THE DOG'S LOVE

(CASSIE'S POV)

I was really happy with my new friend Brady. We were all usually hanging out at my place with Seth and Cole. Yeah, I wasn't a typical girl. I was a bit of a tomboy. I loved hanging out with my guy friends – Seth, Cole, Brady and others. Nathan and Ethan with Rodrick were still missing. It was a Friday today. I went to school as usual in the same routine. My friends had finished their breakfast before I could come downstairs. In short – everything went smoothly till we went to school. I was looking for Ashley and Sunny in the corridor. Just then a gang of some guys went past me, Seth, Cole and Brady.

"Cassidy is damn hot!" one of them- Shane said.

"I bet you won't be able to take her out. She's got three bodyguards around her all the time." Other said. Seth started shaking and so did the other two.

"Guys! Guys! Calm down. It's just crap. Let it go." I said. The first one was Shane who just then reacted to what I said. He came to me and that was a bit too close.

"Shane!" I said. He wrapped his arm around my waist and that was it. No one had the permit to touch me until I didn't allow. I pushed him away.

"C'mon babe, let's go out sometime." He said.

"Where? In hell?" I said.

"Got a lot of arrogance. That's hot." He replied.

"First of all, I am a girl not a temperature that I'd be hot and second you better buzz off from here." I replied.

"I'll wait till you don't want to go out." He said.

"Then, wait till you don't die." I said and his little gang went away. I knew Shane since third grade and he was like this since then.

"I'll kill him." Seth said.

"No, it's alright. I'm done with him and if he comes again, you know how I would tell him off." I said.

"Anyway, you were around to say F. off." Cole said.

"Actually, yes." I chuckled.

"What do ya think; he would keep away from you?" Brady asked. "Can I teach him something?" He was shaking a bit and was about to go after him and then I pulled him by his arm.

"My answer is NO! No one is doing anything." I said.

"Guess so." Cole was the calmest now.

"Brady and I have history together. Now let's go." I demanded and took him away.

Sorry guys, being a little lazy. Don't want to go in deep. I am writing straight from that night, at 11 o'clock

I knew that Nectar was after a bitch that belonged to our neighbor – Mrs. Brown. It was evening time and this was the time when she usually was out on walk with her bitch. Nectar fetched his collar and came to me. Seth and I were doing our homework at this time and Cole was watching TV. Nectar barked and put it on my notebook.

"I get it, Necky." I said and tied it around his neck.

"You're going? Man! Who's gonna help me with homework, then?" Seth asked.

"Or rather say that from whom will I copy my homework?" I said.

"I'll accompany you, too." Cole ordered.

"Couldn't you ask me politely?" I asked.

"I knew you were gonna say yes then what do we've gotta ask?" Cole said.

"I know." I said.

We were to go on the side path near TMFC as it was where she walked. The bitch's name was Arianna and she was a pug. I and the others (including Nectar) were walking on the footpath. Mrs. Brown and I had a small conversation about dogs and she told me that I could take Nectar to her place anytime for meeting Arianna. At that time, we bid adieus and she was going to cross the road. A car approach and it was on full speed. Nectar threw something on the road. Mrs. Brown went away but Arianna stayed fixed looking at what it was. Paul waved to me from the other side and I didn't understand when, Nectar slipped his collar. He went on the middle road and I was to run after him when Cole caught me and within half of a second, it all ended. Nectar had pushed away Arianna but was late for himself. The car pushed my little dog away in the air. He fell on the road and then the car fled away. I ran to the road to see what it was. The blood had covered that part of the road. Paul wrapped Nectar in a large cloth while he was still breathing. Both of us – me and Paul, just sped to the vet in his car and straight to the A&E. Seth and Cole were with us too. I was left dumbstruck since what I saw. I and Paul were waiting outside and so were Cole and Seth. I was crying since the second I had seen the accident.

"I'll just call Rachel." Paul said.

"No, she must be sleeping. It's 12 right now and it's her university exam tomorrow." I said and sort of shivered because of the cold.

"Cass' you go back home. We're here." Paul said.

"Not until Necky is alright." I replied and sneezed.

Just then I saw Brady coming to us. I gulped the saliva in my mouth.

"What actually happened? What happened to Necky?" he asked and I just fell into his chest, crying.

"He was saving his love – Arianna." I said. My head hurt and the cold breeze swept across my forehead and it hurt a lot. I held my head.

"Are you 'k?" he asked and I nodded falsely.

"Love?" he asked and Paul briefly related what had happened. I went to sit alone near the emergency. I could hear his howls and that made me cry even more. Just then Brady came.

"Why don't you go back home? I think you are sort of caught in cold." Brady said.

"Brad, you don't know what Necky means to me. He was with me since I was born. He is the most intelligent creature I ever have lived with and seen." I said.

"Worried?" he asked.

"I'm scared… dead scared. I don't want to lose my Necky." I shivered again. "You know he hated when I cried. He did almost everything reckless to stop me from crying. We both weren't a pair of master and pet, we are best friends. I don't wanna lose him like this." I said, crying.

"He'll be fine." He said. I laid my head on his shoulder and kept crying as long I was in conscious.

(BRADY'S POV)

I hadn't seen her like this since the time we had starting being together, since the day we met. I hadn't ever seen her so angry like today she was on Shane. I hadn't ever seen her crying like this. I had always seen her happy and cheerful but today was a disaster. I saw her getting frustrated and at that second I felt like finishing off Shane in that very moment. She stopped me. I was just thinking this when I saw her sleeping with her head on my shoulder. At least she was calm after sometime. I touched her face. She was a little warm. Paul came up to us.

"Nectar's dead." He whispered.

"What?" I said slowly. Paul lowered and touched her face.

"Man! She's warm. Brady, take her back home. I'll come back after the formalities." He said.

"That's what I felt just now." I said.

"Just don't tell her that right now. She'll go insane." Cole came and said.

"I think I should better take her back home." I said.

"Yeah." Paul said and covered her with his jacket. I lifted her and took her out of there. I hurried her back to her place. I had been there many times but never seen her room. I knew it was upstairs. I opened the door with the keys that Paul had given me and took her to the living room. Fortunately, she wasn't disturbed while sleeping. I launched myself on the staircase and the second door from there had 'CASSIDY' written on it. It was very well decorated with glitters. I opened the door and had a look inside. The walls were blue and there were her pictures all around with the whole family. She had hung many decorations there. Some were wind chimes, some were light lamps and many things and I could tell that she had made that. I laid her in her bed and gave the quilt on her and I went downstairs.

(CASSIE'S POV)

I woke up next day in my bed. I wondered how I had reached here. Maybe what happened last night was just a nightmare, maybe Nectar was alive. Maybe he was down in his dog house. I ran downstairs as fast as I could. I was still feeling really cold. I saw Paul, Jared, Sam, Embry and Quil discussing things.

"Good morning, Cassie." They all said.

"Where are you going?" Paul asked.

"Just to have a check upon Nectar." I said.

"Cass come with me." Paul took me to the couch really calmly. "You remember what happened last night?" he asked and the string of memories went through my brain.

"Where's he?" I asked.

"He died." Paul said.

"No!" I said and flowed down with tears. I ran back to my room. I took out my albums that contained him and mom. I took out his pictures and kept crying. Brady was right. Love was true. Not just in humans but in animals too. Was this somewhat like imprinting? After all, dog and wolves belong to the same family. I wanted an answer to this.

AN: Thanks to my reviewers. luv u all and keep reviewing.