"and now it's back." Dawkins said landing the drown on the roof and put a tarp over it. "there, now that that's all settled, I should get lunch started. I wonder if Da Vinci finished drawing?" he said going down. Once he entered the attic to go back downstairs, he saw the attic was actually really clean compared to how it was last week when he was there to find something. "wow, you six actually do a good job." He said.

"well." Destany started.

"it's not like there's." Dallas continued.

"anything else to do." Déjà Vu finished.

"well I thought you would have chosen not to do anything, I guess I was wrong." Dawkins said.

"well, we don't want to get punished harder than we already are." Dimitri 1 said

"I would rather not do this, but I want this to be over." Dimitri 2 said.

"and after this is over we're going to not do anything. We even made a deal with Triple D, to take us somewhere outside London to relax, maybe even sleep the day away." Dimitri 3 said.

"Really?" he asked the Girls.

"we've been up here with them all day." Destiny started.

"and we know what they can do if we say no." Dallas continued.

"This was easier." Déjà Vu finished.

"Hmm." Dawkins said. "lunch will be served in a few, you can either come down now, or wait up here until we call." He said. 'but I'm sure I know what they're going to say.' he thought.

The six of them looked around and then all nodded, "we'll wait for your call." They all said.

"understandable, well come…wait what did you say?" Dawkins walked down the ladder thinking they would follow, but then popped his head back up after hearing what they said.

"we'll wait." They said.

Dawkins just looked at them for a bit confused, he thought they would want a break any chance they get, like when they all needed a bath not too long ago. "ok them." He said confused and just walked back down. When Dawkins made it back all the way downstairs, he sees Da Vinci and D.J. messing with wires, but it was obvious they were scared to do anything too much because they might get shocked. "the powers off." He said.

"Are you sure, I have been shocked before thinking some of my equipment was off." D.J. said.

Dawkins walked over to a wall and showed then it was unplugged. He then walked other to them grabbed their wires and connected them without fear. "AHHHHH!" he said shaking.

"I told you!" D.J. said. Da Vinci then jumped at him.

"got…AH!" Dawkins said getting tackled by Da Vinci into a tower of boxes. "ow."

"you ok?" Da Vinci asked.

"yes, I'm fine. It was just a joke." He said.

And just like the rest of the day, they ended up in the same position again. So, when Da Vinci got up really quick, she was growling at him. "that's not funny." She said.

"I showed you there was no power. I thought you would get it. but I'm sorry." He said looking up. They just looked at each other, this time they forgot to look away, they just looked at each other for so long. That was until D.J. coughed. "AH!" the yelled, Da Vinci jumped away.

5 minutes earlier.

"so why aren't you helping Dawkins" D.J. asked.

"earlier when we first got it. it came to life…and well…it attracted us." Da Vinci explained.

"Aaah." He said understanding.

"yeah, after collecting everything I just left it to Dawkins and tried to clean the tube, I don't know how Dylan is going to fix it?" she said.

"if it's anything from you and Dawkins came out, then he has his work cut out for him. Good thing he had a few more days before he can do anything." He said.

They have been loosening some bolts, and bring some wires outside from their holdings to rewire them later for the speaker D.J. wants to put in. As with some screws on the outside because Dawkins wanted Da Vinci to draw up a shell for the machine to not catch on anyone else's fur. "so how was your day?" he asked.

"Hmm, ok I guess. I actually wasn't expecting to be in charge. In fact, I thought Dylan was joking about me be in charge. Dawkins was always the one in charge, but I can't say it's been a boring day." She said.

"especially because you're with Dawkins." D.J. said.

"what?!" Da Vinci said, she was tightening a bolt and heard a bad sound from it, but it was ignored.

"I guess that answers my question." He said grabbing a wire but pulled too hard and some popped out. "opus."

Da Vinci calmed down a bit, "why would you say that?"

"I just saw you blushing do hard when I walked in on you two." He said trying to push the wires back in, but nothing.

"It was just awkward is all, we've been in that situation more than once today." She was trying to undo what she did, but it's not come out, she slipped and caught some more wires and pulled them out.

"oh really, more than once. Where they accidents or on purpose." He said smiling a toothy grin.

"ACCIDENTS!" she yelled then covered her mouth. "why would I want to do that? I just want to get throw the day." She was then trying to connect the wires.

"well, I mean Dawkins is a cool dog, wouldn't blame you if you wanted to try something with him." He said giving up trying to push the wires back in, "I mean, he's not like you or me, but he is really smart. He might not know music, but he knew a bad tune when he was walking by, something about math, and to go up a pitch. So, he might know something about art. He did say he would read a book with you. And one with your namesake."

