I LIVEEEEEE!
"We should get like a dog or something."
The sudden comment caught Natalia off guard and she nearly choked on her breakfast, which consisted of cinnamon oatmeal and toast. "Excuse me?" she asked the person who had spoken up, which was Alfred.
"Yeah, I think we should get some sort of pet, like a dog or a cat. How cool would that be? To have a little furry buddy around here?" he said as he glanced excitedly at Natalia. "What do ya think?"
Natalia sighed and rolled her eyes. "I think you'd play with it for an hour, get bored, and then leave all the responsibilities to me," she said with a sense of finality.
Alfred pouted. "I would not! I'd take care of it! I'd walk it every morning and play fetch with it and-"
"And clean up its messes? And train it? And pay for its vet bills?" Natalia finished for him. Alfred faltered.
"Uh-"
"Face it, you aren't ready for the responsibilities of a pet, Alfred, and I'm too busy at the book store to take them on myself." Natalia signaled that the conversation was done by taking a slightly aggressive bite of toast and casting her eyes back down to the morning paper.
...
"What about a hamster?"
"Alfred!"
A few days later Alfred came home from the super market laden with grocery bags. He'd been determined to not make more than one trip, so he had loaded both of his arms with as many bags as he could physically hold. "Nat, can you come and help me with a few of these?" He asked as he dumped a few of the parcels onto the floor. He sincerely hoped that none had been the ones holding the eggs.
Natalia walked into the kitchen and took a few of the bags from Alfred, freeing his arms a little. "Next time why don't you take multiple trips?" she chastised lightly as she carried the parcels to the table.
"Because taking two trips is for the weak-willed!" Alfred laughed. Natalia rolled her eyes and decided to drop it.
"Oh, Alfred, I almost forgot to tell you, but there's something for you in the living room." Natalia said as she started to put away the groceries.
Alfred raised an eyebrow at Natalia, curious as to what she talking about. "Okay, I'll check it out after I finish helping you put these away," he said.
Natalia shook her head. "No need, I've got it in here. You don't want to keep your new friend waiting, do you?"
"New friend..." Alfred pondered what she had said for a moment until his eyes suddenly widened. "You didn't...?!" He immediately took off in the direction of the living room, not even bothering to see Natalia's reaction. There he saw a small brown box with air holes in it.
"No way!" he squealed, as excited as a little schoolgirl. Happily he practically tore of the lid to see what type of animal was inside. Once the top was off the box, though, Alfred frowned.
"YOU'RE NOT FUNNY, NAT!" He shouted angrily. Inside the box was a gray rock with googley-eyes glued to it.
Natalia entered the room, hiding her chuckles behind her hand. "What? I got you a pet rock!" she joked, clearly pleased with herself.
"You are a cruel lady, you know that, right?" Alfred pouted. Natalia rolled her eyes.
"We'll get a pet when we're ready, but I just don't think we are right now, okay Alfred?" she asked, leaning down next to the pouting blonde.
Alfred sighed and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I guess. And until then, at least I've got Rocky!"
Natalia raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Rocky?"
"Yeah, Rocky!" Alfred exclaimed, lifting up the rock.
Natalia sighed and hung her head slightly. "You actually NAMED the rock?!"
Sorry sorry sorry SOOOORRYYYY for the long wait and short as hell chapter but I've had writer's block like crazy lately! I got writer's block for the original chapter for this, then I got writer's block for the filler I was writing to relieve writers block for that chapter, and THEN I got writer a block for THIS chapter, which is filler in place of the filler! Then add in school and my newest hobby, RPing, and I've got no time or ability for writing. I'm trying my hardest, I swear I am! Hopefully once summer finally rolls around I'll have more ideas and creativity. -_-