American Dragon: Haley Long (Season Two)

Chapter/Episode 9: Doggone Relationships

Haley stood in front of her mirror in her room, looking herself over. She was wearing a pink dress made out of silk and white high-heels, and her long black hair was in a ponytail. Haley sighed as she put her hand on her hips. She hoped she looked presentable for Rob. He seemed to like neatness and things like that. Haley did too, and that was one of the reasons she felt attracted to him. It felt like they had so much in common.

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Haley brought her hand up to shield her eyes as her mother's camera threatened to blind her just long enough for her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs. Once she had reached the bottom of the stairs, her mother lowered the camera. "Come on, Haley..." Susan Long begged. "...Give me a smile! You're going on your first date! This is so exciting!"

"Mom..." Haley tried to say, but as she opened her mouth, her mother snapped the picture.

Susan looked down at the picture and frowned. "Oh, Haley..." She said. "You were supposed to smile. Come on, just let me take one more..."

"Mom!" Haley shouted, turning and rushing over to the door. "You're embarrassing me!" Then, she pulled open the door and rushed outside, the door closing behind her.

"Aw..." Susan moaned. "...We didn't get any good pictures of her..."

"We never got any good ones of Jakers, either..." Jonathan added, putting his arm over his wife's shoulders.

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Fu Dog was on his stomach on the floor of Canal Street Electronics, an old laptop in front of him. As Sun Park sat on the couch reading a book, Fu chuckled as he used his paws to type on the keyboard. Pulling his paws away, Fu Dog waited for a moment before he heard a dinging noise as he received a message. Taking the mouse, Fu clicked on his envelope and read the message, chuckling when he finished.

"Fu Dog, what are you doing?" Sun asked, closing her book.

"Oh, nothing..." Fu used one of his paws to close the computer. "I've just got a date...with a pooch named Brty92! Woof!"

"I thought you had a date tomorrow night..."

"I do!" Fu replied, backing out of the room. "I've got one tonight, too!"

"Fu Dog..." Sun sighed, slowly standing from the couch. "...Would it kill you to stop playing women?"

"Maybe..."

"I'm serious, Fu Dog..." Sun told the shar-pei. "...You might want to stop harassing women. It's going to get you into trouble one of these days..."

"Aw, come on, Sun..." Fu groaned. "...It hasn't yet..."

"It'll catch up with you..." Sun told him, sitting back down and picking up the book again. "I know the word karma is not part of your dictionary, but I think for your sake, you should stop..."

"Aw, come on, Sun..." Fu groaned again. " Nothin's gonna happen. I'm sure of it. I'll be back later tonight..." Then, Fu turned and rushed out of the room.

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Haley shivered as she walked down the streets. "I should have worn a jacket..." Haley muttered to herself, secretly planning that she did not say that loud enough for any passerby that was near her to hear. With another gust of wind coming her way, Haley felt her body shake. Wanting some warmth, Haley held her palm out as she blew a ball of fire into it, taking pleasure in the heat that came off the ball of fire, warming her hand.

Haley was so busy looking down at the fire in her hand that she wasn't looking where she was going. It wasn't until she heard a "Hey, Haley!" that the fire in Haley's hand disappeared, and she turned around, seeing Leah and Destiny standing in front of the restaurant. To Haley's surprise, both girls were dressed casually. Destiny was waving her over.

"Hey, guys..." Haley said as she walked over to them. As soon as she reached them, Haley looked at Leah. "So, does this mean we're cool now?"

"I guess..." Leah said, crossing her arms.

"So..." Haley said after a short pause. "Are they here yet?"

"No..." Leah replied.

"Oh..." Haley replied, lowering her head to hide her disappointed look. However, just as she was about to look up, she heard the engine of a truck. Turning around, Haley could see that there was an old 2005 Dodge truck at the curb, the door opened and Rob got out, followed by the other girl; Zoe, Haley believed was her name.

