Bolt- Chapter 2- Penny Finds Out
Daddy- Friendship/Romance- Started: 7/28/2009
A/N: Hey everyone, thank you all for your reviews. Well now it's time to let Penny in on the secret. Hope you like it.
Mittens crouched like a dog would when it greeted another dog, the only difference was her tail lifted and fell to the side. She had just gone into heat and was in love with a male cat, who was making his way towards her. They had been 'dating' so to speak for about three months and now his body lay on top of hers. As he adjusted himself, he spoke softly in her ear, "Don't worry, I'll always be here."
Mittens jerked her head up, she looked around and her eyes glistened with tears, that's how it started and ended the next day when he comprehended that she might be pregnant and he broke his promise and ran off on her. The tears fell onto the wooden platform and she heard something behind her.
She turned around and saw that Bolt was still asleep and beside her, she smiled and couldn't help but think about his actions earlier that day, when he saw her crying. She heard the sound again and she wiped her face of the tears and looked over Bolt and saw Penny climb up with Rhino in her hands.
"There you two are." Penny spoke, Bolt's head lifted up and he yawned,
"Hey, Penny." Bolt said through the yawn and then he jumped up, "PENNY!!!" Bolt jumped in front of Mittens to block her from view. Mittens had once told Bolt about how most humans didn't like having pregnant animals in the house.
Now Bolt knew Penny was a light hearted girl, and he did love Penny, so he wouldn't keep anything from her, but for some reason this time was different, now he didn't want to take a chance, Mittens was his friend and the last thing he wanted was taking a chance and Penny wanting to give Mittens away.
"What's with you Bolt?" Penny asked a little concerned at the excited dog that was following her gaze and blocking her view of Mittens. "Alright Bolt that's enough." Penny spoke in a semi-agitated tone, and with that, she grabbed Bolt and moved him to the side and saw Mittens, "Oh… my God." her hand covered her mouth and she then tried to reach for Mittens, who was covered up again by Bolt.
Bolt was grabbed again and Penny took his place and she gently touched Mittens' white stomach. "Wow, Mittens why didn't you tell us." Penny smiled really big, Bolt looked at Mittens and seemed happy with the conclusion of the issue, Mittens looked at the ground,
"Well I would have told you if you could have understood me." Mittens said to herself. Bolt smiled and Penny hopped up,
"I got to tell mom." she said while heading down the ladder. Mittens looked at Bolt with wide eyes, but Bolt was already on it. He jumped down the boxes and met with Penny at the bottom and grabbed the back of her pants leg and tugged at it. Penny turned around and looked at the whining canine, "What Bolt?"
Bolt looked back and forth from Penny and Mittens' resting place, whining loudly, his feet padding the soil underneath him. Penny looked over and got the idea,
"Oh, you don't want this secret to get to mom do you?" Penny smirked and Bolt barked at her and she giggled, "Okay Bolt, I won't tell my mom." Bolt barked happily at her and he ran to the house.
Penny watched the white dog make his way to the door and go through the dog door. Penny quickly ran in, in time to see Bolt, bolt up the stairs and start scratching at her bedroom door. Penny walked up and opened the door for Bolt who darted in and started barking at a picture on the wall, and running to the window where the barn could be seen easily. Penny looked at the barn and the picture, the picture was of her dad, in his military outfit, he had his burette on his head and a serious look on his face. The America flag was shown behind him. Penny smiled; her dad and mom were the ones who actually encouraged her to be an actress. It wasn't until later the week she became an actress that her dad left for the war.
Bolt looked at Penny and she returned his glance, "Bolt, what does my father have to do with this?" she asked only receiving a whine from the snow furred dog.
Bolt looked at the picture, his irresistible small sound emitting from his throat, and then back at the barn.
Penny still didn't understand, "Bolt, what are you trying to tell me?" she again asked the dog, who whined in response.
"Damn it, why doesn't she understand?" Bolt asked himself irritated, looking at the confused Penny. Bolt started looking at the window and picture again, "This is the only way I can talk to her." he thought to himself.
