“You ever been to Kletin before?” Ava questions, looking down at him. “That’s where my bank is located and I need a ride.” She had sold her motorcycle a while back and she doesn’t own a car for obvious reasons. The bank will be closing in a few hours and they need to get there at least twenty minutes before closing if they want to get the money. “Get ready to go.”
Cam inhaled softly and nodded, deciding not to ask why she didn't have a car. She was dead, after all. He stood slowly and stretched, yawning. "Fine. I'll go throw something on. We're taking the dogs with us, by the way." He turned on his heel and trotted upstairs, into his bedroom to get something on.
“That wasn’t ever a question,” Ava replies, preferring that the dogs come with them. Kreja has never been left on his own for a long period of time before and she’s not about to start doing that to him now. Once Cameron is up the stairs, she heads into the backyard and watches the dogs. The two are really cute playing together.
Lily spotted the other human and bounded over, dropping the ball to sniff her hands, getting slobber all over. She looked up and barked softly at her, sitting at her feet and thumping her tail.
Cameron changed rather quickly and did his daily care process, sticking his hands in his pockets and making his way downstairs.
“Aren’t you sweet?” Ava laughs, not minding the slobber in the least. She reaches out and pets Lily, already in love with the dog. Kreja, not one to miss out on getting attention, trots over and nudges his owner’s free hand. She automatically reaches out and stretches the Akita behind his ears. Being surrounded by big dogs is heaven for her and she absolutely loves it.
Lily barked again in her soft tone, getting up to her paws and bounding over to her master as he pushed open the back door. She happily sniffed his hands for pets, which she recieved from Cameron's idle hand.
"Ready to go?" He finally asked softly, stepping forward towards Ava.
“Yeah, I’m ready,” She answers, brushing off of the dog hair off of her jeans. “Let’s go, Kreja,” She tells the dog as she clips his leash on. “Fair warning, this is his first car ride. He’s been on a bus before and did great but I can’t guarantee that he’ll have the same reaction to this.”
Cam frowned and clipped Lily up securely into a harness. "Yeah? Well, there's a first for everything. The most that will happen is he might pee. And Lily girl did that on her first car ride, isn't that right?" He cooed to the dog, scratching her head.
Ava cracks a small smile when she sees the way that he interacts with Lily. It’s nice to know that he’s not a complete asshole. “One way to find out, right? Let’s go,” She says, giving Kreja’s leash a light tug. The dog obediently follows after her, eager to see where they’re going.
Lily woofed softly and rose to her paws as Cameron followed Avan and Kreja to the car. He grabbed his wallet and keys, slipping on his sandals before unlocking his car to let his guest and her dog in. He opened the door for the back seat, motioned Lily to hop in, who complied happily, sitting neatly in a seat.
Ava climbs into the car, Kreja hopping up onto her lap. “No way, buddy. You’re in the back,” She tells the dog with a smile before turning and giving him a light shove off of her lap. Getting peed on would not be very pleasant. Kreja ends up on the back seat, confused. Luckily, he’s smart enough to copy Lily and sits down.
Cameron shut the door with an eyeroll at the other dog and sat in the driver's seat, inserting the key into the ignition and buckling up. He glanced at Ava and wrinkled his nose.
"Aren't you going to buckle up?"
“If it’ll keep you quiet,” Ava huffs, grabbing the seatbelt and buckling up. She glances over her shoulder to catch on Kreja. The pup seems a bit nervous but so far he’s going good. “U redu je, ljubavi. Vrlo si dobar dječak,” She tells him with a gentle smile.
Cameron huffed and shifted the stickshift, getting ready to drive. Lily barked softly and Cam looked at the turned Ava, frowning again.
"Are you done with your pep-talk? Can I actually move the car now?" He shifted slightly in his seat.
“It’s your seats on the line if he pees,” Ava points out, glaring over to him. Is it bad that she’s hoping the dog will ruin the car? She reaches out and strokes Kreja’s head briefly before turning back around. “Yes, drive. The sooner we get there, the less I have to interact with you.”
"Well we're working together now," Cameron reminded lightly with a slight sigh as he started driving. He went slow, as to not bother the dog. He cared about her dog, not her. "And you're acting like you're going to be around me twenty-four seven. Which we're not."
“I plan on avoiding interacting with you unless absolutely necessary,” Ava tells him, positive that if she spends more than a few hours a day with him, she’ll go crazy. “Before we get there, we need to go over costs. Give me a rough estimate of how much money is needing to repair everything.”
Cameron shook his head. "I really don't understand you. Anyway, before we get there we'll probably have to call a few companies for their opinions on how much it'd take to fix, but with the renovations I'd like to do, I'd guess about five or six thousand. Possibly more." He shrugged.
“Good. You don’t need to understand me,” Ava says, turning to look out of the window. “I’ll get ten thousand out of the bank. It’s always good to have a little extra money on the side just in case extra shit pops up.” She learned that lesson the hard way. “Do you have an idea of what companies you want to use?”
Christ. Give me someone who isn't tragically misunderstood for more than one minute. "That sounds good. I think we should withdraw the money first before we turn to companies to help us out." He inhaled slowly. "Thanks for helping out."
“Great. When we call them, make sure to make it clear that there’s a budget. Those assholes are always trying to screw people out of money,” Ava comments, shaking her head. At his next words, she turns to look over at him. The fact that he seems sincere is more than a little baffling. “You’re welcome,” She replies awkwardly.
Cameron let the car fall into awkward silence, swallowing. Lily looked out her window and barked softly at each passing car, turning to Kreja and thumping her tail, leaning forward to snuffle his ears. The noise of her breath on his leathery ears was the only noise in the car.
Kreja slowly relaxes after a few minutes in the car, Lily's presence really helping with keeping him calm and happy. When she leans over to snuffle his ears, he barks quietly and wags his tail. Ava glances over her shoulder, smiling when she sees how well the dogs are doing.
Lily gently licked one of his ears before getting distracted by the growl of a motorcycle passing at their left. She barked a couple times, until Cameron told her to hush. Lily quieted down and leaned forward towards the second human, sniffing for her hand as if nothing happened.
Kreja's snaps up when he recognizes the roar of a motorcycle. He scurries over to the window and puts his paws up on it, ears perked up. He barks twice before spinning around and looking over to his owner in excitement. Ava shakes her head in amusement before petting Lily's head.