*What?* Mato demands, glaring at Lazer.
*No need to be jealous.* Lazer says with a teasing sound to his voice. Shock spreads across Mato's face.
*I am NOT jealous!* She shouts, glaring at him.
*Tell yourself that all you want. I feel your jealousy passing through me like a bullet.* Lazer says with a wolfish grin plastered across his face. Mato locks Lazer out of her mind as she walks over to Zoe. She rubs against Zoe's leg, and Zoe pets her.
"What brought about this change of heart?" Zoe asks, smiling down at Mato, who looks into Zoe's eyes before looking down at her hand, and licking it. "You are a very beautiful wolf." Zoe says with a smile on her face. Mato jumps up next to Zoe, and licks her face. She then lays down with her head on Zoe's lap. Zoe pets her, and looks at Anika. "So, when do you head out for the mountains again?" Zoe asks.
"On the twenty-first." Anika says with a sigh.
"So you leave in a week?" Zoe asks, looking at the ground.
"Yeah." Anika says, smiling. She sets the cup of coffee she had been drinking down, and scratches between Lazer's ears. "But yeah, I think this time will be interesting." Anika says offhandedly.
"Oh yeah! How so?" Zoe asks, looking at Anika with interested eyes.
"I can't explain it. It's just a feeling I get." Anika says, shrugging.
"Well...I hope your feeling is right." Zoe says, smiling sadly.
"You're not the only one." Anika says with a sigh. Lazer moves as she stands up. "Well, I better get going. I'm going to pack so I don't have to run around like my head's cut off on the twentieth." Anika says, walking toward the door. Zoe also stands up, and Mato lays back down where Zoe had just been sitting. She looks at Lazer.
*She seems nice.* Mato says in a laid back voice.
*Very. As long as you're nice to them, humans are almost always kind.* Lazer says with a yawn.
*Good to know.* Mato says as she jumps down, and walks toward the stairs.
*Where are you going?* Lazer questions. Mato turns to look at him.
*The room. My energy is spent.* She says as she walks up the stairs and disappears from view when she turns a corner.
*Hm...* Lazer mutters, Zoe walks back into the room not long after.
"Where'd Mato go?" Zoe asks, looking around the room.
*Bed, but I don't exactly know why.* Lazer says in a confused sounding voice.
"That's simple." Zoe says as she sits down on the couch.
*It is?* Lazer asks, walking toward Zoe.
"Yeah. She's getting close to having the puppies. She should start slowing down even more soon." Zoe says with a critical look.
*What do you mean by that?* Lazer asks.
"She'll start staying in the room all the time, and won't come out for anything." Zoe says, picking at one of her nails. Lazer's quiet for a while before he looks at the steps, and jumps off the couch. He walks toward them. "Lazer. One more thing." Zoe says. He turns to look at her.
*What is it?* Lazer asks.
"You might not want to bring up things that spark emotion for a while." Zoe says in a serious voice.
*Why?* Lazer asks.
"Just trust me." Zoe says simply.
*I'll take your word for it.* He says as he walks up the steps, and goes to the room. He goes inside, and sees Mato curled up in a ball in the middle of the bed. He walks over to the bed, and jumps up next to her.
*I'm soooo tired.* Mato says in an exhausted voice.
*Yeah, I know. Why don't you get some sleep.* Lazer says as he lays down next to her. She nods her head, and falls asleep, after a while, Lazer also falls asleep.