DUSK TILL DAWN , MILEVEN AU

25.

ava carried biscuit around the house like a baby. "i think biscuit needs a bunch of treats,"

"we will get them," mike said, "but first the vet so everyone get into the car."

he looked up the stairs. "el! let's go, sweetheart!"

"give me a second!" she shouted back before she ran down the stairs with a crossbody bag on her shoulder.

"ready to go?" he asked and she nodded and walked out to the car.

sitting in the back, ava sat down next to her and biscuit crawled onto el's lap.

with a little grin, el pulled out her lion toy from her bag and handed it to biscuit to hug.

biscuit laid on el's lap like a baby, her paws wrapped around the stuff animal as mike held the door open for abby to sit into the passengers seat.

"we need to get biscuit toys as well," el said. "like a lot of them,"

"that we can do," mike smiled at her in the rear view mirror as he got into the drivers seat. "buckle up everyone,"

"buckled!" el exclaimed, "can we go!?"

"yes, yes, jesus," he mumbled and stepped on the gas.

minutes later, el spoke up. "you can drive faster," she said and mike shook his head. "no can do. this is a safe speed."

"a biker literally passed us," ava pointed out.

"we were coming to a stop!" he exclaimed as abby let out a laugh.

he grumbled something. "i'll drive a little faster."

el smiled and gave an encouraging nod as she silently waited happily till they arrived at the vet.

"what will the vet do?" el asked mike as he opened the car door for her. "do some checkups, make sure she's not sick and that she doesn't have a chip in her."

el nodded slowly and carried biscuit into the clinic.

"just sit down," mike told them gently before walking up to the reception.

biscuit began to squirm a little, meowing in el's lap before snuggling closer. "are you okay?" el asked her before holding biscuit out in front of her to stare at her.

she meowed loudly as el pulled her a little closer, their face inches apart. "meow?" she said back as biscuit tilted her head before meowing.

"why are you meowing at the cat?" ava asked her.

"maybe we're communicating," el shrugged.

"or maybe in cat language it means, i hate you, i'm going to kill you," ava suggested and el froze for a second. "right.."

ava chuckled as el pulled biscuit back to her chest for a tight hug.

mike pulled out a lollipop from his pocket and showed it to el. "want one?"

her smile brightened up and she nodded before taking it. mike took out another and gave it to ava. "there's no question for you,"

ava giggled. "mhm," she took it as they waited for the doctor to call them in.

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"all good?" el asked with hope and the doctor nodded. "yep, i don't see anything wrong. perfectly healthy and no chip."

"yay!" el hugged biscuit tightly who was sat on the table. "all healthy!"

biscuit allowed el to scoop her up into her arms and to cradle her gently.