A/N: Bipitty-boppity-BOO! *poof* And here's your chapter :) What can I say? I'm a night owl! O O (- that's supposed to be an owl...) \/

Humph.. something messed it up... well enjoy! Hoo!

As any other day, Randall walked Kimmie to school, but he was trailing behind a tad due to his broken leg. "Wait up kid! Broken leg here!" he huffed. Kimmie suddenly stopped, almost making him knock her over.

"Hey, what's your issue?" he snapped.

"Shh! I hear something!"

Randall shut his mouth reluctantly.

"Do you hear that?" she asked.

"No."

"Listen closely!"

Randall cocked his head to the side, straining for the so-called noise. Then he heard it. It was a low, faint whimpering noise. Kimmie looked around. "I think it's a dog!" she said.

Randall nodded in agreement. "Ok, now we know what it is, let's go."

"No! It could be hurt! We have to help it!"

"But… ugh...fine…" Randall sighed and gave up.

"Here doggie, doggie, it's alright! We won't hurt you." Kimmie said softly. A scruffy, skinny, and very dirty dog limped out of the bushes. Randall recognized it almost immediately. It was that dog from the alley ways that had chased him! He grabbed Kimmie and held her back.

"Stay away you mangy mutt!" he snapped at the dog.

Kimmie struggled against him. "Randy! Don't call it that! That's not nice!"

"It almost made me a giant chew toy! That's what I call not nice!" Randall protested.

Kimmie broke free and before he could stop her, she went up to it and offered up her hand. The dog sniffed it, whined pitifully and backed away. "Don't be afraid, we can help you." she cooed.

The dog sat down and looked up at them with sad brown eyes. Suddenly it leapt up and started licking Randall's face.

"Ouch! Get off you filthy mongrel!" Randall snarled, shoving it roughly off. The dog backed down and whimpered again. Kimmie reached over and gave it a pat on the head. She turned back to Randall.

"Oh Randy, can we keep her? Please?"

Randall frowned.

"That's not up to me kid."

"Then let's go home, skip school for the day and care for her!" Kimmie clasped her hands together and made a very convincing puppy dog face.

"Uh…."

"We need her! She needs us!" Kimmie pleaded.

"Fine…" Randall gave in and took them home.

Kimmie giggled as they came through the front door and the dog woofed happily.

"Just as long as this mutt doesn't sleep near me." Randall said in disgust, moving his hand away as the dog started to lick it.

"We should name her!" Kimmie said.

"How about Barkbreath?" Randall growled.

"Randall!"

"No? Ok I have some more, Mangy, Bozo, Po-"

"Randy! Stop it, you're hurting her feelings." Kimmie said.

"Does it look like I care?"

Kimmie thought for a minute. "How about Sadie?" she asked.

"Do what you want." Randall drawled and headed for the kitchen.

"Can you get her some food?" Kimmie asked.

"We don't have dog food."

"Maybe she'll eat human food like you."

"I'm no expert on dogs kid, but I'm sure she shouldn't eat too much human food." Randall said.

"Then can you take us to the petshop?"

"Ughhh.. she can go herself."

"She's a dog."

"Alright, alright!" Randall put the banana down grudgingly, grabbed the spare wallet, and headed for the door, snapping his fingers. "Come on, let's go, I haven't got all day."

Kimmie giggled and whispered into the dogs ear, but said it loud enough for Randall to hear. "Don't worry, he's tough on the outside, but once he warms up to you, he's a real softy."

Randall frowned and led them out the door.

As they arrived at the pet shop, Kimmie made Randall get down on all sixes and act like a pet, much to Randall's annoyance. As they walked in, a cashier noticed them and called out.

"Welcome to Petland! Can I help you, ma'am?" Kimmie ignored her, not realizing that she was being spoken to. Randall realized she wasn't used to being addressed as 'ma'am' and nudged her.

"Hey, she's talking to you, kid." He muttered.

Kimmie whipped around. "Oh, sorry, I didn't hear you."

The cashier looked around. "Where are you parents?" she asked.

"He's at work."

"Oh ok then, can I help you find anything sweetie?"

"Dog food."

"Would you like me to lead you there?" the cashier asked.

Kimmie looked down at Randall. He shrugged. "I'm ok thanks!" she answered.

"Ok sweetie, if you need anything, let me know. I'm Jessie." Jessie gave her a warm smiled and turned to one of her customers.

Randall led Kimmie to the dog isle. "Okay, grab your goods and let's get out of here." He said.