Zoe slammed the door of the truck shut, and the truck pulled away from the curb, driving off down the street. Haley watched as the two walked over to her, and Haley was once again surprised to see how casually they were dressed; Rob was dressed in his normal attire, while Zoe wore a black blouse and black jeans. Their attire almost made Haley want to blush with embarrassment.

"He's parking his truck..." Rob said monotonously.

"Oh..." Haley said. "...That's okay. Should we go inside?"

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Fu Dog trotted down the sidewalk until he stopped at an alley. Turning, Fu Dog walked into the alley until he saw another four legged creature dart out from the side of the alley. At first, the animal was in too dark of an area for Fu to see it well enough, but when it got closer, Fu could see that it was a white dog with brown spots; a Brittany..

"Are you Brty92?" Fu asked looking at the dog.

"Are you TheFuDog?" the female dog asked.

"I am if you are..." Fu told her, his lips curling into a smile, while the female dog looked him over with an unreadable expression on her face.

"Alright..." the female dog said after she finished looking him over. Then, walking over to him, she added: "You're about what I expected. So you know, my name's Brittney..."

"Brittney the Brittany?" Fu Dog asked in disbelief, then he rolled his eyes. "Cute..."

"Yeah..." Brittney growled slightly. "...I really hate my mother." However, then her face brightened and she jumped slightly in excitement, her front paws briefly leaving the ground before she got in Fu's voice, her tongue hanging out of her mouth as she asked: "So, where are we going?"

"I...uh..." Fu stammered. "...I don't know..."

No sooner had these words left his mouth, did the look on Brittney's face soften and leave her features. "...Oh..." She sighed. "...Well, I always thought that if you wanted to impress a lady..."

"Oh!" Fu started again, not wanting to be lectured. "Oh, no! That's not what I meant! What I meant to say was that I was going to take you wherever you wanted to go..."

"Oh..." Brittney's disappointed look faded, and once again, she smiled. "Okay!"

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"Uh, when I said I would take you anywhere you wanted..." Fu's eyes were wide as he stood next to Brittney. "...I didn't mean here!" The two dogs were standing in another rundown alley, a restaurant with a big neon sign that read: FIFI'S BONE CAFE.

"Why don't you want to go here?" Brittney asked. "It's the only restaurant that I can think of that serves dogs!"

"No, there are plenty more!" Fu told her quickly. "In fact, I'll be happy to show them to you! It's just...an old-AAHHH!" Before he could finish explaining, Brittney bit down on his collar and pulled him into the restaurant. Once he was inside, Fu looked around the restaurant, his heart sinking as he saw all of the dogs sitting at the booths. He knew all of them-all of the females, that was.

"What's a matter, Fu?" Brittney asked, a chuckle escaping her. "You act like you know all these dogs..."

"But I do!" Fu quickly told her. Then, he used his paw to indicate all of the female dogs in the restaurant. "That's Melissa..." Fu used his paw to a dog sitting in the first booth, then he proceeded to go down all the other booths and then the tables. "...And that's Jo, Becky, Carmen...I dated them all!"

"You did...?" Brittney's face drooped.

"Yeah..." Fu said quietly. "...And there is one who works here that I want to avoi..."

"Hello, and welcome to Fifi's..." Before Fu could finish speaking, a new voice spoke, and Fu gasped when he saw an Australian Shepherd standing in front of them. Around her neck was a collar with a tag that read: Hello, my name is Lisa.

"Oh boy..." Fu muttered.

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"How can I help you?" The dog, Lisa, asked while looking at the two. She eyed Brittney before she looked at Fu. As their eyes locked, the pleasant look left Lisa's face, and she stammered. "Fu Dog...You're...You're alive?" Then, she growled and her eyes narrowed.

"Hey, Lisa!" Fu smiled nervously. "How's everything going?"

"You know her?" Brittney asked.

"Know me?" Lisa's growl was now more of a bark. "Know me? Are you kidding? He dated me! He wanted to spend the rest of his life with me! Then...Then he left me! No! Let me rephrase that: He faked his death!"

