Getaway

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Athena

The wound wasn't very big. They were two stripes of bites. One longer than the other. But still very painful. That will leave a scar. My god, the images come to my head at full speed, the bitting, Grumpy trying to arrive at me, me trying to help him.

At least is over now.

But you did nothing to help him. You were useless.

I move towards a cabinet, and I take the aid kit. I am not good with blood, but I'm trying my hardest. I take a piece of cotton, and put alcohol in it. To clean it.

When I finished, I throw the cotton in the trash can, but when I move towards him to put some cream, so that it does not get infected. I find that, there is nothing. Absolutly nothing. It's like it never was there. Like he never been attacked.

"What the hell?". I whisper to myself, while touching the area that was supposed to have a wound. I don't understand anything. Maybe I'm imagining things? I don't know.

"You're a very strange dog, you know"

"I'm seeing strange things". I said, passing my hand through my hair.

I breathe very deeply.

I bend down to pick him up, and when I have him around my arms, I move towards the door, and open it. Behind the door, James is already there, waiting patienly. With Shadow at his feet.

"I'm so sorry, this happened. If I had known, I wouldn't have brough it here". James said, and tried to hug me. But the growl coming from Grumpy stopped him.

I just smiled at him, and shook my head.

"You didn't know this was going to happen. Its okey"

When James bends down to pick up Shadow, he starts growling. That surprises us both. But then, we realize that he isn't growling at James, he is growling at Grumpy. Fuck.

Grumpy decides its time to start acting more mature, because the next thing he does is to ignore him. I have never been this proud over anyone.

"Don't you dare start with this again". James says, looking directly at Shadow.

They enter the bathroom without another word. And I turn my head to look at Grumpy, who has a look on his face that I can't figure it out.

Arriving at the living room, I see Paige, sitting like a statue. I feel bad for her, something similar happened to her when she was little, and has left a mark.

"Are you ok?". I know this isn't the best question, but I need to make sure.

"Not really. I felt scared, really scared. Made me remember that memory from the past"

"Its okey. We are no longer in the past, it has already happened. And it will not happen again"

"I know its not that bad, it seems silly-". Before she can finish, I interrupt her.

"No, its not. You were through something big or small, it doesn't matter. But the important thing, is look what you've become. A strong and beautiful women. Its a painful memory, sadly I know, but that has made you become the person you are now"

"I don't feel like any of that. In that moment I felt useless, I was paralyzed, still. My body didn't react to what I asked"

"You know, this process takes time"

"I've been like this for years, when will I start to change?". I could hear the frustration in her voice.

"Maybe you are already changing, but you don't feel it"

"Come here". I said to her. In that moment she needed a hug, and I would glady give her one.

The two of us, got up, and as we wrap our arms around each other, we let our emotions run wild. I can feel something watching me, so i look for the source. Grumpy, my dog, is looking at me, with so much intensity. As he can see that I'm looking at him, so he starts to get closer to us. Until he starts to pass through my legs. Suddenly, I feel warm, all of a sudden. But I don't give it importance, since right now the important thing is my friend.

"I want a hug too". James says, entering the room.

Without looking, the two of us open our arms to him. He runs towards us, and from the force he used, he throws us to the ground. Me below the two of them.

Grumpy comes running towards me. I can see the panic in his eyes, and I smile at him, to calm him down. He starts to lick my cheeks and starts to go down, until he arrives at my wrists. He licks my right one, and I let a whimper of pain.

Shit.

I didn't know that I hurt myself falling. Grumpy whimpers and puts his forehead in my arm. With my left hand, I start rubbing his head, to calm him.

"Baby look, I'm okey. I will put some ice, and then it will be perfect, like nothing happened"

Both of my friends have risen above me. Grumpy moves his body, so its positioned in front of me, and starts growling very loudly towards my friends. Both of them put their arms up, in surrender. But Grumpy doesn't stop.

I have to dos something.

"Baby, no. Stop it. James didn't mean that to happen. Accidents happen all the time"

Grumpy takes his attention of them, to put it in me. When he sees the stern look on my face, he starts to form a ball with his body and settles on my stomach, whimpering in the process.

"Oh shit. I'm sorry Athena". James says, panic in his face and voice.

"Its okey, but are you scared of Grumpy?"

"Of course, have you seen the way he protects you? Or the way he touches you, in every moment he can? Or when he started growling at Shadow for being very close to you? Or when he also started to growl at us for hurting you? So yeah, I'm fucking scared of your pet"

"I don't know what happened to him, he wasn't like these, the past few days"

"You haven't tough of, maybe, he likes to be possessive with you?"

Yeah, I can see that. The way he likes to lick me, to show something. But what exactly? To position himself in front of me to protect me. To growl at who gets very close to me.

So I just nod my head.

Not knowing how to answer.

The thing is, this should scare me, but is the opposite. I feel that it brings me closer to him, because deep down I want to do the same things, even if it sounds very strange.

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