Ch 3
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After much pouting on Jo's part, she finally convinced Meg to roll her worn achy body out of bed. Watching Meg from her upside down view, Jo with amused eyes watched as Meg stretched and gave off a yawn that ended with a squeak. With the morning that was suppose to begin with no interruptions, they were a tad bit behind schedule. Well actually way behind schedule. Glancing at the alarm clock on the night stand, bright red numbers showed that it was just about to reach 3 PM. Feeling the bed shift, Jo looked over to see Meg looking her way with her signature pout tugging on her full lips.
Letting out a soft laugh, Jo allowed Meg to pull her up and wrap her arms around her waist. With Meg being pregnant, babying and spoiling her Meg was her favorite pass time. Not that she already didn't do that to begin with. From massaging her bare feet after a long day, to picking up her favorite treats in the dead of the night when ever Meg had one of her weird cravings.
Feeling soft lips brushing against her own followed with her bottom lip being suckled, Jo looked up into Meg's crystal blue eyes. Honestly Jo didn't know why Meg even tried. She basically gave her almost anything she wanted. Hell, she even spoiled Meg in public and her image defiantly took a hit from it. Not that anyone called her out on it of course, if they know what's good for them. Jo being soft? Never. Jo being whipped? Of course.
"Ha what is it babe?" Meg wrapped her arms tighter around Jo small waste while leaving small kisses on her lips, forehead, and cheeks. If anything, Jo loved how affectionate her Meg was. In everyone eyes Jo and Meg were the perfect couple. With Meg being the gorgeous, confident, wifey type and Jo on her other side being the handsome, protective, loving type they were the ideal soul mates. If there wasn't someone trying to keep them together, there was always someone trying to break them up.
"Are you really going to buy me a puppy, because I know how you was reluctant of it and everything and how you don't like small dogs because you say there ankle bitter and they bark at stuff like there the shit and-" Jo pressed her finger to Meg mouth to silence her. When Meg babbles she sure can babble.
"Whoa whoa Meg breath." Meg flushed with embarrassment.
"Aww you are to fucking adorable babe". Jo withdrew her arms from around Megs waste and made her way toward the shower. If they start getting ready now then maybe they can get half the things done that Jo attended to do.
"And to answer your question, yes babe you can get *sigh* any ankle biter pooch that you want." Jo shuddered at the thought. Her and small dogs never got along. They could be face to face with a death trap and they still think there the top dog in the house hold.
"And as much as I would love to see you walking around naked the whole day, we're burning daylight. Don't forget we still need to go over to Maria's place later today."
Jo and Maria had history. As in 'if you fuck with her then you havta deal with me' type of relationship. From the moment they met in pre-k they were inseparable. From starting fights and ending them with the biggest bully's and pretenders in school, to pulling pranks on the teachers and principals, having all the kids wanting to be like them and be part of their 'group' even with it just being the two of, and later even having the female students wanting to be with them romantically. All adding up to junior high. Entering with just two but leaving with eight. Jo and Maria didn't know how it happened but they ended up befriending 'normal' people.
Sei, being the second oldest was considered one of the top good looking girls in the school. With long black hair that was usually worn in a bun with a few strands falling down her face, deep blue-grey eyes worn behind thin black framed glasses, full pink lips, snowing white skin, a body that had all the right curves in the right places and breasts that even had a greater mass than Megs. Followed up with her book smarts, and wealthy lifestyle she was the most desired girl in school. She even had Maria lusting for her. I know right, Maria? The bad ass that was Jo's partner in crime. The one that said no girl would ever hold her down. But somehow Sei got her bud to fall for her. Maria said it was all lust but Jo knew better.
Meg, as we all know, was the one that had Jo smitten from the start. Already being associated with Maria's crush, Jo couldn't help but stop and stare as she watched Megs hips sway back and forth as she walked down the busy hallways. Along with her partner in crime, glaring at any male and female that even attempt to glance Megs or Sei's way. Damn if they let anyone attempt to talk to their girl's. Even if they haven't found the courage too actually walk up and talk to them themselves (What? *cough* you need to time stuff like this right).
Amy was the youngest of the group. With her short stature and baby face to go with it, she became the bratty kid sister of the group that everyone loved to pick on but loved deeply. With hazel eyes and long brunet hair, she had quite a few boys taking notice of her. But having overprotective friends that were considered like family by all, everyone knew not to mess with little Amy. Having a gift with computer and being the smartest girl in school didn't make it any better. But with a good ass whooping by Jo and Maria, dimwits knew when to back off.
