Argh, this was the chapter I missed and I don't see how I could ;_;
Guys I'm so sorry, I went through all the files to see which one was wrong to get this to you and now luckily all I have to do is put it where it belongs. And hope I don't have it somewhere with another chapter that is.
I get back from school and the first thing I find behind the apartment door is a small dog. It jumps up from where it was sleeping and dashes deeper into the house.
"What?" I ask, surprised, and stare after the dog. I close the door and wheel deeper into the house, trying to figure out if I actually just saw a dog.
"That you, Tav?" I hear Gamzee ask from the bedroom and decide to go there.
"Yeah, I thought I just saw a dog in our apart-" I stop mid-sentence to stare at the dog shivering behind Gamzee's legs and he picks it up.
"I found this motherfucker on the street! He was kicked out of a house and he was all up and being nice to me so I thought why not. You wanted a dog anyways, so I got one for motherfucking free", Gamzee says, apparently feeling quiet cheerful.
"Did you take your meds?" I ask and he laughs at me.
"Yes, they're fan-fucking-tastic I tell you. Don't feel like Godzilla anymore. No need to tear down the whole city", he says chuckling and I frown. "Something wrong?"
"Uh, no. I just, got the impression you don't like dogs. They always, um, seem to hate you, so.." I am at a loss for words, not sure what to really say or do.
"Oh, no, I love animals! They're the cutest shit right after you", he says and I can feel the blush creeping onto my face. "So all we need to do is take this here fur ball to the vet to get him all up and checked and buy some stuff for him."
"And name him", I say and Gamzee smiles.
"We're keeping him?" he asks excitedly and I smile.
"Well we can't just, um, throw him out either, now can we?", I say and he puts the dog down, rushing over to hug me.
"That's all sorts of miraculous!" he says with a grin and kisses me quickly before walking slowly back to the dog and crouching down next to it. "What should we call you, little fellow?"
The dog barks at him once and he shooshes it with a smile.
"No barking here, bro", he says and the dog wags its tail. It suddenly notices the tail and starts chasing it, becoming one blurry ball of spinning white and brown fur.
We both laugh at the dog and it stops, tilting it's head at us. It then realizes I'm there and approaches me slowly, sniffing at my chair and then at my leg. I lean down and give my hand for it to sniff before stroking its back. The dog licks my hand gently before trotting over to Gamzee and jumping up against his leg.
"Fine, fine, I'll pick you up", he says with a wide smile as he picks up the dog.
"I think we should go buy stuff for it after we've eaten something", I say and Gamzee nods, scratching the dog in his arms.
"Yeah, sounds like a good motherfucking idea", he says sitting down on his bed.
"But I should do some homework. Would you, um, mind making some food?" I ask and he nods.
"In a sec'", he says laying back and dragging the dog on top of himself. The dog wags its tail and licks at Gamzee's face paint.
"How did you get it to, uhh, like you so much?" I ask as I go to get my school bag.
"I don't motherfucking know. I just called him over and he fucking came with me all the way here. Promised him some food and he was more than willing", he answers. I just chuckle slightly. I knew all the dogs couldn't hate him. I just knew it.
Later that day, after I had done my homework and eaten the food Gamzee made for us, we were driving towards the pet store. I used to visit there a lot, but it stopped after my accident. The white dog in the back is jumping around, looking out the windows and I gently pull it onto my lap to try and calm it down.
"No worries, we'll get you some brand new stuff soon!" I say with a smile on my face and the dog barks at me.
The trip doesn't last long and soon we're out of the car. I have to keep the dog on my lap since it seems to want to just run off in a random direction.
"It seems motherfucking excited", Gamzee says pushing me into the store and the two of us start going around, searching for anything and everything the dog might need.
After going through the whole store the two of us end up buying a new collar, a leash, food, brushes, toys, bowls and shampoos. After paying I immediately put the new collar and leash on and hand them to Gamzee.
"Where to next?" he asks after helping me into the car with the dog.
"Um, I think we should go get him checked. So, to the vet, I guess", I answer and he grins.
"To the motherfucking vet it is!" he says and I giggle.
Fairly quickly the two of us have got the vet trip out the way. My new dog didn't have any diseases, nor did he have a microchip either. We got him a microchip and got him checked for the basics. We dropped off all the items at our house and took the dog to the park.
Soon I will be able to walk him around. Or at least as soon as Equius gets the legs done. Then I will be able to walk him around and take him to parks all by myself.
I smile at the thought, but right now I'm happy as it is, with everything seeming to finally go back to normal.
