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Second Chances Ch 2

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In contrast to the night before, a rather calm and bright morning ascended above Nome. Katie and Kodi were still asleep, resting peacefully. Kodi woke up first, and seeing Katie still asleep, he decided to wake up Katie as well.
“Katie?” whispered Kodi, not trying to disturb Katie too much from her sleep.
“Yes?” yawned Katie, still halfway asleep.
“It’s morning,” answered Kodi. “It’s time to wake up.”
“Okay,” mumbled Katie, still asleep. She took her time in getting up, and stretched out when she did.
“Now, time for some breakfast,” said the black dog.
“Atta girl,” said Kodi to himself.
The two dogs went to the mail dogs’ feeding station, where the bowls for all of the mail dogs were already set. Mr. Simpson was putting away the food for the dogs when he noticed Kodi and Katie coming in. Hurriedly he set up a bowl for Katie.
“Oops, I forgot to set up a bowl for you,” joked Mr. Simpson as he poured food into a bowl for Katie. When Mr. Simpson finished setting up a bowl for her and stepped out of the way, Katie began to eat her food. When she finished, she looked up at Mr. Simpson awaiting his next move. Mr. Simpson removed the empty bowl from in front of Katie and put it aside to be washed later. Mr. Simpson then left to go to another room and came back with a black collar and leash. He fitted the collar around Katie’s neck and then attacked the leash onto the collar. Katie figured out that she was going to be walked somewhere, location unknown, and started to walk towards the front entrance when Mr. Simpson stood up. Mr. Simpson began to walk as well and caught  up to Katie, and Katie backed down in response to let him lead her to wherever they were going. It was a short walk, and the Katie soon found herself in a waiting room. There, she could hear Mr. Simpson talking to another person about how she was found the day before,  and a few other things. Then Mr. Simpson walked backed Katie and bent over so their faces were level with each other’s.
“Katie, you’re going to have to give you a couple shots,” said Mr. Simpson. Katie tilted her head over, knowing what Mr. Simpson was talking about, but wondering as to why.
“If you’re wondering why,” started Mr. Simpson. “It’s only because we found you as a stray.” Katie rotated her head back to erect.
Right then, the vet came out and called for Mr. Simpson, who stood up and walked Katie to a room. There, Mr. Simpson lifted Katie up onto a slightly padded wooden bed. There, Katie noticed that the vet was carrying two syringes.
“Now girl, I’m just going to be giving you two shots; an anesthetic and a rabies shot,” said the vet. “I’m just giving you the anesthetic first so you don’t have to feel the rabies shot”
“Well I don’t see why he can’t give me just the rabies shot,” thought Katie. “I’m still going to feel the pain when I wake up.”
“Now stay still girl,” spoke the vet. “This won’t hurt if you don’t move.” Right then, The vet stuck a needle in Katie’s front leg. Katie felt a slight pain in her leg before beginning to fall out in a few minutes.
About an half hour later, Katie woke up, slightly dazed, and with a pain in her chest. She quickly went up into the lie-down position. After a few minutes, the vet helped Katie off of the bed, put a leash around Katie, and led her to Mr. Simpson. After the vet handed Katie back to Mr. Simpson, Mr. Simpson led Katie out of the Vet’s office and back to the postal office, where he let Katie off her leash to roam free.
“Now go along now Katie” said Mr. Simpson. Katie barked and went off in search for Kodi and his friends. She roamed Nome for about a few minutes until she saw him on the outskirts on the southern side of the town.
“Hey guys,” greeted Katie.
“Oh, hi Katie,” replied Kodi.  “How’re you feeling?”
“Well my chest hurts like a bi- “responded Katie.
“Rabies shot?” inquired Kodi.
“Yep,” answered Katie.
“My dad had to get those shots” started Kodi. “Said getting those shot were one of the worst experiences in his life”
“Why so?” asked Katie.
“It’s a long story…” stated Kodi.
“Oh, I see,” said Katie.
“So, do you want to meet my friends,” asked Kodi.
“Sure, I’d love to,” replied Katie.
“Well first of all the other red dog that kinda looks like me is my sister Jessica,” started Kodi.
“Hey
Kodi then introduced Katie to all of his friends; first was the female resembling Kodi whose name was Jessica and was Kodi’s sister. Then there was the grey dog resembling Katie by the name of Dusty, another gray female by the name of Shira, and her boyfriend Ralph, the grey chubby dog. The brown cubby dog was Kirby, and the German Shepherd lookalike was Jonathan. There was also a yellow dog with a brown spot over her right eye that Katie had never seen before; her name was Delilah.
“Well it is nice to know all of your names now,” said Katie.
“Mind talking a bit about yourself?” asked Delilah. “I’d be nice to know a bit about you.”
“You look as if you’d have quite the story to tell yourself,” continued Kirby, referring to a scar that was on Katie’s face.
“Sure, why not?” replied Katie. “So back in my old town, my mother hated my father a lot,”
“Oh, and why was that?” asked Shira.
“He left her for another dog while she was pregnant,” explained Katie. “After that, she never wanted to see him again. She told us that if he ever tried to come back to her, not to let him.”
“Well that seems a bit irrational,” commented Ralph.
“So the day came where I did come across my father. I did as my mother told me to and in turn, I got this scar over my eye. I ran away, which now seems irrational, but at the time, my emotions were high. I got lost in the woods. A wolf was nice enough to leach me how to hunt, and after about a year or so, Kodi here found me.”
“Who was the wolf who taught you how to hunt?” asked Kirby.
“More importantly, who was your father?” inquired Jessica. “That I’d like to know.”
“The wolf’s name was Emily, that she told me,” answered Katie. “My father’s name was Steele, according to my mom.”
Everyone gasped a bit when they heard that familiar name roll off of Katie’s tongue.
“You mean the Steele?”  asked Ralph.
“What did he look like?” questioned Shira.
“He looked quite a bit like me, a dark-coated dog,” replied Katie.
“Well that’s him alright,” responded Delilah.
“Why does he interest you guys so much?” inquired Katie.
“Well for starters, he doesn’t have such a great history here,” started Kodi. “A few years back before I was born, he almost killed a number of children out of pride.”
“Why so?” asked Katie.
“He hated my dad, who was the town’s only hope of saving the children,” explained Kodi. “…just because he was part-wolf.”
“For shame…”said Katie.
“Well  after the other dogs found out, we socially exiled him, and he just left,” finished Kodi.
“Well good,” responded Katie. “At least I hopefully won’t have to see him again.”
“Same,” replied Kodi. Everyone else also replied in agreement to Katie.
After their discussion about Steele, Katie and her newfound friends talked for a while before deciding to play around for a little bit. After a couple hours of playing, they decided it was time to go their separate ways for the days. The evening hours went by rather quickly for Katie, and after eating another meal courteous of the butcher, she soon found herself fast asleep again.
Kaite meetes Kodi's friends and learns a bit about her father's history.
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kellybat's avatar
This chapter was okay, But the good thing is that Mr. Simson got all of her shots from the vet.