Next in the group was Kyohei. How he became part of the group, no one really knows. Being as soft spoken as he was with soft hands and a passion for food, everyone thought he was very…happy at some point or just a pansy. Not that they had an issue with it of course. After eventually developing a strong connection with the girls in the group after a slight misunderstanding; Amy 'supposable' having a crush with Kyohei but turned out she just fell in love with his cooking, they became an even stranger group.
Takane was the loud mouth wild girl of the group. If anyone will have your back, it was her. Fighting was more of her style than anything and Jo and Maria defiantly didn't have an issue with it. Always getting into competitions about who was either stronger, faster, had better combat strategies, or which girl was sexier, Sei or Meg (Takane loved to piss them off with that one), always lead to fights but everyone in the group was use to it. Sei would end up scolding Maria while Meg would scold Jo while Takane was cracking up in the background. Everyone in school knew that if all three came to school with a busted lip or torn clothes and left with a pout tugging on their lips, it was another normal day at junior high.
Leo was the oldest of the group and the one that got Jo so interested in guns and Maria loving bladed weapons. Being the cool level headed one of the gang, he spends most of his time breaking up the 'troublesome kids'. In the beginning Maria actually hated his guts. Finding out that he and Sei had history together. Having the thought that he was trying to steal her Sei away from her. Snarling and glaring hard enough to make him break into a cold sweat. But after much convincing on Kyohei's part, he finally convinced her that Leo and Sei didn't have any further feelings for one another. Didn't mean that stopped Maria from trying to scare Leo every chance she got (Hehe).
"Oh yea. And Sei is coming over later to right?" Meg let a smirk tug on her lips when she heard Jo let out an exaggerated sigh. After all the years of chasing away little boys and persistent females as Maria nicely put it, she has YET to confess her feelings with Sei. It was like watching a virgin boy lust after his next door neighbor in some weird soap opera show.
"Yea, thank God. I swear either Sei must be playing dumb or just blind. Maria makes it to obvious that she wants something more with her."
Reaching in to adjust the temperature for the shower nozzle, Jo put on a show of switching her hips and groaning. Hearing giggles being her made a groan even louder. If there was anything people knew about Jo it was her weirdness. Being the class clown and pulling prank meant that she took every opportunity to cause a screen and being personally associated with the deputies of the law. Grabbing Meg by her wrist, she helped her take a step on the shower tile floor. Even to this day, Meg was known as the biggest klutz.
"Awww look at that small tush." Meg said in baby talk, smacking her on the ass. Jo turned to give her a playful glare.
"Well excuse me miss 'Colossal Ass'. I'm so sorry it's not as big as yours. Maybe I'll just take my small ass somewhere else that will enjoy it." Jo turned her back to Meg with a playful glint in her eyes.
"And what the hell is that suppose to mean Babe?" Wrapping her arms around Jo's neck in case she made a run for it.
"Nothing Meg. Just ya know umm…." Shit maybe I shouldn't had said that. Jo felt Megs arms slowly tighten around her neck.
"I would hope so Jo. Because I doubt you would enjoy me taking my ass somewhere else as you put it. "Meg laid a light kiss on Jo chin as she tensed up.
Oooooo you're good. Jo unwrapped Meg arms and switched positions, pressing Meg's chest against the shower door glass.
"I think we both know that's not gona happen. Remember that little talk you gave me when you were going through one of your… *chough* crazy pregnancy stages?"
"Yea something about something… kind of blacked out?" Meg felt her cheeks warm up as Jo burst out laughing.
"Well how about we just skip that part and finish up here, yea?"
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After finally finishing up with their shower and dressing up for the cold weather, Jo and Meg made their way out their shared condo and toward Jo's truck. Already Meg was bouncing in place with excitement. She had an idea of which pup to pick that even Jo would approve of...she hoped.
"Ha calm down babe, I haven't even started the car up yet." After adjusting the nobs to get the right amount of heat blowing in the car, Jo slowly pulled out of the driveway.
"Sorry babe but knowing that our little missy here", Meg gently rubbed her belly "is going to have a pal around to dress up in tutu's and adorable little bows and-"
"Whoa whoa whoa what do you mean by our little "Missy"? And second, tutus and bows? Hell no Meg. Nope, no way. It's one thing picking out a small dog but a prissy small dog? And an ankle bitter at that."