Kimmie looked at the numerous varieties of dog food that lined the shelves. "Umm which one?"

"Whichever gets us out of here quicker."

Kimmie attempted to hoist the closet bag off the shelf, but it was too heavy and she dropped it.

"Move." Randall said as he took her place and picked it up.

"Thanks Randy." Randall sighed.

"Don't sweat it." Randall realized they couldn't get the bag home unless he blew his cover. "Kimmie, go get that Jessie lady and get her to carry the bag home for us." he ordered.

Kimmie nodded and headed to the front of the store. She came back moments later with Jessie. Jessie stooped down and took a look at the bag. "Sweetie, this is puppy food. Your dog looks about 4. She can eat adult food now." she said, glancing at Sadie.

"Oh…" Kimmie said.

"It's okay, I'll get it for you." Jessie said and lifted down another brand of food. She led them to the counter and rung it up on the register. "That will be $20 even sweetie." she said.

Kimmie looked in the wallet. Randall reached over and plucked the $20 out and handed it to her.

"Wow, your lizard's pretty smart." Jessie said, very impressed.

"Yup!" Kimmie said as she stood on her tiptoes and handed her the money.

Jessie placed the money in the cash register and walked around the counter to Jessie. "Do you need a cart to carry it home?"

"Can't you?" Kimmie asked.

"Oh no sweetie, I'm sorry, I can't leave while I'm on my shift." Jessie shook her head.

"Oh…" Jessie went over to one of the carts. "How about I put it in here for you, you can use the cart to take ti home, and then bring it back?" she suggested.

"Ok!" Kimmie agreed happily.

Jessie put the bag of food into the cart. "Maybe your lizard can push it since he's so smart."

Randall nodded and stood up to his full height.

Jessie blinked in surprise. "Wow, he understood me! Take care of him sweetie, he's a very special pet." She said, waved, and went back to her register.

Randall pushed the cart all the way back to the foster home, unloaded it, and quickly returned it. When he came back, he found both Sadie and Kimmie sleeping. The bag of food was on its' side on the floor, food spilling out the side and the bowl next to it had been licked clean.

Kimmie stirred, and embraced the dog as she slept and muttered, "Sadie…"

Randall, despite himself, felt a twinge of jealousy.

Randall woke up to the sound of the door jiggling and opened his eyes as Marra and Grant came in.

Grant sniffed. "What's that smell?" he asked.

Marra caught sight of Kimmie and Sadie. "Looks like Kimmie has brought home yet another pet." She said.

Grant looked over and wrinked his nose. "That dog smells, we should wash her." He remarked.

Marra nodded in agreement. Grant went over and gently woke Kimmie up.

Kimmie blinked sleepily. "Oh, hi Grant." She yawned.

"Who's this?" he asked, gesturing to Sadie.

"It's just Sadie… can we keep her?"

Grant looked at her. "If we give her a bath, she stinks." He smiled.

Kimmie giggled.

The last one to come in was Adam. He looked at Sadie, who was now clean, and panting happily as she received table scraps from each of the children.

"Who's this?" he asked.

"Sadie!" the kids said in unison.

He smiled and approached her. "Hey girl." He said softly, letting her sniff his hand and then pat her. "Welcome to this ever growing family." He laughed.

After dinner was over, everyone went to bed. Kimmie brought Sadie into the room along with Randall this time. Sadie ran in and beat Randall to the end of the bed.

"Hey! Scram mutt, that's my spot!" Randall hissed.

The dog ignored him and settled down happily.

"Would you mind if Sadie slept there? Just for tonight." Kimmie said.

Randall frowned, feeling a bit hurt. "Then where am I supposed to sleep?"

"Umm on the floor next to my bed?" Kimmie suggested.

"That's the stupidest idea ever. See ya." Randall growled, more hurt than mad, and stormed out.

"Wait! Randy!" Kimmie cried out but he had already slammed the door.

Randall frowned as he heard Kimmie get settled and say to Sadie, "G'night Sadie. I love you."

He grumbled to himself and headed for the couch, taking care not to trip over anything in the dark. He sighed as he settled down on it. He knew he really shouldn't, but he felt jealous. To think that he, Randall Boggs, felt threatened by a dog! He felt like that dog was replacing him and he didn't like it one bit.

A/N: Aww Randy don't feel replaced, we all still love you! :'(

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think the stories, about a little more than halfway over! Thank you guys so much for all the reviews and I admit I'll be sad to see this story end! But, I mean, I can't drag it out forever… :3 See you soon!

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