"I'm sorry, Lisa..." Fu found himself slowly backing up. "...I really did like you. That was 400 years ago! We were just puppies back then..."

"Do you think that matters?" Lisa took a step closer to Fu. "You left me! You tricked me into thinking that you had died! Why?"

"I..." Fu tried to explain, but he was finding it very difficult, seeing as Lisa and now Brittney were looking at him. After swallowing the bile building up in his throat, Fu decided that he should just blurt it out: "BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE A COMMITMENT!" He shouted, making all of the other dogs look up from their meals. Fu did not notice, and he continued: "I mean, I realized that I couldn't just..." By now, all of the other dogs were intently listening. "...I needed more than one woman in my life!" Fu admitted, making almost all of the dogs gasp. I need more than one relationship..."

"What about me?" Brittney asked. "...Am I just a one-night stand for you?"

"Well..." Fu started, noticing that two dogs were walking up to them. Finally, Fu sighed. "...Yeah..."

Hearing this, tears came to Brittney's eyes, and she lowered her head, letting out a loud wail of sadness as the other two dogs tried to comfort her.

"You're a horrible dog, Fu..." Fu Dog looked away from Brittney when he heard Lisa speaking. "How can you be so heartless? I'm telling you, it's going to come back and bite you in the tail. I'm also promising you...that it will be me that's biting it..."

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Haley just stared at Rob as they, along with Zoe, Destiny and Leah sat at a large table in the restaurant. Zoe sighed as she put her chin in her hand. "Where is he? He should be back by now! He was only parking his truck!"

Haley rolled her eyes as she listened to Zoe. Destiny, who was sitting in-between Haley and Leah, tapped Haley on the shoulder, and when Haley turned her head to her, Destiny smiled as she whispered: "For a rebel, rocker-girl, she sure does whine a lot..."

"I guess so..." Haley shrugged. "I guess I just imagined that this would be like a date..."

"It is..." Destiny replied. "...I'm sure it just hasn't reached its full potential yet..."

"No..." Leah said, putting down her glass of soda. "...I agree with Haley. This is boring. Haley, why did you even ask us here in the first place?"

"I..." Haley answered slowly. "...I...I...I thought that it would be good for you two. You know...as a..."

"Got it..." Leah cut her off.

"Oh, Haley..." Destiny smiled. "...Even we aren't so sure about it at the moment. I think tonight is the night that we find out if it's going to work out or not..."

"You seem to be doing a very good job at trying to put your foot forward..." Leah muttered.

Haley could see the frown appear on Destiny's face, and Haley slowly found herself looking away from the two girls, just as Connor walked into the restaurant, walking over to the table. "It's about time, buddy..." Rob told him.

"Sorry..." Connor smiled sheepishly as he sat down. "It was hard to find a parking place..."

"That's okay..." Zoe smiled.

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Brittney was in the bathroom at the cafe; Brittney sniffled as she stood in front of a mirror as the door opened and Lisa stepped inside. "Are you alright?" Lisa asked.

Brittney sniffled as she slowly turned around, allowing Lisa to see the tears in her eyes. "...I guess so..."

"You know, you can't let him treat you like that..." Leah told her. "...He's no dog, he's a pig. We have to teach him a lesson. Perhaps...we can even make sure that he can no longer do that another woman again..."

Brittney sniffled again. "How?"

"I don't know..." Lisa admitted. "...But I promise you, if we think about it together, I'm sure we can think of something. We can make him regret hurting us..." As Brittney sniffled once more, she looked at Lisa, just as a smile appeared on the other dog's face.

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"...And so, she says 'Ogre, I hardly know 'er'!" Destiny finished telling her joke, and everyone at the table broke out into laughter, except for Haley, who rolled her eyes. "What's a matter, Haley?" Destiny asked once everyone had stopped laughing. "No sense of humor?"

