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The question has been there for a few seconds. Todd covers his mouth then starts to cry. I smile because I think he's gonna say yes to being my husband.

"Oh Wendell," he says, "Yes! Yes, I'll marry you!"

"Thank you so much." I say. I put the ring on Todd's ring finger on his left paw. I'm really happy he said yes. I stand up and hug him tight. "I love you, Todd."

"I love you too, Wendell." he says. We both crawl into bed. I've gotta admit, it's getting late. I cover us both with a blanket and I wrap my arms around Todd.

"I'm really happy you said 'yes'." I say.

"Well of course I was gonna say yes. I want to be with you forever." he says. Soon after, he yawns.

"Awww, is someone getting sleepy?" I ask.

"Yes."

"Well," I pet his head, "We should go to sleep."

"Ok." He dozes off in my arms and later, I'm catching Z's too. When I wake up the next morning, my foxy's still asleep. I smile. He's so cute when he's asleep. I scratch gently behind his ear and it twitches. He opens his eyes and looks at me.

"Good morning, Todd." I say.

"Hey, Wendell. I had the craziest dream last night."

"Oh? What's that?"

"I dreamed that you proposed to me. And I mean proposing marriage." I grab his left wrist and hold it up to his face so he can see the ring.

"It wasn't a dream." I say. "I really proposed to you and you said yes."

"Oh. Well, I'm still happy about it."

"Wanna tell Angie the news?"

"Sure." We get out of the bed. I carry Todd in my arms and lead us into the kitchen. Angie is at the kitchen counter with a sandwich and a book in her paws. She puts her book down when she looks up and sees us.

"Hey you guys." she says.

"Hi cousin." I say.

"Wendell? What did you do to Todd? I heard him crying last night. I swear you better not have done something to him."

"Angie, no, Wendell proposed to me." Todd says.

"Yeah, right." she rolls her eyes and take a sip of her water. Todd jumps out of my arms, walks up to Angie and shows her the ring. "Oh, shit. He did propose. Well, I'm sorry Wendell. And congrats, Todd."

"Thanks." he says.

"Now if only I can find my true love."

"I'm sure you will someday." I say.

"So Wendell," Todd says, tail wagging, "What're we gonna do now? I mean, schools out and I've got nothing to do."

"Not sure. Why don't we go on a special date or something? To celebrate our engagement." I say.

"That sounds great." Todd comes up and hugs me tight, tail wagging back and forth. I stroke his back and I hear him mur a bit. He's so cute. "Where do you want to go?"

"I was thinking we could go see a movie and then maybe go on a walk."

"Sounds perfect." We kiss. I head back into our room and grab my keys and wallet. Todd comes in and we change clothes. I go simple and wear a grey T-shirt and jean shorts. Todd wears his khakis and a black shirt that has a Divergent symbol on it. Yes, the one with flames on it.

We put on our shoes and we head out the door. We head down the stairs and to the metal gate. I open it and let Todd through first. I close the gate behind us. I hold paws with Todd. He told me he's been wanting to see Zootopia. I have no idea what that's about, but I assume it has something to do with a Zoo.

"Wait. I forgot to look at the showings before we left." I say.

"That's ok. We'll just go there and if it isn't on for a while, we'll do something else to pass the time."

"Sounds great." The movie theater is a few streets away from our apartment. When we get there, I take a close look at the movie showings. Thankfully, it's on the outside of the place. "Todd?"

"Yeah?"

"Zootopia is not on for a few hours."

"That's ok. We can do something else in the meantime. Right?"

"Ok." We continue to walk down the street. It's moments like this that make me miss Daisy's Café. I was friends with Daisy herself back in Tennessee. These days, I haven't really been making friends around here.

When I turn the corner, I see a Black Labrador walking on the other side of the street, heading the other direction. Something's familiar about that dog. He kinda reminds me of Bruno. The dog glance over in my direction and we lock eyes. That's when he stops dead in his tracks, so do I.

"Wendell?" Todd asks, "What's wrong?" The dog quickly look both waves and crosses the street. Hold on. Now that I have a closer look, I know exactly who that is.

"Bruno?" I ask.

"Wendell?" he asks.

"What're you doing here?" I say excitedly. I haven't seen him in nine months.

"You know my dad's job?"

"Airplane Pilot?"

"Yes. Well, he got transferred right here to L.A."

"Well, isn't that a strike of luck?"

"I know." We quickly have a friendly embrace.

"Hey, Bruno, you remember Todd?" He motion towards him.

"Yeah. Of course. He had that rainbow fur didn't he?"

"Yep. That was me." Todd says. They hug too for a few seconds. "So, where's Sarah?"

