Walking home I sense tension and danger so I stop to look around me. I watched as a weary mist with a light glow slowly climbed the alleyway. Suddenly a whisper of music sings a dark toon. My bag started shacking as a dog jumped out. "Huh? Who are you little fella?" I studdered. Thinking about keeping the dog, I say "August, you like that name? August?" looking at him with a smile on both of our faces I pick him up and sneak him inside my house, knowing my dad, he wouldn't let me keep him if he knew about August, he would probably kill the dog. My dad is not much of an animal lover. When I got home my dad was passed out on the couch so I continued on to my room. "I wish I could somehow communicate with you and I could understand your answers." As I layed him down on my bed, I took off my book bag and began to grab my sketch book. "Hmm, Do you have an idea of what I could draw?" I looked back at August and started petting him. "Who am I kidding, you're a dog, you wouldn't be able to answer me. Even if you could I wouldn't be able to understand you. Well I'll just try to figure out something." August sat on my lap as I thought about maybe drawing August. An hour later I started hearing my dad's footsteps coming towards my door, I put my sketch book and my bag away and I layed down on my bed trying to hide August. He opened the door with a great swing. "You home already? How was school?" I didn't want to answer him but I did with a studder "Uh school wasn't that bad, I uh got into a fight with a few other kids though." He looked at me with a chuckle. "Really got to give it to you eh, you really know how to get knocked around by a bunch of little assholes don't you?" He looked at my brusied eye as it was bleeding from a small knife cut right near it. "Why don't you clean up that mess on your face, I dont want you bleeding everywhere." Yes sir, right away!" I answered. As he walked out of my room I heard him mumble something under his breath but I ignored it. I knew that if I would have called him out for it, my brusie would be darker and more painful. I grabbed my computer slowly so my dad wouldn't notice or hear anything. I searched up a list of dog breeds but I didn't see any dog that had a resemblance to August. So I searched up a list of what animal he most reminded me of, a wolf. "So . . . I know you're some type of canis lupus but what bre-" I looked at him and then the picture of a grayish black wolfdog. "So you're a hybrid eh, must be a pup for how small you are." I closed my computer and grabbed him thinking of something. "You don't look like much of an 'August' to me, you look more like an uh Silver?" Thinking of taking him to school tomorrow, I began petting Silver with a smile on my face. "I'm going outside to do some sketches!" I yelled to my dad in the living room. "Alright, as long as you stay out of my shed, you can stay outside as long as you want." With a smile, I picked up my sketch book with Silver in my other hand and yelled back. "Thank you sir, I won't be in your shed at all!" I walked outside and sat Silver down in the grass to let him play while I drew a picture of the landscape and Silver in the middle playing with a butterfly over his head. "Well look at this, the nerd drawing stuffed animals again, lame!" I looked up at who was saying that and imediently stood up. "What do you want this time Jordan?" "Oh nothing I just like making you mad. Hey I thought the asshole that raises you said you couldn't have a mutt!" I started walking over to the fence he was standing on the other side of. "One, I thought I said I don't want you here, you didn't listen to that. Two, I thought I told you not to call my dad anything rude, again you didn't listen. Three I said that whatever I do. whatever I have, whatever I like, is NOT your business so don't mind it! Mind your own goddamn business and I won't mind yours!" I turned to look at Silver and started to walk towards him. "You want a fight, I'll give you a fight. I do what I want to do and no one will ever tell me what to do, ecpesially you Camden!" I ignored him as far as he said that but he pushed me above my level with words I would never forget. "You know why you always get beat up at school, because you're a failure, and your so called father thinks the same. Ever notice how he shuts out of his life? He hates you because you do nothing right, you killed your own mother!" With a small tear in my eye, I turn around. "I didn't even meet her, do you really think I intended to kill her? She died when I was born." As I picked up Silver, Jordan started climbing over my fence. "What the hell? Get out of my yard." Not listening, he continues to walk towards me. "I said leave!" "I thought your dad said you shouldn't have a mutt." Jordan said as he went to grab Silver. "Keep your filthy hands away from my dog, leave alredy!" When he grabbed Silver I was ready to start a fight! "Your dog looks as stupid as you do." I watched as Silver started wagging his tail when Jordan stepped closer to me. "W-what is he doing?" We watched as my dad stepped outside to see what the commotion was. "Hey kid, who's your friend?" "Sorry sir I'm not this mistakes friend, I just came to do you a favor." I was surprised when I saw my dad angery but I wondered why he was angery until I heard what he had to say. "My son is not a mistake. Camden, is this the kid you got in a fight with today?" I couldn't tell him the truth I really wanted to be Jordans friend so I lied to my dad for the first time. "No sir, he's just not very fond of me. I was hoping we could be friends but I guess not." With surprise in his eyes, Jordan turned to me and put Silver in my hands. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't know you wanted to be friends with me. Sir is it ok if I hang out with Camden for a bit?" My dad looked at Jordan with a smile and joy before replying. "Sure, you seem like a nice kid, you can stay." I smiled at my dad and at the same time me and Jordan replied to him with the same reply. "Thank you." My dad smiled and slowly turned back and walked back in the house as me and Jordan sat down. "You really wanna be friends with me after all the harsh things I said?" "Yeah, why not? I mean everyone deserves a second chance."