"No, I have one..." Haley told her, picking at her food with her fork. "...There's only one problem. Well, actually two..."

"What are they?" Leah asked.

"First of all..." Haley looked up from her food. "...That joke isn't funny. Second of all, I heard that joke when I was seven..."

"If you don't think it's funny..." Rob told her. "...Then why don't you tell us a joke?"

"What?" Haley asked, so surprised that she could feel the fork dropping from her hand, dropping onto the floor. "...You want me to...?"

"...Tell a joke..." Rob replied, putting his hands on the table. "...You say that you have a sense of humor. Let's hear one..."

"Well...I..." Haley tried, but she found that everyone else was just looking at her. "I...I..."

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Brittney stood in the kitchen at Fifi's, watching as Lisa was on her belly on the floor. "Did you come up with anything?" Brittney asked in an unsure tone.

"I don't see you thinking up any solutions!" Lisa snapped back. "Give me a few minutes! I'm only one dog!"

"Sorry..." Brittney muttered, taking a step back as Lisa returned to her own place in her mind. "...I mean, it's just that...this feels so wrong. It makes me feel like a bad dog. It just doesn't feel right..."

"You have to stop thinking like a puppy..." Lisa replied as she slowly stood up onto all four legs. "...That's how I thought when I was with that poor excuse for a dog, and look at where it got me! We're not doing anything wrong! We're teaching him a lesson!"

"Isn't revenge wrong, though?"

"Aw, like I said, Brittney..." Lisa smiled at Brittney. "...You need to stop thinking like a puppy. This isn't revenge, this is justice. We're making sure that he never does to another dog what he did to us."

"So..." It finally dawned on Brittney. "...This means that you have a plan?"

"...I guess you could say that..." Lisa said after a moment.

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Fu Dog used his front paw to kick away a soda can that was on the ground as he continued on his way back to Canal Street Electronics. "Stupid Lisa..." Fu muttered to himself, his jaw clenched. "...Stupid Brittney...If she hadn't insisted on going to that stupid cafe, we could have had a great date!"

Fu Dog was so angry about the events that had just transpired, that it took him until this point to realize that he was just going around in circles; "What the...?" Fu Dog mumbled as his paw hit the can once more, flicking it a couple inches away. Then, Fu Dog looked up, groaning as he realized that he was only right outside the alley where Fifi's Cafe was. After getting passed the idea of wanting to slap himself, Fu sighed. "Oh boy..." Then, he decided out loud. "Well, I better get back to the shop..."

Fu then turned and was about to start to leave, but before he could take even a step away, he heard a cruel chuckle. Turning to the direction of where it was coming, Fu could see that Lisa and Brittney were walking out of the alley, coming right for him.

"Why, hello Fu Dog..." Lisa said. "...I must say, I'm surprised. Although, it is nice that we didn't have to come looking for you. It's like you were just waiting for us..."

"Listen..." Fu could feel his heart sink, and he could feel himself backing up. "...Lisa...Brittney. Look, I'm sorry for what I said. It's just that..."

"We don't want to hear it!" Lisa barked, cutting him off. "In fact, we are going to make sure that you never hurt another dog again!"

"What?" Fu asked, freezing. "What's that even supposed to mean?"

To Fu's surprise, Lisa did not respond. Instead, she just growled. "ATTACK!" She finally barked, and before Fu Dog knew it, both dogs were running right at him, snarling. Then, both dogs leapt, coming right for him with their teeth ready to bite down...

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Fu Dog could feel his jaw dropping as he saw the two dogs coming right for him. Yelling with fear, Fu thought quickly, and he ran away from the two, just as the two dogs landed on their paws. Lisa looked up and watched as Fu ran down the street.

"Come on!" Lisa growled, looking at Brittney, who looked angry at herself. "Let's follow him!"

"But..." Brittney tried, but Lisa cut her off.

