XII. No reception
**XII. No reception** _As told by Kaeden_ "Ow, Kaeden! Loosen up!" It took me a minute to get my wits back in the darkness. I hadn't even been aware I'd been squeezing my girlfriend's paw that tightly. With great focus, I forced myself to...
VII. Girls talk
**VII. Girl's talk** _As told by Nina_ "Well, since the boys survived the water, maybe we should take a dive as well. Are you with me, Lily?" I asked. The Shepherd shrugged her shoulders. "Sure, I guess I didn't come all this way just to lay...
VI. Shore things
**VI. Shore things** _As told by Milo_ Now that he was no longer wearing a diaper, Kaeden seemed to be less tense. However, what he had left behind in puppy clothing, he made up for with childish tendency. He kept splashing me with his hands, but...
V. And once more we go
**V. And once more we go** _As told by Lily_ I glanced over at Kaeden, who was currently fidgeting in the passenger seat. He'd been tense for the better part of the hour we'd been on the road so far, and I could tell he had a lot of conflicting...
IV. In need of friends
**IV. In need of friends** _As told by Milo_ June. It's in the 'top three' in the 'Months I Don't Like'-category. My birthday and October are worse, but that's because of the emotional charge. I dislike June because most teachers and professors...
III. Reaching out
**III. Reaching out** _As told by Kaeden_ My ears flicked with anticipation as I pulled back into my driveway. We had a garage, but at the moment it wasn't useable. It was still full of boxes of our things that we hadn't yet brought in from our...
II. New beginnings
**II. New beginnings** _As told by Nina_ Friday morning in the last week of May. I woke up in a familiar bed that was not my own. Two weeks had passed since I had celebrated my boyfriend's birthday with him and his grandmother. We had a great...
I. Breaking routine
**I. Breaking routine** _As told by Lily_ "Hey Puppy," I said, reaching one arm over and resting it around my boyfriend's side. Far from finding my title for him demeaning, the darkly-patterned Shepherd instead smiled, and slowly blinked his...
XVI. The morning after
_As told by Milo_ Finally. The first birthday in ten years I had enjoyed. Nina really outdid herself, and I had apologized once more for being angry with her for exposing my secret. Even though my grandmother was not used to Nina and me playing...
XV. Three's a crowd
_As told by Nina_ When my boyfriend spoke up again, he was staring down, twisting one of his paws back and forth on the floor. "I's want to pway," he said softly. "Then I suggest you open your first present," Trisha spoke up, involving herself...
XIV. Surprise
_As told by Nina_ I had slept in late on the morning of Milo's birthday. Margaret and I had left shortly after the end of the theatre event, but we spent some time talking together in our dorm. We had praised each other's artwork for _Planes of...
XIII. Call and response
_As told by Milo_ The theatre event had been tiring, to say the least. I spent the entire evening waiting for my turn, since some moron had decided it would be a good idea to end the event with my play. Who ends a night like this with a tragedy?...