The Full Moon by Amber Riel (books to read this summer TXT) 📕

Two minutes later, Jean walked back into the room. “Mrs. Clampton, Doctor O’Nail is ready for Spot.”
The overweight, old woman stood up, and carried the pit-bull puppy in her arms. “It’s about time.” Mrs. Clampton sounded like a rude, rich, snobby person, not any different from how she was dressed. She followed Jean into an other room.

“Spot.” Millie thought about the name and how often its used for dogs. “What a typical name for a dog with a spot.”

Champ thought about the name as well. He didn’t see a problem with it. “I like the name. When I have kids and if I have a son, I’ll name him Spot.”

Millie gave him a funny look. “That kid is going to have problems if you name him Spot.”

An hour later, Jean walked out and sat down behind the counter. Champ decided that it would probably be a good idea to go talked to her. “I’m going to go talked to her.” He stood up. “You stay seated and don’t get into any fights.”

“But this guy keeps staring at me.”

“Millie, if I didn’t now you and I watched you almost attack someone and cause a scene then I’d look at you too.”

Millie lowered her voice to where only Champ could hear, “But he’s creeping me out.”

“Then move somewhere else.... Or attack him. Its not like you wouldn’t do that anyways.” Champ walked back over to Jean.

“Are you doing better?” Jean asked.

“Yes I am. Um.... Will it be okay if me and my friend can watch Doctor O’Nail as he works? My friend wants to work as a vet and she wants to see what she’ll have to work with.”

“I don’t know. I’ll go ask.”

“Okay.”

Jean left the room again.

In the office, Jack was talking to Mrs. Clampton about Spot.

“You see, Mrs. Clampton....” He started off telling her, when Jean walked into the room. “What is it, Jean?”

“Well, that girl from the bookstore is here with one of her friends, they want to now if they can watch you work.”

Jack turned back to Mrs. Clampton and smiled. “Can you excuse me please?”

“Yes, sir.” Mrs. Clampton was being understanding.

“Thank you.” Jack stood up out of his seat and left the room.

When he walked into the waiting room, he seen Champ standing at the counter. “Can I help you?”

“Yea, me and my friend are....” Champ pointed to Millie.

“Oh. Jean told me. I’ll talk to you two. Can you call your friend over here please?”

“Yea.” Champ turned to the patients. “Millie, come here.”

Millie stood up and walked over to Champ and Jack. “Yea.”

“Okay,” Jack jumped right into business. “I can’t let you guys watch me work today, but you can come tomorrow and I can let you guys watch me work then.”

“Okay,” Champ and Millie agreed.

Jack pulled out a pen and a pad. “Can I get your names so I know who’s coming?”

“My name is Millie and his name is Champ.”

At the toy store, Kyle and Wagner were walking around because Wagner was showing Kyle what he wanted for Christmas. He pointed to different things. “I want that, and that, and that.” He dropped his mouth when he seen a real nice, red bike. It was so nice that the light reflected off of the red and it looked as if there were flames around it. Both tires looked as if it were impossible to put holes into them. The handle bars looked complex but they weren’t. When Wagner seen the bike it was like everything else disappeared.

Kyle looked at Wagner then to the bike. “That’s a nice bike. Huh?” he asked.

Wagner nodded. He was speechless because of the bike. It was a special bike that he hoped that he could own someday.

Kyle smiled. “Let’s go check it out.” They went over to the bike. Kyle looked at the price and his eyes grew wide. “Wow. We’re going to have to put our money together to be able to buy this bike.” They left the store.

On their way back to the cottage, they ran into Kat. “You’re going to show up everywhere, aren’t you?”

“What were you guys doing in the toy store?” Kat asked, mocking them. “Looking for chew toys?”

“Actually, we were trying to be nice and tried to find string for you.”

That made Kat mad. “You can shut up, Kyle.” She looked at Wagner. “Now, who is this little guy?”

“I’m Wagner,” he answered.

“Oh. Wagner. Now, what kind of name is that?”

“A nice one.”

Kat turned her attention back to Kyle. “So, Kyle. What are you wolves up to?”

“You told me to shut up,” Kyle reminded her. “Remember?”

“Just tell me.”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because its none of your business.”

Wagner and Kyle walked away. Kat just stood there angry that Kyle had caught onto her little game.

On the way home, Kyle and Wagner ran into Millie and Champ. “Did you find out what he wanted for Christmas?” Millie asked Kyle.

“Yea. He wanted a lot of different things including a real nice bike. That bike is a lot of money. I mean we have to put our money together to get it.”

“It would be nice to get him a bike, but depending on the cost we probably don’t have the money,” Champ jumped in.

“Yea. We’re not doing so good with money,” Millie agreed.