"No time! Let's go! We have to catch him so we can teach him a lesson!" Then, Lisa started to chase after Fu. Brittney stood where she was for a couple seconds before she sighed, finally following after Lisa.

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Haley could feel sweat pouring down her face as she looked at Rob, Destiny, Leah, Connor and Zoe, who were all staring at her, waiting for her to make a joke. "Well..." Zoe finally said what no one else could. "...We're waiting..."

"I..." Haley tried to take a deep breath, but she was starting to find that the restaurant was getting rather stuffy. Now starting to breathe through her mouth, Haley started to think. She couldn't believe that it had come to this, but it had. She just had to comment on Destiny's joke.

"Haley, it's okay if you can't think of something..." Destiny told her.

"Actually, I'd like to hear one of her jokes..." Leah muttered.

Haley could feel the room getting stuffier, and as she tried to hide her nervousness, she glanced at Leah, giving her an angry glare. "Thanks a lot..." Haley muttered.

"Haley..." Haley looked away when she heard Rob's voice again. "...Let's hear it..."

"Alright..." Haley managed to make out as she once again felt her heart sink. Sweat starting to form at her forehead, Haley found herself glancing around the table, looking for something to cue her. Unfortunately, all she could find was her fork. Taking a deep breath, Haley finally said: "Okay, I've got one..."

"Well, let's hear it..." Destiny smiled.

"Alright..." Haley took another deep breath before she said: "Knock, knock..."

"Who's there?"

"Uh...fork..."

To Haley's surprise, when she said this, everyone at the table groaned. "That's not funny..." Rob told her, grabbing his fork and digging into what was left of his food.

"Oh..." Haley managed, looking down at her lap, not knowing why she was feeling embarrassed.

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Fu Dog was panting by the time Canal Street Electronics came into sight, and as he rushed into the shop, throwing the door open with his head, Fu felt like he was going to have a heart attack. "Fu Dog?" To Fu's surprise, he found that Sun was sitting at the front counter. "What are you doing back here? Aren't you supposed to be on a date?'

"You're never going to believe this, Sun..." Fu explained as he looked around the room, looking for something to block the door.

"What are you looking for?" Sun asked, slowly standing up. "Did something happen?"

"That's what I'm trying to tell you, Sun!" Fu exclaimed. "On my date, I ran into an old flame! She's ticked at me for leaving her, so now she's trying to destroy me!"

"Fu..." Sun sighed. "...Didn't I warn you about this?"

"Now's not the time, Sun!" Fu countered. "The two are coming to get me! Can we talk about this later?" Fu chanced a look at the door as Sun crossed her arms. At first Fu though that there was no one coming, but just as he turned back to look at Sun, he could hear the door open. Gasping Fu whirled around, seeing Lisa and Brittney walking into the shop.

"Did you actually think that you could run from us, Fu Dog?" Lisa growled.

His eyes wide, Fu found himself backing up so that he was now hiding behind Sun as Brittney and Lisa advanced. "Sun..." Fu looked up and stared at Sun, who was now glaring down at him. "...Please...help me out..."

Sun quickly looked away from Sun, and as she looked at the two dogs, she transformed into her sky blue dragon form in a bright light...

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Haley stood in the bathroom at the restaurant, the cold water running from the sink and drenching her hands. Quickly bringing up, Haley splashed her face, taking a deep breath as she turned off the faucet. Taking a deep breath again, she looked into the mirror. "Okay, Haley..." She told herself in a calm voice. "...Everything's fine. This date isn't ruined yet..."

Haley then turned and was about to leave the bathroom, but before she could open the door, she was forced to take a step back as the door opened, and to Haley's surprise, Leah stepped in. "Haley, I was just checking to see if you were okay..." She said.

"I'm fine..." Haley answered quickly. "...I was just coming back out..."

"Oh..." Leah said, stepping out so that Haley could follow her. Once Haley had gotten out of the bathroom, Leah continued: "So, do you think this is date is going okay?"

"I don't know..." Haley answered. "...I got pretty embarrassed with that joke..."

