Today’s story is “A Little Distraction” by Field T. Mouse, and you can find more of his stories at squirrel.sofurry.com.

Read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.

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Today I'm reading an adult story for mature listeners.

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If that's not your cup of tea,

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or if there are youngsters listening,

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you can skip this one and

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I'll have a new story for you next time.

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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.

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I’m Khaki, your faithful fireside companion,

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and today’s story is

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“A Little Distraction”

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by Field T. Mouse,

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and you can find more of his stories

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at squirrel.sofurry.com

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“A Little Distraction”

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by Field T. Mouse

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Meadow paced back and forth in her darkened bedroom,

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furless, pink foot-paws slapping on the cool, wood floor.

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Pat-a-pat-pat. Staring down at her smartphone, the petite,

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golden harvest mouse,

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wearing nothing but her pelt,

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obsessively refreshed and double-checked the weather maps.

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Outside, the April wind picked up considerably,

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making the old, rustic farmhouse creak on its foundation.

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Distant thunder rattled the windows.

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A storm was coming.

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A big one. Just like the forecast had said.

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Just like the dreams I’ve been having …

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Meadow was half-tempted

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to head to the kitchen for a midnight snack.

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She wasn’t hungry,

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but it might get the taste of adrenaline out of her mouth.

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Cookies? Would that help? Hmm.

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I don’t know. If you give a mouse a cookie …

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Ultimately, she decided to stay put.

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Her knees were too wobbly to make the trip.

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Another glance at the weather app showed a menacing wall of red and orange

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almost upon her rural location.

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Like a predator. And I’m its prey.

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Nature always wins.

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The dreams she’d been having

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—more like nightmares, really

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—started out like this.

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With a storm brewing.

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And she’d wait in her house for it to come, helpless,

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unable to escape. The walls would fall away,

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the world swirling chaotically around her.

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And then she’d wake up.

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She never reached the end.

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“Meadow?” She stopped,

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blinked, and looked to her bed.

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And the shadowy figure in it.

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A lamp switched on.

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Meadow shielded her blue eyes

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with a paw, pupils adjusting.

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“What … ” There was a bucktoothed yawn.

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“What are you doing?”

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her boyfriend, Fib, asked,

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squinting back at her.

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The male harvest mouse’s voice was groggy.

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His whiskers twitched.

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Meadow’s phone vibrated.

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Instead of answering Fib, she looked down. A new

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weather alert!

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Fib yawned again and sat up fully,

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the sheets sliding off his naked chest.

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He was six years younger than her.

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Only twenty-nine,

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with a nice, slender physique.

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His fur was patterned exactly like Meadow’s:

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creamy white down the front-middle,

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rich gold everywhere else.

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Though his ‘gold’ was a few shades lighter.

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“Butterscotch?” Fib said,

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using his term of endearment for her.

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“Are you okay?” Meadow,

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realizing she still hadn’t answered,

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flashed her phone at him.

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“There’s … there’s a tornado watch.

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And a severe thunderstorm warning, too.”

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She paused ominously before blurting out,

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“What if a tornado hits the house?!”

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Fib started to reply

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but she talked over him.

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“I don’t even have a basement!”

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Just that super-creepy crawlspace. Choosing between death and going down there would make anyone pause.

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“We’d probably get buried alive in rubble.

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If we don’t get sucked up into the funnel.”

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I probably should’ve had those cookies, after all.

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Might’ve helped me survive longer.

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Meadow began to pace again,

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her tail flailing.

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“We’re so far from town,

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and it’s pitch-dark, and the roads will be blocked with debris, so the authorities won’t be able to send help in time, and—” “Hey!”

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Fib, hearing enough,

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hopped out of bed.

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He quickly went to her, putting his paws on her arms to keep her still.

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She was trembling.

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“Slow down.” His blue eyes met hers,

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voice gentle. “That’s not gonna happen.”

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“Which part?” “Any of it,” Fib said.

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“Everything’s gonna be fine.

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It’s just normal weather.”

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“How do you know?” Meadow asked, unable to shake the fear.

