Pepper is a brown dachshund with black spots on her ears and black paws with green eyes. Back in grade school, her best friend, Justin, a yellow collie also with green eyes, left in the middle of the year. He said he couldn't stand Pepper any longer. "I can do better!" Pepper cried. "You're so clingy, Pepper! I'm leaving! I never want to see you again!" He retorted. Pepper cried herself to sleep. When Justin shows up in her high school one day, all she can say is: "I missed u."