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going?”
    “Good thanks, first day.”
    “Cool, I see you’ve met my brother,
these two shmoes are Max” he indicated the tall, lanky one with spiky black
hair, brown eyes under a pair of glasses, and a blue polo shirt with khakis on
“and Will” he slapped the one furthest away from me. He was the biggest muscle-wise
out of all of them. He wore a gray shirt, black basketball shorts, had an
almost shaved head of dark hair and cold blue eyes.
    Will nodded. I nodded back.
    “Hi, erhm, everyone, do you want to see
Doc because I’ll let him know you’re here but he has a few patients to see to.”
I was overwhelmed and rambling. To distract myself and calm down, I looked over
their heads and in the spaces between their bodies to see one woman with her
young daughter, the Crenshaws , I think it was, with
their Siamese cat. They were Doc’s last patient for the day
    Jay shrugged. “Not necessary. We saw
him yesterday. What time do you get off of work?”
    I felt calmer and looked up at him. “In
another half hour, why?”
    “Well someone has to welcome you to
town properly.” He said and leaned in close to my desk. Eye contact was a huge
mistake and I was on alert once more.
    I hoped my voice didn’t squeak as I
replied “So you brought the city basketball team?”
    “Clever but no. It’s just me and some
friendly neighbors. Have you been to the local pub yet?”
    I began to fiddle with the already
filed paperwork. “No, what time are you going?”
    “Now, we’ll get Doc to let you out
early.”
    “Oh no, thanks but no, it’s my first
day. I can’t be skipping out early.”
    Jay leaned in even closer, purple eyes shining,
just to taunt me, I was sure. “Don’t worry about it. My uncle won’t care.”
    Logan added “We are meeting up with other
friends too so you won’t be the only girl.”
    I coughed awkwardly. That was something
I considered but I didn’t want them to think it bothered me. “Um, thanks but
really, I can’t leave early. I can meet you guys there in 45 minutes or so.” I
factored in time to go home and change.
    “But happy hour ends at 6:30 ” Brandon whined. I suspected then that he was
the youngest out of the guys and he must be just old enough to drink, if that.
This was followed by a chorus of “Come on’s ” and
“live a little’s ” and “you know you want to’s .”
    At that moment Doc walked out of his
office and into the waiting room, holding the Shih-Tzu out to Mrs. Tavish beside
him. She had paid when she arrived, knowing it was a simple check-up. I watched
as Doc told her “He’s as healthy as a pup.” She smiled, thanked him and left
the office.
    The guys were talking all around me but
I heard Doc say “Mrs. Crenshaw I will be right with you and Mittens” then he
headed over to my desk.
    The guys made room for him and he
turned to Jay. “James, I thought you would wait until after office hours to
collect Kira.”
    Before I could stop myself I spoke up
“Collect me? What?”
    Doc turned his gray eyes to me “Oh I’m
sorry Kira, I’m still in Vet mode, I’m afraid. James told me he would come by
today to see if he and his friends could show you around town. I thought it was
a nice gesture.”
    “It is. Thank you but as I was telling
them I’m still here for another” I looked at the clock “26 minutes.”
    He shook his head “Oh, don’t you worry
about that. You did very well today. I haven’t seen the desk this organized
since the day I bought it.” He gestured broadly at the desk that admittedly did
look much better now that I’d organized it. “Why don’t you head out, it will be
good for you. Young people should have friends.”
    Trent slapped Doc on the shoulder, saying
“You rock, Doc.” Jay laughed at me with his eyes, the “I told you so” hanging
between us.
    Brandon decided to say it though anyway “See
Kira, you can come now. Didn’t we say so?”
    I ignored that “Great. Thank you, Mr.
Dellarson. I’ll be here tomorrow 9