Puppy Love: An FX puppy play love story (Summer of Adventures Book 5) by Alex Silver

Author:Alex Silver [Silver, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2022-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Kylee

I meant it when I told Quent I was too busy to pick them up after work today. But the way they dragged their feet when I dropped them off changed my mind. I don’t want my pup riding the bus when they’re the next thing to sleepwalking. So I rearrange my schedule and bring my laptop with me. It’s an empty promise to myself to squeeze in some work while I wait for their shift to end, since I arrive a little early. Better that than risk missing them.

I don’t end up getting much work done. As much as they were struggling to process the news, I’m having a hard time getting my head around it too. I was certain that at the very least, this would take multiple attempts. That we’d have more time to prepare mentally. But it happened fast and now my Quent, the love of my life, is pregnant with a child we aren’t keeping.

Much as I appreciate the close bond between Q and their brother, that’s still hard to accept. It’s like a loss of something I don’t even have. Dread, aching and raw, simmers inside me.

I needed more time to get my head around it. Part of me wants this to be about growing our family. But when Q talks about the baby, and all their plans for being involved, it makes me realize that the kid will be part of our life. And as much as I want to nurture the kid, I don’t want our lives to change the way a baby of our own would necessitate.

I want Q to always be comfortable as themself in the privacy of our home. If they had to go days or weeks without meaningful puppy time to put a kid’s needs first, it wouldn’t be ideal for either of us. They need their pupspace to thrive and I need to connect with them in that way.

When Q texts that they’re leaving work and they’ll see me soon, I’m waiting out front with a big bag of their favorite takeout foods. I love to pamper them, but the bag of their favorite treats is more of a personal penance. A salve to my guilt over not being as excited about this as Quent is. Or at least claims to be.

I’m not naïve enough to think they don’t have mixed feelings, but they won’t admit that without a fight because they seem convinced they should be happy. I text back, but they leave the pharmacy without responding.

At first Quent doesn’t see me, so I call out the window to them. Their head whips around, like I startled the crap out of them. When they see it’s me, they grin, wave, and make their way over to me with an uncharacteristic trudging droop to their shoulders. I thought I’d seen the last of that lackluster gait when we finally got their thyroid meds adjusted three years ago.

For Q to walk like that, instead of with their usual bounce, they truly are exhausted.

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