‘You can’t just do that and drop it. What were you growling at?’ Abe rolled over for a tummy rub. Slipping her legs out from underneath the warm...h of the heavy covers, Blue blindly felt for her favorite fuzzy socks with her toes. Finding them beside the bed where one usually kept slippers, she slipped them on, gave Abe a look that was ignored, and padded softly to the window. Peeking outside showed her that it had stopped snowing, but a snowplow had come by at some point and had cleared the. . Stocky, casually dressed in jeans and a button-down shirt, white haired, and holding a large black and tan German Shepherd at his side on a chain leash.He introduces himself, his dog, and the show, direct to camera, in a polite Scottish accent, his tone suggesting that presenting the show is almost an annoyance to him. He just wants to get his dog into action.“Hello ... Welcome to yet another episode of ‘The United Kingdom of Zoo’ ... My name’s Andy Boss, and this is my boy Bucky ... And this. "Yes, of course!" I lied. "So tell me, how did it happen? I mean, did heask you out, or what?"Well, it was like getting hit with a brick. For a girl at school to tellyou that your boyfriend was like a stud, as if I didn't know that, wasdisheartening. I did my best to not start crying right there and then.It's weird, but she was treating me like a real girl. I mean, it wasn'tlike she was showing off or anything. I think she was just trying to thankme for breaking Jack out of his shell. I'm not. Just so you don’t confuse this with a date.” She gives me a quick wink and then is gone.Once she’s gone, I lay my head back on my chair so I can take a deep breath and think about what I just agreed to. Not like I really agreed to it— more like I was told. The last thing I want to do is spend part of my evening with Olivia, but I doubt I can get out of this. I’ll have to let Michelle know this is happening, but first, there’s someone else I need to tell.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~“I’ve.