Penny watched the dog jump from one area to the other and she looked back at the picture and back at the barn, "Bolt, the only thing in that picture is my dad, and the only thing in that barn is Mittens, the pregnant, fatherless ca…" Penny stopped herself. She looked down at Bolt and grew an amused smile,
"Bolt…You want to find Mittens a father for her kittens don't you?" she asked the now jumping canine who bark madly with happiness.
Penny's smile faded and Bolt stopped jumping and barking, "What is it Penny?" Bolt whined to his human friend. As if she could understand the dog's question, she spoke,
"Bolt, I can't just go around and ask people if they have any male cats that would like to be a father to some female cat's babies. It would be strange." She sighed and petted Bolt affectionately, "I know you want to help Mitten's but you have to find some other way."
Bolt lower his ears and walked out of the house and back to the barn. As he walked through the tall grass that swayed in the summer breeze along with his white fur, he sat down and watched as the sun began to set and Rhino came up to him,
"So Mittens' going to have multiple tiny cats, huh?" the rodent said, "That explains her huge, gigantic hateful attitude when we met." The hamster began to laugh but stopped as he looked up to his one and only favorite canine friend.
Bolt shook his head, "Rhino, please don't do this right now."
Rhino looked up, "What? Why? You always liked my jokes."
"I know but right now, Mittens needs a father for her children. She hurts because the true father bailed on her. She needs a friend's support. So please Rhino, all I ask is that you help me find a father for her. Please for me and for her sake, be a friend to her and help me help her." Bolt said to the beady eyed companion of his.
"Anything for you, Bolt." Rhino saluted and Bolt finally smiled and returned the hand gesture with his own paw. He then watched as Rhino rolled off into the tall grass.
As Rhino walked off he thought to himself, 'Man Bolt certainly has a way with words. That's why I honor him so much.' Rhino chuckled to himself and rolled his ball through the dog door.
"This seat taken?" a familiar voice asked Bolt and he turned around to see Mittens standing there,
"Mittens!" the white dog exclaimed to the black cat, "What are you doing up. Sit down before something happens and you trip and hurt your babies!" The dog ushered the now chuckling cat to sit beside him by nudging her side and back gently, not to hurt her or the unborn kittens,
"It's alright Bolt I'm fine, and their fine, don't worry." Mittens said amused at Bolt's behavior, the white dog blushed from his action, it was kind of awkward to him that he had just felt the need to protect his friend and her babies as if they were his own mate and children. He shook the thought away and sat back down,
"So I have planned a way to get you a father for them." Bolt said to Mittens, who looked at him and he looked at her,
"Really, how?" Mittens asked happily and Bolt answered,
"I'm thinking about going around the countryside to try and find a male that is willing to stay with you and the kittens."
Mittens smiled, "Thank you Bolt but you don't have to go through all that trouble…"
"Yeah I do." Bolt interrupted, "You're my friend and I'll go out of my way to help you if I wish to, you can't stop me." Bolt puffed up his chest and Mittens giggled,
"Thank you Bolt." She simply said and Bolt deflated his chest and looked at her. They stared at each other for a long while, both feline and canine looked at the other,
'She's so beautiful in the sunlight.' Bolt thought to himself and then shook his head and they broke their gazes, Bolt sighed, how could he have just thought of that, she was his friend, not mate. The thought of her swaying fur in the breeze with the sun reflecting off of it and her emerald green eyes pasted itself in his mind and he suddenly thought of something,
"You know Mittens, if the cat thing doesn't work, then there's always the alternative." Bolt almost slapped himself, why did he even just say that without even thinking. That thought was just way to over the top. 'IDIOT!!!' he thought to himself.
Mittens looked over at him, "And what is the alternative Wags?" she asked using her nickname that she made up for him.
Bolt chuckled nervously, "I'll tell you when we try plan one first." Mittens smiled and looked at him and spoke as she laid her head on his shoulder,
"Thanks again Bolt." Bolt blushed but slowly laid his head on hers and the two friends stayed there watching the sunset, ignoring the sounds of a car door closing as Penny's mom returned from her job and Penny's voice greeted her. The world just seemed to stop in the pets' eyes as they felt each others company and warmth.
A/N: Well there's chapter 2, hope you liked it. Yeah, sorry I haven't updated in a long time but writer's block ya know. Just be happy I updated in the first place.
