Later that night, at around eight, all three of the pups were inside of the tent. Colby's parents were in the house, both of them still awake, watching a movie on TV. They were not worried about the pups for they were safe in the front yard. But if any trouble did come to them, Colby had a cellphone that way so he could call them.
"So, I got something to show the both of you. You have to make sure not to tell our parents because we'll be in big trouble if they find out about this." Colby explained to Kathy and Miracle.
He had a small shoebox with him and had something inside he wanted to show the other two. Both of the pups were waiting, full of excitement.
"We promise that we won't tell, right Kathy?" Miracle asked.
"Yeah, promise. Now show us whats inside the box!"
"Okay. Now, this might scare the both of you. Since you both are girls."
Miracle shoved him. "You jerk."
Colby laughed. He finally took the lid off, revealing what he had inside the box. It was a green garter snake. The other two pups looked up at him, frowning.
"This is what you wanted to show us?" Miracle asked. "A snake?"
"Yeah! He's my new pet. Papa would kill me if he knew I had him. He hates snakes."
Kathy yawned. "If this is what we're doing all night, looking at a snake, then I'm going to bed."
"Yeah, me too." Miracle said.
"You didn't like the surprise?" Colby asked.
"No, because we've already seen snakes before, Colby. They're pretty common in our area." Miracle told him.
"But you guys can't go sleep now! Its still early!"
"Well, what else are we going to do?"
Colby put down the box, thinking to himself for a moment. It wasn't very often that his parents let him sleep outside by himself, due to them being very cautious about the dangers of doing so. And each time it had been fun with his other friends, who were also boys. Not so much with the girls. If he wanted them to have fun just as much as he did, he would have to come up with another idea. And he already had. He knew what would make this night even more better.
"I have an idea."
"What is it?" Both of the other two asked.
"C'mon. Get up. Get your coats and shoes on."
"What for?" Kathy asked.
"Since you guys didn't like the snake, I figured that I might as well take you guys somewhere. And I know just the place."
"Where are you going to take us?" Miracle asked, curious about Colby was going take to.
"You'll see. Let me go grab my bike and wagon. You two just ready."
He left to go do that while both girls got ready. Miracle who was putting on her coat was asked a question by Kathy. "You sure we should do this, Mira?"
"Why not? It'll be fun, Kathy."
"Yeah, but...yours and Colby's parents will be upset, my grandma will be. We'll get in trouble for this. And its nighttime. What if something happens to us?"
"Kathy, we'll be fine. I promise. Besides, its not very often we get to do something like this. We're older now and we should be able to whatever we want without our Mamas and daddies always worrying so much."
When she was younger, Miracle was not bothered by parents overprotectiveness. She knew why they were. They didn't want anything to happen to her. But as the years went by she felt that by them always doing this, she would never get to experience more better things. Things that were more thrill seeking and dangerous. She had wanted to go trick or treating by herself this Halloween, but her Mama told her that there would be a bunch of weirdos out and that they could hurt her. He would rather go with her to make sure she would be alright. She understood he was like this because of his past, but she felt that by him doing this was limiting her from enjoying life to the fullest. It wasn't fair. Life would always be full of dangers and sometimes you have to take risks. If she was going to do so, she would need to break some of her parents rules and disobey them.
"This will probably be our chance to do something like this until we are older. Do you really want to wait so long to be able to?" Miracle asked her.
"Uh...well, no...but, I just think it'll be best if we stay here. We could do something else."
"Like what, Kathy? Listen to Colby talk about boys do? Tell stories to each other? Play with toys?"
"We could roast some marshmellows. I could go ask Colby's Dad if he'll start a small fire for us."
"No. Kathy, don't be such a big baby. I'm tired of Mama and Daddy always protecting from whatever could hurt me. I'm eleven years old now and am able to take care of myself."
"Its funny that you say you're tired of them protecting you, when you're trying to warn your Mama about that Sami guy."
