“Listen girl, you weren’t there you don’t know what it’s like.” He wheeled around and stalked off. He decided to go outside and have a look around. As soon as he walked out he was standing face to face with a female beagle.

            “Ohh Steele is it. My name is Rachel.” She rubbed up against him. Steele shook his head.

            “I’m tired of this.” He snarled. He shoved the dog aside and she stumbled to the ground. He walked off his tail waiving in the air. People all around stopped to pet him and talk to him and al the female dogs were falling over themselves trying to talk to him. He must have made an enemy in Rachel because  she completely ignored him after he pushed her over. He didn’t care. He was Steele after all and he had all the girls he needed. Lily annoyed him because not only did she look like Jenna but she also acted like Jenna.

            He looked at the sky as it slowly darkened. He turned around and trotted back home. He walked into the dog door and headed toward the couch. He stopped when he saw Lily lying there.

            “Get off Lily. You know I sleep there.” He growled. She laughed and tossed her head.

            “You wish Steele. This has been where I have slept since I was a puppy. Your bed is over there.” She said pointing to the corner with her nose. It was a pile of blankets. He grumbled loudly to him self as he laid down on the blankets.  The lights in the house went out as the family went to bed. April and Kurt walked by and said goodnight to there dogs. The two dogs lay silent for about and hour. Steele heard Lily stir on the couch.

            “Steele? I just wanted to say that I’m sorry about what I said..even if it was true. I think that you should stop thinking about yourself so much and more about other people… Steele?” she called. Steele acted like he was asleep and he finally heard her  breathing get quiet. He stood up and walked over to her. “I wish I wanted to kill you.” He thought to himself. He felt so much anger…

Chapter Four

            Lily woke up and lifted her head of the pillow.

            “ Day one with Steele-success in the since that I haven’t killed him yet.”She jumped of the couch. Today was bath day. She walked over and tapped Steele on the shoulder.

            “Come on we have to get our baths today.” Steele looked up at her,

            “Your kidding right?” he asked

            “Nope. Comeone.” She walked to Kimberly and Lance’s bedroom door. She barked once and the door opened. Kimberly already had a big bucket of water filled.

            “Go on in Lily .” She jumped  into the bucket and barked happily.

            “Oh brother.” She heard Steele  murmur. She tossed her head and enjoyed her bath.

            When it was over Kim dried her off. And she tried to get Steele to jump into the water but he  wouldn’t . Lily shook her head in annoyance.

            “ Oh come on Steele. Stop being like that and just get in.” She tossed her head. Steele stepped into the water and Kimberly poured water on his head. He growled but didn’t move. She soaped him down, rinsed, and the dried him off . He jumped away from her as soon as he possibly could.

            “Now that wasn’t so bad was it?” She asked as she walked outside with him.

            “Yes it as so bad. Where I used to live my owner let the snow wash me off.”        

            “ Which explains why you stunk so bad when they found you. For being the mighty Steele you sure do have bad hygiene.” She retorted.

 Steele snarled and walked off. Lily noticed that the flock of girls around him had gotten smaller and smaller. Lily shrugged and begin walking toward the butcher shop. He sometimes gave the town dogs some meat if he had enough on hand. She stopped whe she heard someone calling her name. She turned to see Bear bounding toward her.

            “Hey Bear what’s up?” Bear stared bashfully at his paws.

            “You wanna go with me to the race tomorrow. I know you usually just go with your owners but I won’t be racing this year because of my accident and I’ve  never watched it before and..”

            “Whoa whoa just slow down Bear , of coarse I’ll go with.”

            “Oh that’s so sweet I’m gonna cry.” Said a voice. Lily didn’t have to look. Steele started laughing and Bear limped forward ready to jump at him. Steele was making a big show of rolling on the ground and laughing. Lily held Bear back and flicked her tail across his mouth to silence him. She shoved her paws deep into the snow picking up a ball of snow and dirt. She walked up to Steele.

            “Very funny Steele” She shoved the ball into his mouth. His eyes bulged and he begin coughing. The snow shot out and he lunged at Lily.

            “Alright you. I’ve had enough. I could kill you right now.” She snarled.

            “Shut up Steele you deserved what you got.”  Bear helped her up and off they walked.

Chapter 4

            Steele shook his head in frustration. His life had gone from great to bad to terrible. She walked back to the house and decided to mope in a corner and fill sorry for him self. This was also the first time that he had actually cared about someone an ounce. The weird the was he hated her to. A noise got his attention and he turned around to see Lily.

            “ What was that about?” she snarled. He blurted put without thinking.

            “ I as gonna ask you to the race and I was mad that your going out with Bear.”

            “What? Im not going out with Bear! He has been depressed since the sled fell on his hind leg and I just thought he could use some cheering up!” Steele felt himself get excited.

            “So you do like me?” He asked hopefully. Lily snorted.

            “Keep dreaming glory hound.” With that she waltzed out of the room.

            Steele was mad at himself. He didn’t like her. No more than he like any of the other dogs he had dated. Suddenly and idea came to him.

            “I’ll join the race!” He bounded out side to practice. He hadn’t run in a while because of his shoulder.

            He practiced for hours that day and the next. The race was at 6 o’clock and he was determined to be there and win. He hadn’t given thought that the winner would be auctioned to any one to be put into a certain job. Like mail dog, police dog, or more humiliating, garbage dog. All he thought about was winning. By 6 he was at the starting line.

Chapter 5

            Lily and Bear made there way through the crowd to the front lines. Lily heard a sigh from Bear.

            “I wish I was there.” He murmured. Lily was about to answer when she caught sight of the familiar black and white pelt at the starting line.

             “Bear! It’s Steele!” Bear gasped and limped toward the starting line with Lily at his heels.

            “Steele are you crazy?” Steele smirked and didn’t answer. The gun barked and the dogs shot off. Steele was immediately in the lead. Actually he was trying to get past Neal, another glory hound who everyone expected to win. Neal’s owner planned to get him at the head of the police dog force. It was a lot of power for them both.

            Lily heard the report of the one mile pistol. Second…third…She turned to look at the finish line and saw Steele. He was going to win.

            BANG! A gunshot came out of no where and Steele fell. Neal came into view and crossed the  finish line.