Bear | F | Handler | M: Whiskey, Whoever's still at the station, Audrey, Alberess, Theo
The sun had just begun to set as their day came to a close, the other handlers were collecting their dogs, other belongings and saying their goodbyes. Grabbing Whiskey's lead she made her way over to Audrey, as she got a little closer the golden sunrays hit their eyes perfectly, they seemed to be glowing blue causing Bear to smile a little.
Passing them back the mug they'd given her earlier, "t'was a very nice blend, what was it?" she chuckled a little probably sounding like an idiot.
After their short conversation about various coffee blends, she suggested they try a strawberry latte, that was her favorite, though it was an iced latte so it was cold rather than the hot beverages it seemed Audrey preferred.
Out at the car park, the others had already left apart from the couple that lingered. On the back tray of her black ute was an empty dog crate, it'd been there forever, it actually was sold with the car when she purchased it, and her old dog used to ride in it too. Inside was a fluffy matt so they didn't have to sit on the bare metal, on either side were open window-like spaces for them to stick their heads out in the wind if they wished.
Opening the cage door she tapped the floor motioning for Whiskey to jump into it. She prepared to catch her if she missed, the first handful of times Rex misjudged the distance and would crash into the edge of the tray, luckily for her quick reflexes she'd caught him each time and helped him up until he got the hang of it.
Once Whiskey was in she unclipped the lead from her collar and closed the door shut. With her left hand, she clipped the lead to the outside wire of the cage and stuck her right in through the little window to give her a pat, "home time?" She asked with a smile, "and dinner too."
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Arriving home, Alberess was already there with his dog. Not only that she noticed the wheel tracks his old Ford was beginning to make on her well-kept lawn. With an annoyed sigh she turned off the ute and hopped out with her bag. Locking the cab she unclipped Whiskey's lead. Opening the door she held it for her to jump out, not worrying about putting the lead back on her.
"Welcome home Whiskey," she smiled and closed the door.
She whistled to call Whiskey along as she headed up the steps to the front door and opened it allowing her to walk in first before shutting it behind them. She closed the wooden behind them too as she noticed Alber had put the aircon on too.
"Yo, I've ordered us pizza," Alber said over the blaring tv that featured some sort of action movie, he must've gotten home a little while ago, Theo was already curled up on the lounge beside him, already he'd changed into some form of a black outfit, his rings and piercings had been put back on too and his hair already a mess as per usual. His left hand rested on the dog's head and in his right a can of some sort of alcoholic drink.
"Cool." She responded bluntly and dropped her keys on the bench, "Can you turn that shit down? The whole street doesn't need to bloody hear it, "oh, and tomorrow remind me, I'll move the Dodge so you can park on the driveway instead of wrecking my grass. You're on the left, I'll stay on the right."
At the beginning of the hallway was a little set of hooks, a handful of various keys sat on it, at the right-hand side the edge two hooks were empty, on one she placed her ute keys on the other she hung up Albers keys, as he'd just tossed them on the bench.
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In the fridge she searched for some meat and realized she'd forgotten to get it out, either that or Alber had taken the one she'd set aside to defrost for Whiskey's dinner. She pulled one out of the freezer and sat it in the sink. Running the water till it went hot she then put in the plug continuing to fill it just enough to submerge the frozen piece of steak.
"You want raw or cooked?" she asked Whiskey who'd found her way back to Bears feet seemingly excited for her dinner. Beside the fridge was a little pink rubber floor mat with a big, full water bowl and beside it was an empty silver one, they both had Whiskey written on them. She'd had it ordered special as soon as she'd gotten the paperwork stating she'd be Whiskey's handler.
In the pantry cupboard was a bag of dog bikkies, an expensive kind, it was some sort of beef and lamb flavor, it was only a small bag though just in case she decided she didn't like it. Sitting the bowl on the bench she measured out five cups of the bikkies and put the bag back in the cupboard. Checking the meat it'd mostly defrosted, it was fairly quick as it was a decently thin piece of meat.
