"Woo-wee." I breathed. He laughed softly, climbing up the porch and holding the screen door open for me. " Thanks," I said. He nodded and I fell back to wait for him. " Where's your owner? I asked.

        "Hmmm..." His ears flared up as a low whistle came from another room. " Thats him." He said, egarly leading the way. As we searched the house for his owner, I took a moment to look at his house. Though it was small, it had 4 rooms. Plus, 2 bathrooms. Impressed, I promised myself I would explore later.

     We aproched a tall man with a grey sweatshirt and sewatpants. He had brown hair, and a cheerry smile. He leaned down to pet me, and I wagged my tail. "  Now, nick, who's this?" He asked. Haveing his cherfull smile into a sly one. " He finnaly got him self a gal'." He said to me. I barked out a laugh.

 Nick shrugged. Apartnly emmbarrsed. He shifted away to another room. The man bent down and gently fliped a corner of my bandana, "Jenna." He read. Smileing again. " That's a beautifull name...Now, miss Jenna, would you like to go look for nick?" I nodded, allready turning in the oher dirstcion Nick went in my egarness. " It's OK with me, Ready, set, GO!"  At the word go I charged in the direction my nose pointed. As my nose took scent's in, it was like a hurricane. The scents came from all directions.

   "Nick?" I called. I stepped into a hallway, the hallway was dark with no lights. "Nick?!" I repeated, more scared now. " Need my asistance?" He said. Stepping out from a patch of darkness and comeing towrds the light towrds me, where the window shaved light in.

   " Yes, I do need your help." I smiled. Stepping closer. "Would you mind showing me around your house...Also- can you please turn on the lights, I-" I squeaked. "I'm terrified of the dark..."  He nodded. He jumped up, finding a switch in no time, and flicking it on. " Nick-er-ony at your service!" He said jumping back down. The lights flickered, and came on.

 " Nick-er-ony?" I asked, giggleing to myself. He cocked his head to me as we decended our way into the deepest part of the house. " Yes?" He said. " I thought you said that your owner had a dogteam...Where are the dogs?"

 " Well, the dogs, are from diffrent houses and parts of this area in Nome. They come here to get ready for races and train further. I talk with them, but not as much as I should. There really rude to everyone else sometimes...I just guess my owner was desprete." I nodded. Earse the idea of meeting new dogs, out of my head. 

 " Now, I am about to show you my room. So, do you think your ready?" "Yep." " Little missy, do you think your ready?"- He said in a darlin' country voice way out of toon. " Yeppers!" I replied. " DO YOU THINK U R RED-AY?" I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Sure!" I added with my way over cheesy country style voice. " I THINK YOU ARE READY LIL' GIRL, SO LET GET ON WITH IT!" He said pushing the door open. 

 " Good gravey." I breathed as my eyes met with his room.  "Isint it great?" I nodded. My eyes were glued to the millans of trophies lineing his walls and in a small corrner of his room.  

 " You like?" He asked, padding up to one of his star trophies. " In the inside I`m speechless..." I murmered under my breath. He chuckled and waved me over to his trophy.

"This beauty I won for first place. It was a two dog race, just me and a gruff dog about twice the size as me, he was strong, fast...But not as fast as I was." He paused to smile and wink at me. " He kept pushing me to the side, trying to knock me off. But I reagined and I got infront of him. As he slowed I sped up, probally thinking me as a toy, he snapped at me, I was just inches away from the finish live, and he was smack dab in back of me...He almost got in 1st place, by 3 secnds mabye...But a news reporter said that I won, so I got my trophie!" I barked happiily for him. And after that he led my around his house, telling tales of it, and even suprie me about how old it was: 123 years!

 When we stoped the moon was in full glow. " Geez, I have to go home. Rosie will be worried about me." I said to him. " How bout I take you home?" He offered. " That would be fine." I said, pushing up against him. "Brrrrr...." I intimadated. He smiled and said. " I dont want you a popsicle, so lets hury!"

 I giggled and lead the way, my teeth chatting so hard, it made my whole body quake.

  The porch light was dimming as I steped onto the hard wooden porch. "Thanks." I said. " For what?" He pondered. " For everything." I nuzzled him and then licked him on the nose. " I`ll see you tommorw!-I promise." He nodded, dazed by the love I gave him. He smiled and jumped off the porch as I headed inside.

