Carmen

Zoe

There was a few tents that were still being set up and I could see them from the parking lot. I had brought Max with me since I hadn't taken him out in a while.

"Come on Max."

He wagged his tail happily, I knew he was exited. We kept walking towards the set and once we were there I released him from his leash.

"Hey Max! How you doing buddy?" Jack said as he ran a hand through his fur.

He wagged his tail and barked as if he was actually communicating with Jack.

"So you need to go get dressed and your hair and makeup team is setting up at the moment they were running really late."

"Okay then I'll go do that."

I put on the first bathing suit and the hair and makeup artists weren't ready yet so I put Max on his leash and went for a walk.

It was soothing to hear the waves splashing and the seeing the children playing. The sand felt soothing on my feet like a massage.

Then a little blonde boy about three years old came up to me and asked if he could pet my dog.

"Of course, his name is Max and he loves to play."

I was kneeling down to be at the level of the little boy.

"Hi Max I'm Charlie."

Max started sniffing Charlie which made Charlie a little startled.

"It's okay he won't bite he's just getting used to your smell." I smiled at him reassuringly.

Charlie smiled and started petting Max again.

"Charlie! Where are you?!"

A voice was heard in the distance, soon a man came jogging towards us.

"Charlie you can't just walk off like that, your dad would kill me if I lost you."

"Sorry uncle Logan, I was just petting the doggy!"

Then the man noticed my presence and his eyes widened.

"Sorry for the bother, come on Charlie you can't just walk off and bother people like that."

"It's fine really, it does Max good to be around people like this." I smiled reassuringly at him.

"Carmen! We're ready to get started!" I heard Jack yell in the distance.

I turned back to Charlie who was happily playing with Max.

"I need to go now, if you're still here later then you can keep playing with Max."

"I'll be here all day! Right uncle Logan?!" He said menacingly which I found rather cute.

"Whatever you want buddy." Logan rolled his eyes and grabbed Charlie's hand.

"See you later Max." Charlie waved.

The little boy was very smart for his size.

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There was no signs of clouds anywhere which meant that they weren't going to be getting their rainy pictures.

"Tilt your head the the left a little, okay perfect now stay there."

We were almost done, it was hot and I wanted to go for a swim. I had no idea where Max was, and I couldn't go look for him.

"Still no sign of Max." Jack said.

I felt a knot make its way to my throat. I was getting worried, it wasn't that long that he had disappeared so he couldn't have gotten far.