Lydia- The Pet Communicator

Chapter 36

It was really good to have dinner prepared by my mother after a long time. She made every individual’s favorite dish.  So, there were a lot of varieties placed on the table. We had our dinner together and joyfully.

Ding- Dong, Ding -Dong

The doorbell rang, as we were eating our food. Drake sipped some of his red wine and stood up to open the door. He cleaned his mouth with a napkin which was kept near to his plate and mumbled, “I will get it!”

Before anyone could respond to him, he paced out the dining room hurriedly. We heard the main door being opened and subsequently, Drake’s non-stop murmurs. He was talking to someone continuously. I heard footsteps coming from the corridor, towards the dining room.

Drake walked in with a grin glued on his face, his eyes were all sparkly and full of excitement. I stopped chewing my food and smiled back at him idiotically, I was confused with his facial expressions.

All of a sudden, a dark haired chap with a muscular body and an average height appeared from behind Drake. He took a glimpse of all of us on the table and then, greeted us graciously.

“Meet Eric,” Drake flashed off his whites and continued, “He came all the way from California to meet me after finding me in a picture with Lydia and the tigress on a news website Californiatimes.com, on the Global news category.”

I instantly remembered that Drake told me about Eric once, he was the one who helped Drake come up from his torturous life with the support of his parents and he was his best friend back in California.

I gave out my hand to greet him, and asked him to have dinner with us. He looked very humble by his etiquette.

He sat with us on the dining table, and Drake started asking him about everything in California. My mother gave him a glass of water and she started serving him some food too.

“I won’t be able to each much, thank you. I came to meet Drake just shortly after my landing. I am very tired.”

“No problem son, have some food and get freshen up. Drake will give you his clothes for now. Don’t unpack your big bag tonight.” My father offered.

Eric looked at Drake unblinkingly and asked, “So, you won’t go to your apartment?”

Drake shook his head in refusal and murmured, “I will be going back tomorrow.”

“Oh! I will stay in a hotel for a night, no worries then.”

“You don’t have to Eric, you can stay with us and you are our guest. Drake told us a lot about you.” My father responded.

“Good or bad?” Eric teased, while poking a finger into Drake’s ribs. All of us chuckled, as Drake sighed out irritably and ran a hand roughly on his well set hair.

“Both of you have a lot to talk, it seems. So how did you know our address Eric?” I asked.

“Hmm, I went to Drake’s apartment to look for him first. So, the receptionist told me he wasn't there and she gave me your home address directly. So I came here.” He replied softly.

“Good thing, you got my place. I just wonder how the receptionist got my address.” I responded.

“I informed her where I will be staying tonight sweetie, in case of any emergency.” Drake spoke after me.

Eric told us about Drake’s childhood, after we finished having our dinner. Drake was a really sincere and an intelligent child. He even told Drake that his foster parents have called him back to California, they asked Eric to bring Drake along with him as his father needs him for the handling the grand casino business over there.

“Stupid of my father, I told him to go away from my life and to forget me! He still thinks I will help him with his wrong doing?” Drake laughed out falsely.

“Don’t worry Drake, you are my boy now. You know, I won’t let anyone take you away from our family, as you are our part too.” My father spoke benevolently. Drake smiled at my father blissfully. My father gave back a half smile and spoke, “Go to sleep now, make Eric comfortable in our house. No talking to Lydia!” Drake nodded and started carrying Eric’s bag upstairs.

“Wait! Drake! Our guest room is locked, and I will be with Grace.” My father cleared his throat, and looked at my mother from the corner of his eye.

“So, Lydia’s room?” Drake asked nervously. My father closed his eye with a nod.

Drake took Eric’s bag to my room which was on the ground floor and we followed him, me too. I was really excited to spend a night with Drake and his friend Eric.

We all exchanged high- fives as we heard our parent’s room slamming close.

“So want to watch a movie? I asked Eric.

“No, I am not a late night guy, I am very boring and I love to sleep.” He replied and sticked out his tongue at us.

“Yeah, we should take him to a night club and leave him between all the girls on the dance floor. I bet he will forget his peaceful sleep. Dude! You need to grow up. I already have a girlfriend.” Drake teased.

“I don’t want to fall into troubles and heartbreaks.” Eric replied, while grabbing a pillow and snuggling it in his arms.

“Drake! I got a superb idea. Want to go to a night club?” Drake glared at me angrily and replied, “That’s not a place for sweet girls like you, and your father will make me -a hangman. I am not doing this.” I looked at Drake, making a puppy dog face, and then I looked at Eric who was controlling his giggle.