 " Look hows back?!" Sam said. Clearly dissaponted. She layed on the couch, watching rosie fiddle with her board game. " Sorry Sam. It just that..." " Just that what?" She said her ears turning towrds me. " I met this husky today in town, he showed me his house, his owner his trophies, EVERYTHING! He's perfect!" " Good for you." Sam said, faceing her back towrds me. " Geez Sam, I WILL take you for that tour tommorow. I`m really tired and all I need is some rest." Sam nodded and contuied to watch over rosie.

 I shook my fur, letting the snow soak to the floor, and skidded to my room, my claws clicking on the wood. I climbed into my doggie bed, and let my eyes flutter to sleep.

                Chapter- Three

            If another set of eyes set on your loved one, would those eyes claim it? Or treat 'em like dirt? 

 " Jenna! Jenna! Wake up! Wake up! You wont belive what's happening!" Sam's shrill voice woke me from my groggy dream. "What, did you break a nail?" I teased. She huffed. "No. Jen, look-It's snowing!" "Yeah were in Nome, it does that," I said, trying to go back to sleep. " Come 'on I wanna go in it!" "It's cold..."  I warned. She sighed. " Well, ecxuse me for trying to have fun..." She said in a snobby tone. " Well, maybye.." I said. Her ears perked. " Maybye means a yes, get up!" " Maybye does not mean a yes," I corrected. " In my world it does! Now get the heck up!"

 " God kill me, " I said as I got up to face sam. " Come on, I said heading down the hallway and out the screen door.

 A gust of  air shoved me back. But sam didnt seem to notice the cold, and instead she plopped on the snow spreading herself out and bending her limbs. " You know, Sam your a dog, you can't make a Snow Angel, your just a dog." "Hmmm..." She said, standing up. " It's more, like a Dog Angel." "Mhhmmm..." I said, survrying her so called "dog angel". It looked like a clump of snow that someone wanted to make a fort with, but got knocked over and shredded. " HAHA!" I bluttered out. " Bah humbug" She said, steping away from the snow and on the porch. " Ready for are stroll?" I asked. " Yeppers!" She said allready bounceing onto her feet.

 " This is the boiler room." I said shuffleing my paws twords it. " Can we go inside?" Sam asked. "Nope." I said, thinking about Dixie and Sylive. It was to late Sam flew in there, slamming the door shut right in my face.

     When I  finnaly got in there, noone was there. I looked arounf the bend, and Sam was no were to be seen. I sighedand went out of the boiler room. Thats what YOU get Jenna, frletting my know it all get infront of you...I thought to myself.

  I truged back home. Not careing if Sam was wondering where the heck I was at, if she got lost, I wouldnt know, Would not care.

Just as I went up the slope towrds home, I saw 2 familer shapes down the hill, talking. I squinted my eyes. I saw the familer tan husky I adored, Nick, and?> ....Samantha.

I pulled my eye brows togather. I watched as Sam gently licked Nick on the ear. I growled loudly. I sprang down the hill, and sprang onto Sam. She yelped, and barked under my hold. " Jenna, what the Hell are you doin'?" Nick said, rushing over. " She was just talking to me, that's all!" 'Yeah right, I saw her lick you!" Sam curled up her lip. " So? What does it matter? I licked him? So what? You licked him last night!" "How do you know that?!" I asked her.

"He told me." She said, shrugging her shoulders to Nick under me. 

" Yeah I told her...But I gave you a tore of my house!" He said, stepping towrds me. " That's not fair!" Sam wailed. She pushed me out of the way and got to Nick. " Mind showing me?" She asked. " I will, not right now," Nick said to her. 

" Ok.." Sam said. She slyly smiled at me. I bared my teeh, ready to spring on her, but Nick yelled. " Stop! I have no idea what has gotten into you Jenna, but I dont like it...Maybye were not meant to be togather." I gasped and said. " We are, Nick! Bealive that!" " I WON'T!" He said in a voice so loud it scared me, I flung back, afraid. " Nick's gonna finish my tore." Sam winked. " Why?" I said in a almost pleading voice. " Beacuse he offered," She said, moveing towrds him and licking his head. He licked her back, and she nuzzled him. 

 " Go away Jenna," Nick said. Tears shimmered in my eyes. " No". I said, takeing a pawstep closer. " I said go away!" He said, angryer. "No! I love you Nick, and I don't-AHHHH!" He sprang at me, toppleing me to the ground. I realized for once in my life the word pain. My paw felt broken, and my tummy was bleeding. " Ouch..." I closed my eyes. When I opened them rough words crept in my ear. " I dont love you. I love Sam. If you dont leav I WILL KILL YOU." I shrank back my hearrt turning to stone. " Go,"