him lying down, smiling at him. Chief cocked a brow.

“Huh? Well?” he asked as he lowered himself on top of her going and trying to make her answer him.

“Whoa!” She said as he lowered himself to where she figured out what he was trying to do. “Well I don’t really know but I’m sort of bored too.” She finally said. He stopped and looked at her smiling, she smiled back and Giggled as she rested her head on the floor still under him. He looked at her again and walked forward, turned around and laid down facing her, nose to nose, smiling at each other.

“So what would you want to do?” Kiko asked as she looked at the door then back at him. He caught that and got up and walked to the door, then cocked his head toward the door, she nodded as she got up and walked out the doggy door.

“You coming?” she smiled as she poked her head back through the door. He looked at her and followed her out the door.

“Yes, always.” He said as she smiled at her.

“Really?” she lay on her back, and pawed at him, he smiled and walked down the steps to get the ground. He looked back.

“You coming?” he smiled as she turned around and got up, and ran to him, and nuzzled his cheek happily.

“Yes! Any where with you.” She smiled as he nuzzled back. She ran in front of him, she was headed toward her mom’s house, and then she stopped and ran toward Chief to tell him to hurry.

“Your hyper today!” he smiled and ran with her to her mom’s house.

“I won!” Kiko Squealed as she almost ran into her mother’s house. She looked back at Chief and walked in to her mother’s house, Chief following her.

“Mom? Mom its’ Kiko!” Kiko called.

“Kiko?” Her mom asked, she went up and nuzzled her daughter.

“How are you?” her mom asked as she went and sat down by the couch, Kiko and Chief both went and laid down too.

“Where doing good mom.” She smiled as she looked at Chief, “Real good.”

“How is the dating going? Or whatever you guys call it now.” Kiko smiled at both her mother and Chief, then they smiled back.

“Good!” Chief answered for her, and smiled, Kiko’s mother Angel looked at him and half snorted, she wanted her daughter to answer her not her boyfriend!

“Mom!” Kiko said sharply, glaring at her mother with deep eyes. “It’s good.”

Kiko looked over at Chief and nuzzled then whispered at him how sorry she was of her mother acting the way she did. He nodded, he knew that her mom was strict like that and was very old.

“So how have u been?” Chief asked trying to get back on her good side.

“Fine.” She said plainly having him back on her good side. Kiko smiled and spoke heavily, trying to change the subject.

“So mom how is dad?” she looked around for him. “Speaking if dad where is he?” she asked.

“Well he is in the back room sleeping.” She replied smiling at the fact that her daughter loved her father. Kiko smiled and got up to see him, she walked in the back room Chief and Angel following. Kiko nudged her father. But got no response, so she nudged him again, no response once more. Kiko looked at her mother and shaked her head, her mother shrugged and proceeded to walk up to her mate and wake him, but kiko tried once more and….

“What do ya’ll want?” he asked in a tired and grumpy voice. “Who is it?” he also asked.

“Dad.” Kiko said in a temperate voice. “Its me. Kiko?” Kiko looked at her father as he did her finally realizing who it was and smiled and nuzzled his daughter in a “please forgive me” kind of nuzzle. Kiko smiled as she nuzzled back, she hadn’t felt her fathers nuzzle the one she always missed when she wasn’t around, she then stepped back as Chief nuzzled her smiling. Her dad then got up and nuzzled Angel his mate, she nuzzled back smiling as well.

 “So. Anyone want to go for a walk?” Kiko asked looking at the others. Kyle Kiko’s dad smiled and nodded as if he thought that they should go.

“Lets go.” He said plainly as he walked toward the door, the others following him contently.

“Ok.” Kiko said smiling walking out beside Chief. Chief smiled at Kiko and nuzzled her before walking out of the doggie door.

“I love you...” she smiled as she walked out happily, prancing, and waiting for him to walk out to greet her. He did so with a lick on the muzzle, she replied with a lick on the nose. She really did love him but she didn’t know whom to choose and with the fight she had with her friend before she couldn’t really go and talk to her about it, and all her other friends she really couldn’t go to them for answers because the next day they would have had it spread!

Gossipers! Kiko thought thinking about the idea. Lithium was the only one she could really talk to about it. But she couldn’t because hello, she liked him!

And besides he wouldn’t understand! Kiko continued to think. Kiko growled at herself deep in her throat though trying hard not to have anyone realize what she was doing, but uh-oh  Chief found out and asked her about it.

