz, who paid no attention to him, before he flew into the room where the rest of the pets are.
Lisa brought in some data about how each of the Louds can spend time with Watterson, excluding the four pets they already have. she spread out her documents of data on the table in front of her and started explaining her theories.
"Now, I have constructed some data on how all of us can shower our affection for this particular furry canine friend here," she said. "I was thinking that if all of us spend at least a good half hour spending quality and memorable time with him, then maybe things could work out and be a perfect flawless theory that I can whip up in this interior."
"Eh, works for me dude," Luna commented as the older Louds agree.
"Sounds great," Lana added as the younger Louds agree.
"Alright, it's time for that walk!" Lincoln said to the small pupper as he hooked him to a collar with a leash. Watterson hopped off Lana's legs and bounced his way to the front door while Lincoln held the collar with his hands. The girls waved to Lincoln as he exited through the door.
"You got exactly sixty minutes," Lola said as Lincoln closed the door behind him. "Or he's dead meat."
"Well, I'm gonna go hit the showers," Luna said as she headed her way upstairs.
"Oh no you don't," Lori said to Luna. "I literally can't tolerate your noisy singing!"
She raced up the stairs to try and beat Luna to the bathroom followed by Lynn catching up close behind.
"Wait a sec! I need to be number one!" she said. Lori and Luna stopped inches before they could reach the bathroom door and got knocked down by the pee-wee sport girl as she entered the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
"Ugh! Lynn!" Lori said.
"Bogus, dude!" Luna said.
Back downstairs, the rest of the Louds wondered what to do now that their brother's out walking their new found dog. The pets waited for their opportunity to make contact with one of the Louds. Charles is still heartbroken over not getting to go on his walk with Lincoln and promptly walked over to the kitchen and out the doggy door to be left alone for a bit. Cliff, Walt, and Geo looked on and on, feeling a bit more sympathetic than before. They then return their attention to the Louds in the living room.
"What do you gals wanna do now?" Luan said.
"I must resume my experiments and studies on the average H. Sapiens and the evolution of said species," Lisa said to Luan.
"I'm gonna continue my tea party and keep track of how long Lincoln's been out walking that dog," Lola added.
"Tea!" Lily said, waddling over to Lola's side.
"I'll be in the attic," Lucy said.
"I'm gonna see the new episode of Dream Boat," Leni said as she grabbed the remote from the table.
"No, I'm gonna watch the nature channel," Lana said, snatching the channel from Leni. "And I have to be alone for the full relaxing experience."
"C'mon Lana!" Leni said as Luan, Lucy, Lola, Lily, and Lisa all head back upstairs to their rooms. "I need to see if that dreamy boy is still on Dream Boat. I even have it on DVR!"
"I'm not gonna occupy the TV that long," Lana said. "It'll take twenty two minutes at most."
She turned the television on as the sound blasted the introduction sequence of RIP Hardcore.
"No fair!" Leni exclaimed as she walked away from the tomboy girl. "At least remind me when you're done watching it."
"Don't you have a cell phone?" Lana said with an unamused expression.
"Oh yeah! Thank you Lana!" Leni said as she turned her phone on, but to no battery power left on the mobile device.
"What? Dead battery?!"
She shrieked as she hustled up the stairs and into her room to get some juice for her phone. Lana switched the television to the nature channel while the screen shows her a documentary about squirrels. Cliff, Walt and Geo glanced to each other before the three animals make their move in a quest for their love and affection back from the Loud kids.
