Shard woke up and realized her head was soaking wet, she looked up and saw Ben drooling in his sleep. "ok, just... ew" she said and started moving but couldn't and realized Ben was holding her like a teddy bear. "Great, i'm stuck with a drooling in his sleep hero" she said to herself.

She reached over to the dresser and managed to grab Ben's MP3 player, she put the headphones on and scrolled through the various playlists until she arrived at one called 'Shard's playlist'. She clicked play and Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' began to play, about halfway through the song she heard a loud knocking at the window and she saw Dusty there.

Shard pulled the headphones off "Dusty? what are you doing here?" she said confused, Dusty just smiled and pointed to his ear with his paw, in a gesture that probably meant he couldn't hear her. She frowned at that and pointed at Ben with her paw meaning she was trapped.

She saw Dusty pull a thinking face, and his face brightened quickly and he disappeared, then she heard movement in the airvent and Dusty fell on the floor under the airvent "Tada" He said smiling. Shard smiled back "Nice, how'd you find where I live?" Shard asked him.

Dusty smiled at her "Easy, I followed your scent" he said to her, Shard chuckled "Thats good, normally I would walk over and greet you but cause of Ben..." she said nodding her head back to Ben. Dusty smiled at her "Then i'll go over there" he said and he jumped up onto the bed next to Shard.

Shard smiled and nuzzled Dusty "You heads wet" Dusty said smiling, Shard giggled "Ya, Its hero drool" she said. Before either of them could react, Ben moved and grabbed both of them. Dusty yelped at that and Shard laughed, "Well, judging on how long Ben usually sleeps, were gonna be here awhile" Shard said.

Dusty smiled "Is that a bad thing?" he said, more a statement then a question. Shard grinned and snuggled closer to him "This isn't the place for this, so lets catch up" she said to him, before they could begin talking. Ben got up and looked at Shard and noticed Dusty "Hello?" Ben said to Dusty, "Hello Mr. Tennyson" Dusty said.

Shard looked at Ben "Ben, you need to work on not drooling in your sleep" She said to Ben, Ben looked back at Dusty "What with this?" Ben asked Shard still looking at Dusty. Shard looked from Dusty to Ben "Ben, this is Dusty, an old friend of mine" she said to him.

To emphasize her point, Dusty snuggled closer to Shard "Ya, me and her were together by human standards" Dusty said. Ben just shrugged and walked to the bath room to get ready for work. Shard smiled "So, remember what you said before you left with that kid who went to collage?".

Dusty grinned "I believe it was something about getting back together when we meet again" he said, Shard nodded "Exactly" she said and licked his nose. Dusty returned the gesture, after a few minutes of chatting. Ben came back, soaking wet and waering only a towel around his waist.

After another few minute, Ben found a clean shirt to wear and slipped it on, Shard grinned and nodded her head towards Ben. Dusty turned towards Ben, his eyes widened and he quickly turned away. When he turned away, the door opened to reveal Rook. Rook saw Ben wearing only a shirt and a towel and a naughty grin spread across his face "Hello Ben" Rook said walking towards Ben.

Shard faked a cough to get Rook's attention, Rook turned "Good morning to you too, Rook" Shard said. Rook just waved at Shard and noticed Dusty "Hello" Rook said to Dusty. Dusty just nodded at Rook, and before Rook could continue his advance on Ben "Ben, your pants are over here" Shard said and pointed to the pants in the corner.

"Thanks Shard" Ben said, catching the hint and putting his pants on. Shard looked at Dusty "so were an item?" she whispered to Dusty, who nodded at her smiling. "Well Shard, were going to work now, Bye" Ben said and left the room, Shard and Dusty smiled at each other as Ben and Rook left, and let to run free across the town.

Note: I'm dropping smexy hints, if you care to catch them ;)