"That's different. He is up to no good. What I want to do is not so dangerous and won't cost me my life."
"Kathy! Miracle! C'mon! Lets go, everything is all ready." Colby called out to them.
"I hope you're right, Mira." Kathy said as Miracle grabbed her hand.
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Colby took rode his bike throughout the neighborhood and to a park that was close to some woods. Miracle and Kathy were sitting in the wagon that was tied to it. The young pup knew his way very well around the town that he lived in. He found a path that was in the woods and took it to where he wanted to take the other two. For a short while, they kept on going until they stopped at some train tracks. Colby got off of the bike, motioning for the Kathy and Miracle to follow him. They walked along the train tracks until they made it to where tracks formed a bridge. Colby wanted to take them over to the other side and to get there they would have to cross.
The bridge was old and no trains came over it anymore. It led to the old train station that closed down long ago. It didn't look very safe and one of the pups could easily fall into the water below.
"Mira, I don't like this. We should head back." Kathy said, worrying about what could happen.
"Kathy, there's no need to be scared. Miracle, why don't you cross it first? Then we'll know that its safe to go across." Colby said.
"Alright, I'll go. But Kathy will come with me." Miracle said.
"But Miracle I don't want to!"
"Don't worry, I'll hold your hand. I promise I won't let anything happen to you, alright?"
"O-okay..."
Kathy took Miracle's hand, then followed her across the bridge. They walked on it very slowly and carefully. Making sure not to step in any places that break.
They were almost halfway across now. Miracle smiled, looking back at Kathy. "See? We're almost there. After Colby gets across we can head back to the house, alright?"
The other pup nodded her head nervously. She had her eyes closed, too scared open them. The wind blew around both of the pups, making them both shiver. Maybe they could still have some marshmellows when they get back? She thought happily.
Suddenly, a small animal came running from the other side. It startled the two pups, running underneath them. Kathy let go of Miracle's hand, stumbling back a bit. She fell back onto a bad area on the bridge and broke underneath. Miracle looked back, hearing her friend's loud scream.
She went over to where Kathy was. She looked down and saw her holding onto one of the boards beneath the bridge. The young pup was terrified and one of her legs looked liked it was hurt. Miracle reached out a hand towards her.
"Grab onto my hand, Kathy!"
"I can't! You're too far away! Mira, help! Help me, please!"
"I'm trying...Colby! Colby, get over here!"
The other pup came running across the bridge towards the other two. He was just as worried and frightened as the Miracle. Their friend could fall into the water below them and she could die. They had to do something to save her.
"Colby, I'm going to try to get to her. Grab onto my legs and lower me towards her."
"Are you about this, Mira? What if you both fall?"
"I'm sure. I have to save her."
"We could just call my parents and get help."
"By the time help comes it'll be too late. She can't hold on for that long. We have to do something now."
She moved that way so Colby could grab onto her legs and lower her more closer to Kathy. She reached her hands out again to her, finally being able to grab onto her. Colby pulled both of them up, getting them both to safety.
Miracle examined Kathy's leg, seeing that it was broken. "Oh shit, we have to take you to the hospital."
"It hurts so much, Mira. Make it go away." The pup said, while crying.
"You're going to be alright, Kathy." Mira kissed her forehead. "We'll get you help."
"I'm calling 9-11." Colby said. "Then I'm calling my parents."
"What? Colby, no! They can't know about this!" Miracle said.
"There's no point in trying to hide this, Mira. If we don't tell them now we'll be in even more trouble."
Miracle sighed, knowing that Colby was right. But she wasn't looking forward to facing her parents, especially her Mama. He was already unhappy with her for biting Sami and finding out about this would make him furious with her.
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"You did what?!" Dean yelled out in shock. He was just woken up by Roman, who was busy scolding their daughter.
"I went to the old bridge..." Miracle said, hanging her head in shame. Finn had dropped her off at home a short while ago. Seth was in a panic after hearing about what had happened. Miracle said goodbye to Kathy, who was being taken to the hospital.
