Mittens' P.O.V.

Rhino got pretty mad after Bolt and I came out of hiding, but he got over it when we said we'd both slipped and hit our heads, putting us into a very short concussion. He actually asked if there was anything he could do to help.

Bolt and I tried not to laugh, but Bolt ended up rolling on the floor with laughter, Rhino asked what was so funny and I told him Bolt was a bit delusional after hitting his head. Rhino nodded and went to watch T.V.

Now Bolt and I were sitting on Penny's bed talking about, stuff. At first it was just about random little things like favorite colors and stuff, but now it was getting a little bit more personal. Bolt was asking about my life before I'd met him in that alley.

"How long were you an alley cat?" Bolt asked from beside me.

"Not too long, probably like half a year or so. It didn't take long to get those birds getting me food. I just offered them protection for half their food. They bought into it and agreed. One day I, after I had just scared the life out of one of the birds, I was tackled by an insane Whit dog. He kept talking about a 'Green eyed man' and all that stuff." Bolt was quietly listening and laughed when I got to the part of the insane white dog.

"Yeah, I must've seemed insane to you." Bolt let out another chuckle. "Sorry about that. But look where we are now. Nice house, nice owner, each other."

I nodded and scooted closer to him. "I had no Idea I'd end up living with that insane dog. None the less falling in love with that him." I said rubbing my nose against Bolt's cheek. He seemed to like it.

"And yet, here we are." Bolt smiled and pulled me closer.

"Yup."

We sat like that for a couple minutes before we heard the front door open. A few seconds later, Penny walked through the door and put her stuff down on a chair. She hadn't even noticed Bolt and I laying on her bed.

Penny picked up mine and Bolt's leashes and walked outside the door. "Bolt, Mittens, Rhino, do you guys want to go to the park?"

Bolt chuckled before barking at Penny. She stiffened from the surprise and slowly turned to see Bolt and I.

"Oh, that's where you are. Didn't see you guys." Penny laughed at her self and then repeated her previous statement. "So? Do you wanna go to the park?"

Bolt got up and nodded, wagging his tail. I followed him to a standing position and purred. Our different ways of saying yes to our owner.

"Great, come here." Penny sat on the edge of the bed and we walked to her. She quickly put on our leashes and brought us outside to the living room. "Hey Rhino, do you want to come to the park with us?"

Rhino looked up from the T.V. and nodded. "I'll get my ball!" Shouted the hamster as he jumped of the couch and scurried over to where his ball had ended up on the floor. He jumped into his ball and pulled the cap un. "Let's go." Rhino rolled over to Bolt Penny and I.

Penny laughed seeing Rhino do all this by himself. Normal hamsters would just sit in their cage and run in their wheel. "K, this'll be fun!" Penny wrote a quick note for her mom and we were off.

I enjoyed walking out in the fresh air. Obviously Bolt did too because his tongue was hanging out of his mouth and his tail was out of control. "Having fun?" I asked the white dog. Bolt nodded and moved a bit closer to me.

We arrived at the park and Penny clipped off our leashes. "You guys have fun. I'll be over there with my book." Penny pointed over to a bench and I laughed as I noticed multiple people staring at Rhino. I guess hamsters aren't normally brought to the park.

"Hey guys." Rhino called us "I'm goona go sit with Penny, k? I'll see ya later."

Bolt and I nodded and Rhino was off towards the bench Penny was seated in.

"So? What do you wanna do?" Bolt asked me quickly, but was cut off at the end by another voice from behind us.

"Mittens? No way, is that you?" The voice called. I turned to see jack. A cat I'd met while I was in the alleys. "It is you!" Jack screamed running up to Bolt and I. Bolt was in a defensive stance, but Jack didn't seem to notice.

"Um, Jack. Hey. How've you been?" I asked trying to keep Bolt back from pouncing on my old acquaintance.

"Pretty good. Where've you been though? Haven't seen you in ages." Jack must be really oblivious not to notice Bolt's warning glares.

"I'm, um, I'm living with my new owner Penny." I said quietly. I had no idea what Jack would think of this.

"You're living with a human!?" Not a good reaction. "After what you're old owner Jessica did to you?" Jack screamed at me. I froze, and Bolt, after seeing my reaction stepped in.

"Leave her alone. I don't care where you know Mittens from but she doesn't deserve to be yelled at." Bolt said sternly.

"Who the hell are you?" Jack looked around Bolt's shoulder "What's this? You friends with a dog now Mittens? You said you wanted to always be alone when I knew you. You never let anyone get close to you! Now you're friends with this mut?"

I felt a tear in my eye from the mention of Jessica, my old owner. And this wasn't helping. "Please jack, go away." I turned to walk a couple feet away.

"Where are you goin-" Jack was cut off by a fierce growling. I turned my head and saw Bolt leaning over Jack with his teeth threatening to come down.

"She said leave her alone." Bolt growled at Jack. "Now."

Jack slowly started stepping away from Bolt with a look of pure fear on his face. I've never seen Bolt this mad before…

Once Jack was about 2 feet away, he spun around and ran screaming. "You've changed Mittens. And not for the better."

I was frozen in place when I felt Bolt beside me. "Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's talking about." The old Bolt was back. I turned so I could shove my face into his neck and cry.

"Mittens?" Bolt wrapped his arms around me in concern.

"Just bad memories. About my old owner." I sobbed into his warm neck, not wanting Bolt to see my face.

Bolt didn't ask any questions, just ran his paw up and down my back. "It's okay. You don't have to say anything. We can just stay like this for a while." And we did. Bolt ignored all the looks he was getting from other dogs and cats. Looks of disgust at the two of us. Looks of confusion, hatred, even sympathy from some of them who had sawn what had happened.

After who knows how long, I looked up from my big dog's neck. The sky was dimming and almost everyone had gone home. Bolt looked down at me trying to figure out what I was thinking.

"Time to go home?" I asked Bolt. I knew it must have been boring for him just sitting there.

"Yeah, Penny fell asleep a couple minutes ago waiting." Bolt smiled. "But it's okay. You needed that, and I'm happy you're not sad anymore."

"Bolt…" I followed after the white dog as he went and licked Penny's face until she swatted him away giggling. "That's gross Bolt. You ready to go?"

Bolt nodded and walked back to me, rubbing his nose against mine. "Let's go." He said as Penny re-attached our leaches.

It was a relatively silent walk home. All the house lights were turning on as the sun set. "Did you guys have fun?" Penny asked Rhino, Bolt, and I.

We all nodded. I did have fun, other than the incident with Jack. I got to snuggle with Bolt at least, and that always makes me happy.

"What're you thinking about Mittens?" Bolt padded up beside me.

"Snuggling with you." I said truthfully. Bolt grinned and moved a bit closer.

"Well there's lots of time for that now, isn't there?" Bolt said quietly.

"Yup." I smiled. "And I plan on using every second of it."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. I love you Bolt."

"Love you too. And if anythings ever bothering you, make sure to tell me. I'll try my best to help out." Bolt said as we reached our house. Penny looked down at us with a confused, but happy look on her face.