Da Vinci blushed, "I won't say he a bad dog, but we're family, won't he think it's strange? Don't you think it would be strange?" she asked.

"were not really related to him, so why would it. besides, I don't think it's all that strange. Look at Dylan." D.J. said

"what do you mean?"

D.J. looked over to her, "you haven't heard? Dylan has a crush on Dolly."

"what!"

"yeah, Dylan's had a crush on her for a while. I overheard Triple D said it before I went to a gig a while back, I don't think they saw me when they were talking. so after, I was paying attention to him and saw it myself." He said about to just connect them but feared getting shocked.

"Are you sure, it's Dolly? Not someone else that was close by that was with Dolly?" Da Vinci said thinking of connecting them but thought better considering that's not how it works.

"I'm sure. Usually, when they argue they use to be muzzle to muzzle, now when Dolly gets in his face, he backs offs and blushed. As well as his eye looking down at her muzzle for a second, I think he was thinking about kissing her, but chickens out every time." He said.

Da Vinci was now thinking over a lot of things. All she was doing was looking at the wires in her paw, that was until, "the powers off." Dawkins said walking to the room.

"Are you sure, I have been shocked before thinking some of my equipment was off." D.J. said.

Dawkins walked over to a wall and showed then it was unplugged. He then walked other to them grabbed their wires and connected them without fear. "AHHHHH!" he said shaking.

"I told you!" D.J. said flinching. Da Vinci didn't know what came over her before she knew what was happening she was already in the air towards Dawkins.

"got…AH!" Dawkins yelled as she talked him to the grown into a tower of boxes. "ow." Was all she heard.

"you ok?" Da Vinci asked.

"yes, I'm fine. It was just a joke." He said.

Da Vinci was on top of Dawkins and when she heard him say that something in her snapped, she thought he was in pain, "that's not funny." She growled at him.

"I showed you there was no power. I thought you would get it, I'm sorry." He said looking up. They just looked at each other, this time they forgot to look away, they just looked at each other for so long.

'why am I so upset with him, it was just a joke. But when I thought he was hurting I tried to help him so fast, do I…do I 'like' Dawkins?' she thought to herself looking at him, she then looked at his muzzle, she felt her heart speed up a bit.

D.J. then cleared his throat. "AH!" both Dawkins and Da Vinci yelled, and Da Vinci jumped from Dawkins and farther into the box pile. "so, should I just leave you to alone for a while, or…" he let it hang in the air for a bit.

"NO!" Dawkins yelled a bit too quickly. He was blushing quite a bit. He then composed himself, "no, no. were about to serve lunch in a bit, so I think we should set that up right now." Dawkins said going back to normal.

Da Vinci comes out of the boxes with a similar-looking face.

"right we should. And we could use the help, this will be the first time feeding them and I don't feel too confident with our skills with the food pump, or the bowl launcher. I've never used it before."

Dawkins then realized he never really used it to feed everyone, he only used it for recalibrating, or upgrades. "yeah, I think that would be helpful. It's not that it would be too difficult for only two, but considering this will be our first time, we should see what happens, and without spilling anything."

D.J. was thinking about it but was understanding what they were talking about it. "will I don't have anything else to do, I mean I could work on a playlist for a gig I have in a week." He said making them think he wasn't going to help, "but I guess I could help you, would want lunch to be late." He said.

2 minutes later.

"How does Dylan and Dolly make it look so easy." Da Vinci said rubbing her back because the kibble pump had a kickback to it, she was not expecting.

"I concur. Dylan lunches blow and hits where Dolly fires. I was calculating the flight path and gravity. It's, fortunately, they matched up?" Dawkins said looking throw the cross hears.

"well, you may have landed them, but missed in the biggest way." D.J. said.

"and that is?" they both said it at the same time not looking at him.

"Nothing is on the table." He said.

The two of them looked over to him and see the mess. No kibbles were on the floor, only blows. Some were stacked on top of each other, and everywhere, but not one was on the table. "well, let's get collecting." Dawkins then started collecting some bowls and placed them on the table as he walks.

Sorry this took so long; I just didn't feel it. I still don't feel like writing (blaming 2020 for this) but will be forcing myself to try. So, sorry again if it takes a while. The next chapter might be a full chapter, or half with Dawkins and Da Vinci and half in the aftermath. Because I want to get to a certain part soon.

Word of the day

Snivel (sniv-el)

Verb

To snuff mucus up the nose audibly : snuffle

That's it for me, until next time. Red Omega out, Peace!