Down Home Girl

Chapter 20:

I rushed into the studio, and grabbed Aiden by the arm, and pulled him out.

"Sarah, I was busy." He furrowed his eye brows.

"Why did you tell them." I said.

"Tell them what?" He asked.

"About Robert!" I whisper yelled.

"Because they deserved to know." He argued. "Plus it was only Chester and Dave."

"Yeah but they told Mike, Brad, and Joe and they kicked him out." I fussed.

"Yeah, and now none of us will be worried if he'll hurt you again. Because you know he'll do it again." Aiden said.

"I can't believe you, Aiden." I rolled my eyes.

"Sarah, I did this for you." He said, "I don't know why you're so mad a me."

"I...I don't know..." I said honestly. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." He said softly. I got on my tippy toes and kissed him softly.

"Thank you." I said.

"Your welcome." He smiled.

***

Aiden and I were walking around the mall in Baton Rouge. We were in the strip mall area right before the main entrance to the mall. There was a cage, were a man was selling puppies.

"Awe Aiden look!!" I exclaimed, pulling him to the puppies. "They're so cute!!"

He smiled and kneeled down next to them, beside me. We played with them for a little while. I looked at Aiden, who had picked one up and was playing with its ears. I giggled.

"Baby I want one." I said.

"Alright. How much for one, sir?" He asked.

"Depends. Which one you want?" He asked.

"Pick one, babe." Aiden told me. I looked around, and saw one that caught my eye. He was sitting back behind the crowd of puppies that were overly excited of my presence. He was looking at me with pleading eyes that made my heart skip a beat.

"This one," I said.

"He's kinda shy. He doesn't bark or get overly excited much. He's my youngest one."

"How much?" Aiden asked.

"$200."

"Here," he said and handed the guy the money. I picked up the puppy and held him. He has these deep brown eyes that were so beautiful.

"Come on baby, let's go find stuff for the puppy at the pet store." Aiden said. We got in the car, and then the puppy got excited. His tail started wagging when we got on the interstate.

"What should we name him?" I asked.

"It's up to you." He shrugged.

"Hmm....Sammy!" I smiled.

"Sammy," Aiden repeated.

We went to the pet store and bought everything we needed: from toys, to a collar and leash, to food and a dog bed. We also bought a cage to put him in when we were away.

On the way home I started thinking. What do we do with him when we're on tour?

"Baby." I said softly.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"What do we do with him when we're traveling?" I asked.

"My mom can watch him." He chuckled. "We'll just let her watch him a lot for a couple days at a time and let him get use to her, so when we're away he won't get lonely."