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LilFox06 Carter looked up when he heard Marie. "Yeah. Well, I was worried about her all summer. I'm glad that she's still here." he said happily while petting Kali. Then, realizing he mentioned the summer he half-hoped Marie wasn't actually listening to what he said. Would she get all defensive? Because, really, he had thought about Marie too. He even wrote her. It wasn't his fault that they never got to her.
Yeah. He wasn't the one at fault here. He just needed to remind himself of that. He found Kali's leash that Marie got her and put it on Kali. "Well, I'm going to go take Kali on a walk. She seems to be ready to get out of here." he said as the crup pulled on the leash heading toward the door.
The crup then pulled on the leash harder. "Wow, Kali, you got stronger over the summer." Carter said following behind the crup. And with that he headed out to the enclosed area to walk Kali.
Marie hugged Frankie as he jumped on her. She couldn't believe how big he had gotten over the summer. Pretty soon she would have to be getting him a new collar, which would mean Kali would probably need a new one too.
"Yeah, I was worried too. I'm glad they're both still here." she said. She had been more worried about Carter coming home safe from Russia but why bring that up now. It would probably just start an argument, which she didn't want to do. Especially since he was talking to her and not trying to get away from her.
Well, that lasted about a whole two minutes. It seemed Carter still couldn't stand to be around her for more than two minutes at a time. Now he was using Kali as an excuse to get away from her.
"Oh, yeah, you should probably take her out then since she wants to go." or is it you just can't wait to get away from me again? She held back the tears that threatened to appear as she watched him leave with Kali. He must really not want to be around her if he didn't even want to see if Frankie wanted to play with Kali... which was something they did all the time last term.
Turning back to Frankie she grabbed his rope toy and sat on the floor with him.
"Hey boy, wanna play?" she said waving the toy in front of him and trying to sound cheerful.
After about fifteen minutes of playing she put the toy away and got out the treats she had brought for him and Kali.
"Time to go back in your cage boy," she said as she put the treats in his bowl. She then filled his water bowl before closing his cage. Looking over at Kali's cage she wondered if Carter would care if she left Kali's treats for her. Deciding to leave them anyway she went and put them in her bowl. She then decided to write a note to Carter.
Sitting on the floor she pulled out some parchment and a pen from her bag and wrote a quick note.
After signing her name she added a PS at the bottom of the note then attached it to Kali's cage where Carter would see it. It seems a note is the only way she is going to get to tell him anything since he won't talk to her for more than two minutes at a time. After putting her things away she went to Frankie's cage, petted him and told him she would be back to visit again soon.
She then left the nursery... with tears running down her cheeks.