"Umm well JO, it's because I have a feeling that our babe here is a Missy and not a Jimmy. And what wrong with me dressing our pup up?" Meg turned slightly in her seat to face Jo, hand still gently stroking her baby bump.
"You know I'm cool with having a baby girl, ya know, if it comes to being that but dressing our first dog in a sparkling tutu and God forbid, finishing it off with a tiara?" Ugh I'm surrounded by females. Choosing to ignore her, Meg shifted to get more comfortable before gazing out the window.
Dark clouds slowly started to fill the sky, descending a soft blanket of snow. Mhmm we need to make this quick. Pulling into an empty parking place, Jo tuned off the ignition and helped Meg step down out of the truck. Entwining their fingers together the couple made their short journey into the pet shelter.
Inside was absolute chaos. Dogs barking, cats hissing, children screaming and employees looking like they were seconds away from pulling their hair out. Yup nothing out of the ordinary here.
"Well, Meg….welcome to hell." Meg snapped her head toward Jo. A glare set in place.
"Jo! Is not even that bad. I mean besides the screaming, crying and hissing…alright so maybe it is that bad BUT, this gives you an insight on what parenthood could be like, yea?"
"Yyyeeeaaa no. I'll rather have that whole 'white picket fence, 2.5 kids' dream of yours rather than raising hell demons for kids any day." Leaning over to give her Meg a kiss on the lips, they made their way to the front desk.
"Hey, welcome to 'Save a Pet'. Where you can have any pet of your dream with a touch of a leash." Behind the desk sat a young man with pale blond hair and hazel eyes, idly flipping through a magazine. Even from his slouched position, you could tell he was well built and quiet tall.
"Yea we're here to adopt a pup. Possibly a purebred if you have any." Jo Waited for a reply but it never came. If there was anything that she didn't like, it was being ignored and by a douchebag by the looks of it. Before Jo could say another word she felt Meg place her hand on her shoulder. Looking back with a questioning look, she took a deep breath and let Meg have a go with the employee. Meg may have changed Jo for the better but not her hot headedness.
"Excuse me," Squinting her eyes to look at his name tag "Anthony but as my girlfriend said before, we would like to buy a puppy."
"Girlfrie- "Finally looking up, hazel met blue and red, well blue more exactly.
"Yes sorry about that miss. A purebred you said?" Standing up to his fool height, he easily towered over both Meg and Jo.
"I'm Anthony by the way, and you?" With a charming smile that would make any girl melt, Anthony stuck out his hand toward Meg. All the while Meg gave him a bewilder stare. She could understand that with wearing one of Jo's oversized hoodie concealed the fact that she was pregnant but did he seriously miss the whole girlfriend part of the introduction?
"Umm well…-"Glancing down at his still outstretch hand, Meg felt a sudden chill run down her spine. Looking to her left she saw Jo staring at Anthony with a blank stare, lips quivering and jaws clenching. Jo wasn't just protective of Meg but also possessive. Meg especially found it cute but at this moment, she was just sorry for the poor guy,
"That's none of your business boy." Frowning at the interruption, he finally found the time to look at the person beside Meg. Doing a double take, he found himself looking into blank red eyes. Jo reached out and took his hand giving a firm squeeze.
"As I said before after your pathetic attempt to flirt with my girlfriend, we're here to find a pup. So I'm just gona say this once and make it quick. You look at my girlfriend again and ill rip off your dick and shove it down your throat. GOT. IT?" Jo wore a sickly sweet smile. Meg saw Anthony face start to scrunch up in pain. She couldn't help but feel kind of sorry for him. From the way his hand was turning purple, Jo was seconds away from breaking his hand for sure.
"Jo, babe it's alright. Let his hand go." Kissing Jo on the cheek she watched her give an extra hard squeeze before finally releasing his hand.
*cough* "Right this way lady's." Meg shook her head after seeing a smug smirk grace Jo's face. Sometimes she wondered if Jo just did extra so she could torture guys for fun.
Leading the way into a back room littered with fenced cages and dogs from different shapes, sizes and colors, Jo watched Meg go through every cage one by one. From the looks of it most either didn't want anything to do with them, were either curious enough to walk to the fenced gate or just got excited that anybody passed by and petted them.
"Aww Jo look, their all so cute." Meg cooed as she stopped by every single cage. She already had her eyes on one pup but truthfully she was waiting for a dog to catch Jo's interest to.