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“It’s my job to know,”

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Fib said. He was the morning weekday weatherman for an Indianapolis TV station.

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Meadow, through their association,

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had even been on his newscast once or twice. “Didn’t

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you watch my forecast this morning?”

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Meadow nodded. “Yeah … ”

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She always did. “I said we’d get some heavy storms after nightfall.”

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“I know,” Meadow whispered.

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“But … ” She hadn’t told him about the dreams.

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She’d told Petra. The rat,

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her best friend and co-worker, loved to give advice.

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Usually unsolicited.

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“That just makes me feel even worse.”

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“Why?” “Being so nervous when you know so much about it?”

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Meadow lowered her head.

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“You must think I’m stupid … ”

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“Butterscotch,” Fib cooed. “Don’t say that.

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I would never think that.”

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He wrapped his arms around her.

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“Fears aren’t always rational. I mean,

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I’m afraid of things, too.”

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“Like what?” Meadow asked,

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chin lifting. Fib wasn’t a stereotypical shy and soft-spoken mouse.

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No, he was extroverted.

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A confident go-getter who relished attention.

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It suited his profession.

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Media jobs could get pretty cutthroat.

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To survive and advance,

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you couldn’t be a pushover.

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“Like, for instance,” Fib said, trying to come up with a list of fears.

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“I don’t like … deep water?”

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“We’re landlocked.”

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“Or wasps! Hate wasps.” “Are there wasps

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in the city?”

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“And caves,” Fib added.

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“When were you ever in a cave?” Meadow asked.

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“Did a fluff piece one time, for a station in Kentucky.

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Right out of college.”

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Meadow’s fears sensed an opening and rushed back in.

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“The crawlspace is like a cave. You know?

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There’s only one entrance … on the outside of the house.”

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She skipped a beat,

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though her heart didn’t. It beat faster.

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“We gotta time it so we get there before the tornado comes … ”

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“There’s not going to be a tornado,”

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Fib re-emphasized, hugging her tighter.

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“My phone would be going crazy if there was.”

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Meadow, having no clothes to put her own phone in,

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did her best to clutch it as she leaned into her lover.

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“You know what else I’m afraid of?”

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Fib whispered. “What … ”

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“Living without you.”

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Meadow’s eyes watered.

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It was such a cheesy, obvious line,

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but it got to her anyway.

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She squeezed her eyes shut

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and hugged him tightly.

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“You good?” Fib asked.

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“Yeah … ” FLASH! An eerie glow filled the room,

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visible even through her eyelids.

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BOOM! Meadow’s eyes snapped back open.

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“I take it back!” Fib massaged her sides and rubbed his cheek to hers. “Just relax.”

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She tried to. She really did.

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It wasn’t working!

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The root cause of her fears wasn’t some surface-level thing that could be swept away.

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It was deep down,

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hard to reach. The wind was howling, now. Madly, in a desperate rage.

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The house, under duress,

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was making spooky noises.

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Fib would probably say that meant the house had ‘character.’

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He was always putting a positive spin on things.

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I’m not a negative individual, am I?

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The house was old.

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A cozy building, single story.

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Built by Meadow’s grandparents way back when.

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She’d inherited it from them when they’d passed.

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But the salary she made working as a receptionist at a dental office

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wasn’t large enough to sink into cosmetic repairs.

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Like new windows …

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Fib, who made several times what she did,

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leased a swanky place in the northern reaches of the city

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a half-hour from his TV station.

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He was spending the weekend at Meadow’s,

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out in the unincorporated boonies.

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Petra was always asking when they’d move in together.

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Or get married. How would that change things?

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Would it make me happier?

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Meadow recalled a conversation she’d had with her friend earlier in the day …

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Meadow’s ears swiveled,

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walking into the office at 7:40

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AM to the loud, rhythmic rapping

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of the 1980’s rat group Apocalypse-86.

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Walking behind the reception area, the harvest mouse put down her purse

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and warned a head-bobbing Petra,

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“The bosses won’t like this.”

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“Don’t worry,” the brown rat assured,

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mouthing some of the lyrics before adding,

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“I’ll change it back to conformist ... I mean

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‘easy’ ... listening before they get here.”

