While Maybelle and Bolt were sleeping, both were dreaming about how their lives could be in the future.
Both Bolt and Maybelle were playing in the front yard. They were chasing each other around and having a lot of fun.
"I'm going to catch you, Maybelle!" Bolt said.
Maybelle chuckled.
"Oh I don't think so!" Maybelle responded and kept running.
They chased each other all around the property, catching and chasing one another. While Bolt was being chased by Maybelle, Bolt noticed a strange male cat walking up to the house. Bolt stopped. There was not supposed to be another cat around. Bolt was going to follow the strange cat, but Maybelle tacked him from the side. They rolled and tumbled across the grass and came to a stop with Maybelle on top of Bolt.
"Ha! Got you again!" Maybelle said excitedly.
"Wow! You sure can tackle, can't you?" Bolt asked.
Maybelle chuckled.
"Yep! I do have experience!" Maybelle answered proudly.
Bolt remembered why he stopped in the first place. He looked back over to the house. The strange cat was gone. "Oh we must have scared it off when Maybelle tacked me." Bolt thought.
Maybelle was still on top of Bolt, looking at him as he turned his head away to look at the house for a couple seconds. Maybelle looked at the house also, then looked back at Bolt confused.
"Bolt? What's wrong?" Maybelle asked.
Maybelle's voice brought Bolt back to reality. He looked back up at Maybelle.
"What? Oh, nothing. ...Just wondering how you can tackle like that." Bolt answered, trying to cover up the real reason.
Maybelle knew Bolt very well now. She could tell that Bolt wasn't telling her something. Maybelle raised an eyebrow and got off of Bolt so he could get up.
"Come on Bolt. I know that you are trying to hide something." Maybelle said.
"Darn it! How did she know?!" Bolt thought as he got up.
Bolt fessed up and asked, "Have you seen a male cat roaming around the property lately?"
Maybelle looked around then at Bolt.
"No. Why?" Maybelle asked.
"I just saw one. It was walking up to the house." Bolt said.
"What?! We need to make sure that it didn't get in the house!" Maybelle said concerned.
Maybelle was right. What if it did get in the house? It would probably attack Mittens and Rhino!
"Alright. Let's go." Bolt agreed.
They were both tired from all the running, but they still ran up to the house and stopped just outside the door.
"Okay. What we will do is-" Bolt started but Maybelle cut him off.
"Sneak in the house slowly and cautiously look around for that cat!" Maybelle whispered, finishing what Bolt was going to say.
"...Yeah. How did you know?" Bolt asked.
"Bolt, I've lived with you for a while now. I should know what to expect from you." Maybelle said softly.
"...Am I really that obvious?" Bolt asked.
"Yeah. But that's one of the many reasons that I love you." Maybelle answered.
"Oh. I love you too." Bolt added.
Maybelle smiled.
"Okay... Let's go." Maybelle said.
Bolt nodded and went through the doggie door first.
When they got in, they carefully searched the kitchen. Then padded over to the living room. Bolt and Maybelle both got to the living room to find...
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN MY NEXT CHAPTER!
