Chapter 38：Rere (2)

When they arrived at Renae's house, both Matthew and Renae received a text message. It was from an unknown number. The message read, "Hello Matthew and Renae, this is Ms Lee, your lawyer for this case. I would like to inform you that the court day will be tomorrow at 3pm. Please be there! Thank you." Once they read the message, Renae asked Matthew, "Hey, it's getting late, do you-"

"Yes! Yes! I want to stay over," he excitedly said.

"Woah okay."

The reason as to why he wanted to stay over was that he wanted to play with Rere. Matt was carrying Rere and they walked into Renae's house. As expected, her parents still weren't home.

They sat down in the living room and tried to teach her some tricks. The trick was 'sit'. They tried using treats to lure her into doing the trick a few times but it didn't work. Rere got confused with her own name and the trick's name. Well, it was her first time, and at least she was trying so they were satisfied.

As Matt was teaching Rere the trick, Renae poured some water into one of the bowls Uncle Julian prepared for Rere. Rere hastily ran to the water bowl when she saw water being poured. She must be thirsty after trying to learn that one trick. Once she finished drinking the entire bowl of water, Renae took the bowl and filled it up to the brim again for her to drink. Matt then asked a question when she was pouring the water.

"Can we take Rere on a walk? She hasn't went on one before!" Matt asked eagerly.

"OK, I'll get newspaper, some plastic bags and her leash," Renae replied.

A few seconds later, Renae said, "Let's go!"

She put her collar and leash on then out the door they went. Matthew and Renae chatted as they took turns to walk Rere. She peed on the grass but there was no poo after half an hour so they decided to head back to the house.

They were walking in a comfortable silence and Renae was in a slight daze as Rere obediently followed them. Matthew was walking on Renae's right side and Rere walked between them. They were about to reach the house when Rere darted towards the right, directly across Matthew and to the grass. "Woah!" Renae exclaimed as the leash pulled her along with Rere. Matthew tripped over the leash as well and pushed Renae away a little so that she'd land on top of him and not hurt herself.

"Are you okay?" Matthew asked, his tone was sprinkled with tints of concern. "Ah!" Renae realised she was leaning on Matthew and quickly got up, the leash still in hands. "I'm fine... but are you? I fell on you!" She exclaimed, extending a helping hand to pull him up.

Matthew took the helping hand, but because he was stronger, he accidentally pulled Renae back down on top of him. This time the force was so strong that their faces were a few centimetres away from each other.

They stared directly at each other's eyes. They both felt flustered, yet they couldn't look away. "Oh... erm... I'm sorry," Matthew tripped over his own words as he apologised. "It's fine, it's fine. Rere needs to be disciplined," Renae sighed as she said.

They got up again, this time no one fell down. They turned their heads to see Rere peeing continuously at the same spot of grass. "Why do you she's doing that?" Matthew asked, tilting his head curiously. "Another dog probably peed there, so Rere felt the need to overwrite the other dog's claim of territory. It's normal for dogs, I was just blanking out so I was caught off guard," Renae explained. Mathew nodded his head. "Let's head back in then, it's pretty chilly tonight," he said, looking towards the house."

After some tug of war between the small dog and Renae, they finally left the grassy area and onto her front porch. Renae was the only one who felt as though she had lost her arms. How could a pup have so much energy? She thought to herself as she helped Rere take off her leash.

After doing so, she fell flat on the couch. "My energy has been drained," she mumbled. Matthew heard and it made him chuckle. "Wait till she grows big, how will you handle her then? You're gonna need my help then," Matthew said half-jokingly. "Sure, if you're willing to play tug of war every single evening then sure," she replied, burying her face in a couch pillow. "Oh Gosh... maybe... 3 times a week? Other than that, it's up to you," he replied, joining her on the couch.

"Oh, I should tell my parents about Rere." Renae pulled out her phone and called for Rere, but she didn't come. She was still getting used to it, so Renae wasn't surprised.

Renae looked around and found that Rere had found her way to her bathroom and took a wee by the toilet bowl even though they just brought her out for a walk.

"Rere! Oh gosh... oh my..." Renae exclaimed when she caught Rere. She wasn't potty trained yet, so she didn't look guilty at all. "Aish, I'll clean that up later. Come, Rere. I'm calling for you! Let's take a picture," she said with a soft smile as she picked Rere up and walked to the living room.

"Rere peed in the toilet. I'll clean it later," Renae said as she placed Rere down on the couch and tried to make her sit and stay, but she wouldn't. "Matt, get the treats for me please," Renae called. "Mmh.." Matthew grabbed it from the kitchen counter and passed it to Renae. She thanked him and took out a treat.

After preparing her phone to take a picture, she gave the treat to Rere and she stayed still as she munched on it. That's when Renae took a picture. She looked at it proudly and sent it to her parents. She sent a message along with the picture. "Mum dad, I got a dog as a birthday present from Matthew!"