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"Hey, you Welcome back" I reached out, but paused withto be offensive if I pet you?"

Alex ducked his head and brought it back up so ood pat or two before running h the soft, thick fur of his neck

"Do you want to hear soht just think that Iʼ so worked up about it" I continued to stroke his fur as I babbled on "Iʼve dreamt of this place A lot And in my dreams youʼre always over there," I indicated the opposite shore with a wave of h itʼs obviously not very far across, we canʼt ever hear each other" Alex stared at rey eyes "Do you think thatʼs weird?"

Wolf stare

Was he trying to tellwith that stare?

"Uthat sounded an awful lot like, Youʼve got to be kidding ht so too" I draped ainst his neck "Of course, Iʼuess weird is a relative terht settled over the lake, and the clear sky filled with aheavily over the nearby hills, lighting up htened of his wolf fore carnivorous anihedI was feeling, though, was peacefulness A srieved over what happened with Charlie, and it probably alould, but I was happy with the choice I made I was happy with Alex

"I suppose we should really open that stupid calculus book at some point," I finally said, not happy at the prospect of leaving the perfectthe saot to his feet As I walked over to the blanket he followed obediently I resisted the urge to tell him to sit or heel

We actually did study for a while I would read aloud froh an exaot so, a trick he could have shown ot distracted I think I ʼs ability to dothe derivative of f using tangent lines and Alex had responded by tackling ht air was filled withed down the top of ainst his chest "Your nose is cold"

I was trying to deterht be ticklish when I felt Alexʼs rowl reverberated in his throat As he stared off into the distance, he flattened his ears back The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end

When I began to push my way up, Alex barked at round and kicked , one that I could feel inas the chorus of snarls that came from behind my head