Cameron grunted in agreement to her statement, eyeballing her at her suggestion.
"Are you sure you want to go shopping? I've almost never heard you ask me such a thing. But alright, Ava, there's a nice appliances store in the mall in town square we can go to."
Lily met him in the living room, near the couch where she was waiting for him, laying down a little as if trying to hide. However, she gave herself away with thumps of her tail at his appearance.
“Hell no, I don’t want to go shopping. I wouldn’t suggest it if it weren’t necessary. We need a new coffee maker badly. Waiting like ten minutes for a cup is ridiculous and I’ll end up killing someone because of it,” Ava tells him before shooting a disgusted look at the coffee maker. She wrinkles her nose at the mention of a mall but she knows that it’s their best bet.
Kreja’s ears perk up when he hears the thumping. Tongue lolling out the side of his mouth, he looks for Lily. The second that he spots her he barks loudly and pounces.
"Then I could just go down. You could stay here with the dogs and play with them outside or something?" He suggested gently, though his real reason was to protect her from being found out and alive. "I'm sure you will. It's the coffeemaker you got, after all," He joked with a soft laugh.
Lily barked on response, wrestling with him for the toy and coming out victorious. She snagged the toy and ran across the room, wagging her tail and ducking into play position again.
Ava shakes her head. “No, I’ll come with you. If I let you do this by yourself who knows what you’ll come back with.” Staring at him, she tries to figure out what he’s thinking. “If you don’t want me to come with you, say it.”
Kreja stands there in defeat for a moment before scurrying after her. Grabbing ahold of one half of the toy, he tugs at it.
"Nah, I'm not saying that. If you hate it then I can just go get a blender. It's my money I'm spending, it's not like I'm gonna come back with an entire stove." He chuckled and shook his head, turning around to pour two cups of coffee for them.
Lily tugged back after straightening up to start a tug-o-war. She growled playfully, shaking her head to try and dislodge him.
“I would not put it past you to come back with an entire stove,” Ave jokes a little before fighting. “Come on, what is it?” She asks, not believing that he wants to go alone just because she hates it. Sure, it would be a sweet gesture but she’s always been suspicious as hell and that’s not going to change now.
Kreja refuses to let go. He viciously shakes his head right back. It’s hard to get a grip on the floor but he tries his best so that he can start to move backwards.
"It's not anything. I just don't want you to be unhappy, Ava," He said with an inkling of truth in the words. "What creamer would you like?" He turned to the fridge, looking alomg the creamers they had.
Lily pulled back. She was a bit of a bigger dog, so she was able to tug Kreja back to his original starting place with a jerk of her head. She growled again, her tail slowimg down as she concentrated on the war.
Ava frowns, not sure how she should take that. “Do we have any of that dark chocolate creamer left?” She asks, deciding to drop the subject. For now. “Be careful you two,” She tells the dogs light when her leg gets knocked into.
Kreja growls and shakes his head again. When Lily pulls him forward, he knocks into his owner’s leg a little. Undeterred, he pulls at the toy as hard as he possibly can.
"Yep!" He pulled out the container of her choice and grabbed the half-and-half cream for himself. He set them down and started dressing his coffee, humming softly into the silence between them.
However, the silence between them was broken by a loud growl from Lily as she jerked Kreja right back. She was not messing around.
She smiles brightly and takes the creamer. After pouring way more than a normal amount of creamer into the coffee, she stirs it all up. “Perfect,” She hums after taking a sip of the sugary coffee. Upon hearing the growl, she turns around. Things are getting much too serious with the dogs.
Kreja’s fur bristles a little when Lily growls at him. He refuses to let go. With a growl, he jerks the toy back towards him.
Cameron finished up with his own coffee, glancing down at Lily before he could take a sip. He reached down and yanked the toy from them both, but only ended up in a three-way tug-o-war.
Lily wasn't bowing down to either of them, either. She tugged hard on them both, ignoring Cameron's order for her to let go.
Ava, realizing that this isn’t getting anywhere, steps over to Kreja and grabs him with one hand, using the other to pry his mouth open. It takes a bit of wrestling with him but she manages to get him to release the toy.
Kreja chomps down on the toy when Cameron tries to grab it from them. He manages to hang onto to it for several more opens before his mouth is forced open and he’s dragged away from Lily and the toy.