She was greeted by her Dad when she got back home. He wasn't too happy find out that the pups had snuck out at night and went to the bridge. Both of them talking had woken her Mama up. And Miracle could tell that by the sound and look on his face that she was in huge trouble with him.
"Young lady, what has gotten into you? First you bite Sami, then you sneak out at night, almost get you and your friend?!"
"Please don't yell at me, Mama...I won't do it again..."
"Miracle, I'm just so upset. I do whatever I can to keep you out of harms way and you go and put yourself in danger. You should know better not to do those things!" Dean sat down on the couch, tears of frustration running down his face.
"I'm sorry..."
"You should be sorry, Miracle." Roman said, the tone of his voice serious. "You gave me and your mother a fright when we found out about this. I'm afraid we're going to have to punish you."
"You're ground for the rest of this month. If you behave we'll see if we'll let you go trick or treating this year. But until you're older, there'll be no more sleepovers outside."
The pup looked, now upset about this. "What? I said I was sorry, Mama!"
"I know, but until you learn not to worry us so much, its going to be that way for a while."
She stomped her foot. "You can't do that! Its not fair!"
"Miracle, please. This is for your own good." Dean said, growing tired of the arguing.
"You can't keep protecting me my whole life!"
"As long as you're living with us, we can and we will." Roman said.
"But Mama's allowed to talk to his friend and he's dangerous. If he's allowed to do whatever he wants, I should be able to do whatever I want."
"Miracle, you stop that right now." Dean stood up from the couch, getting more and more frustrated.
"No! I tried warning you about him but you won't listen to me. You're too dumb to realize that he is up to no good."
Dean had had enough. He let out a growl, slapping her across the face.
"Dean! Don't hit her!" Roman grabbed onto him, leading him back over to the couch. Dean was about the to say something, but he looked over at his daughter and upon seeing the tears, the redness on her cheek, he immediately regretted what he had done.
"Miracle...sweetheart, I'm-"
"Leave me alone." The pup took off up the stairs, slamming the door shut to her room.
Some more tears fell down his face. He shouldn't have done that. He was just so frustrated and his daughter wanted to argue with him.
"R-Roman, please...d-don't be mad at me..." He clung onto his alpha's shirt, trying to seek some comfort from him. "I-I didn't mean to hit her..."
"I know, baby, I know." Roman kissed his forehead, while rubbing his back. "You just need to remember that hitting her will not help things. We promised we would never do that."
"I-I k-know...T-that's the first time I've ever done that, but I already hate myself for doing it."
"It'll be alright, Dean. She'll forgive you. I'm going to go talk to her, alright?"
Dean leaned up, giving him a kiss. "Alright. I'm going to go check on Tommy. I'm afraid we woke him up." He could hear pup crying upstairs.
They headed upstairs, Roman going to over to Miracle's room. Dean went to over to Tommy, picking him up out of his crib. He patted his back trying to calm the crying pup.
Roman went inside of Miracle's room, seeing his daughter sitting on bed. She was still crying after what had happened.
"Miracle, honey."
"D-daddy?"
"Yeah, its me, sweetheart."
"Does Mama not like me anymore?"
"What makes you think that?"
"He's angry with me...He hit me."
"Miracle, your Mama loves you. We both do and always will. He was upset is all."
The pup wiped at her eyes, then hugged him. "I'm sorry Daddy, I just want to be more free. To do what I want. And I'm scared for Mama because that new friend he has is weird. I don't like him."
"I don't either Mira, but we have to give him a chance at least. Besides, as long as you and me are me are here Mama will be safe."
Miracle looked up, seeing her Mama in the doorway looking the at the both of them. He had a small smile on his face and he mouthed he was sorry to her. She did so, too. Tonight was a huge setback for them as family, some things were said and done that shouldn't have been. But their love for one another was still strong and nothing could ever tear them apart.