“Ne! Sjedni!” Ava exclaims, hopping up to her feet. Kreja slides to a stop when he hears the command. Flashing his owner puppy dog eyes, he slinks over. “Kreja, you need to be more careful,” She sighs and shakes his head. She knows that he’s still a pup but he needs to learn how to play nicely. The dog hangs his head and sits down by the chair, looking ashamed of himself. “You okay?” She asks Cameron, wincing a little. That looked like it hurt like hell so she definitely doesn’t envy him.
Cameron watched the dog carefully, sipping at the drink and crossing his legs neatly. "I've had worse, it's okay." He grinned up at her once, setting the empty bottle of beer down on his knee.
"So, what now? I think that would count as a game. And we had a nice chat."
Lily, about a minute after the ruckus died down, came slinking back into the room to settle back down on her warm spot, barking softly in happiness as as she stretched and rubbed herself against the warm carpet.
Ava just shakes her head a little before returning her seat. “That was interesting,” She comments, picking up her beer and taking a sip. “Your idea of a game is really screw up,” She snorts in amusement. “I dunno. What else is there to do besides talk and let the dog run wild?” It’s cold and miserable outside so that means that their options are probably limited to inside. She pulls out her phone and scrolls through it for a moment. She downloaded a few illegal copies of some musicals that she enjoys, her guilty pleasure, but she just doesn’t feel like watching those right now. She turns off the phone and tucks it away.
Cameron shrugged and leaned back against the couch once her phone appeared, yawning widely. "I'm not sure. I might go take a nap with Lily. Right Lily?" Lily perked up at nap and her name, but didn't stand yet. She knew that Cameron could take forever to go upstairs if something held him up.
"But yea, there's not much we can do. It's just a nice, peaceful evening."
Ava thinks for a few more minutes before she comes up with something. It’s a little random but it could prove to be entertaining. Anything is better than trying to go back to reading that book or taking another nap. The sooner the warm weather is back, the better. Well, she might as well see what Cameron thinks of her idea. “Do you want to build a fort with me?”
Cameron's eyebrows raised at her suggestion, and he sat up a bit straighter. "A fort? Hell yeah! I love building forts." He swung his legs off the couch but didn't stand yet. "Where do you want to build it?" He obviously was very avid about building forts. He loved doing it as a kid, and it hadn't gone away since then.
Ava brightens when he agrees to the fort. This is either going to be amazing or a big disaster. Either way, it’ll cure her boredom for a while. “I don’t know,” She shrugs a little. “I’ve never actually built a fort before, it just always looked like fun,” She admits with a sheepish expression. Leave it to her to suggest something this random without having any expirance with it.
"Well, I have made many in my lifetime. The best room to do it is in the bedroom," He said wisely. "With tape, light sheets, and a thick comforter as a carpet. It's wonderful, let's go now." He stood up excitedly, smiling brightly as many memories of making soacious forts came up.
She can't help but laugh when she sees just how excited he is for this. Who would've guessed that he's the master at building forts? Getting up off of the chair, she stretches out for a moment. "I guess I'll follow your lead for this," She tells him with a grin.
"Just go upstairs and grab sheets from the sheet-closet-thing I showed you near the bathroom. Grab two bedsheets, like the thin ones that aren't wrinkled on the edges, and a comforter. Or maybe two, since it's winter. I'm gonna grab some tape. I'll be up in a sec."
Ava nods her head before heading up the stairs. She heads right over to the linen closet and starts to search through it. Pulling out two bedsheets and two comforters, she balances them in her arms before using her foot to close the door back. “Who’s room are we doing this in?” She calls out to Cameron, needing to know where to go.
"Mine!" Cameron called up as he collected the tape and clips he needed, taking two steps to reach his room. As he did that, poor Lily hastily follwed the best she could. She seemed to enjoy the excitement of her master as he pushed into his room, leading in to the rather clean space.
Ava awkwardly shuffles into the bedroom and dumps the blankets on the bed. “Okay, give me some instructions,” She tells him before glancing around the room. It’s pretty damn clean. Her own room is fairly messy but it’s organized enough so she knows where to find stuff.
Cameron threw the stuff on the bed, where he straightened up his sheets before tugging over a comfy-looking armchair over to the middle empty area of the room.
"Just take one of the sheets and put them over there, on the wall…" And slowly, with Cameron's careful instruction, they had a comfy fort that accompanied the TV, the door, and a large space for them to relax in underneath it. Cameron finished spreading the comforters, brought down his pillows, and plopped them all around.
