"How long will your story take?" Bolt asked.
"Why?" Maybelle asked.
"Well... it's just that I'm leaving soon and I want to know if you have a person." Bolt said.
"Oh. Uhhh... No I don't have a person anymore." Maybelle said.
"And you ask this because..." Maybelle trailed off trying to get Bolt to say what he was going to ask to get to the point.
"I want to know if you want to come and live with me." Bolt said.
Maybelle was silent. She wasn't expecting Bolt to ask that.
"I-I-I don't know what to say." Maybelle stuttered.
"It's okay! Penny is so nice, she will take you in like she did my other two friends Mittens and Rhino." Bolt said.
"I don't know..." Maybelle said.
"I promise, Penny will not hurt you. If you think that she will, I won't let her. I will guard you with my life, Maybelle." Bolt promised.
Maybelle thought it through.
"Okay, I will come with you. And I love you too." Maybelle said.
Bolt and Maybelle rubbed heads and heard Penny walk into the room.
Penny saw them and said, "Awww! That's so cute!"
This startled the two and they jerked there heads away from each other and looked at Penny.
"Come on Bolt. Let's go home! Mittens and Rhino are waiting at the house." Penny said.
Penny attached Bolts leash and walked with her hands still ahold of it. Penny walked until she felt a tug on the leash. She stopped and looked at Bolt. Bolt was rubbing his head with Maybelle's affectionately. Bolt stopped and looked at Penny then whined.
"Hmmm... Either you want to stay here or you want this lady-dog to come with us." Penny stated.
Bolt yipped happily at the last thing Penny said.
"Well..." Penny was thinking.
Penny saw that Maybelle has no collar, unlike the rest of the dogs there. 'She must be a stray. Poor girl. I'll go to the pet-sitter and ask if she has any papers, just to make sure.' Penny thought.
"I think it's going to work Maybelle!" Bolt said excitedly.
"I hope so." Maybelle said.
Penny walked up to Bolt and unhooked the leash to his collar. Penny then walked into another room looking for the pet-sitter. Penny found her(the pet-sitter) sitting at a table in the kitchen.
The young lady noticed Penny and asked, "Anything that I can help you with?"
"Yes there is. Do you have any records or papers on a Canaan breed dog? Particularly, female?" Penny asked.
The young lady went and tapped on her laptop.
"Nope. I can't seem to have anything. May I ask why?" the young lady asked.
"Nope! I was just curious! Thanks!" Penny said quickly.
Penny walked out of the kitchen.
"...Well... That was odd." the young lady said to herself as she continued to tap on her laptop.
"I was just curious?! What a lame excuse." Penny said to herself.
Penny walked back into the room that the dogs were in. She found Bolt and Maybelle in the same spot she had left them.
"Well girl..." Penny said slowly.
Bolt was getting excited. He got up and was panting, waging his tail like no tomorrow.
"...Looks like your coming with us!" Penny said excitedly.
Bolt nearly exploded with happiness. He ran and jumped into Penny's arms and was licking her face.
"Uh-ha! Yuck Bolt! I'm getting all slobbery!" Penny said sarcastically.
Penny let Bolt down and he ran right to Maybelle's side and sat there. Bolt yipped to Maybelle and to Penny.
"We are going home Maybelle, your new home!" Bolt said.
