Serendipity

Chapter 5

Chakotay sat on a bench, in the park. His thoughts were jagged puzzles in his head. None of his thoughts matched or pieced together, and the only thing that fit together was now giving him a headache. He watched as a man walked his dog along the small pond. The dog saw a duck in the pond and suddenly jerked the leash. Within a second the man and the dog were both in the pond, and the duck had flown away.

Seconds later he head the man scream at the dog. He saw the man raise his hand to the dog and smack him across the face. The dog cried. At that moment Chakotay ran toward the dog. The man was about to hit the dog again when Chakotay spun the man around.

The man who was totally soaked and surprised pushed Chakotay.

"Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Chakotay and I want to know why you are hitting that poor dog."

"Like it's your bloody business," he took the dog by the neck this time and proceeded to yank it home.

Chakotay looked at the poor brown dog and then at the man. "I will give you 50.00 for the dog. The man stopped and looked at Chakotay. "You will give me 50.00 for this sack of fleas? "Sold!" Chakotay took out the 50 and it to the man. The man gave Chakotay the leash and walked away.

Chakotay looked down at the dog. The dog looked up at Chakotay. The dog's eyes showed years of sorrow. "Well what should I call you boy?" The dog wagged his tail as he and Chakotay walked through the park.

Abruptly the dog bolted. Chakotay held on to the leash, pulling as hard as he could. The dog made his way across the grass pulling Chakotay with him. Chakotay finally let go. He followed the dogs trail. When he reached the pinnacle of the hill he noticed that the dog was setting next to someone on a blanket.

Chakotay walked up to the blanket with the leash in his hand. "I am so sorry maim, then he stopped, mid sentence. Setting on the blanket was the same women he had run into earlier in the day. The women on the blanket smiled.

"Well now is this punishment for running into you today?" Chakotay kneeled down next to her and gave her another smile. "Actually yes."

Phoebe continued to pet the dog. "What's his name?" Chakotay grinned wider, "Actually I don't know." He proceeded to tell her the story. And at the end they both were laughing. The dog sat next to Pheobe fast asleep.

Chakotay looked at the women before him. God she was pretty. Long brown curly hair emphasized her hazel eyes. And that smile, that laugh. He took a deep breath. "Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"

Pheobe got up from her blanket. "Sure I guess." Chakotay tugged on his ear. "I hear that there is a wonderful restaurant near the wharf, shall I meet you there around 8," he asked. "Sounds good, just don't bring the dog." "Never on a first date, only the second." She looked him square in the eye, "Pretty sure of yourself aren't you?" Chakotay laughed as he walked home.

Pheobe went back to her apartment. She got on the wire with her sister and told her what had happened. Kathryn laughed. "I think they call that serendipity sis." "Let me know how it goes Pheobe, I haven't seen you this excited since, Mark asked me to marry him." "I need to go Kathryn I don't want to be late." "Sure I understand Pheobe, what's this guy's name?" Pheobe screamed, "Oh my god I don't have a clue, I never even asked." Kathryn laughed as she closed the link. Pheobe just shook her head closed the link and got ready for her date.