Christmas came and went. January came and with it began a new year. One morning Kodi and Dusty were snuggled up together in her bed. Dusty was in heat, and the night before she and Kodi had finally done it.
Dusty was the first to wake. "Wake up, tiger," she said to Kodi.
Kodi slowly woke up and yawned. He turned to look upon his beautiful mate lying next to him.
"Good morning, Dusty," said Kodi with a grin. "So this is what its like to not be a virgin. I like it."
"Yeah," said Dusty. "And you were really something last night. I mean, if I needed anymore proof that you're part wolf, I just got it."
"Hey, you were pretty amazing to," said Kodi.
Dusty licked his cheek affectionately. "Come on, let's go," she said. "We don't want to be late for the sled."
"You know, it's really odd," said Kodi as they got out of the bed.
"What's odd?" asked Dusty.
"How all the humans just seem to expect us, a bunch of dogs, to be where we're supposed to be on time and everything, like we're humans or something."
"Huh," said Dusty. "I never really thought about it before. It is kind of weird."
They ran out the front door of Dusty's house and headed for the mail sled.