Life After High School - Ten Years Later
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: We don't own them.
Summary: Just read the damn thing.
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(Jamie's POV)
A few days after I had found out that I had a twin sister, the kids were staying at Lotti's house and Debbie had come home with me. Frodo was amazed. So were our other siblings. We had always wondered if there were anymore of us out there. A few hours after Debbie and I returned to Bag End, I picked up the phone and called The Silver Stallion.
"Hello?" It was Benny.
"Hi Benny, It's Jamie. Can I talk to Ria?"
"Sure. Ria! Your mum is on the phone!" There was a yell of 'ok' somewhere and Ria got on another extension. I heard Benny hang up the phone on his end.
"Hi mum!" said Ria, full of beans, as usual.
"Hey honey. How are things going?"
"Good. Galia went back to school today. Kane and Vince and Me were playing with Chrystal."
"Oh okay. I just rang to see how you were. But it looks like you're having fun without me so I hang up."
"No mum!" Ria laughed. "Don't hang up! I was kidding!"
"Well, in that case, guess what?"
"Your mad and I'm not?"
"To true honey! No, do you remember when you overheard Julia and Jake and me all talking about whether we had any siblings we never knew about?"
"Yeah."
"Well, we found one."
"You're joking?"
"Nope. Hold on, I'll put her on."
I handed the phone to Debbie. "It's my oldest, Ria." I said.
"Hi Ria. How are you?"
I left them to talk to each other. I went outside to feed the dogs.
As I went outside, with the food, I heard one of the dogs whine. I recognized it as Casper. I ran to the kennels. Casper was lying there, whimpering. Starlet and Diana were sitting next to her, licking her face. I could tell something was wrong. The next thing I knew, I was calling the vet, Ronnie Grisham.
When Ronnie came, she checked Casper over. She turned to me.
"I'm sorry Jamie. Casper is getting old. She has lived long enough and she's got arthritis in her hindquarters. She's in a lot of pain. I suggest you allow me to put her to sleep."
I gasped, tears springing into my eyes. Both Debbie and Frodo held me close as Ronnie administered the shot. Casper fell into an eternal sleep. I felt like I was losing my best friend - all over again.
The next day, Frodo dug a hole in the back yard and we had a proper burial for my beautiful four-legged companion. We nailed a cross at the head of the grave.
'Here lies a faithful and trusting dog. May she Rest In Peace forever. Love now and forever, Jamie, Frodo, Ria, Fortuna, Todd and Brodie.'
Debbie barely knew my dog and requested that she should not be put on the gravestone.
My dog. My brave and beautiful, trusting friend was gone. I began to cry.
A few days after I had found out that I had a twin sister, the kids were staying at Lotti's house and Debbie had come home with me. Frodo was amazed. So were our other siblings. We had always wondered if there were anymore of us out there. A few hours after Debbie and I returned to Bag End, I picked up the phone and called The Silver Stallion.
"Hello?" It was Benny.
"Hi Benny, It's Jamie. Can I talk to Ria?"
"Sure. Ria! Your mum is on the phone!" There was a yell of 'ok' somewhere and Ria got on another extension. I heard Benny hang up the phone on his end.
"Hi mum!" said Ria, full of beans, as usual.
"Hey honey. How are things going?"
"Good. Galia went back to school today. Kane and Vince and Me were playing with Chrystal."
"Oh okay. I just rang to see how you were. But it looks like you're having fun without me so I hang up."
"No mum!" Ria laughed. "Don't hang up! I was kidding!"
"Well, in that case, guess what?"
"Your mad and I'm not?"
"To true honey! No, do you remember when you overheard Julia and Jake and me all talking about whether we had any siblings we never knew about?"
"Yeah."
"Well, we found one."
"You're joking?"
"Nope. Hold on, I'll put her on."
I handed the phone to Debbie. "It's my oldest, Ria." I said.
"Hi Ria. How are you?"
I left them to talk to each other. I went outside to feed the dogs.
As I went outside, with the food, I heard one of the dogs whine. I recognized it as Casper. I ran to the kennels. Casper was lying there, whimpering. Starlet and Diana were sitting next to her, licking her face. I could tell something was wrong. The next thing I knew, I was calling the vet, Ronnie Grisham.
When Ronnie came, she checked Casper over. She turned to me.
"I'm sorry Jamie. Casper is getting old. She has lived long enough and she's got arthritis in her hindquarters. She's in a lot of pain. I suggest you allow me to put her to sleep."
I gasped, tears springing into my eyes. Both Debbie and Frodo held me close as Ronnie administered the shot. Casper fell into an eternal sleep. I felt like I was losing my best friend - all over again.
The next day, Frodo dug a hole in the back yard and we had a proper burial for my beautiful four-legged companion. We nailed a cross at the head of the grave.
'Here lies a faithful and trusting dog. May she Rest In Peace forever. Love now and forever, Jamie, Frodo, Ria, Fortuna, Todd and Brodie.'
Debbie barely knew my dog and requested that she should not be put on the gravestone.
My dog. My brave and beautiful, trusting friend was gone. I began to cry.