"Yea they are pretty…cute I guess" Jo turned her head from left to right, looking at the caged dog with little interest. Her thoughts were more focus on the possible oncoming storm than anything. It was one thing trying to drive through a blizzard in broad daylight but with the sun setting and not even getting all the things they needed for the pup, they were cutting it to close for Jo's liking.
Seeing Jo's lack of interest Meg turned to grab her hand and lead her to a cage that held a small French Bulldog. Seeing them approach, the pup started to rapidly wage its tail and stand on its hind legs, begging for attention. With a white and tan coat it was the most adorable little thing that Meg just had to have.
"So she's the one you want huh." Bending down to gently tug on its ear, Jo was pleased to see that the pup took it as an invitation to play rather than acting aggressive. I think she'll do just fine.
Standing up to her full height, Jo turned to look at Anthony who quickly snapped his eyes from Megs bent frame to meet Jo's eyes. Narrowing her eyes, Jo stared him down, making him break into a cold sweat. Meg oblivious to everything that's happening; she was still cooing over the dog. Before Jo could open her mouth, she saw movement in the makeshift dog house in the cage next to the French Bulldog. Out stepped a massive blue pit-bull with a broad body.
"Yea Jo I think we're all set. Ready to gather up the stuff and head out?" Hearing no reply Meg looked back to see Jo's eyes trained on a beautiful pit-bull. Standing up, Meg made her way over to the slightly older dog's cage and knelt down. Looking from Jo to Meg it slowly it made its way to the fence and sniffed Megs hand. Seeing its tail wage, Meg had a deviant, but not so deviant, idea (make sense?).
"Hey baby, that a beautiful dog isn't it?" Meg watched Jo reached through the fence to scratch it under it chin.
"Yea he sure is." Jo whispered staring into grey eyes. Breaking eye contact, Jo turned to Anthony.
"Hey boy what's the story with these two dogs?"
"Umm well they arrived a few weeks ago. Both are perfect for any family of any size. The small one there is always energetic and wanting to please its owner and the same goes for the pit. But he's calmer and despite the whole bad image blue pit-bull get, he's a big softy but tough as hell. Took us forever to bring him in the back room…but anyways I do recommend that you do think about adopting both. They seem pretty inseparable."
Jo looked at Meg to see her giving her her infamous puppy dog eyes. Isn't that ironic. Giving a soft chuckle Jo finally made her decision.
"We'll take them." Hearing her Meg let out a high pitch squeal Jo turned toward the dogs.
"Looks like you're coming home with us guys." Hearing the two barks Jo looked down.
"Oh sorry. Ladies and gentlemen's." Jo shook her head, smile still in place. Pups.
Gathering up the dogs which were ecstatic to be let out and after getting double the supplies for the pups, Meg and Jo finally made their way out the front door and to the truck.
"So Meg figured out a name for your little pooch?" Meg scratched the bulldog behind its ear which was making itself comfortable on Megs lap.
"Well I was thinking about Bella. Simple but nice at the same time. You like that girl?" Bella barked her approval as she turned her head to look at one of her owners.
"Bella huh? Alright so then I'm going to name this big fella here Steel." Steel stuck his head out as if on cue and let out a bark at Jo. Reaching over to pet his head, Jo reach over to turn the heater to full blast. There was a thick blanket of snow that covered everything in its path but Jo estimated that they should make it to Maria's house before the roads get snowed in.
"Steel? I like it." Reaching over to give Jo a kiss on the lips that turned into two then tree, Meg rested her forehead against Jo.
"Thanks for the gift baby."
"Mhmm no problem and as much as I would love to continue this, I think we have an audience." Turned out they did. With tongue sticking out and heavy panting, Bella and Steel watch them as if this was an everyday thing they see with them.
"Haha I have a feeling that this is going to be a very interesting experience." Pulling out into the empty streets Jo reached over to tug on Bella and Steel's ear.
"Yea and with Sei and Maria, it's going to get even more interesting."
"What are you thinking Jo?" Seeing the mischief smirk on Jo's face, Meg didn't know it she should be worried or intrigued.
"I think Maria and Sei may need our personal opinion on this little get-together. Mwhaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Sighing, Meg looked down at Bella and Steel.
"Welcome to the family pups."
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A/N: And that's chp. 3 of 'F U Betta'! Sorry for the long-ish wait. Just had the whole writers block and laziness situation. Expect more because I'm going to write more of course. Thanks for the fav's and Followers. So until then.