Nodding her head she blew them each a kiss and took off. Loving the power in the engine and how quiet it was, she decided to take a drive to the mall instead of going home to a quiet house. Seeing a pet store beside the mall, Keeley decided to stop in; seeing the puppies always made her smile.
Walking in, she immediately felt the air conditioning and gave a slight shiver. Walking over to where the dogs were, she saw so many different puppy breeds. Laughing at their antics, she walked closer and watched them through the glass.
One of the workers in the back caught her eye. She was with a medium sized dog that didn’t look like it belonged here, and was about to pass it off to someone else. Keeley knocked on the glass lightly to get their attention. Waving for one of them to come over, the worker left the dog with the other person and indicated for them to wait. Coming out she asked, “How can I help you, ma’am?”
“What are you doing with that dog?” She inquired without taking her eyes off it.
Sighing, the woman told her sadly, “He’s a pit bull, and someone just dropped him off this morning, by tying him up to the doors. We had to call the Humane Society to come get him, and because we have no background on him they’re mostly likely going to put him down.” When she said that the dog turned to look at them like he knew his fate was death. Making eye contact with her, Keeley knew she couldn’t let that happen.
On impulse she said, “I’ll take him. Just tell me what I have to do.”
“I’m afraid it doesn’t work that way, miss,” she told her sadly.
“Well let’s make it. I can tell you’re not happy about what they’re going to do to him. Help me give him a home. I want this dog. I will not accept his fate,” she implored with more strength than she thought she had. Huh, guess the guys are wearing off on me, she thought to herself.
Smiling slightly, the woman said to her, “I’ll see what I can do.” Going back in, she went over to the Humane Society worker and started talking animatedly to him about what she wanted. When he looked at the dog and then up at her, and the fact the dog hadn’t looked away from her, he nodded his head and handed the dog back to the pet store worker, and left through the back door.
Coming back out to Keeley with the dog in tow, she said, “Our vet is still here, let’s bring him in and do a few short tests to see if he is compatible with you and has no health problems, and then we’ll go from there, ok?”
Nodding her head, Keeley bent down and offered her hand to the dog, who at first was leery, but then he sniffed her hand and walked right into her body. Almost knocking her over, he nuzzled his nose into her neck before sitting down and sighing. Smiling at the worker she said, “I don’t care what it takes, he’s coming home with me today.”
Getting up they walked to the vets office, where she had a smile on her face. “Hello dear, I watched you both from the window, and I’d say you’re both perfect for each other. Let’s just get a few pesky tests out of the way, to be sure he’s going to be ok and has no diseases, and you can both be on your way.”
As the vet did her tests, she and the worker did some shopping for him, getting a bed, toys, food, treats, and anything else they could find that they thought he might need.
After they had taken everything out to her new SUV and were walking back in, the vet and her new dog were walking out. He immediately started to whine and walk to her. Bending down to grab his leash, she gave him a pat on the head and asked the vet, “Is he ok? Can I take him home now?”
“All is well dear. He’s about five years old, would be my guess, and all his tests came back negative. I gave him the vaccine’s he would need for the year. The only thing he’ll need now is a name,” she said smiling at her.
Shaking their hands she smiled and said, “Thank you so much for this, my boyfriends just left for the week and I really only came in to see the puppies, but this guy just called to me,” she told them. “I think I’ll call him Rowdy.” She smiled down at him as they walked out, and made their way to her vehicle.
Pulling up to their house a little over an hour later, after stopping to get herself dinner, she saw that Kennedy’s vehicle was in the driveway. “Well shoot, I hope she wasn’t waiting long,” she commented, looking at Rowdy who just tilted his head at her. Shutting the vehicle off and getting out, Keeley grabbed her bags and dinner, and opened the back door for Rowdy to jump down. Hearing Kennedy shut her door she turned around, only for Rowdy to stand in front of her protectively. Smiling, she patted his head and told him, “She’s family.” Seeing Rowdy relax had Keeley relaxing, too.
Seeing Kennedy’s shock at Rowdy had her worried, until she squealed out, “Oh my God, he’s freaking adorable!!” Running over she dropped down in front of him, about a foot away and held out her hand while cooing to him. When Rowdy looked to her she nodded, knowing that even though someone had abandoned him, he was going to be ok with her. He was a very smart boy. As he closed the gap to Kennedy, she admired his body. He was snow white in color with eyes nearly the same color as hers, crystal clear blue. She had to admit that’s what she liked most. He was a pretty healthy size and she hadn’t noticed any skittish tendencies in him, so that made her happy that wherever he was before they took good care of him, but it also made her wonder who could possibly abandon such a sweetheart.
Kennedy interrupted her thoughts when she asked, “What’s his name and where did you get him?”
Explaining how she came to find him and what the circumstances were, she started to worry that Nathaniel and Tyler wouldn’t accept him. “Do you think Tyler and Nathaniel will be angry with me? I never thought to
ask them. I just acted on impulse, they were going to kill him, and I couldn’t let that happen.” Keeley worried.
“Oh please, you have those two wrapped around your little finger. Even if they hated dogs, which they don’t, they would still keep him. But seeing how protective he was when I got out, I’d say you have nothing to worry about. That alone will have him worming his way into their hearts,” she said smiling and laughing at Rowdy’s antics, as he roamed the yard sniffing and peeing on everything in sight, marking his territory.
Getting up and making their way to the porch swing, they watched Rowdy for a bit before Keeley asked why she was here.
“Oh, well, I knew they left and thought you might want some company. I should have called or texted first, but I was excited that we might have a girls’ night. But it’s getting late and we both have to work tomorrow, so maybe this weekend I’ll come over with some cheesy movies and we can veg out?” Kennedy asked her hopefully.
“Yes, I would love that. I’ll meet you here after work on Friday night?”
With a thumbs up, Kennedy said goodnight and made her way to her own car. Pulling out she honked her horn once and waved out the window.
Getting up, Keeley went to grab all of Rowdy’s stuff from her SUV. “Come on boy, you help.” She laughed holding out a bag for him, shocked when he grabbed it and trotted up the steps to the front door. She yelled, “Where’d ya learn that trick?” Locking the SUV she made her way to the steps. Unlocking the door, Rowdy bounded into the house, heading straight for the kitchen. Smiling at his cleverness, she dropped his bed and toys in the living room, before going to the kitchen and putting his dog food in the pantry. After filling his bowl with food and getting him some water, Keeley sat down at the breakfast bar with her dinner.
Cleaning up, she made her way up to their room. Missing Nathaniel and Tyler like crazy, she sent them each a quick text.
K: Miss you like crazy Nathaniel, hope you landed safely. Sweet dreams. Love, your Butterfly.
K: Missing your sweet dimples, please stay safe. Love you, Keeley.