The Dog Daycare

Chandler barely comes up to the house these days because he has his hand full with the work he just started, even his parents were surprised at how many dogs he has under his care now. He turned his father's garage into his little dog daycare, anytime any of his parents wants to see him they have to go down to the garage and he is always shouting at the top of his voice trying to control the dogs, the work is too tedious than he thought. His mother likes to come down and just watch him sometimes as he sweats and shouts trying to get the dogs in order, the only time he has time to come upstairs is at night when everyone must've taken their dogs home.

Alice was his human advertisement, she played a major role in getting him this many clients because it turns out that she was popular in her school so she was able to convince most of the kids in her school how good he was. She comes over to help him out sometimes too, she is now the first and only friend he has in this town.

Even though Mr. Beckham was not in support of all these, he has no problem with it because he understands that his son loves it and it gives him the space to have some conversations with his wife that he won't like Chandler listening to.

"So you're sure that he's a werewolf?" Mr. Beckham asked Tracy, his wife as he leans on the wall of the kitchen with a glass of juice in his hand while his wife was making their breakfast. Tracy was quiet for a while as she paused what she was doing and heaved a sigh as she looked at her husband who was looking at her waiting for a reply to his question.

"Well, I didn't see his face but the dog that bit that man does not have rabies, it was bitten by a werewolf I suspected it when I took a first glance at it then the cops and nurse that saw the man in a hoodie said that the man had an extra finger that he fixed which I think is just his Claws plus he came back to finish his kill so yeah I think it's a werewolf."

Mr. Beckham was confounded for a moment, his wife told him the day that the man attacked their hospital that it was a werewolf although she did not see it, the way that she put it now means that it can only be a werewolf. He gulped down the glass of juice in his hand and dropped the empty glass in the sink behind him as he exhaled and sighed.

"Which werewolf would even think of coming to this town?" Mr. Beckham asked rhetorically but his wife had an answer for the question anyways.

"You mean apart from you?"

Mr. Beckham chuckled as he looks at his wife who was smiling as she continued cooking, Mr. Beckham folded his hands as he looked at her.

"Well, I don't go around devouring people and animals. We are here because we thought it was the only safe town that had no werewolf."

"I know why we came here but it's obvious that you're not the only werewolf in this town and what if there is more than one?"

Mr. Beckham had no answer to that question, he was still trying to figure out who could be the werewolf in this town but he never stopped to think that there might be more than one in this town. They moved to Spring Haven because it was a Haven from werewolves but maybe werewolves are not scared of the town like they used to be, and maybe the town is no longer safe as it used to be.

"Do you think we should tell Chandler?" Mr. Beckham asked his wife who was mute for a while. They have been hiding all these from their son since his birth.

They had him believing that he was gifted to be able to communicate with dogs easily but there was more to it, he was a werewolf since birth and his parents knows this but they decided to keep it a secret. They moved away from new york so they can be in a town where no one knows them especially other werewolves in New York City or around. They have been hearing about Spring Haven, every werewolf knows about the town with no werewolves so they decided to move over to the town but it looks like trouble followed them to Spring Haven.

"Don't tell him yet, he is not ready yet," Tracy replied as she looked at her husband who nodded in agreement.

Chandler had his client's dogs all sitting upright in a straight line, their food bowls in front of each and any of them so they were all waiting for him to blow his whistle before they start eating just like the way he taught them. The moment he blew the whistle that hung on his neck, the whole dog started eating and he heard a dry chuckle behind him as he turned quickly to see his father behind him.

"Nice one kiddo."

His father always calls him that when he is impressed so he smiled as he looked at his father still smiling as he came closer.

"I don't see your girl's dog here today." Mr. Beckham said as he looked around to see if there were other dogs apart from the ones in front of him.

"Who is that?" Chandler asked even though he knew that he was talking about Alice and his father knows that too so he was not going to tell him his name, Mr. Beckham was just staring at him waiting for him to answer the question.

"She's not here yet," Chandler replied as he just realized that he just put his feet in his mouth so he tried to smoothen it.

"She's not my girl though."

"Yeah but you have feelings for her already, I see how you look at her."

Chandler opened his mouth to say something but no word was coming out, he could not deny that he has some feelings for Alice already. He tried to deny it as he looked at his father just smiling at him and he knew that there was no point trying to deny it at this point so he just gave in.

"Yeah, a little bit though." He lied, he has never felt this way for a girl before.

"So why don't you ask her out."

"Yeah." Chandler giggled. "Like she's gonna say yes."

"How will you know her reply when you have not asked her yet? Just take her for dinner or movies." Mr. Beckham said as he patted Chandler on the back and that gave him the courage as he decided within him to give it a shot if he sees her today. Chandler heaved a sigh of relief as he was about to tell his father that he would give it a try but Alice walked in immediately with her dog.

"Good morning Mr. Beckham." She said as she smiled, that her beautiful smile. Chandler always loves to see her smile or laugh so he tries to make sure she's always smiling or laughing when she is around him.

"Mornin', dear." Mr. Beckham replied as he walked away to give them both space to talk, as he walked past Alice he turned around to wink at Chandler who chuckled immediately.

"What?" Alice asked because she thought the chuckle was for her, she looked at herself to make sure she was not wearing anything funny.

"No, nothing. You look beautiful." Chandler could not believe that he just said that. He just wanted to tell her something that will make her believe that he was not chuckling earlier because of her or her dress but he was not aware when the last sentence just slipped out of his lips, he thought that he just said that in his mind but it was loud, loud enough for Alice to hear it and reply with a smile.

"Thank you."

Chandler was glad now that he told her that she looked beautiful today because that got her smiling and blushing, Chandler realized that if he wants her to say yes to the date then now would be the right moment.

"I have two tickets for a movie I want to watch this night, if you're free maybe we can go together."

Chandler was nervous as he waited for her reply, his heartbeat increased as he squeezed his fists with his fingers crossed but he felt optimistic when she smiled and nodded.

"Tomorrow is Saturday so I can stay out late."

Chandler smiled but he felt happier than that inside, he wanted to carry her up there and kiss her and just tell her how he feels but he knew he has to take it easy so he smiled too.

"So I will come and pick you up by 8 pm then?" Chandler asked and she nodded.

"I have to go to school now so here, take little Alice." She handed her dog over to Chandler who took it from her immediately.

"You are late today though."

"Yeah, I was awake all night with my boyfriend." She replied as she turned to walk away but Chandler was not sure he heard what she said.

"Boyfriend?" Chandler asked, he needed to be sure he heard her well.

"Yeah, we were awake all night in my room. There is this game that he was..." Her voice faded away gradually, Chandler could not hear anything else she was saying after she confirmed that she already have another guy, how could she agree to go out with him if she was with another guy already? Chandler had many questions in his head but then figured out that maybe she just sees him as a friend.

"Friendzoned." Echoed loud in his head as he stood there, he knew that there was nowhere someone as pretty as she would be single unless all the guys in the town were blind.

"Are you okay?" Her question called Chandler back to reality. He chuckled dryly as he nodded and she waved him goodbye and walked away.