Kill This Venom From My Heart

After Gerard manages to pull the puppy away from his face he sits up, wrapping his arm around her so she's secured against his chest and she stretches out against him, her front paws resting on his shoulder as she looks around behind him, her little tail wagging back and forth. "We should probably go and get her some food and stuff....and while we're talking about this, what are you gonna name her babe?" My forehead creases for a second while I think before I smile and say "I don't know, I haven't really thought about it" before falling silent again, ideas running through my mind. Gerard puts the puppy back on the floor before standing up and as he goes to take a step away she jumps up against his legs, letting out a small yap as she stares up at him intently with her head slightly tilted to the side as she pants softly, her tongue hanging out. "What's up huh?" He asks as he bends down to pat her head, her tail picking up speed before he straightens back up and she gets back down. "Come on Frankie, we better go soon" Gerard says as he starts to walk towards the kitchen and he makes it halfway across the living room before the puppy takes off after him, running as fast as her little legs will go as another yap escapes her and Gerard turns and smiles as he leans down and picks her up again, settling her against his chest and she leans up to nose at his chin before settling against his chest and going still. "Aww she loves you babe" I coo as I push myself off the floor and follow them, the three of us heading for the kitchen so Gerard and I can grab our wallets and keys.

The whole ride to the pet store the puppy bounces around excitedly in Gerard's lap, occasionally jumping up to peer out the window, her tail wagging so hard her whole body shakes and by the time we pull into the car park she has tired herself out, her little body curled up across Gerard's legs and I chuckle to myself as I reach across to pat her. "Come on" I say as I unbuckle my belt, getting out of the car and Gerard follows, the puppy in his arms and as I round the car to them he holds her out for me to take. Once she's settled against my chest, her head resting against my shoulder I reach one hand out to slide my fingers through Gerard's, his twisting with mine as we hold hands and I lead him inside, the clerk behind the counter smiling at us as we pass, heading for the dog section. "So, which one should we get?" I ask as Gerard and I stand before the shelves of food, the products in this section all labelled for puppies but there are so many flavours to choose from. "Here how about we let her decide" Gerard says as he reaches out to take the puppy, holding her out towards the bags of biscuits and letting her sniff at them, her tail wagging again. "Which ones baby?" He asks, bringing her back against his chest and she squirms around, looking back over at the bags. I chuckle as I say "You tease, she's probably really hungry now" before reaching out and grabbing a small bag of biscuits that are labelled beef flavoured. "These ones?" I ask as I hold the bag out towards her and she wags her tail, squirming against Gerard's hold again as she leans out towards the bag. "Ok these ones it is then. Now, we need a bowl and I think maybe you need a toy because daddy won't be happy if you keep chewing on his feet." The puppy cuts me off with a yap and I smile as I turn back to face her, leaning down to her level as I say "No I really won't, daddy likes his feet not chewed." I stand back up again, glancing up at Gerard's face and he's smiling wide. "What?" I ask and he shakes his head before saying "You're such a dork but it's so cute," letting out a small giggle and I shake my head pushing him playfully and turning to walk down to aisle towards the bowls.

Twenty minutes later we are home again, Gerard going upstairs while I take the puppy into the kitchen with me, putting her down and letting her explore while I wash the two bowls I just bought out, drying one before putting some dog biscuits in it while I fill the other with cold water, sitting both on the floor side by side in the corner of the kitchen and as soon as I stand back up the puppy comes running over, burying her face in the bowl and starting to eat straight away. I leave her to it as I go back over and clip the bag of dog food shut, putting it in the bottom of the pantry and I hear a slurping noise so I glance over to see the puppy drinking from her bowl, water splashing everywhere and by the time she's done there is a puddle of water all over the floor. I smile fondly at her before leaving the room and just as I settle on the couch Gerard comes back into the room too, coming over to settle beside me and we curl up together sharing a long soft kiss before pulling apart and he says "Have you picked a name babe?"

Notes

So, I'm back and I want to apologise for the slowness of my updates the past week. I am trying very hard to get into a schedule so you will get updates atleast every day or two but right now I am dealing with the end of a relationship that was very important to me and while I'm ok most of the time sometimes I get really upset and kinda bitter and it's effecting my writing and I have to wait and then go back and edit what I've written so I don't kill off major characters or anything which adds to the time it's taking me to write these updates.