“Chief don’t worry just thinking to myself baby.” She replied telling the truth in an ok way. Chief frowned and looked at her, he asked

“Was it about us? Something bad? Do you really love me?” he piled her up with questions. But she managed to answer them all in the manner he had wanted to hear.

“Yes. No. Yes I really love you, or I wouldn’t have brought you here to my moms house!” she answered nuzzling and licking his muzzle trying to get him to believe her. He sighed as he nuzzled back though in a relived sigh. She smiled and pulled away, finding to see that her mom and dad

was looking at them with curious eyes, she smiled at them and walked toward her mom and dad.

“What was that about? Are you and Chief broke up or something? I heard…” Her father was interrupted by Kiko’s words.

“No father were not broke up.” She said plainly. “It was just a misunderstanding.” She replied looking ahead of her, Chief walked up and nuzzled her again.

“No sir. Nothing happened.” He said as he started to walk, as he broke away from the touch of her beautiful looking, soft bristled fur. She started to walk with him, and then her mom and dad followed starting in a conversation. They started with the latest animal gossip in town. Which the first to come up was the mounted police, or the horse patrols. There equine friend Jake informed them about the deal on horse slaughter in town and how the mounted patrol horses, are for one just being literally taken off the street and in to the slaughter houses, and second how they don’t stay still when they are down there, meaning that they are jumpy, because they do know what is going on. They’re not stupid. And they just jumped around like they were in some kind of horse show.

“But yeah that’s what Jake said and informed us about. Gah! I almost just want to go over there myself and beat those guys up. Them guys who help with the horse slaughter.” Kiko’s dad said as he growled aloud.

“Yeah dad I know what you mean.”  Kiko said. “Really I need to go over and see him. It’s been a long time.” She sighed as she started to take lead. Chief smiled and joined into they’re conversation.

“Yeah I think I know Jake he’s one of my good friends.” He said. “I didn’t know that you knew Jake.” Chief said. “I also didn’t know you knew anything about the police’s force.” He looked at her father, Kaleb.

“Well there are a few things you don’t know about me and the reason I know so much about the police forces is because I used to be the K-9 police. Actually the chief, like you.” Kaleb smiled as a look of questioning crossed his face.

“How did you know that?” He asked looking at Kaleb, her father.

“Well I do know the gossip!” He said smiling proudly at himself, Chief laughed at himself and looked away.

“Right.” He replied. He looked at Kiko and smiled she laughed at him and smiled back happily.

“I knew that.” He smiled trying only a little to impress his girl. She smiled knowing what he was trying to do, hey what could she say! She got it from her dad!

“Yeah I know what your trying to do!” she smiled and licked his muzzle, he smiled at her smooth touch, she smiled back.

“Love birds.” Said an unfamiliar voice. “Though She would have been mine.” He smirked as he came out of the darkness. Beetle, a jet-black rotweiler who did but though always had a crush on the hottest girls in town, Kiko. He smiled at the bunch, or more like a toothy smirk grin that could scare his own bad children. Kiko growled

“What are you doing here?” Kiko growled. He looked at her beautiful black and red face.

“Well just in the neighborhood. Since I was in a ‘Special Place’.” He glared at Chief, while Chief glared back at the thief.

“So. I guess that they let you out?” Chief asked as his fur bristled. Beetle smirked and bristled his own fur.

“Yep they did!” He said then as he straightened himself as Kiko sat down. He looked at her and smiled smirking as he walked toward her, she watched him a glare upon her face. He smirked some more, as if it was his duty or something. Though as his soft fur brushed up against her she jumped at the soft touch, as though it tickled. She smiled a bit as he moved his muzzle up toward her ear she smiled at the soft touch. He knew how to get a female unspayed on his side.

“Hey.” Beetle said with an ‘I know I can do it’ look “Why don’t you come and see me tonight.” He said brushing his fur with hers making her happy and excited. They all then picked their heads up and watched until…

“Hey! Beetle! Get away from her!” Kaleb cut into his sole called “glory”. Beetle looked at Kaleb and growled deep in his throat.

“How dare you!” He said angered, though Kaleb brought it back to him.

“Thats my Daughter your messing with! She doesn’t like you! She likes Chief!” Right then and there, there was dead silence. Right then and there a big, huge pinch of guilt attacked her heart. She gulped and everyone looked at her concerned. She looked at them.

“What?” Chief looked at her.

“You gulped. What was that for?” he asked all looking at her, them all looking at her.

“Well, I can