Sorry for the super long wait, it won t happen again. I also realized something, when I send my chapter over to Sianni, all of the quotation marks and apostrophes get deleted, so if anyone knows a way to fix this, I d greatly appreciate it. But enough yapping, back to the story.
As Charlie and I walked down Main Street, I didn t know how that stubborn kid would react to seeing me again. I kept turning my head and twitched my ears to anything that sounded or looked like the kid. I finally had enough and I turned to Charlie and asked, "Hey Charlie?"
"What is it?"
"Let me if you see a kid with weird brown hair and a red and white jacket on, okay?"
"Sure, but why do you want me to keep an eye out for I'm?"
"He s the one that brought me to that hell-hole of a pound and he ll probably send me back if he saw me here."
"Oh, yeah I ll watch out for him."
"Thanks Charlie," I said as I licked his cheek causing both of us to blush knowing what I just did.
"Uh, sorry," I said as I mentally kicked myself for being such an idiot.
"N-no problem Maddie."
Charlie and I walked around town until I was finally able to find one place that I think we can stay without being kicked out. I walked up to the step leading to the grocery store/restaurant looking around for Alex.
"ALEX?" I yelled while looking for the kid.
"Who s Alex?"
"He's the one who was taking care of me before I ran into Crescent, he loves me."
"Oh, well do you think he'll take care of us?"
"I hope, otherwise we're sleeping under the slide tonight."
"Maddie, is that you?" Alex said while stuffing his face with a cookie as he walked out of his grandfather s store.
"Hey Alex, I m back."
"Cool, who s this you re with?" he said pointing to Charlie.
"Oh, this is my friend Charlie."
"Does he have an owner?"
"No, he s a stray like me."
"Oh, well I can ask Grandpa if we can take care of him too."
"Thanks Alex, that'd be great."
"I'll be right back, I m going to get Grandpa.
"Alex went back into the store and I told Charlie, Now what s I tell you? He loves me," I said boasting.
"Yeah," Charlie said rolling his sky blue eyes making me smile at the beauty. I guess I had drifted into dream land because I heard Charlie yell, "Maddie? Wake up Sleeping Beauty."
I shook my head, clearing it of what I was thinking about just in time to see Mr. Porter walk out with Alex who had a disappointed look on his face.
"Well Maddie, I didn't think I d see you again, especially after what Ryder had told me what you did to Crescent."
"Mr. Porter, she lied, I never hurt her like that, she s the one who asked for a fight, not me."
"Then why did Ryder say you attacked her?"
"Like I said, she lied."
"Where'd you go then?"
"That Ryder kid brought me to the pound, that's where I met Charlie."
"Well, what are you two doing here then if you were brought to the pound?"
"Well-," I tried to tell him, but I was interrupted by Charlie.
"We were let out by the kid that was taking care of us."
"Why did he do that?"
"We were about to be put to sleep so space could be cleared up, me because I've been there for a while, I don't know why he let Maddie out though. But he saved us and we came here to see if you could maybe help us out."
"Well, I'm not totally convinced with this story, but I guess I have nothing to lose. I just don t think I have space for two dogs, we barely had enough space for Maddie as it was."
"Well then Maddie can stay here with you and I can go somewhere else."
"That's not going to happen Charlie, I turned to Mr. Porter, Thank you Mr. Porter, but we're sticking together."
"Maddie, don't lose this, I ll be fine, I've survived the streets before, I can do it again."
"I don't care, I m not letting one of the only pups that doesn't hate me go like this."
"But Maddie-,"
"No, we re sticking together."
"Are you sure? You re letting go a chance to finally live like a normal pup."
"I'm fine with that."
"Well okay then, thanks Mr. Porter, but I guess Maddie wants us to stick together."
"That's fine, but I can give you guys food when you need it so you don t have to rummage through garbage, is that okay?"
"That'd be Great Mr. Porter, thank you," I said with a slight smile.
"Anytime you need anything, just let me know," he said as he retreated back to his store.
Charlie and I walked away with no idea what to do next. I guess we don't have many options now.
"So what are we going to do now?" I asked Charlie.
"Well I guess we re going to have to start renting the slide like you said," he told me with an amused voice.
"Riiight, anyway, at least we have somewhere to go for food."
"Yeah, I m so glad I won t have to go back to the cans."
"Yeah," I said as the street light lamps flickered on as the sun silhouetted against the hills in the distance. Charlie and I went over to the park and lay down underneath the yellow slide, trying to get some sleep. I was almost asleep, but my right ear twitched as I heard something rustling in the bushes over by the road. I slowly got up, not waking Charlie, and I headed over to where I heard the rustling. I parted the bushes to be face to face with a pair of brown eyes. I jumped in fright as the pup did the same.
"What were you doing?" I said trying to catch my breath.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"Well maybe if you didn't act like a freaking stalker, I wouldn't have been scared when I saw you."
"You were really that scared?"
"No, but shouldn't watch others while they sleep. Plus, I don t even know you."
"Really, cause you look familiar?"
"Well I don't really see how I would know you, I've barely been here at all."
"Weren't you talking to Crescent?"
I growled at the sound of her name, causing the pup to back up, that little mutt, she almost ruined my life, I grumbled.
"Yeah, that must've been you, I knew I recognized the black fur and brown highlights."
"Really, then what s your name?"
"Chase."
"Oh yeah, didn't she like boss you around or tell you to go do something for her?"
"Yeah, I went and got her a soda, anyways, why are you sleeping under the slide?"
I gave him an Are you serious look?, "It's kinda clear that I don t have a home genius."
"Oh, sorry. Well you can come and stay with me and my friends, I'm sure Ryder has a couple extra beds."
"No, I don t think I should do that."
"Why not?"
"Well let's just say, Ryder kinda hates me."
"Why does he hate you?"
"Well, I was kinda a jerk to her so I tried to make it up to her. But, when I asked what she wanted, she wanted to fight. She and I were fighting and it was nearly over, but Ryder came over and brought me to the pound because Crescent said that I attacked her, that's where I met Charlie. Anyway, Charlie and I escaped the pound and came here, we don't have anywhere to stay, so we decided the slide would keep us nice and dry."
"Wow, I never thought Crescent would do something that extreme."
"Well she did, and now my life is basically screwed."
"Just don't take it personally, she has something against all German Shepherds, me included."
"Why does she hate German Shepherds?"
"Something happened with her family and she s held a grudge ever since, I don't know the details."
"Oh, okay. By the way, what are you doing up so late?"
"Oh, since police pup, Ryder has me occasionally do night patrols just to make sure nothing happens, like anything would."
"Huh?"
"Nothing ever happens here, it's the most boring town to patrol."
"Oh, well good luck," I said turning back towards Charlie.
"Hey," he said catching my attention, "If you ever need anything, just let me know, I know what it feels like to be screwed over by Crescent."
"Thanks Chase."
"No problem," he said as he returned to his boring patrol. I went back and lay next to Charlie who nuzzled into me making my body heat up as I blushed like crazy.
Again, so sorry for the long wait, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter, and I ll see you next time.