All the kids were at school again, Kitten was out doing things in the yard, and Eli-Bear was at work. I'm locked inside.. it's kinda boring.
I ate a bit and decided to lay down. I waited for Kitten, eventually falling asleep.
When I woke up, Eli-Bear and Kitten were sleeping on the couch. I climbed up with them and laid next to them.
Life seems to move slower now. Lizzy's 10, the twin pups are almost 12, and Eli-Bear and Kitten are happy with life as it is. I mean, I know I'm the 'puppy'.. but I wish I was more. I want to talk and tell them I wanna play or tell them when I'm sleepy. They're always sleepy at the wrong time, it's like they just don't have enough time anymore.
But that's okay, Lizzy still makes time. She tries her best at least. Lizzy's quite the actress now, one day she'll be too busy. I guess I should enjoy it.
Bailey is usually okay petting me while she draws. She's in middle school with Noah, both of which are very good artists, but when Noah's home he just wants to play his TV games. Never has time for me.
But the girls try.
And The boys, but not as often.
We're just all growing up I guess. Nothing I can do as the puppy.
Bailey and Noah's bus comes and Kitten gets up to let them in. The head upstairs and Kitten comes back to sit with Eli-Bear, who's still sleeping. He's always sleepy now, I guess work does that to people. He used to try and stay awake for us, but lately Kitten's been making him sleep. That's good, I want Eli-Bear healthy, but I also really really want to play-
I decide to follow the twin pups upstairs and see what they're doing.
Both of them have their doors closed. I can't go do anything with them I guess. I decide to wait at the door for Lizzy. She'll be excited to see me.
A bit later, she came home. And I was right. She was very excited to see me.
After Noah let her in and she put her things away, she picked me up and took me to her room.
"You miss me Lolo?" Lizzy said. I barked back to her and Lizzy hushed me so we didn't wake up Eli-Bear and Kitten, but she smiled.
"How bout we go play ball outside?" She picked up one of my tennis balls and held it up. "Wanna go play?"
Yes! Yes I want play!!
"Apollo! Shhhh- we can't wake Dad and Papa. Now c'mon! Let's go play."
We went out to the backyard and played Get The Ball until Eli-Bear, now awake, got us for dinner. It was so much fun!
Though my pack might be a bit busy at times, I love them. I love Eli-Bear, Kitten, Noah, Bailey, and Lizzy. I love them so much.
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Short StoryWhen they brought her home she was so small. Compared to me, she was smaller than stars looked from the window each night. She must be young. She was small enough to be a human pup. Her hands were about the same size as my paws as she reached out t...
