"Bolt? You okay, boy?" Penny asked, bending down to see her dog, just as she finished talking to the crazy men from the animal shelter.
Bolt turned to Penny just as he realized he was growling at a wall. He inspected Penny. No wounds. She looked perfectly fine. He then looked back the wall.
His expression became like the time Vinny told him to "turn and pull".
"Bolty…hello?" Penny called.
He blinked a few times and got back to his senses, seeing Penny walk slowly to Lightning's direction.
Bolt's senses tensed. He quickly ran to Lightning and started growling at him.
Penny paused and said: "It's fine, Bolt." Then she just remembered that Bolt brought this dog in, so he should be familiar with it.
Bolt kept on growling.
From the east side of the room, both heard a meow. Mittens came walking in slowly.
"Hi, Mittens." Penny greeted.
Mittens rushed toward the angry Bolt without acknowledging Penny's greeting.
Penny then picked up Lightning and carefully started walking out of the room.
Three steps later, Lightning awoke, yawning and stretching. He lifted his head up, confused.
Bolt growled even more angrily and started barking. Then Penny and Lightning were both out of the room already.
Mittens turned her head to Bolt, asking: "What's wrong with you today?"
"There's something suspicious about that dog." He replied. His growling showed all his razor-sharp teeth.
Mittens was quite shocked. "Suspicious? He hasn't done anything."
Bolt shook his head from side to side. "No. I saw something. He hurt Penny. I don't know if it was a hallucination or instinct, but whatever it was, it wasn't good."
"Well my instinct tells me you're dreaming. This guy's completely lost." Mittens assured.
Bolt retracted his teeth. "Maybe you're right." He said.
Mittens stared at him.
"Okay, you are right." Bolt said.
"Good." Mittens smiled.
And they walked out of the room.
Still, in Mittens's mind, she wondered… maybe Bolt wasn't only afraid of Lightning hurting Penny, but maybe because he was afraid of being replaced.
No. Bolt is as loyal as a dog (which he in fact is). He wouldn't put himself before someone else.
Hehehe…Mittens is good…