Pulling out a red chopping board she unwrapped the meat and grabbed her good knife too, the one she swore she'd stab Alber with if he wrecked the perfect blade she'd worked hard on getting over the years of perfecting her sharpening skills. She cut the steak into small bite size pieces and placed them on top of the bikkies in Whiskeys bowl.
Rinsing the board and knife she left it in the sink, the knife, however, went beside the sink and the wrapper into the bin.
"Dinner time Miss Whiskey." She smiled and placed the bowl down on the pink mat beside the fridge for Whiskey to eat.
Alber | M | Handler | M: Theo, Whoever's still at the station, Bear
After the speeches everyone and their dogs were dismissed, time to head home. Dinner time, comfort time, the place to be, even if it wasn't actually his, it did belong to his sister after all, probably much to their fathers' disgust.
Leaving their plastic chairs he recollected Theo's lead from under the chair leg. Turning around he began walking out to the carpark, the others were saying their byes, he nodded with a polite smile to those who'd spoken to him.
Once out he led Theo to his car, "you get to ride shotgun," he said to him as he unlocked the car and opened the front passenger door letting him jump in and closing it again after.
Walking back around the front he hopped into the drivers' side and started the car before putting his seatbelt on. Giving Theo a quick pat he rolled the window down just enough to stick his head out and off they went.
Bear's place was on the opposite side of the city, one of the better estates though, not sure where she got the money to purchase it but she'd said she brought it years ago. It was a nice little neighborhood, though everyone stuck to themselves, their blocks were large enough that they weren't on top of each other and seldom did the neighbors help each other. It was very much every man for themselves, though it still had a beautiful view of the beach from the back veranda and the city lights at night from the front.
It was a slightly odd setup for a house, technically there are four different floors though, the first two are the height of a normal story whereas the next two are only three and two steps higher. Outside, there are two different verandas, one off the kitchen, smaller though, it doesn't quite go the length of the whole side, the other is on the same level as the lounge room. It wraps around the back, the righthand side, and the front too.
Inside, gorgeous hardwood floors throughout the whole house, except for the bottom room which connects to the garage, the one he's not allowed in as it's Bear's office, it was tiled white, as were the bathrooms too.
Arriving home, the traffic wasn't too bad, it was just starting to die off from the 5pm rush as it was now almost six. Parking on the grass beside the concreted driveway he let Theo out and locked the pale blue car.
Still, with his lead on they walked up the steps together and into the front door, a small hallway led out to the loungeroom however if you turned to the left it was the set of three steps and up into the kitchen and dining room.
Tossing his keys on the bench he unclipped the lead and put it up there too. In the kitchen he grabbed a can of some sort of alcoholic drink, he'd brought a few different types and just put them all in random. Taking a seat on the lounge he picked up the remote with one hand, the other his unopened beer. Noticing Theo looking at him he tapped the lounge beside him to let him up on Bear's pristine leather lounge.
"Perhaps just be careful not to scratch it," he chuckled a little, if he did, Bear'd surely tear him to shreds. She'd made it clear it was her house, her space, she was the boss, and fair enough I suppose.
He trailed off thinking about when they were little, how much it must have sucked for her, it took him years to realize but their father loved him and certainly hated her. They were always made to compete, if he won he'd be congratulated, if she won, she'dve been scolded.
"It's done now," he said out of the blue and turned on the tv, whatever channel had been left on the previous time they'd watched it was now playing an add about some pizza shop that's just opened.
"What about pizza for dinner?" He said aloud and gave Theo a scruffily pat on the head before pulling his phone out of his pocket and ordering delivery online.
Afterward he'd flicked through almost all the channels until he found one playing a decent-looking movie, tossing the remote on the wooden coffee table in front of him he cracked open his drink and took the first sip.
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Hearing the front doors followed by Bears voice he called out, "yo, I've ordered us pizza for dinner." His eyes barely leaving the screen showing an intense battle scene.
"Cool" was all she responded with, that was until she laid the boot in, first the TV then about his parking. Better to not argue he thought. Without answering he refocused on the movie as she gathered dinner together for her dog, perhaps he should too? Maybe a little later.
Cassie | F | Handler | M: Phantom Ace, Whoever's still at the station
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