(Joe) I wake up and the whole room is pitch black. I feel around my bed and I find no one. That's odd. Oh yeah. She's gone. Then I felt a cold hand brush my side. Nobody's here except me and that kid. I feel the panic rise in my chest. It's getting hard to breathe when it graves my hand. It slowly starts to pull me off the bed. Then a voice says. "I think your girlfriends cheating on you. With some guy from Paris." A loud laugh comes from under my bed. "No!" My voice squeaks. The hand starts pulling me harder. Till I fall off the bed. When I fall I hear a loud whine bark sound under me. I instantly open my eyes and find Charlie under me. He makes a small bark after I get off him. I pick him up. "Sorry, buddy didn't mean to fall on you."
Then I hear a knock on my door. I stand up and find my bat. I pick it up and head to the door. I open the door. Thinking it's a murder. But instead, it's just hunter. "Sorry I forgot you were here." I put the bat down. "What was that loud scream?" I just look at the floor. "I had a nightmare." I look back at him. " since we are both up how about I drop Charlie off at the dog sitter and we go shopping for clothes." He just shrugged. What up with kids and there shrugs.
" I'm gonna get dressed first." Hunter leaves instantly. I turn to see Charlie on my bed chewing his squeaky toy. "Charlie what am I gonna do with you." I head to the bathroom and do my business. I brush my teeth after and put my clothes on. "Crap, I forgot deodorant." I turn to grave my deodorant but it's gone. "I always leave it there. " I turn to Charlie. And guess what he found. My deodorant. He had eaten almost the whole stick of deodorant. I walk up to him and quickly rip the rest of the deodorant out of his mouth. He looks at me with those adorable puppy dog eyes. "Really Charlie." He then starts wagging his tail. I roll my eyes and put the rest of the deodorant under my arms.
And stick it in the bathroom cupboard attached to my room. I pick up Charlie. I carry him all the way to the laundry room downstairs where his stuff is. I pull his leash from the hook on the wall next to his crate. I hook it to his red nylon color. I drag him to the back yard. And take him around so he can do his business. After that, I take him back in. "Hey, Hunter you ready to go." I turn and there he is right in the living room. He nods. I pull Charlie out the front door. And Hunter following. The sun shined brightly across the snow. Wow, it's only September and it's already snowed.
(Hunter) Joe takes Charlie into a house a couple of blocks away. I sit in his car and think about this morning. Why was Joe screaming no at 5 in the morning? He said it was just a nightmare but I think it's more than that. All of a sudden I felt something in my pocket. I pull. It out and it's that dragon sculpture. I don't remember graving it at all.
The driver's door clicks open and I shove it back in my pocket. He climbs in, and almost knocks his coffee mug in the cup holder. He gets in and shuts the door." Now that Charlie isn't here, we can get you some clothes." He starts the car pulling off the street into the road." So..." He takes a quick glance at me. " How was your old school." We stop at an intersection and he turns his blinker on going to the right. "It was alright, they had a pretty good sports team." He nods. "What did you play?" "Football, soccer, basketball, and hockey." He makes a really impressed expression. He took another turn to the left. Then we stopped at a small mall. "This is the Viking plaza mall."
(Joe) after we go shopping we head back to pick up Charlie. But the dog sitter wasn't there neither was Charlie. So I called her. "You're call went to automotive voice messaging system."'click' I hit end call. "Uhhhh." I just start the engine and go home. Hunter just sits quietly. So I turn on the radio to 93.7. But it's just crappy music so I turn it a little bit till I get to Dan shay tequila. It's not a bad song so I left it on. I pull onto my street and the song ends. So I turn it off. I pull against the curb. Turn off the engine. And Hunter opens the door and leaves me in my thoughts. I bet she just took Charlie with her for a walk or something. 'As long as you love me' my cell phone went off. My girlfriend. 'Click "Hey" Hey how's it going there with the hunter." "Good, we went shopping and." " Oh, really I just wanted to know how Hunter was coping with you." "Oh, I think he's doing well." "How's my Charlie?" Good, he's still with the dog sitter I will call her after I make Hunter breakfast." "Ok, oh yeah. I probably won't be back for another week or so." 'She's cheating' it came from my radio system. I don't think I'm dreaming. "Hey did you hear me, I might be gone a week or longer." "Yes, I know. Just call more often." She makes a loud sigh. " This might be the last time we can talk cause..." 'click' aloud door nock comes from the other end. "Oh come in." "Hone who's that?" She seemed not to hear what I said. "Oh it's you, we are gonna go soon." "Hone who's there with you?" She just keeps ignoring me. " Hey, I gotta go so talk t." 'Click' she hung up. I just feel a lump in my throat. I wish she didn't treat me this way. She didn't act this way when we were in college. She never went on business trips. I hope she's not lying to me. 'Hey, it's your phone pick it up.' 'Click' "Hello?" "Is this Joseph?" Its the dog sitter. "Yes, Mrs. Doris." She sounded like she had been crying. " Joe I'm at the vet. And ...." She starts balling on the phone." Hey it's okay, is Charlie okay." She starts crying harder. " Do you want me to go over there?" She starts to stop crying. "No, Charlie is not okay. He had swallowed a rubber ball. And it got lodged in his throat. And I rushed him to the vet as fast as possible but....." She starts crying louder. I felt tears running down my face." Do you ... Know if you can bring his body to me?" I start sniffling. "Yeah, I will be on my way in like 15 minutes or so." She starts sniffling."I didn't want any of this to happen. Not at all!" She starts balling again. " I gotta go Mrs. Doris." "Bye." 'Click' I stumbled out of my car. Charlie was the only thing that understood me. And ever treat me like I treated him. I could feel the tears coming down fast. Hunter had found my key and unlocked my house. I really didn't care right now anyway. I walked straight to the kitchen and out of the freezer pulled out a quart of vanilla ice cream. I shut the door and pulled out a spoon and started eating.
