Like A Sister *COMPLETED*

Chapter Fourteen - Puppy! EDITED

14. Chapter Fourteen – PUPPY

Elizabeth’s POV:                                                                                  

“Good morning my puppy dogs,” I called on Monday morning as I entered the Puppy Room. Rosie, who I had figured out was more outgoing than Russ, bounded over and licked the hand that I offered; picking her up, I carried her over to the kennels. I had put them in their own ones last night, but since Russell was in Rosie’s one, I figured that they had gotten lonely. I put both of the puppies on the pee places and had a look at the kennels. I noticed a random hook and pulled it – the side popped open, forming an awning. I did the same with a hook on the other side of the kennel, and the side folded down to create a sort of deck. I pulled the hooks on the other kennel and it did the same; now there was a sort of walkway between the kennels. I quickly looked over at the pups; they had both peed, so I praised them, moved them to the centre of the room and gave them some toys. I went back to continue playing with the kennels. Standing over them, I spied the boxes behind them, so I grabbed them. There was a third box, which I discovered was called a “KENNEL KONNECTOR,” that joined two kennels and made them into a massive one. I wrapped it around the walkway, joining things up, until there was somehow a double kennel in the corner of the room.

“Queen Rosella, King Russell, come here,” I called. I turned toward the puppies and said their names repeatedly, my arms open and my voice coaxing. In about ten seconds, Queen Rosella was bounding over to me. I hugged her and said her name again, and then put her in the kennel. She sniffed around and barked, which made her brother join her, bypassing me altogether. This puppy needed some serious socialization with his owner. I scooped up Rose and carried her into the dorm, closing Russell in the room by himself. My arms were full of puppy, so I emptied them on Sasha’s bed.

Walking back into the puppy room, I saw that King Russ was sitting in the middle of the room, sniffing around. I crossed the room to the big cupboard and grabbed a few puppy treats, then sat down cross legged a few metres away from King and held one out to him. My palm was flat, my hand not closed over the treat, my eyes downcast and my body very relaxed and non-threatening. The puppy sat down and stared at me for a few seconds; when I remained still, he got smelled the treat on the air and was curious. He stood up and took a few steps toward me, sniffing the whole time. I kept my hand still. He took a few more steps, until he could almost taste the treat. I moved it slightly away from him, and he took a leap to grab it. Snatching it from me, he stood where he was and let me pet him while he ate. Bounding away, he seized a toy in his little jaws and shook his head forcefully, growling. I put another treat in my hand, shuffling a little bit closer and bent my elbow a little to bring my hand closer to my body.  This time he was less cautious, he looked at me for a few seconds and then walked normally to me. He stopped, turned his head a little to the side as if checking that there was nothing hidden underneath and then delicately picked the treat off of my fingers. He stayed still while he chewed, and I rubbed his head playfully. I then grabbed a nearby toy and threw it; he chased it, while I grabbed another treat and put it in my palm. I then rested my hand against my hip, and called King’s name. He came bounding over and took the treat, and I showered them on him. He was a fast learner!

“Hello,” I said when the door opened.

“Hello,” a voice replied. I placed it immediately.

“King, get James!” I turned and saw James crouch, holding out a hand for the puppy.

“Come here boy!”                                   

“Hey Jamesie,” I said, going over for a hug.

“Hi, Elizabeth,” he replied, a little unsure of what to call me.

“Watch this watch this watch this,” I suddenly squealed. “King Russell, come here! Good boy. Sit… good sit! Shake – good boy,” I instructed.

“Wow he learns fast,” James commented.

“I know! He’s a genius,” I bragged.

“Breakfast time for humans now,” Hermione called from the bedroom. She opened the door and placed Queen Rosella on the floor; getting up and brushing a piece of dog hair from my clothes I poured them some dog food and left.

“Hurry up, we have Potions in ten minutes,” I moaned at the boys.

“Oh, that’s boring,” Sergio moaned back, imitating my tone. I aimed a whack at him with my book which he dodged, laughing, and then stood up. I crouched a little into a defensive pose and he ran at me. I dodged him and he turned around, chasing me around and around the big table. Eventually Dan reached out and grabbed me around the waist, and Sergi grabbed me for a hug. Dan was trapped in between, and so James yelled, “DOG PILE!”

He, Rupes, Paul, Luke, Hermione, Sasha, Tiana, Tania, Tracey, Stacey, Macey, Georgie and Layla all dived on top of us; soon random people were in the pile. Even a professor or two joined in! Somehow James squirmed out of the mess and stood on top; he was on a seventeen-year-old’s back and with a war cry he raised his arms in the air. Then with a genuine cry he fell; as the 17 year old pushed himself into a sitting position he tipped James off his back. Fortunately James only fell about two metres; everyone wriggled up and I was left on the floor, not as crushed as you would think because the strong boys had formed a protective shell around me and taken the weight of everyone. Aaw, my fake brothers were so kind sometimes. Then again, they were perfectly horrid other times – like the time I attempted to use a crimper on my hair when I was eleven, the time I exploded something in Potions right in my face and happened to rid myself of all of my eyebrows and make myself look weird in second year, when I giggled weirdly, when I tripped over something random and broke my nose, making it bleed, and also scraped up my chin and neck, when… oh, countless times. They were pretty nice though; they brushed my hair out after teasing me about the crimping incident, they tried to find spells to fix my eyebrows after the Potions issue, they took me to the hospital wing (teasing me the whole time) to fix up my nose, chin and neck and loads of other things.

Rupert and Luke each grabbed a wrist and pulled me to my feet; they grabbed my heavy textbooks and other random junk and swept me in a whirlwind to the Potions dungeon. That Libby had spray painted pink.

“Let’s go brainiac,” they chorused. “We’ll be la-ate!” I knew they were only teasing, trying to diffuse the tension because we all knew who was in this class, but I took a seat anyway, surrounded by my guys. They knew that I was nervous; it was the first time I would be seeing Sebastian Gunn since the scene in the Hall, three weeks ago. They were gentle but exuberant; they reminded me of the Weasley twins.

“Hello everybody,” Libby called, entering the classroom. “Elizabeth Archer, your dogs are making a terrible racket, please go and see them. Daniel Powers, Rupert Jones, Paul Tanks, James Turner, and Sergio Blue, sit down! James, Hermione, Daniel, Sergio and Sasha can go with you, Elizabeth.” I had stood as soon as she said ‘dogs’ and my books were grabbed by James. Dan and Sergio grabbed Hermione’s and Sasha’s and we tore out of the classroom.

“Hello darlings,” I called as I flung open the door to the Puppy Room. I heard them crying from the dormitory and they ran over to me when I entered the room. Plopping on the ground I cuddled them; James replaced their peeing places; Hermione refilled their food; Sasha neatened up the toy basket; Dan filled up their water again; and Sergio plopped down beside me and wrestled with King Russell.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,” he laughed. I set Rosie beside them; she immediately jumped on top of them, growling her little baby puppy growl that sounded more like a purr.

“Oh, baby,” I giggled. Sergio smiled at me; I looked around and James was smiling too; the girls and Dan were also grinning and I also grinned the biggest grin I had grinned in a long time. I didn’t want the moment to stop, I was with my best friends and my new puppies, I had no cares and most of all, I was smiling so hard that my face hurt.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the fluffy filler chapter! I am going to do a quadruple update so I have a few that I need to do after this. Just wondering: Elizabeth will be thinking of a new nickname soon; do you want me to put in the list of everything she considered (eg personality, appearance, style etc.) or just say the name?