Little Lynch

Rex 2

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I ate my pancakes as fast as I could and ran after Ross out the back door (he had finished before me).

"Ross, wait up!" I yelled and he slowed down. I caught up. "Where are you going?"

"Playin' footie! Wanna play?" 

"Can't," I said as I motioned towards my foot. Even though I had gotten the plaster off, I still couldn't play any contact sports such as football.

"Oh. Let's do something else then. What do you wanna do?"

"Go to the pet store!" I exclaimed.

"Sure!" That was not the answer I was expecting.

"Yay! Lemme get dressed, and I'll be out. Okay?" I asked. Ross nodded and I ran inside.

"Where are you going?" Ellington asked as I pushed by everyone in the kitchen to go to my room.

"Getting dressed and going with Ross," I explained quickly as I ran.

"Go with him where?" Rydel asked but I was already in my room. And they wouldn't let me go if they knew where I was going.

I got dressed in a white flow-y shirt and a pair of dark jeans with Ross' old pink Chucks. I know, hand-me-downs stink. I raced back out the door and ran into Ross' car.

"Ready to go?" he asked. I nodded. "Cool," he said and we drove away.

• • •

There was a pet store about 15 minutes away, and it was all rescue. So, more of a shelter, I guess. But you could buy things there so it was a store and it was a pet store because they sold pets. Anyways, we drove for a while and we arrived.

"Are we actually getting a dog, Ross?" I asked, walking into the door with him.

"Sure, if we find a nice one."

'But Riker said no, remember. He said maybe, actually. But, still, I don't think he wans us to get a dog."

"Ro, he doesn't run the house. If we lived with mom and dad, I would listen to them. But he's my brother and it's my money, we live in the house together," he explained.

"Okay! I can't wait!" I squealed. Ross laughed. We walked in and I could see so many little puppies and big puppies and old dogs, too. There were chihuahuas and beagles and Irish setters and labs and poodles and mutts. "I like him! No, wait! Him! Oh my gosh a poodle! Look, look at that one's ears! That little tiny one is sooo cute!" I went crazy! They were all adorable!

"Calm down, we'll see them all." A woman came over to us and asked what we were looking for. Ross told her one that was good with families and kids, and stuff like that. She led us to a little puppy who was asleep.

I gasped. "Oh. My. Gosh. He is just the cutest thing in the entre world. We have to get him." I said. He couldn't be bigger than a small plate when he was curled up, and I just wanted to snuggle him. He looked like a beagle and a chihuahua mix, like a chihuahua with floppy ears and a long tail.

"This is a beagle-chihuahua mix," the lady said. I was right! "He doesn't have a name, so you get to do that yourself. He will get a bit bigger, but not a whole lot. He is about 1 year old and very good with little kids and really anyone."

"Please Ross?" I asked. I gave him my best puppy eyes. "Please?"

"You haven't even seen them all yet!"

"I don't need to! I love him too much!"

"Maybe." He turned his attention to the woman. "Can I hold him?"

"Sure!" she said, getting him up. He yawned the cutest little yawn and opened his eyes as he was put into Ross' arms .

"I love him! Please! Please please please please please!" I begged.

"I do like him... yeah. He's really sweet. I'm sold. And I assume Rosannah is too, right?" I nodded my head really fast. "Can we take him home today?" I smiled my very biggest smile and jumped up and down.

"Really? Oh my gosh! Thank you! Riker's going to kill us. Oh my gosh!" I squealed, again. "We have to get him some toys. He'll be bored. And name him! Let's wait to name him, though. I need time."

"Okay, princess," Ross said. I glared at him. He smiled. "Pick some stuff out!" he said, pushing my towards the stuff. I grabbed a yellow collar and some toys for him. We payed for the stuff and the puppy and also bought a carrier, but I carried him out.

I sat in the passenger seat with the sleeping puppy on my lap. I petted him the whole car ride. When we were home, I picked the puppy up and walked towards the house. I walked through the door and everyone was in the living room.

"Guys!" I yelled. "Come look what we got!"

"Come in here! I don't want to move!" Someone yelled. I walked into the living room.

"You did not," Riker said, not very happy we went against his wishes.

"Ross did. Isn't he th cutest!?" I asked.

"He is! What is his name?" Rydel asked.

"Doesn't have one. But I was thinking Rex, and so is Ross. So I think we will name him Rex. It starts with an 'R', too."

"I'm pretty sure I said we weren't getting a dog," Riker said.

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that we bought him with Ross' money, and this isn't your house."

"Fine. He is cute." I heard the door open and close.

"Hey guys! See what we got?" Ross asked, coming into the living room.

"Yeah, everyone saw him. His name is Rex," I told him.

"Yay! I love that name!"

"And I love Rex!" Rydel said as we set him down to play with us.

A/N The dog above is Rex.