Chapter 2
The second Grace walked in the door she hollered "mom, dad, guess what!" Her parents ran to the front door to see what all the hype was about. "What is it sweetie?" her mother asked but she already knew as soon as she looked down and saw the 4 legged beauty looking up at her with the most loving blue eyes she'd ever seen. "She followed me home from the bus stop, can we keep her please!" Grace pleaded with her parents. "Oh honey she probably already has a home" her dad said as he started looking to see if she had a collar with a tag on it, which she didn't. "Please, please, please!" Grace said while giving them the puppy dog look.
Kellie and Danny went into the kitchen to talk in private, at least they thought it was private, but Monica and Tess were in there listening in. "We can't just take it to the pound, we should at least try to find its owner" Kellie started saying. "We could make some signs and hang them up around the neighborhood," she suggested. "I was thinking that too, but what if she doesn't have a home and she's just a stray? How long do we wait for someone to call? And you know Grace is going to get attached quickly," spoke Danny. "That's true she probably will, but as an animal lover myself I cant' just not take it in, we'll at least give it a week after we put the signs up," Kellie replied.
They went back into the living room and told Grace who got very excited to know the dog could stay, she barley paid attention to the pasting signs and trying to find the real owner part. She put her arms around the dog's neck giving it a big hug while it licked her face as Tess and Monica looked on. Not long after, Grace's parents got her working on the posters. She took a picture of the dog with her digital camera and put it on the computer so she could put it on the poster, meanwhile she said a little prayer that no one would call to claim it.
After the posters were done and printed out Grace was trying to think of a name for her new friend. She was thinking about her favorite movie, Beauty and the Beast, so she decided on the name Bella. "Bella" she said out loud the dog perked her ears up and began wagging her tail as if to say I like that name. "Bella, that's a beautiful name Tess, I love it!" Monica said "it sure is beautiful" replied Tess "especially when you know what that name means" continued Tess. "What does it mean Tess?" asked Monica "it means devoted to god" Tess answered. "Oh wow, that is just perfect" Exclaimed Monica.