Tale of a Pup: Part Time at Retail

[Isabelle]

Isabelle was the first one to wake. She smiled as the first thing in her view was the blurry blue visage of her new best friend. She let go of her paw and rolled out of bed, climbing to her feet.

She had no idea what she was going to do now. For someone who just invited someone to adventure with her, she had no clue. She didn’t even know where she wanted to eat breakfast.

She eventually decided to turn on the TV, but she hardly paid any attention to it. Her slow realization to her own cluelessness devolved into a whirlwind of thought. Where should she go next? She figured she’d continue with her plan to attract the mayor’s attention, but she wasn’t sure what else she could do for that. She began to feel paranoid, like what if Rosie could change her mind about joining her side if she didn’t have a clear plan. She began to get a headache, she clutched her head in frustration.

Then the hotel room phone rang.

“I don’t want to come into work today bosssss...” Rosie said as she tossed onto another side.

Isabelle, frantic to allow her friend’s sleep to continue in peace, rushed across the room to the phone, yanking it off the hook and shoving it under her big floppy ear.

“Hello?”

“Is this Isabelle?”

“Umm, yeah, it is!” She responded to the woman on the other end.

“Someone downstairs, says he wants to see you.”

“Did you get his name?” She wondered if it was one of her beach buddies dropping by for a visit.

“He said his name was Digby.”

Isabelle ran cold. Her jaw dropped, her irises dilated. Her brother was in the Omniverse. She knew her brother was in the Omniverse. They ran into each other on twitter not too long ago. Felt like years since that happened. But that doesn’t change the fact that she completely forgot.

“Hello? Are you still there? He said he’ll meet you out front. Hello?”

“I’ll be right down!” Yelled out Isabelle as she slammed the phone into the receiver. She ran for the elevator and jammed the button. She darted inside as soon as it opened.