Cherry's Adventures of Rover Dangerfield

chapter 22

After being reunited, Connie decided to have a little welcome home party and invited Rover's dog friends over. Atticus and Mo soon got Atlas and Connie close as soon as possible. Darla giggled to this as she wore her own party hat while Rover told his friends all about the farm.

"I don't understand why you wear make-up, you're pretty enough already." Atlas smirked.

Connie giggled. "You have a heart as big as your muscles."

Tripod and Cadpig soon came over to the rest of the dogs.

"Well, who do we have here?" Eddie asked.

"This is Cadpig and Tripod, the lovepups." Rover said.

Tripod and Cadpig blushed at the term, but they shared smiles with each other.

"Aw! Those two are so adorable!" Connie smiled.

"Yeah, I thought so." Atlas chuckled.

"Oh, the kid's got his own girl," Eddie chuckled. "Hey, Rover, how 'bout the girl on the farm?"

This made the hound dog kind of sad.

"I don't know if he wants to talk about her." Tripod said.

Before anything else could be said or done, Rocky came to the door with a smirk, but then his mouth gaped open and his cigarette fell out once he saw the others were right there. Rover, Colette, Patch, Ellie May, and even Maisy growled at the man. Atlas started to roll up one of his sleeves as he was not happy at all to see Rocky and neither was Atticus.

"Rocky... You're here..." Connie sounded emotionless toward him.

"Yeah... I am..." Rocky flashed a smirk to her. "How ya been doing?"

"I've been better..." Connie sounded uninterested with him.

"Rover, it's time Rocky got the start of his punishment." Patch said.

"You ain't kiddin'...." Rover agreed. Good riddance. He then ran and attacked Rocky's pant leg.

"You dirty mutt!" Rocky kicked him across the room.

"Hey, what're you doing?!" Connie looked outraged that her own boyfriend would hurt her own pet.

"I thought I was rid of you, those other pests, and that brat and girl stealer for good!" Rocky snarled.

Atlas was about to punch Rocky for that, but surprisingly, Connie uppercutted Rocky with all her own strength.

"Whoa! Remind me never to get you angry." Atlas said impressed to Connie.

"You shouldn't." Connie smiled to him.

The dogs were ready to attack Rocky, but suddenly an idea came to them as they decided to let Atlas handle him.

"What, are you takin' the dog's side?" Rocky scoffed as he tried to hold Connie back.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Atlas scowled.

"Oh, yeah? And what are you going to do about if I don't?" Rocky asked before seeing everyone back away, sensing that he was about to be sent flying with just one punch.

Atlas cracked his knuckles and was able to punch Rocky right out of Connie's dressing room.

"Go, Atlas!" Darla cheered as Connie picked her up in her arms.

The dogs merely growled and Atlas chased after Rocky as he left the dressing room.

"What a man." Connie sighed dreamily.