Lynx: A Callie Torres Story

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Jada was having a blast playing Cards Against Humanity with her wife and friends on girls night. The group consisted of Jada, Callie, Becca, Rachel, Lexi, Christina, Arizona, and Kate.

It was a no men allowed night and it was the best. Christina and Lexi teased the group for not letting them bring their boyfriends, but it was clear the guys would not have had too much fun listening to girl talk all night.

"Let's see what you got," Callie said into her ear as Arizona drew the next black card.

Jada held up her cards so Callie could see them from behind her. "Definitely this one."

She broke out in laughter imagining the phrase in with the scenario. "I agree babe."

After handing the card over to Lexi who passed it across the living room to Arizona, Jada leaned up against Callie and relaxed while taking a sip of wine. The couple sat in their favorite rocking chair that Callie and Jada often playfully fought over. Callie always won since she could simply pick Jada up and out of the chair, but she always compromised and let Jada sit in her lap.

Everyone else took up the couches and Becca was the lucky one on the floor getting all Jackie's attention. "Jada, I think I'm going to steal your dog," Becca teased as she had Jackie take the card over to Arizona.

"Go for it," she teased in reply. "He's a little shit sometimes when he's not working or we don't have company over."

"You don't look like a little shit do you buddy?" Becca asked Jackie who rolled over onto his back for belly rubs.

"Callie's been trying to teach him how to grab beer out of the fridge," Jada said and immediately laughed at what came out of her mouth.

"Excuse me," Callie teased from behind. "I'm not trying, I taught him. Watch this."

After giving him his command, Jada and Callie along with everyone else watched Jackie run into the kitchen. He grabbed the towel that was around the fridge handle and gently pulled the door open. Standing up on his back legs, Jackie grabbed the beer bottle and jumped down. He moved around to the side of the door and jumped up with his paws to push the door closed. He then ran over to Callie and put the bottle in her hand.

"That's a good boy Jackie."

"That's awesome," Arizona admitted from the couch across the room as she finally chose the winning card, which was of course Jada's. "What else can he do?"

"He's task trained to do a lot for me," Jada explained. "He alerts when I get really anxious before I can even tell it's coming myself. He can crowd control, do deep pressure therapy, and Callie even taught him some protective commands for when I'm out by myself."

"Leave that to Callie," Christina teased.

Callie shrugged from behind Jada. "Hey, I just want to make sure my girl is safe."

"The really important commands are in Norwegian too," Jada added. "Since he's a Norwegian Elkhound and nobody knows what they are, it's perfect."

"Why'd you teach him in Norwegian?" Kate asked.

"He's very receptive of taking commands from anyone in the event that I'm not able to tell him what to do. But he knows that the commands in Norwegian are more important than in English."