And here's chapter two…this is mostly written by Catgirl, I just did some editing and added some details and other material. Anyway…on with the story!

"Kids, get over here!" Charlie called. Wincing, the foursome got up from the table and headed for the garage.

"W-What's up, Dad?" Kade called nervously as Graham opened the door. Then all four siblings gasped in surprise at the sight that greeted them.

Their dad was leaning down under the front of one of Kade's fire truck, fiddling with something near the right front tire. He pulled away and sat up, holding the tricolor basenji puppy in his hands.

"Poor little thing was trying to crawl inside the hubcap," Charlie told them, and shook his head in disbelief. He frowned at a tipped over cardboard box with a pink blanket spilling out of it.

"Probably trying to find someplace warm…" Kade guessed, "Maybe she got in from outside..." The others motioned for him to be quiet.

Charlie stood up carefully, still holding the pup in his hands, and looked sternly at his children. He asked, "Did you put it in here?"

"Yes, Dad," Cody admitted before Dani could. He knew technically the situation was her fault, since she'd brought home the dog. But he didn't want her to get in trouble.

"Family room…now." Said Charlie.

Cody, Dani, Kade and Graham did as they were told and followed their Dad back into the firehouse. All four of them sat on the couch, waiting anxiously for what he had to say.

Their father frowned at all four of them, "From how you were all acting at the dinner table, I presume you were all in on this, right?"

"Well mostly it was Dani," Kade blurted out. Dani whipped her head around to glare at him indignantly. "But it was all of us," Graham interrupted before a fight could break out.

"I found her three days ago," Dani told their dad, "She was in a box under a rowboat, over on the east end of the beach and totally alone."

"Yeah, and she's only a couple days old. We meant to tell you about it today," Cody explained, "After dinner."

The others nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Dad," Kade mentioned, "We knew you'd be tired from the clean up after the hurricane, so we figured we'd give it a few days."

Dani nodded, though she still glared slightly at her brother while addressing their father, "Please don't send her away to Animal Control, if nobody wants her, she'll be put down."

Charlie Burns glanced at the young dog. The puppy started squirming and whimpering, and he handed her to Dani. The girl reached out and gently cradled the little dog in her arms, within seconds the pup settled down.

"You do know that you all should've told me in the first place, right?" Mr. Burns asked, addressing all four kids.

Graham nodded, "Yeah." The others lowered their head. "We're sorry. We were really worried," Cody added.

"We'll take whatever punishment we have to," Graham finished, making Kade flinch. He concluded, "Just please don't get mad, and don't send her away."

Charlie glanced at them and sighed. "You know we have busy schedules. We don't have time or necessary supplies to care for a dog. How have you been feeding her all this time?"

"Well, we tried milk replacement powder mixed with water," Graham admitted, "But that didn't work, so today we gave her some goat's milk."

"She seems to like it," Cody mentioned, smiling.

Charlie crossed his arms and thought for a moment. "Does she have a name?" he asked the foursome.

Dani and her brothers all looked at each other.

"What?" she asked.

"You might want to come up with a name, because I want to know what to call if she chews something up." Charlie answered.

Dani's jaw dropped before she went to hug her Dad.

"Thank you!"

"For now, put her someplace warmer than the garage." He suggested.

"Ok," the children agreed gratefully, and Graham went out to the garage and picked up the puppy's box and blanket to take with them.

"By the way," their dad added, "You might want to think of a name for her soon."

The kids paused. "Um," Kade began, shrugging his shoulders.

Dani sat on the couch, lightly petting the puppy's soft furry head.

"Dad's right, we've had her for three days, she should have a name by now."

"Hmm," Graham mused, looking up, "I got it."

Half an hour later, the four of them wrote down suggestions and placed them in an empty goldfish bowl. Dani picked up one of the pieces of paper and read what was written on it.

"Comet? Seriously Kade?" she asked.

"What? That was the best name I could come up with." He replied.

"She's a female, Kade." Dani reminded him.

"Moving on…"

After going the different suggestions Dani let out a loud sigh.

"None of these names seem to work for her."

"Uh, guys where's the dog?" Dani asked, noticing the pup was no longer on her lap.

Before anyone could answer, they heard what sounded like a sneeze.

"What was that?" Cody wondered.

"Looks like she found a goose feather, they're always sticking out of the couch cushions." Said Dani as she plucked a small brown feather off the pup's nose.

"Wait, that's it."

"What's it?" Kade asked scratching his head.

"Her name…that's what I'll call you from now on… Goose." Said Dani.

"I like that." Graham agreed.

"Good idea!" Cody exclaimed.

"This might not be so bad after all." Said Kade.

3:00am…

Around this time of the night the firehouse was mostly quiet. The Burns family was asleep, except for one four legged mammal. The basenji pup, now named Goose made it obvious she was awake by her loud yelping.

"And I take back what I said," Kade muttered before throwing a pillow over his head.

"Three a.m.? you've got to be kidding me." Graham groaned.

"What could she be up for this time?" Cody wondered.

Meanwhile, Charlie was still asleep, which hardly came as a surprise to Cody and his siblings. Their Dad could pretty much sleep through anything.

Giving in, Dani let out a loud sigh, turning on the light by her bed she got up to see about Goose. The young dog had crawled out from under the blanket in her box. She settled down as soon as Dani picked her up. The young pup suckled on her fingers, it was obvious Goose wanted to be fed. Dani looked at her and knew where this was heading.

"It's gonna be a long night."

MORE TO COME…

And that's it for chapter two. Some quotes used here are from: Beethoven, Scruffy and Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco. Next chapter will more than likely be longer. As for when it's posted it'll probably be in another week, in the meantime, feel free to read Working Dogs and Remember that Day? Also working on two new stories which will be up soon.

Ciao for now!

Reviews are appreciated.