It was maybe around 4 am when Eloise heard the barking first. It passed her house maybe four or six times now before she finally got out of bed, maneuvering passed all her unpacked boxes that scattered across her house.
Her dad, her younger sister and herself had just recently moved her for his job while her brothers were off at college.
“Hey, you may be a morning...dog, but I ain’t a morning person. At least this early. What the hell. You’re gonna wake up my dad and then we’re both in trouble” She muttered, slowly walking down her driveway. “C’mere. Where did you come from?” El stood a distance from the dog, waiting for him to come to her. Once it did, she allowed him to grow comfortable with her for a bit until she slowly reached to look at his collar. “Sit, boy. Sit, Max.” She read, memorizing the address. “Alright, I’m gonna grab some coffee and then I’ll take you back, alright?” The blonde grinned, tapping her thigh to initiate the German Shepherd to follow her into her house.
Making a cup of coffee for her dad and a small peanut butter sandwich for energy, El looked down at the dog that sat beside her in the kitchen. “You want some?” She took a spoonful of peanut butter and watched as he gulped it down, now trying to get the extra off of the roof of his mouth. “Good, huh?” Her uncles were in the military, always bringing their dogs over when they visited home. Jinx, Derringer, and Scout. They kept Scout after her uncle died when she was a kid. Her uncle, Sam’s, military dog tags still hung around her neck, never taking it off.
Finally, she brought Max into her car and put the address into her GPS. “Thanks for keeping me company and waking me up, I guess. How needs an alarm anymore.” El smirked, backing out of her driveway. The sun was rising at around 6:30, nearing 7 now. Munching on her sandwich, she turned to the street that matched the tags.
“C’mon.” She called, getting out of the car and waiting for Max to follow. “You make me miss having a dog.” The girl muttered, rubbing her eyes before knocking on the front door.