“Don’t make this face Lydia, you make me weak. Fine! Let’s go, but no drinking and we will come back in an hour. Eric will you be joining us?”

“I will of course! I don’t want Lydia’s father to grab my neck, plus, I want to see a night life of Cambridge.”

It was difficult for me to get dressed up with two guys in my room. I took a simple red dress which reached my knees and went inside the bathroom to get ready. Drake just changed his t-shirt and Eric was already dressed up well ever since he came to visit Drake.

All of us sneaked out of the house silently. Drake brought out my new car from the garage and we drove to the best night club in Cambridge.

The bodyguards at the entrance asked us for our id-cards, I was already nineteen. So they allowed us in. The music was very loud, and Eric was looking at everyone like he was from different planet. I couldn’t stop laughing at the weird expressions he was making.

“Stop it Eric, you might get slapped.” Drake joked.

Eric winked and went to have a shot of vodka at the bar which was located at the corner of the hall. I followed Eric to stop him, but Drake grabbed me by my waist. “Let him enjoy and you enjoy with me.” Drake whispered in my ear, and it sent shivers down my spine.

The DJ's started playing a song by, Enrique- Tonight I’m loving you.

Drake kissed me on my cheek and offered me to have a dance with him. I held his hand and we jogged to dance floor. Eric was aleady on the dance floor with some average heighted, blond girl. We waved at him and he winked again.

Our bodies started colliding with the music. Drake held me closer to him, and I grinded my body on his. Our dance was getting heated up immensely.  Drake kept on staring deep into my eyes with affection. His face inched nearer to mines and then, our lips met. We kissed each other very deeply with all the thirst and everything around us disappeared, except our bodies.

“We didn’t know Lydia- The Pet Communicator can dance well too!” Someone shouted from behind.

We broke our kiss and turned around to see who spoke that. It was a young lady with her group of friends. They all clapped their hands when Drake gave her a thumb up in appreciation. Some people stopped dancing and hurried up to meet me with amusement after they noticed me on the dance floor, like they were gathering around me.

“How do you do that? You were so amazing. I was bringing my dog to you the next day!”

 “Wow! I saw how you talked with the tigress. You are so famous worldwide.”

“We got to know you date your teacher, he is so hot!”

“The whole Cambridge is talking about you and we are getting phone calls from our friends outside to know more about you.”

Everyone had something to say and I didn’t know what to reply them all. I felt like a celebrity who came in an open place with no guards. I thanked them all and hurried outside the club with Drake. I started feeling nervous and disturbed.

Drake started laughing at me crazily and I looked at him surprisingly, “What?”

“You should look at your face Lydia! Woah! Now, we won’t have privacy anywhere.”

I slapped him slightly on his shoulder and laughed too. Eric followed us outside and spoke, “What was that about Lydia? Can I have your autograph too?” We all laughed out loudly together and then sat in our car to go back home.

When we were halfway home, I noticed two stray dogs following us from the car’s side- rear. They were barking loudly, whilst running after our car, “Lydia, we need your help!” I asked Drake to stop the car immediately. I quickly got out of the car to hear their issue carefully.

“Lydia, our friend has been taken by the dog-catchers a few hours ago. We couldn’t do anything to help him, we just ran off to save ourselves. When we saw your car passing by and we followed you. Thank Jesus, you noticed us! Can you help us, please?”

“Do you remember the dog-catcher’s truck number? We will free him tomorrow and the other dogs too.”

“Yes, it was CA2020. But, free them now please. What if they hurt him, Lydia?”

I was stuck in my own thoughts. If I plan to save the dogs, my father will really get angry on me for sneaking out of the house in a party dress. He will definitely get to know where exactly we went, as Eric’s breath will tell everything and its very late night too. Moreover, if I don’t save the dogs’ friend, the animals will lose their faith on me.

I discussed my difficulty with Drake and Eric, and they decided to help the dogs. The dog- catchers were really cruel and heartless. They mistreat and handle the dogs roughly and sometimes they starve them to death. It was time to take action.

So, we followed the dogs in the direction they were running to, since they were guiding us to the dog pound.   We made a plan while driving to the dog pound. If they won’t accept money to free the dogs, we will wrestle.

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 Hum di dum di dum! How was the chapter? I hope you liked it! Drake and Lydia got steamy at the night club eh? :P You can listen to the song too----> On the right side! Eric was some personality! I want someone to play Eric.. Any good actor? :/ 

Now it's time to save the stray dogs! Here they gooooo! :D