her head moving and turned her head and saw that she was in great pain and gasping for air.

‘ Cop…’ Cameron whimpered as she tried to open her eyes. Cop didn’t think twice as he ran to his parents’ house, barking along the way. All the dogs and their humans walked outside including Soul, Tabatha, Rex and his human, Jack. Cop ran over to his parents and they had a mad look on their faces as well as the humans did.

‘ Mom, Dad. Cameron’s in trouble!’ Cop breathed. Suddenly they changed their expressions and ran after Cop with the humans following. Cop was out of breath when he ran over to Cameron. She was having a hard time breathing and was moving her legs around like crazy. Jack and Tabatha picked her up and ran towards the vets with the wolf dogs following closely. The vet had just opened and was not expecting anyone for another few hours, but didn’t take a second to get Cameron inside and onto the table. Cop followed her in, but his parents stayed behind.

Inside, Jack and Tabatha were asked a flood of questions and Cop kept quiet, but whispered comforting words to Cameron.

‘ Who found the dog?’ The vet asked as he put a stethoscope on Cameron’s chest.

‘ My dog, Cop found her. They’re both on a race team so I’m guessing he was gonna wake her up for a practise.’ Jack answered as he patted Cop.

‘ He’s a good dog. If he hadn’t woken you two up, then this one would be in trouble. Looks like Dyspnea. I’ll need to do few tests and keep her here for about a month before she can work again.’ The vet explained as he stroked Cameron softly.

‘ Sorry Cop.’ Jack whispered as he pulled him out the room with Tabatha. Cop whimpered as he was dragged across the floor and pass his parents.

‘ What’s wrong with her?’ Soul asked as she and Rex followed Cop to the boiler room where the team was getting ready for the mail run. He froze and dropped his head.

‘ Dyspnea.’ Cop said as he walked to the team who had heard what he said. Rex and Soul left their son to overcome the nightmare that was too real to be true. As they closed the door, the team changed their expressions and cornered Cop.

‘ Why didn’t you tell us that you were a wolf dog?!’ Chester asked loudly. He had much anger in his voice that would anyone scream, but Cop just hung his head.

‘ Wolf dogs are considered freaks. I didn’t want you to think me as a freak, just a friend and a teammate. I’m sorry, but my family just wants to left alone. At least I do.’ Cop answered. He walked out the room slowly with the team jeering at him. Chester knew that he should feel guilty, but he didn’t. He needed Cop out of the team before the competition. Once Cop was outside, he ran to his house trying to hold back his sadness. He knew that he lost his siblings and he wasn’t going to let Cameron go. He changed course and ran to the vets. Inside, there were only two humans and a cat.  It eyed him as he walked.

‘ What are you here for?’ It asked.

‘ I’m seeing my girlfriend…’ Cop answered.

‘ I heard about that. People and animals are talking.’ It said. 

‘ I know. I need to stand tall if I’m gonna be like Balto or my dad. I need to go,’ Cop said. He walked into the patient room and looked in all the cages. He saw Cameron wearing a breathing mask as she slept peacefully. Cop stared at her and wondered what went wrong. ‘So tell me when it's not alright, when it's not OK, Will you try to make me feel better? Will you say all right? Will you say OK? Will you stick with me through whatever? Or run away, Say OK.’

‘But I don't wanna be into you