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Meadow decided to do it for her,

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changing it to the office default.

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“You’re not very good at sticking it to the man,”

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Petra accused. “I thought you said being a ‘goody-good’ made me hotter.”

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“Well, in terms of wanting to corrupt you?

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Yeah. But it’s a huge turn-off the rest of the time,” the rat said.

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“Thanks,” Meadow deadpanned, starting her morning routine.

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The harvest mouse woke up the sleeping computers,

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turned on the central air,

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and opened the blinds on all the windows.

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Then she went into the cleaning and operating areas

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and turned on the lights and equipment so they’d be ready for the hygienists and doctors to use.

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They’d start filtering in at 7:55.

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Always last minute.

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Appointments began at 8:00.

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When Meadow returned to the reception area,

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Petra was seated at her computer.

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She was pulling up the files of the first hour’s patients.

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Without looking away from the screen, the rat said,

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“Supposed to storm tonight.”

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“I know.” Meadow briefly wandered to the window and looked out of it.

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The skies were clear, and the sun was bright.

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The trees, fresh with young leaves,

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wore the light like a promise.

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Is this what they mean by ‘the calm before?’

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“Ever think that your dreams might be related to Fibster?

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Maybe he’s the tornado.” “Mm?”

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Meadow blinked and turned around.

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“What? How?” The rat scoffed.

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“He’s a weatherman,

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and you’re having dreams about the fucking weather? Come on.”

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She has a point. “Storms in dreams represent change and shit,”

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the rat continued,

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swiveling her chair toward Meadow.

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“I looked it up. And if there’s one thing you hate,”

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she said, pointing her tail at the other rodent,

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“it’s life changes.”

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Meadow, furrowing her brow, wanted to object …

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But Petra kept going.

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“He’s the tornado.

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You’re the house.” “Fib is not a lethal force of nature,”

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Meadow argued, walking to her chair and sitting down. She crossed her arms.

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“Nah, he’s an over-eager nerd with delusions of coolness.”

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“Hey!” “But I guess he’s a hottie …

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for a mouse,” Petra allowed.

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“I’m still glad I set you two up.”

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“Again, being in the same room when we met doesn’t mean

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you’re responsible for us being together.”

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“Haven’t you heard that one law of physics? ‘Mice

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at rest stay at rest until acted upon by an outside force’?”

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“Must’ve missed class that day,” Meadow said.

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“Anyway, this is about what he represents to your subconscious.”

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The rat leaned back and spread her arms.

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“Maybe it’s a self-esteem thing?

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He’s ambitious. You’re not.

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He’s on TV. You’re not.

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Maybe you don’t think you’re good enough?”

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Meadow’s whiskers twitched.

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Petra continued,

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“He’s coming in to your traditional, little life

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and threatening to uproot it, and it terrifies you.

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You want your relationship with Fib to be this safe,

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undefined thing. But the longer you’re together, the harder it is to keep it that way.”

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“You’re really one to talk,”

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Meadow finally said with a huff.

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How many partners did the rat have?

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“Hey, just cause I’m poly doesn’t mean I’m not committed.”

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“Sorry. I know. I just … ”

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Meadow sighed, trailing off.

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“What makes you think I’m not?”

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“Because someone secure in their commitments doesn’t worry as much as you do.

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And you worry all the time.

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Not saying you gotta

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marry the dude. Live apart, or don’t. Whatever.

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You just gotta stop fearing the possibilities.

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Go with the flow. Have fun.”

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“Is that all?” Meadow mumbled,

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rubbing at her cheeks.

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“To start.” “That’s ridiculous.”

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“Then why you doing that thing? Mm?”

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Petra went, mimicking Meadow’s motion.

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“Granted, it’s cute, but it’s still a nervous tic.”

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Meadow dropped her paws.

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She knew Petra was probably right.

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But she couldn’t bring herself to admit it.

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“Are you going to be criticizing me all day?”

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“Only cause I love ya.”

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The mouse blushed.

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“You love me, too?” Petra said for her.

