Hollow

False Alarm

We were currently sitting in Everett's living room with both of our mouths hanging damn near to the floor.

"Baby? Since when?" Everett started.

She looks confused and then notices her sentence came out wrong.

"Oh, no! Not a human baby! Oh god no!" She smiles widely and whistles.

We both release the breath we've been holding for what seemed like an eternity. He was scared he was going to be a father and I was scared for him.

A dog about the size of a pony comes running from around the corner. It's huge and has a nice shiny black coat.

"This is what I meant by you're going to be a father." She let's the dogs head and smiles the biggest smile I have ever seen someone smile.

I use to smile like that when my dad got me my first gold fish. He died of course because I didn't know I couldn't take him on walks.

"Sofia! This isn't a baby. This is a overgrown horse."

She narrows her eyes at him. "No he is not. He's only a few months. Love him or I will kill you."

Damn, little miss sunshine has a stormy side.

"Sof, I can not take care of him. I'm never home through out the day, you know that."

She frowns and looks at me. "Pretty girlfriend over there, help me out."

She is probably a grown woman and she somehow manages to pull off the sad puppy eyes on me.

I go over to pet the black beauty great dang. His eyes, just like snows, make me melt.

"Oh, no. You can't use my own girl against me." Everett protests.

"But babe, he's the cutest oversized horse I have ever seen. Just keep him." I pout.

I glance over at Sofia and I see a smile starting to come back to life. "Yeah, Evey. He's the cutest."

He crosses his arms. "No. When I see you I already have to deal with snow."

"But snow needs a friend too."

Everett gives his wanna be annoyed face. "No, you have snow already. That's final."

Sofia and I look at each other and we both know we're thinking the same thing.

We smile evilly and put on our biggest pouty faces, turn the dogs head and stare at him sadly.

Everett huffs. "Not going to work."

I whisper in the dogs ear, "whimper, boy, whimper." And as if he understands he whimpers. I am a dog whisper everyone.

He sighs and gives in. "Fine." We both yell, "Yaaaay!" And the dog immediately comes out of pouty mode and starts wagging his tail wildly.

We fist bump. "But-but, Sof since you want him so bad. You have to take care of him."

She looks at me with a "He must be tripping" look. "Sorry, can't. I'm not going to be home for a few months."

"Then why beg me to keep him, Sof. That was stupid."

She pets and kisses the dog before getting up to leave. "Because dogs need love and it just proves I get what I want." And leaves out the front door.

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"We better get going. Thanks for dinner mom, dad." Everett says after wiping his mouth.

"Son you act as if you don't live here." His mom glares him from across the table.