Ava listens to his instructions carefully and does everything instructed of her. When they’re done, the entire space is filled up. It’s amazing. She steps back and takes everything in. “Damn,” She comments, nodding her head in approval. This is exactly how she imagined it would be and yet somehow better still. “Let’s go inside!” She exclaims excitedly.
"Alright, you first! I'm gonna check if everything's sturdy first. It should be…" He carefully walked the perimeter of the tent, ducking awkward places and clipping places that seem to be a little weak.
Lily proceeded Ava into the tent, where the big girl immediately settled herself in a comfy corner where every pillow seemed to have been thrown in by Cameron in his haste to set the comforter out evenly.
Ava crawls into the fort and looks around. It’s perfect. She steals a pillow from Lily and sets herself up in the second most plush part of the space. Kreja invites himself inside a second later and flops down near Lily with a huff. “You two take up so much room,” She laughs lightly, shaking her head in amusement. She really does love both of those dogs. They bring her so much happiness.
Lily leaned closer to give a kiss to Kreja, thumping her tail lightly on the thick comfy carpet of blankets. She seemed to want her doggy friend to be happy rather than huffy and upset.
Cameron ducked into the tent, glancing around and stealing a pillow from Lily without her noticing and settling down near the armchair he had set up.
"This is great, huh?" He asked, with a wide grin on his face.
Kreja looks over to Lily and barks quietly, his tail starting to wag. He takes the kiss as an invitation to move closer to her so that’s just what he does. Settling down right next to her, he woofs quietly, his tail thumping against the comforter on the floor.
“This really is great,” Ava agrees with a relaxed smile. “You used to make these all of the time, huh? You must’ve been a pretty creative kid.” She comments, looking over to him.
(These dogs are so cuteeee)
Lily barked back softly, leaning forward to kiss him again with more happy thumps of her tail when he scooted closer. She shifted happily and leaned her chin down on him, her eyes flicking up to his face cutely as she relaxed, her tail still thumping heavily against the carpet.
"Yeah, literally all the time. My sisters really liked forts. And being a typical small boy with nothing better to do, I made them forts. I guess creative is a way to describe it?" He asked carefully, shrugging.
(Yes, they’re adorable!)
Kreja nuzzles Lily’s cheek affectionately before stretching out and settling his head on his paws. He briefly lifts his head so that he can kiss her. The pup’s tail hasn’t stopped wagging for a second. It’s clear that he really enjoys spending time with the other dog.
“Aw, you made forts with your sisters? That’s sweet,” She smiles over to him, trying to picture it. “One Of these days I’m going to manage to dig up some of your old baby pictures.” She doesn’t know why but she’s dying to see what little baby Cameron looked like.
Lily's tail didn't stop thumping either, and the pair's tails sounded like a section of percussionists at a parade at this rate at how often they were hitting the ground. Lily leaned forward to give him another kiss, relaxing again with a soft little doggie sigh.
"Oh, no, I don't have baby pictures here, thank goodness," He said with a laugh. "I looked too pudgy as a kid. But I guess as a young child or teen I looked okay." He shrugged. He wanted to bring up hers as a point of conversation, but that would be stupid. It'd be suggesting that they somehow go back to her home and see them. It would totally ruin the mood.
Kreja’s tongue hangs out of the side of his mouth as he gives Lily one of his famous goofy grins. He snuggles up right next to her before finally settling down. The pup barks quietly before resting his head on Lily’s front paws. This is as closer to her as he can possibly get.
“I’m sure that you were adorable kid. You had big, chubby, cute cheeks, didn’t you?” She asks, conjuring up an image in her head that she thinks would fit. Definitely cute. “Don’t worry, you may not have some at the house but I’ll find someone to get my hands on them,” She promises him with a wink.
Lily seemed contented with how close they were. She relaxed against the other dog and shut her eyes with a wide yawn, nuzzling him behind the ears before dozing off sleepily.
Cameron touched at his cheeks self-consciously, though he was smiling faintly. "I might have had somewhat chubby cheeks. Maybe just a little chubby. And yes, seeing your baby pictures would make me feel much happier about showing you mine." He laughed.
Kreja stays awake for a few more minutes, listening to the humans chatter. Soon, his exhaustion overcomes him. With a yawn, he settles down and falls asleep.
“When did I offer to show you my baby pictures?” Ava questions arching a brow. Even if it were possible, there’s no way she’d ever show those horrible things to anyone. “I hate to disappoint you but I don’t actually have any. All of my pictures are age five and up,” She tells him as she stretches out a little.