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“How sweet.” Turning back to her computer,

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the rat squirmed and then scowled,

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reaching to turn the radio volume further down.

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It was barely audible,

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now. “Much better.” Collecting herself, Meadow said,

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“They’re just gonna make you turn it back up when they get here.

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You can always put it on the country station. They like that, too.”

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“Girl, does this look like a honky holler?”

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Back in the present,

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the rain was a steady, omnipresent din.

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The storm was fully upon them.

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FLASH! BOOM! Meadow tensed. “Eek!”

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“Come back to bed?” Fib murmured.

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“I’m too wired. I won’t be able to sleep … ”

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“Who said anything about sleep?

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What you need,” Fib said,

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touching his pink, sniffy nose to hers,

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“is a little distraction.”

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“I do?” she asked. “Mm-hmm.” Their mousey whiskers brushed.

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Fib delivered a dainty peck to her lips.

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“Luckily, I have just the thing to keep your mind off the storm until it passes.”

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He was already tugging her back to the bed.

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Meadow squeaked and went with him.

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The rain was practically a monsoon, now!

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I hope the roof doesn’t start to leak again. There’s that spot in the ceiling in the porch? And one in the living room. And—

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“Ladies first,” Fib said,

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gesturing for her to lay atop the mattress.

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Meadow, putting her phone by the lamp, sat on the edge.

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She worriedly glanced at the window before scooting herself to the middle of the sheets.

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She laid back, head on a pillow and paws folded on her belly,

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staring at the shadows on the ceiling.

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“Comfy?” “No,” she said stubbornly. “Well,

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don’t worry. This is a fail-proof method of relaxation.

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A very ancient technique,”

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Fib said with a flirty, little smile.

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He switched off the lamp.

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The room returned to darkness.

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“As old as life itself.”

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The male harvest mouse then crawled into bed,

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moving to fours above her.

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“Must work pretty well, then,”

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Meadow said, finally getting the gist.

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She felt her cheeks blushing hotly.

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FLASH! Fib’s figure was silhouetted by the lightning.

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BOOM! “I felt that in my bones,”

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Meadow insisted shakily.

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“Focus on me,” was all Fib said.

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“My voice, my scent.

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My touch.” Meadow nodded.

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She reached up for him, desperate for a hug.

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Fib let her arms bring him down,

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bodies flush, fur meshing.

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The two mice cuddled for a moment.

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Meadow sighed. “Now, to get you good and distracted?” Fib resumed.

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“We gotta start with the extremities.” “Yeah?” “Mm

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-hmm. Take the ears, for instance. You know that old saying?

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Ears,” Fib started,

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nuzzling his muzzle against hers … “ … are

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the gateway to a mouse,”

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she finished. FLASH!

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One-Mississippi, Two-Mississippi, Three— BA-BOOM!

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Meadow held her breath.

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Even laying down, she felt

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dizzy with anxiety.

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Was the wind even faster, now?

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She could hear more creaking than before, too.

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Groaning. Straining.

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Or was that the bed?

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Could be the bed frame. Maybe.

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“Maybe … maybe I should check my phone again.”

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Meadow decided, trying to sit back up.

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“There could be a tornado warning. You know? Maybe just issued?

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I should really look.”

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She started to reach for her phone. “Ah

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-ah! You don’t need to,”

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Fib said, securing her wrists in his paws

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and pinning her arms above her head.

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Meadow felt a submissive flutter.

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She swallowed.

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“Oh … o-okay … ” “Relax,” he repeated,

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tongue meeting an ear-rim.

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“Everything’s gonna be …

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just … fine.” Fib licked around the edge of an erogenous lobe.

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The left one. The flesh was thin and delicate,

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hot and smooth. His buckteeth took intermittent,

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careful nibbles. All Meadow could hear were his breaths.

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Soon, her ears throbbed,

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sizzling with sensitivity.

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It became harder to think.

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The heat spilled to her face,

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leaving her hazy and flushed.

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She arched and moaned.

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Fib eased up, nosing her face and neck.

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He let her recover for a minute before continuing,

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“Now, from one end …

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to the other.” A paw reached for her tail.