"Ah, I'm sure he won't judge you for that..." Leah told her as they neared the table. "...Although, even I have to admit that it was pretty lame..."

Haley nodded at first, but then she realized what her friend had just told her. Haley was about to respond, but before she could, she realized that Leah had walked away and had sat back down at the table. Sighing, Haley started to walk back to the table as well.

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"Step away, dragon..." Lisa told Sun as Fu continued to cower behind her. "...We just want the dog. Don't worry, we're not going to do anything bad. We're just going to make sure that he never hurts another dog again. Is that really such a bad thing?"

"Perhaps not..." Sun told them, not moving, and using her arm to shield Fu from any potential attack. "...However, what is wrong is how you are approaching this. Violence is not the right way. What you should do..."

"We don't need you to tell us how to react!" Lisa barked. "Just step away! We don't want to attack you!"

"...What you should do..." Sun closed her eyes for a moment, paying no attention to Lisa. "...Is talk to Fu Dog and work things out. If you resort to violence, nobody will win, but, if you talk this over and all act civil, all of you will win."

"You don't know what you're talking about..." Lisa growled. "...You have no idea what that pig did to us..." To prove her point, Lisa looked at Brittney for support, but Brittney was just looking at Sun, transfixed on her words.

Sun seemed to notice this, so she continued. "If you simply talk to Fu, you can help him see the error of his ways, if you resort to violence and you destroy him, you succeed in nothing. You'll only succeed in making yourself feel like a monster..."

"Shut up, dragon!" Lisa barked. "I don't want to hear it! A world without Fu Dog would be a perfect world! Come on, Brittney!"

Lisa started to advance one again, her teeth barred, growling. However, she soon realized that Brittney was not with her. Turning around, Lisa growled: "What are you doing? You're supposed to be helping me!"

"But..." Brittney looked down at the floor before she looked back up at Lisa, her eyes wide. "...But, I think the dragon may be right. I don't want to do anything bad..."

"you don't want to do anything bad?" Lisa growled, then she barked: "I TOLD YOU WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG! Now, are you going to help me or not?"

"I...I can't..." Brittney found herself slowly backing up.

"Fine!" Lisa growled, turning back to Sun, who was still guarding Fu Dog. "I'll take the dragon, too!" Growling, Lisa bent down, preparing to pounce, but before she could attack, a loud growl could be heard as Brittney leapt onto Lisa's back.

Right in front of Sun and Fu's eyes, Lisa went down, Brittney trying to bite at her. Lisa quickly rolled over onto her back, using all of her paws to kick Brittney off of her. Brittney let out a yelp of pain as her back collided with the floor, and Lisa growled as she stood up. Lisa looked at Brittney lying on her side, before she turned to face Sun and Fu with a snarl, however, her snarl soon faded and her eyes widened as she realized that Sun was hovering in the air.

"I thought you didn't believe in violence..." Lisa tried, trying to blink and pout to make herself look cuter.

"I don't..." Sun replied. "...But if you give me a reason, I may not have a choice..." Then, Sun brought her tail forward, smacking it into Lisa. Lisa grunted as she was thrown off of all her paws, and she grunted again as she smacked into the wall of the shop. Then, she released one final grunt as she fell to the floor.

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Two uniformed dog catchers were now at the shop, and they were now leading a leashed Lisa toward their truck. Fu Dog watched as they loaded her inside and then drove off before he walked out of the shop, walking over to where Brittney was standing on the sidewalk.

"Hey..." Fu said, alerting her to his presence.

"Hey..." Brittney replied, not bothering to look at him. Then, she added: "What do you want?"

"I..." Fu tried to think of what he was going to say. "...I just...I kind of...Thanks, I guess. Even though you attacked me...I guess I sort of...wanted to thank you for not destroying me..."

"I didn't do it for you, Fu..." Brittney said, now looking at him. "...I did it for myself; I did it because I believed in what your dragon friend said. I just wanted you to get this straight...you hurt me, and I'll never forgive you..."

