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Chapter 11—Lady's Blue Morning
The four parents explored the park and continued to search for their puppies. Together, they scanned the park carefully, but couldn't find any of their puppies whatsoever.
"Bad luck," Pongo sighed, shaking his head.
"I don't know where they could be," Perdita sighed worriedly, her ears drooping sadly. "Oh, if only I knew…"
"Ah, that's okay Perdy," Tramp told her consolingly. "Why don't we… look for them together?"
Lady looked at Tramp, alarmed. "Tramp…" she gasped, worriedly.
"Oh, Pidge," Tramp gasped, confusedly. "What's wrong? I only want to walk with Perdy alone to comfort…"
"You know what's wrong! We've been through this!" Lady cried out. "First Trixie…then Lulu… then Fifi… then Rosita Chiquita… then Peg… now me!"
At once, Lady glared at Tramp. She realized that the Tramp that she loved was just a fantasy, for she was indeed with the Tramp of her nightmare. "But I won't let him leave me," Lady told herself, and without a word, she quickly tore off herself.
"Pidge, where are you going! Come back!" Tramp cried. But Lady ran away so quickly that in a matter of seconds she was out of Tramp's sight. She cried her way down the path, and didn't look at anyone as she disappeared behind many garbage cans, and trees. She sighed as she found a place to rest, and sighed. She knew she had to come to the realization that her love for Tramp was not mutual and that nobody really loved her at all.
Meanwhile, Pongo, Perdita, and Tramp were looking for Lady. "We can't find her in this mess," Pongo sighed, holding his head down.
"How could she just think I'd abandon her like that!" Tramp asked, gasping. Then Tramp raced back and forth and shouted, "Pidge!
Pongo and Perdita stared sadly at Tramp. Then Pongo shook his head and said, "Perdy, would you mind looking by yourself for a bit?" Pongo asked. "I want to have a chat with Tramp... a guy thing, if you'd understand."
Perdita nodded, and went off to search for Lady and the puppies. Then Pongo turned to Tramp and told him, "Can we have a talk?"
"I guess," Tramp told Pongo sadly. He was thoroughly put out and stared glumly at the ground.
"So… what was Lady talking about?" Pongo told Tramp.
"Well, okay, I'll tell you," Tramp sighed. "I have had a bad romantic past, and I've dumped many girlfriends. But Pidge should know that I wouldn't dump her… I mean, I gave up my life on the streets for her and we had puppies!" Tramp cried. "Women… I just don't understand them."
"So… you were a cad?" Pongo asked, surprised.
"Yeah," Tramp told Pongo sadly. "But I'm not anymore, Pidge is the only one I've loved for a long time now," he answered.
"Was Angel's mother one of your old girlfriends?" Pongo asked. Tramp nodded.
"So Scamp and Angel must have ran off because they were heartbroken and felt like you lied to and betrayed them… and Lady must have done the same…" Pongo told him thoughtfully.
"That's probably right," Tramp told Pongo dourly.
"So maybe you should do something to make Lady feel better…" Pongo told Tramp.
"Like what?" Tramp asked hopelessly.
"Remind Lady that you love her," Pongo told Tramp. "Be kind to her and give her your affection. I wouldn't talk to Perdy as much as you did, I think Lady couldn't help but to get a little bit jealous."
Tramp told Pongo, "Thanks Pongo… you helped. I just… well, I just couldn't think straight."
Pongo told Tramp, "You're welcome." Then he sighed, "Look Tramp, you should go and get her back right now. The longer you wait, the harder time you'll have finding her. So… get out there and good luck!"
Tramp hurried through the massive amount of garbage cans and trees, then Pongo found Perdita and told her, "Perdy, you can come now."
Perdita and Pongo then walked back to where they were before in order to wait for Lady and Tramp. Pongo sighed, "He's a poor chap, he just shouldn't have done that stuff. I just wish that they'd make up and move on."
Perdita sighed sadly, "I want to talk to Lady. She must be feeling horrible. Maybe I should comfort her and tell her that I have no interest in Tramp."
"That would help," Pongo sighed.
Meanwhile, Tramp was still on the search for Lady. He was looking for other dogs to ask if they had seen Lady. He saw a poodle with a cocky grin and a pink bow in her hair strutting by herself. "Miss… have you seen a small…"
"What? Am I supposed to be a servant to mongrels?" she squealed nastily. "For your information, I am Georgette, a show poodle earning ribbon after ribbon. I will blow all the competition away at this little place."
