JT felt his hot tears fall down his face. He should have known a beautiful, kind dog like Angie had already been taken. He walked behind a shed and cried, then fell asleep, though it was only mid day.

     He woke and heard the laughter of humans. He got up and walked to the sound. "Hey boys! We gotta visitor!" One laughed. He stumbled over to JT. "What the hell is wrong with this guy?" JT asked himself.

     The man grabbed JT by the scruff on his neck, and held his head under his arm, as if to force him to drink something. Another man stumbled over with a half full bottle in his hand. Then a third one held JT's mouth open.

      The one with the bottle poured the beer down JT's throught. He coughed, whinnied, and jerked, only to have more of this nasty stuff poured into him. They stopped when all of it had been poured into JT, then, they hit him with the bottle, hard enough to make his forehead bleed.

      JT ran off, but soon his vision became blurry. He fell head-over-heels and landed between two houses. "Oohhhh." He mouned. His head pounded. It hurt like crazy. "Ooooooooooohhhhh!" He moaned. His stomach began to hurt.  Then, he it burned, and he vomited. 

      A female had been walking by, she heard his moans and found him. "Oh my!" She exclaimed. She helped him onto his paws, only to have have him fall. She helped him walk to her house. Her owner was out of town for a week, so she didn't need to worry about her seeing her with this stranger.

      "Are you OK?" She asked. "I'm Terry, whats you name?" She asked. "J-Jaayy... Tee." He moaned. "Your head hurts, doesn't it?" She asked. "Mmm hmmm." He cried. She licked his wound. "Ohh." He sighed. He pasted out moments later.

     He wolke up in the middle of the night, not knowing hwere he was or why he was there.  Then he saw Terry, and, still a bit "drunk" smiled plopped down next to her. 

     "JT, wake up." A soft, warm voice said. He opened his eye's and saw Terry sitting over him. "Whah, where am I? Who are you? How do you know who I am?" He asked. "Your at my house, my name is Terry, and you told me your name last night. After you got, umm... drunk." She said.

     "Drunk?" He asked. She nodded. Then he remembered. "Oh, damn teenagers." He moaned. "My head hurts like crazy!" He said. "I'll take you home, hun." She smiled and helped him up. Hun? He hadn't been called that in a while.

     Shortly after, they started o walk back to JT's.

     He leaned closer to Terry, trying to stand. She walked him onto the porch. "Thanks." He smiled, nuzzling Terry. Terry, at first was shocked, but nuzzled him too. "JT?" A voice said. He looked. It was Angie.

     He panicked. What should he do next? He saw Angie with that other dog. And now she see's him nuzzling some dog she's never met. Then an idea came into his head. He acked like he hadn't seen her. "Good bye, Terry dear, I'll see ya later." He winked and walked into his house.

     Terry dear? Terry thought. Was that some kind of hint? "Uh, yeah, bye sweety!" Terry replied. She walked off the porch, smiling. "Ahemahemahem." Angie coughed. Terry glanced at her. "What are you choking on, hun?" Terry asked.

     "Nothing, I just didn't know JT had a, mate." Angie said, somewhat in a sassy tone. "Oh, uh, yeah. We're mates. Been that way for a while now." Terry lied. "Mmm hmm." Angie mumbled, then walked away.

     JT danced around his living room. He had pulled it off! He heard the conversation between Angie and Terry. "I can't believe it!" He kept shouting. "Jason Thomas, what on earth are you so happy about?" Jason chuckled. JT was way to happy to care, he simply licked his masters face.

     He peeked outside, just to see if Angie or Terry were still there. Thankfully they were gone. He stepped out. "Ah!" He heard. He fell to the growned. What the?  He thought. He looked up, it was Terry.

     "Terry dear, what was that? Am I your 'girlfriend' or something?" She asked, glaring down at him. "Oh, yeah, you heard that." JT said, turning red. She stepped off him. "Terry, look. That dog- Angie, I'm sort of- Well, was inlove with her.  But, she doesn't think of me that way... And I really like you, I mean, your so sweet, and caring, and was wondering if you'd like to be-" Terry stopped him, by doing the oddest thing, nuzzling.

     "Thats one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said to me!" She smiled.

     He felt a warm feeling come over him, the one he felt when he fell for Angie. He couldn't be, no, he was! He could not believe it.

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     It had been about five months after JT and Terry got together, JT had never been so happy, he finely had something that he thought he might never have.  He couldn't believe all that was happening.

    "Terry!" JT called, standing outside his mates house. Terry poked her head outside the doggie door.  "Hey hun!" She smiled and stepped outside.  "I want you to meet some very good friends of mine." JT smiled.  Terry nodded.

     JT took Terry down to meet Dakota and Don, there cave was a little far away, so they had time to talk for a while.

     "JT, are there any, um, really beautiful sights to see in the forest?" Terry asked.

     "Oh yeah! There's nothing more beautiful than some of the spots in the forest.  Well, there is one thing that is." JT smiled.  "You."

     "Awww, you big softy!" Terry teased.  "But why would you ask something like that?" JT asked.

     "Well these woods remind me about my old home, there was this one place that was so pretty, I never showed it to a anyone because I didn't want it to be trashed." Terry explained.

     I know a place just like that! I'll take her there tonight. JT thought. 

     Before they new it, they where at Dakota's cave.  JT called her name, but Don came out first. 

     "Oh hey Don, w-where Dakota?" JT asked, "She's coming, just slowly." Don smiled to himself.  Then JT could see Dakota, she was walking very slowly out of the cave, she looked tired. 

     "Hey Dakota! I wanted you two to meet-" JT stopped, he had watched Dakota come out of the cave and something caught his eye.  Dakota looked, different, her tiny, slim figure was gone, her stomch was had grown, but not  a lot.

     Don could see JT staring at Dakota and joined in.  "Oh JT, I don't think we told you yet." Don smiled.  Dakota stepped closer to her mate and leaned on to him.  "I'm having puppies!" Dakota smiled.  "Oh my gosh! I-I-I'm so happy for you Dakota!" JT exclaimed. "Aww, congrats!" Terry smiled. 

     They stayed and talked for a while, they talked to Anna, and then left.

      "Terry, before we head home, I want to show you something." JT said and began to take her in a different direction.

     The sun had already set, but the moonlight made it easy to see.  They walked for a while before coming to a large bush.  "Come in here." JT said and pushed through the large plant.  Terry followed him and gasped as she walked through. 

     The moonlight hit a river back, that was just in front of a large waterfall.  The water was coming down some tan rocks, than reflected on the water in a wonderful way. 

     "Oh my gosh... I-It's so beautiful! It's the most beautiful thing on earth!" Terry gasped.  "Second most beautiful." JT smiled. Terry turned to him and licked his muzzle.  He pressed his noes into fur.  She pushed him off and began running playfully. 

     He took off after her, it didn't take long for him to catch her.  He tackled her to the ground and the rolled into the shallow water. Terry shook herself and the water splashed all over JT, he did the same. 

     "Ohhh man.. It's cold." She shivered.  "I'll warm you up." JT pressed himself against her.  She did the same, she nipped at his chin and the two were covered with happiness the rest of the night.

     As JT woke up, he could feel Terry's soft fur under him and smiled.  Then after getting up, he realized they were still in the forest, not at home. "Dammit, Jason's gonna a be pissed!" JT whispered to himself.  "Terry, babe, we gotta go home! Our humans will be worried sick!" JT warned.  Terry slowly got up and was soon eady to begin running home.

     The split up when the got half way between eachothers houses. On his way