drunk

(July 5, 2011)
(5:26 P.M.)

The EH101 Merlin heavy lift helicopter touched down harder than I was accustomed to, but that was just fine with me. If nothing was broken, I didn't give a shit. If it was, Trudy could bill me.
I carried my baby girl Scar into the house, pausing at the door. I wasn't sure why... Maybe it had something to do with Scar and the fact that she had been taken from there... Certainly, I was going to be installing mais sophisticated security measures, but, as for Scar, I didn't know what she was planning to do.
I set her down and she acted like a statue for a moment, not moving,...

(2:12 A.M.)
(July 5, 2011)

A soft rap on the door sent every lobo in the room instantly on edge. I waved them down and glanced through the peep hole. Standing there was my help.
I swung the door wide and grinned. Penny, Bolt, Trudy Chacon, Mittens, and Rhino were all there, standing on my porch.
I hugged the girls, petted Bolt on the head, and picked up the cat and the hamster.
"Glad you guys could come," I said.
"Wouldn't miss it!" said Penny and Trudy at the same time.
"Hey, Colb, I brought a couple others. One's a sniper. He's one of the best shots I've ever seen, can shoot the dust off your...

(March 25, 2011)
(Sorry this is such a short chapter. The seguinte one is going to be far longer. BTW, the romance starts soon enough.)

3 days after that fateful flight where Scar and I became one, I decided to ask her to mover in with me. I had been arguing with myself the whole three days about it and I couldn't get her out of my mind.
"Hey, babe."
"What's up, Colby?" she said.
"I've got some good news," I said happily.
"You're not coming up here, are you?" she said, sounding a bit worried. Her comment was surprising.
"I wasn't planning to til later, why?" I said slowly.
"Oh whew," she said. "I just...

Chapter 2: Excited

The night, Angelica woke up to thumping. She woke John because she didn’t know what it was.
“John, do you hear that?” she said frantically.
“Yeah, it could be the neighbors digging bones,” John replied.
There was mais thumping and it wasn’t the sound of digging. John got out of cama and went to check it out. “I’ll be right back, I’m going to see what that noise is.”
“Be careful, don’t get hurt.”
“I won’t.”
John went to where the sound was coming from. He inspected the back part of the den. Nothing here, he thought I wonder if the antro, den is just...