"Okay, okay," Tramp told her, smiling confidently. "I just wanted to know if you've seen a cocker spaniel with a blue collar."
"No, I have not! Get away!" Georgette squealed, and Tramp took off in the other direction.
Tramp then proceeded to find a fiery Chihuahua with a headband. "Hey, have you seen a…"
"Back off! Don't look down at me…" he growled at Tramp in a strong Mexican accent.
"Calm down, calm down," Tramp told him. "I just wanted to know where a cocker with…"
"Oh her, her," the Chihuahua answered. "She's gone somewhere over there," he answered, indicating across a bridge.
Tramp seized a sudden idea. "Thanks, mister."
"The name's Ignacio Alonzo…!" the Chihuahua began to say, but Tramp was not listening. He charged over the bridge, desperately hoping to find her.
And then, he finally heard a voice. A voice that was crying softly… Tramp's heart melted as he heard those cries, knowing exactly who they came from.
Tramp peered through some bushes, and he saw Lady sadly sprawled on the ground near a tree down the hill by the river. She had her front paw placed on the grass, and tears trickled down her cheek as she stared glumly at the grass.
Tramp slowly walked down the hill to Lady, and bent down to join her. "Hey Pigeon," he told Lady caressingly.
"Come to play with my heart again?"Lady asked in a soft, sensitive cry.
"Aww Pidge… you don't understand…", Tramp told her.
"I understand a lot better than you might think!" Lady told Tramp in between sniffs, but at the same time she spoke firmly and stood up. "I know about your past… I know what you did to Peg, and I don't blame Angel a bit for running away. I thought you were over it."
"But Pidge, I…" Tramp continued.
"I saw you talking with that girl back there," Lady told Tramp suspiciously. "That show poodle… she must look really pretty, doesn't she?"
"Well yeah," Tramp explained, but after seeing the look on Lady's face, he added, "Well, she does… but I'm not interested in her… not with her or Peg or Perdy."
"I… I…" Lady paused, before saying, "What do you have to say for yourself? About flirting with Perdita?"
"Okay, sorry Pidge," Tramp told Lady. "Just Perdy seemed somewhat down, so I just wanted to cheer her up, that's all. But I'm only serious with you, honest!"
"I don't believe you," Lady whispered softly to Tramp. "Why should I? You have played with everyone else's heart. I don't want you to play with mine anymore, either."
"Oh Pidge, of course I'm serious with you!" Tramp told Lady quickly. "I gave up my life filled with adventure and fun on the streets to be with you! And if I wasn't serious, why would I be out to help find our children?"
Lady didn't say anything for a bit, but looked into Tramp's eyes and told him, "You just want to get out. I should have seen this all along. You don't care about me at all. All you care about is your old life out on the streets. Why don't you just join up with Buster and then the two of you can have fun hurting as many others as you can…"
"Pidge, you know I'm not like that," Tramp told Lady. "You know I wouldn't do that."
"What do I really know about you?" Lady asked Tramp. "I don't know that much, do I? How am I supposed to know what you would or would not do?"
"Well Pidge, maybe you'll have to find out for yourself," Tramp told her. "But we should probably return to searching for our puppies. Aren't you out to help find them?"
Lady blinked a couple of times, before remembering why she was out at all. Looking at the ground, she slowly said, "You're right… that is why I am out. Well, for Scamp and Angel's sake, I will come back with you… and the quicker we find them, the quicker I can return home with them to Jim Dear and Darling. But don't think that I'm done keeping my eye out on you," Lady suspiciously told Tramp.
Tramp smiled at Lady in a small little way, and then told her gently, "Come on Pidge… follow me. Pongo and Perdita are over there somewhere, and then we'll all join up and find them together."
Lady nodded, and she decided to follow Tramp, leaving the puddle of her tears behind her. Pongo and Perdita were standing by, waiting for them. When Perdita saw Lady, she walked over to her.
"Lady, are you doing all right?" Perdita asked gently.
Lady sighed, and reluctantly told her, "I guess…"
"You really care about him, and I really admire just how much you care," Perdita told Lady. "And I think that Tramp really cares about you too. Don't worry about losing him to me," Perdita whispered to Lady. "I'm only interested in Pongo, and he's only interested in you."
Lady smiled at Perdita, and wished with all her heart that she was right.
Pongo told Lady, "Thank goodness you're back! Now let's get going and find our kids."
Lady smiled at Pongo. While still not completely trusting Tramp, Lady felt a sense of fulfillment that at least she was taking action to find her kids once again.
