'That dog has way too much energy."

Rose eyed the energetic ball of fur that was somehow still bouncing around by their feet and shook her head in wordless agreement. "How," was all she managed to get out.

They'd been taking turns for the last two hours to run around with their six-month-old puppy, Zeus, throwing balls, and frisbees, and sticks, literally anything since he would run after literally everything.

"It's your turn." Dimitri nudged his wife, but she didn't budge an inch further than turning pleading eyes on him. "No," he said, shaking his head vehemently. "It's your turn."

"But my arm hurts."

"Tell that to him." Dimitri nodded at Zeus who was practically vibrating by that point, tail wagging hopefully, as he nosed the ball at their feet.

Rose groaned, more dramatically then Dimitri had ever heard her, and picked up the ball and lobbed it across the yard in one smooth movement. She'd put a little bit extra into the throw and the ball had disappeared into the tangled foliage at the back of the yard. It had been there when they'd bought the house and they hadn't had the time or the effort yet to do anything about cleaning it up.

"Is this what having kids is like?"

Dimitri shrugged as they watched the dog go bounding into the foliage, and disappearing from sight. He thought back to his childhood, to the way he and his siblings used to run his mother ragged, still bouncing with energy even when she was clearly dead on her feet.

"A little, yeah," he admitted.

She shuddered delicately, and leant back on a hand, eyes unfocused as she thought. Dimitri glanced at her; this was the closest they'd come to talking about the whole kid thing since they'd found out it was possible at all, and Rose had wordlessly gone on the pill. But he waited and Rose didn't offer anything else. Secretly, he was happy not to discuss it, they were both young and had barely been married two years, he didn't think either of them were ready for kids.

Dimitri was saved having to find a response, or come up with a topic change, by Rose bolting upright, eyes wide with fear. "Shit, where'd he go?"

Swearing under his breath, Dimitri scanned the backyard, realising that the puppy hadn't come running back after retrieving his ball. They both bolted up off the back porch at the same time and mindless of the spiders and other insects no doubt inhabiting it, went crashing into the foliage.

"Zeus! Zeus, where are you, baby?" Rose called and heard Dimitri do the same somewhere to her right. She shoved the fronds out of her face, not caring as they scratched her hands, and desperately searched the garden for the little dog. Then finally his little face came into view, and God help her it looked like he was smiling at her, no doubt enjoying the attention.

"Dimitri, I found him."

She heard Dimitri mutter something in relief, quickly scooped Zeus up before he could disappear again, and went stumbling back out of the foliage. Dimitri was by her side in an instant, running a careful hand over the puppy's head, as if checking to make sure he was really okay.

"We are so not ready for kids," Rose muttered, and ducked down to kiss Zeus' nose.

Dimitri didn't answer her but in his head he had to agree as he wrapped an arm around her and brought them both close, the dog already wriggling and squirming, ready to be let down and resume the search for his ball.

Sup guys, quick update, hope you guys like it and hopefully the next update will be soon. Next chapter will be Outside, give me ideas guys :D