"Yeah, how're you guys doing? When's she coming over?" When I ask that, Bruno give an I-have-not-told-you-something-and-it's-going-to-be-bad-news look.

"Oh, Sarah." He runs a paw through his hair. "I haven't told you guys what happened?"

"No. What happened?" I ask.

"We should probably not discuss it here. It's, kind private." Bruno says.

***

"So... Sarah's never coming back?" I ask. I grab Todd's paw. Bruno sits across from us in the booth.

"I didn't say that exactly," he says, "I said that she wasn't going to be back for a long, long, long time."

"Bruno, what happened?"

"Well, remember how I had a drinking problem?"

"Yes."

"Well, I got over it. I don't drink anymore. On the other hand, Sarah... started to drink more and more. Eventually she became an alcoholic. At that point, I tried to help her, but she wouldn't listen. So, I broke up with her. Three days later, she went to the back of that bar a couple towns over. The bartender there usually sneaks beer or liquor to her in exchange for cash. Well, that day, she tried to break in and steal a whole bottle of liquor." Holy shit! This doesn't sound like the Sarah we knew at all. It's surprising how much someone can change in a several months. "Anyways, she was arrested, taken to court. Long story short, she was sentenced to ten years in prison."

"Yikes," Todd says, "That's crazy."

"I can't believe Sarah would do that." I say.

"But she did," Bruno continues, "And about a month later, my dad's job was transferred here and now, here I am."

"So, you live here in Los Angeles?"

"Yep. My dad got a sweet deal on a cabin a mile outside of town." Typical. Bruno has always been fascinated with outdoor cabins like you would see at summer camp or something.

"That's great." I say.

"Yeah. But I want to hear about you two, how are things for you since you came here?"

"Well, we're this close to getting our own apartment. I'm hoping to get the one next door because it's right next to Angie's."

"That's great news. So, what's with the ring on Todd's finger?" Bruno asks. Todd holds up his left paw to show him.

"We're engaged." I say, putting an arm around Todd and pulling him close to me.

"Really? Well that's awesome news. When you guys getting married?" Me and Todd look at each other real quick and back at Bruno.

"We haven't really discussed the date yet." I say.

"Yeah. Plus he proposed to me last night." Todd says.

"If you ask me, you guys should do so in August." Bruno says, taking a sip of his water.

"Why?" I ask just out of curiosity.

"Because that way it's right on time for you guys' senior year."

"I guess that makes sense. But this is for me and Todd to discuss."

"I'm fine with getting married in August, Wendell." Todd says.

"Oh. Well, alright. But it ain't gonna be that simple though."

"I know. But let's face it, with all the random gags you pull off, I know it's not gonna be hard for you." Bruno snickers when Todd says "random gags".

"What's so funny?" I ask.

"He said 'random gags' and lets face it, it's not a lie." Bruno says.

"It is to a lie."

"Uh, Wendell, you snuck out of your house to go to a college party."

"You skip school to buy an engagement ring to surprise me." Todd says.

"You vandalized your own house."

"You talked me into messing up my house."

"You knocked out, handcuffed, and tied down the three biggest bullies in town."

"You convince me to come on an insane cross country adventure."

"So, yeah. I'd call all of those things random gags."

"Really? I call them crazy schemes."

"I don't blame you."

"So what if I did all of that?" I say, "I did all of those for a reason. Most of them are because people there talked shit about me and Todd. You think I was going to sit around and do nothing and just take it? No!"

"Whatever. So how's Angie doing?" Bruno asks.

"She's in that I-don't-have-a-boyfriend-and-I'm-totally-depressed-about-it phase."

"Really? She needs a boyfriend?" Bruno puts on that face that I usually put on when I have a crazy idea. So, it's not a good sign.

"Are you thinking about dating my cousin? If so, you can forget it."

"C'mon, man. She's very hot and she's alone right now. Besides, I've always had a soft spot for Vixens." I roll my eyes. Is this really happening? I'll have to pinch myself later.

"She's not alone. She has Janelle in the apartment with her." I sound too sarcastic.

"You know what I meant."

"Fine. Whatever. But, don't come crying to me when she rejects your ass."

"Really?! Great! See ya!" Bruno gets up to leave.

"Wait, you haven't eaten yet!"

"Forget food! I got a blind date to go meet up with. Bye!" He runs out of the place probably towards my apartment. I remember texting him the address when me and Todd were driving here. He probably has it memorized or saved on his phone.

"Well," Todd says, "That was weird."

"Yeah. But hopefully it'll help Angie stop moping around."

"Yeah. Let's hope so."