Cameron opened Lily's jaw with a hand and gently took the toy, letting her go and setting the toy up high.
"You guys… you guys are getting all pent up over a game," Cameron scolded Lily, shaking his head. The dog's excitement returned, however, and she trotted back over to Kreja to give him a few kisses on the ear.
Ava shakes her head at the dogs. “I’m disappointed, Kreja. You know better than to behave that way, especially over a toy,” She scolds him.
Kreja light snow out a low whine and ducks his head, knowing that he had done wrong. When Lily comes over, he apologizes to her by shuffling her ear and licking her cheek.
Cameron sighed at the dogs and lifted up his cup of coffee. Lily accepted his apology and trotted off to the living room, after another kiss for his cheek. Her tail wagged idly as she trotted up to the couch and lept up on it, getting comfy.
“Those two are crazy,” Ava mutters, shaking her head. One minute they love each other and the next they hate each other. She picks her coffee back up and takes a sip.
Kreja follows Lily into the living room. He hops up on the couch next to her and curls up.
Cameron grunted, and suddenly chuckled softly. He couldn't help but to think that was himself and Ava at times.
Lily set her chin on his flank, wiggling closer and kissing his ears again. Her tail thumped as she relaxed with a sigh.
Ava glances over to him and raises a brow when she hears him chuckle. “What’s funny?” She asks him, curious.
Kreja licks Lily’s cheek again before settling his head on her paws. With a content sigh, he closes his eyes.
"Oh, I was just thinking what you said was kind of like us. Sometimes we like each other, sometimes we want to rip each other's throat out," Cameron explained with another soft laugh. "It's kinda funny, really."
The corners of Ava’s mouth turn up in a grin. “You’re right,” She agrees with a light laugh. “Our babies get their weird behavior from us.” That’s almost a scary thought. Even though Kreja is a dog, she hopes that he turns out nothing like her.
Cameron chuckled, thinking about the same thing she was. But it was ridiculous to think of a dog who would go out and kill people for money.
"Anyway, once you're done we can go get ready to go if you'd like. Or you could stay and make sure the dogs don't set the house on fire."
Ava glances over to the dog in question. She really hopes that he stays this sweet and playful forever. “I’m going with you,” She tells him, returning her attention to Cameron. “Don’t worry, I’m going to behave, I promise,” She chuckles lightly. Picking up her coffee mug, she takes a few more sips.
"Psh, you're not my main worry, Ava," Cameron teased gently as he finished off his coffee and rinsed out his cup, sticking his hand out for her cup. "Alright, let's just hope we come back to a standing house. But if they fall asleep, they'll probably not notice we're gone until we come back."
“Are you sure about that? ‘Cause you always seem awful worried about me,” Ava teases him back. She finishes off her coffee and then sets the mug in the sink. “I’m sure that they’ll be fine. They’re both passed out on the couch,” She comments with a small smile.
Cameron frowned a bit when she passed up his outstretched hand and proceeded to pick up her cup and wash it.
"I'm not worried about you. Well, that's a bit of a lie. I get worried when you seemingly don't see my hand," He joked with a grin her way. "If you're sure, we can go."
Ava blinks and looks over to him. Had he been doing something with his hand? “What were you doing with you hand?” She asks, genuinely confused. “Yes, I’m sure,” She confirms with a hand. Just how bad can a shopping trip be? They’ll get there, find a coffee maker, and then leave.
"I wanted to grab your cup so I could wash it," He said, drying the cups and setting them back into the cabinet. He wondered what else they'd do other than get a coffee machine. Maybe he could buy her an ice cream or a tasty pretzel.
“I didn’t see you, sorry,” She says, wondering why that would have upset him. “Okay, I’m going to do get dressed.” Turning, she starts to head back up the stairs. Might as well hurry this up and get the shipping over with.
It didn't upset him, just made him somewhat worried for her. He nodded with a grin. "Alright, I'll be down here." He turned to the basement and going down to the laundry room to get dressed.
After a few minutes, she returns downstairs, ready to go. She's wearing a pair of skinny jeans, a royal blue sweater, and her hair has been pulled back into a braid. "Cameron? Are you ready to go?" She calls out.