Dancing with no Music
Sawyer could feel the air whipping by as she danced. Danny was somewhere close, not directly next to her, but still dancing with her. Then she felt his paw on hers, and she prepared herself. Then it came. The twirl and dip. She closed her eyes as she felt herself lowering, still balanced by Danny. She opened her eyes but as soon as she did, Danny disappeared. She felt herself falling, falling...
Sawyer jolted upright in bed. She found that she was shivering, and pulled the covers closer. "It was only a dream. Only a dream... c'mon, pull yourself together, girl." Sawyer took a deep breath and sighed. "It was only a dream."
Danny was panicking. "Milk or dark? Oh... this can't be that hard. What would Sawyer like?"
The chocolate shop attendant looked down at Danny, annoyance on his face. "I'm sorry, but for the love of God could you just PICK SOMETHING! YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHOLE HOUR NOW!"
Danny was oblivious. "She's a cat, we all like milk, right? Not all cats are alike, though. No, then the world would be too boring! There must be some way... maybe I should just ask her... yeah! That's what I'll do! I'll just ask her! I'll just outright say it! Today's the day!"
Danny turned to the nearest person, shook their hand quickly and violently, and said, "I'm finally gonna ask her to marry me!"
Some of the customers began to cheer at this, and clapped their hands even as Danny danced out the automatic doors at the front of the shop. The shop attendant simply stared after Danny looking flustered. "Cats! Who needs 'em?"
But when Danny got to Mammoth Studios, Sawyer was nowhere to be found. He spied Flannigan by studio 13 and decided to go ask if he'd seen Sawyer. Flannigan replied with, "Hmph! She called in sick today. I figured she was off doing who knows what with you! ANIMALS! Irresponsible hairy little..."
Danny tipped his hat quickly, saying, "Well, sorry sir, thanks for your time!"
He ran off quickly, leaving Flannigan rambling on.
Sawyer lived in an old apartment about five minutes drive away from the studio. Danny tipped the cabbie, made a mental note to get a car, and went inside. When he arrived at Sawyers apartment, he knocked softly, calling, "Sawyer? You okay?" He heard footsteps coming from inside the apartment, and four seconds later Sawyer was opening the door.
Danny was surprised by how she looked. Her eyes were red and wet, tears glistening down her cheeks and hanging on the end of her whiskers, yet she was half-smiling. She looked midway between happy and completely miserable. Danny was confused. "What's goin' on Sawyer? You look... terrible."
Sawyer laughed quietly. "I went to the doctors today. I've been having these dreams, I felt like something was wrong... maybe I'm crazy..."
Danny laughed, trying to lighten the mood. "We have to be crazy to do the kind of work we do!"
Sawyer shook her head. "Danny... I'm pregnant."