Champ looked into the sky. He realized that it was starting to get dark and he had to meet with Kat. He was the kind of guy who didn’t like to stand up a girl and he hated it when a girl did that to him. “Well, I meet you three at home. I’m going to hang out in town for a while.”

“Okay.”

Champ left the group.

“Did you have any luck?” Kyle asked Millie.

“No. We have to go back tomorrow.”

“Oh.” Kyle put his arm around her. Wagner walked ahead of them.

“Wagner, stay where we can see you.”

Kyle smiled. “It’s nice out here. And it’s kind of romantic.”

Millie smiled.

At the beginning of the woods, Champ was leaning against a long, round tree, which the leaves were changing colors and some were starting to fall off of its branches, and he was waiting for Kat. The sky was now dark blue with the stars and the half moon shining. He looked out to the town and seen the houses and stores which were dark with no lights on. He has seen that the streetlights, except for one, were on. The one that wasn’t on tried hard to light up, but the light didn’t come on. It died.

As he stood against the tree, he felt a cool breeze. He closed his eyes and smiled.

“Having fun?” a voice asked.

He opened his eyes and he kept his smile as he watched Kat walking over to him. Her hair was blowing in the wind, covering part of her face as she walked against the wind. He held out his hand to take her hand. “Ready?” he asked.

She smiled and put her hand in his. They walked along a path in silence. He led her in a direction that she wasn’t used to. As they moved closer to the river, they could hear the water flowing in a peaceful sound. They still couldn’t see the river yet. She looked behind them and seen the trees and some bushes with flowers, but everything was darkness. Kat realized how far away they were from the town, from her home. This would usually frighten her, but being with Champ made that fear vanish. She felt protected, safe just holding his hand. He wasn’t going to let anything happen to her.

When they arrived at the river, he let go of her hand. He turned to face her. “This will be where we meet for now on.” He walked backwards as she walked toward him.

She looked around to take in the beautiful scenery. She even looked at the starry sky and then to him. “Okay.” She smiled.

Champ was still walking backwards. “Of course, it could be lighter out here.”

“Yea, but I like it like this because it’s romantic.”

Champ raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Really?” He walked over to the edge without realizing it. Kat smiled as he forgot about the river. He took another step, this time nothing was under him. Kat tried to help him, but he fell into the river before she could take his hand.

She took a deep breath, afraid that something bad might of happened to him. He sat up in the river with a fish in his mouth. Kat couldn’t help but laugh. He took the fish out of his mouth and smiled.

“You think that’s funny, huh? Here have a fish.” He offered her the fish, but she didn’t take it. “Can you help me out, please?” He smiled, devilishly.

She shook her head. “No. Because I’m going to help you and you’re going to pull me in.”

“I’m not going to do that.” He made a face that made her change her mind.

“Okay.”

He held out his hand and she took it. He smiled and as he took her hand, it widened. “Oh yea. I lied.” He pulled her into the water.

When she climbed out, she was freezing. “I can’t believe that you did that. I told you. Man, that water’s cold.”

He climbed out laughing. “I can’t believe that you believed me. That’s the most fun I had in forever.” He shook off the water.

They sat down on the ground and looked up at the stars. Champ noticed that Kat was freezing and put his arm around her and pulled her close to him. They sat in silence for a while. Champ looked at Kat and kissed her cheek.

After a few minutes, Kat stood up. “I’ve got to go. It was fun.” Kat started to walk away.

Champ stood up and followed her. “Do you need me to walk you home?”

“No. I’ll be fine. I can handle myself. See you tomorrow.”

He stopped and watched her walk into the darkness. He blew a kiss to her as she disappeared into the dark abyss of the woods. He decided to go back to the cottage.

When he arrived at the cottage, he noticed that all the lights, except for the living room light, were off. He went inside and locked the door. He noticed Stina sleeping on the couch and Lacy sitting in a chair, reading a book. “Is everyone asleep?” he asked, whispering so he didn’t wake Stina.

Lacy read something in the book, then closed it and looked up at Champ. “Yea.” She noticed that his clothes and hair were damp. “What happened to you?”

He looked at his clothes, then to her. “I decided to go check out the river and kind of slipped.”

“Well, you better go put on some dry clothes ’cause you don’t want to get sick.”

“Good idea.” He started to walk into the hallway.

“Oh yea. Champ, after you change, can you carry Stina to her room?”

He looked at Stina and nodded. “Yea.”

The next day, Lacy was in the computer room doing research about the book. Stina walked into the room and sat next to her. “What are you doing?” Stina smiled.

“I’m looking for that book that the vet wants.” She wasn’t paying any attention to Stina at all.

“Oh.” Everything grew quiet for a few minutes. “Can you take a break?”

“Yea.”

“Okay. Then stop what you’re doing and hang out with me