"So you don't want to talk?" Fu asked sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Brittney just stared at Fu, her angry eyes boring into his. Without saying a word, Brittney simply shook her head, walking into the street.

Fu Dog watched as Brittney made it to the other side, and he continued to watch as Brittney walked down the sidewalk, disappearing into the night. Once Brittney was gone, Fu turned and walked back into the shop. Once inside the shop, Fu turned and walked into the back room, where he was surprised to see Sun sitting on the couch.

"Did you talk to her?" Sun asked.

"Yes..." Fu answered, walking over to the couch before he jumped up onto the seat. "...Well, at least I tried. She didn't want to talk. She didn't want to forgive..."

"Well, the important thing is that she did not do something that she was going to regret..."

"Well, she didn't want to go out with the Fu..."

"Like I said..." Sun repeated. "Fu Dog, what did you even do to make them so mad? Let me guess: your tendency to flirt with more than one woman at a time set them off?"

"Something like that..." Fu replied once he was resting comfortably on his belly.

"I hate to tell you this, Fu..." Sun said as she stood up. "...But this is exactly what I warned you about earlier this evening. I hope you learned something from this experience..."

"I most certainly did, Sun..." Fu told her.

"Well, then maybe you'll be willing to lay off the womanizing for a little while..." Sun told him, giving him that look that told him: If you have any respect for me, you'll give your womanizing a rest.

"Alright..." Fu nodded after a moment. "You can trust Fu..."

"Good..." Sun told him, giving him a thankful nod.

Fu Dog watched as Sun then turned and walked out of the room. After waiting about ten seconds after Sun left, Fu released his paw from under his belly. "Hehhehheh..." Fu chuckled, looking at his paw; his "fingers" were crossed as best as he could manage.

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Haley could feel the wind strike her face, and she shivered from the cold as she, Rob, Connor, Zoe, Leah and Destiny all exited the restaurant. "Well, thank you for the dinner..." Haley could hear Destiny politely say as she stood by Leah.

"No problem..." Connor replied. Then, he added: "Well, it's late. We should get going..."

"Alright..." Destiny replied. "Well, thanks again..."

Haley waited, her shivering getting more frequent, until Destiny joined her and Leah. Then, they all continued to start to walk away from the restaurant. "So..." Destiny said, trying to start a conversation. "...The food was good..."

"Yeah..." Leah agreed, simply nodding her head.

"What did you think, Haley?" Destiny asked, looking at her.

"It was fine..." Haley replied quickly, not looking up from her walking feet. "Hey, guys..." She added. "I'm going to head home on my own. I'll see you on Monday..."

"Alright..." She could hear Leah say as Haley stopped walking, allowing Destiny and Leah to continue on. Although she could not understand what the two were saying, she could hear Destiny and Leah start to talk about something; knowing that they wouldn't miss her, Haley transformed into her pink dragon form in a bright, pink light. Then, she took off.

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Rob had put on his seat belt, and Zoe was sitting in the back by the time Connor got into his truck, closing the door behind him. As Connor put on his seat belt, he smiled and looked at Rob. "So..." He asked. "...How was it?"

Rob waited for a moment before he answered; he had to find the best way to describe the night: "It was...weird..."

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"Mom, Dad..." Haley called as she closed the door to her house. Now in her human form, Haley walked into the house. "I'm home!" She announced before she walked over to the stairs.

"Oh, hey Haley-hoo!" She could suddenly hear the voice of her father. Turning around, Haley could see that both of her parents were sitting on the couch, looking at her with big smiles on their faces.

"How was your first date?" Susan asked.

"It was..." Haley started, but paused. She didn't know the best word for her night. Finally, she put her finger on the word, and she smiled slightly. "...To put it simply...it was weird..."

Then, Haley turned and started to walk up the stairs, preparing to get ready for a long night of sleep.

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A/N: So, please review.