Cherry's Adventures of Rover Dangerfield

chapter 8

Rover led them to the showgirls' dressing room as they passed people playing poker, blackjack, and more.

"Do you think she'd like a traditional red rose or a black rose to fit her gothic nature?" Teller asked his partner as the dogs passed as he had plucked a freshly reddened rose.

"What is with you and that kid?" Penn snorted.

"I don't know, I just wanna..." Teller said before he saw Atlas with a rose and a present and where he had a feeling where he was going.

Penn folded his arms.

"Erm... I'll catch up with you later..." Teller backed up and went off.

Penn rolled his eyes. 'Desperate..." he then smirked to a leather jacketed clad girl who was at a Blackjack table. "Hey, if I could arrange the alphabet, I'd put 'U' and 'I' together."

"Same old Penn." Patch whispered.

There was then a scream and a slap heard.

Patch winced to that. "Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark."

Rover soon got a rose to bring to Connie as her present. They followed the sounds of the Happy Birthday song being sung for the blonde woman. The other showgirls sang Happy Birthday and gave her a cupcake on a plate with a candle on it.

"Thanks you guys." Connie smiled as she took her birthday cupcake.

Atlas took a deep breath before knocking on the door as Atticus and the others were by his side. Connie looked up with the other showgirls.

"I can't believe Rocky isn't here." one showgirl said about the blonde woman's boyfriend.

One of the showgirls soon opened the door to show Atlas and the others as Rover and the pets went inside ahead.

Connie was a little upset that Rocky didn't show up on her birthday, but she then instantly smiled once she saw the others. "Oh, Rover, you wouldn't forget my birthday!"

Rover gave her the rose and licked her with a fond smile.

"Aunt Connie, I have this special gift for you." Darla walked over with a tiny gift-wrapped box in her tiny hands.

"Oh, I wonder what it could be." Connie smiled before opening it.

Darla smiled as she stood back with the others.

Connie then opened up to see a tiny white box and opened up the box to see it was a silver locket with a curly C on it and she opened it up to see a picture of her with Darla when they were younger in it. "Oh, Darla, how thoughtful!"

Darla beamed to that. Connie soon began to try to put it on but had a little difficulty and where this gave Atticus an idea as they pushed him slightly over to Connie to help her get it around her neck.

"Uh, let me help you with that." Atlas said.

"Oh, Atlas, so thoughtful." Connie smiled to him.

Atlas smiled back before helping her get the locket around her neck.

"I'll treasure it always." Connie smiled to her niece.

"I was hoping you'd say that." Darla smiled back to her aunt. She soon opened each gift Atticus and the others had got for her.

Cherry gave Connie some perfume from Victoria's Secret which her sister gave to her, and Mo gave Connie a necklace that Elizabeth didn't quite care for much anymore. Atticus gave Connie the dress he had made.

"You're all so thoughtful." Connie cheered up instantly.

"Anything for you, Aunt Connie," Atticus smiled. "I can call you that too, right?"