Tina walked in to the house. She couldn’t believe that she was going to do this. Tasha had asked her and suddenly she was doing it, she now was going to have a police dog. A puppy admittedly. She slowly walked into the house carrying the golden retriever which had been assigned to her. Bette looked up from her kitchen table and smiled.

            “Hey baby!” Tina smiled.

            “Hey, erm, why do you have dog?” Bette asked, standing slowly, and making her way over to Tina, barefoot the only sound was her cane hitting the wooden floor. Tina smiled at her girlfriend.

            “I can explain.”

            “Well I hope you can!” Bette laughed. She stopped and gently rubbed the top of the puppy’s head.

            “Tasha wants a dog unit on the team to help with more complex cases. I sort of ended up being the one to be told that I would be the dog unit as I’ve trained and worked with dogs before. It does mean that he will live with us. I know I should have called and asked your permission first but I just got thrown in!”

            “Ti, it’s fine.” Bette smiled. “I think I’ll feel safer again having both a cop and a cop dog in the house!” Tina smiled looking at Bette, who was looking at the puppy.

            “As long as you’re sure.”

            “Well you can’t take him back now can you?”

            “No.” Tina admitted. Putting the puppy down, he ran across the floor. Bette watched him go. “I’ve just got to get all the bits out of the car!”

            “What bits?” Bette asked as the dog came back into the living area and went across to the sofa and curled up. Bette smiled.

            “His bowl, bed, food, some toys. Just some bits I picked up from the pet store.”

            “You went over board didn’t you?” Bette said grinning.

            “You’re starting to know me too well.” Tina laughed as she went back out to the car.

Bette lay on the bed, she was tired. Today had been long and she hadn’t sleep well without Tina. She had cried most of the night. Which had made her so tried. yet she still hadn’t been able to sleep. Tina had told Tasha she wanted a contract which meant she didn’t have to do nights because of Bette, and now they had gained a dog. Tina walked in and looked at her girlfriend lay on the bed, running her hands along her stomach, the baby was now showing and it was evident that Bette was gaining the weight to keep it save. They were due to go for a scan soon to see what the gender would be. It worried Tina.