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He gripped it at the base.

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Close-fisted, he stroked it.

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He brought the wiggling tip to his lips,

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kissing and then outright suckling on it.

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It wasn’t as sensitive as her ears,

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but Meadow had no complaints.

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While he played with her prehensile tail,

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Fib snaked his own between her legs,

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around a thigh, and toward her sex.

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The tip teased and prodded

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and then slipped inside her.

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Just a few inches at first.

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Then a bit more. And a bit more …

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Meadow arched. “Ah!” “Can’t leave these unattended,”

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Fib said, a paw resting upon her breasts.

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He fondled one. The other? He leaned in to mouth and kiss it,

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suckling on a sensitive nipple.

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Meadow whined, her pink paws going to the back of her boyfriend’s head.

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Fib traded one for the other,

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the one above her heart.

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While he was doing this,

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his tail withdrew from her sex.

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His fingers took its place,

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purposefully grazing her clitoris before drifting

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and curling their way into her passage.

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Meadow arched her body.

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Fib used his weight to pin her back down.

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His muzzle found its way back to hers, and he whispered against her chin,

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“I want you.” His erection poked against her thigh.

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Lightheaded with lust,

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she tilted in for a kiss.

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Fib captured her lips.

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The mice squeaked in throaty unison.

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Meadow spread her legs

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and wrapped them around his body.

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Lips smacking apart,

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Fib shimmied his hips

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until his cock was kissing her flower.

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He teased her, glans moving up and down her vulva, making her think about his next move.

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Making her even more distracted.

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Distracted and desperate.

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Recalling the flustered thrill she’d shown at his earlier act of dominance,

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he breathed, “Ask for it.”

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“I … I j-just … ” He nibbled on her chin.

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“What was that?” “I w-want you,

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too.” “To do what?” Meadow whimpered.

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“You can say it,” Fib murmured.

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“It’s just us. It’s okay.”

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Her fingers curled in his back-fur.

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“I want you to … fuck me,”

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she breathed. “Good girl.”

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Meadow shivered hotly.

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Fib, grunting with satisfaction,

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finally entered the other mouse.

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An easy, smooth motion.

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Raw and elemental.

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Soon, his large, fuzzy balls

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were nestled to her loins.

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Meadow heard a hammering.

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But, this time, it wasn’t thunder.

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Is that my heartbeat?

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Or his? As close as they were, fused as one,

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maybe it was both. She didn’t know. “More,” she begged, appetite spiking. This was her midnight snack. Fib pulled back and then humped forward, repeating the motion

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until he settled into an unbroken rhythm.

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“Faster!” Fib ramped up the pace.

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Meadow whimpered beneath him.

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He was rutting her, now.

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In a huffing, hurried way.

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The room felt hotter.

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Everything was burning up.

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She felt she might melt! Oh,

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the friction! Their genitals squelched.

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Slick and sweet. Fur flew,

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though Meadow couldn’t see it.

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But, from experience, she knew it was.

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Shedding and swirling through the air.

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The mattress bounced.

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Her paws groped his furry ass,

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urging him on. Meadow felt a desperation building inside her,

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an absolute need for release.

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There was no outside world.

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Just this. Just us.

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When her orgasm struck, there was a flash.

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The room lit up. With a thunderous boom,

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Fib slammed to a hilt.

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Meadow gasped and cried out,

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body convulsing as her sex spasmed.

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She clenched around him,

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wetter than any rain,

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head twisting about on her pillow.

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The pleasure was all-encompassing.

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Body, mind, and soul.

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Fib, hilting before going lax,

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moaned against her cheek as he pulsed and filled her with his seed.

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In the aftermath,

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they held each other,

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basking in shared afterglow.

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It was Fib who finally said,

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“Looks like made it through the storm, after all.”

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Meadow blinked. Did we?

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She’d almost forgotten about it!

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Meadow listened. Sure enough,

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the rain had stopped.

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The thunder was moving off.

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They were going to be okay!

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Everything was going to be fine …

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So … why do I feel like I want to cry?

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When she didn’t reply,

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Fib asked softly,

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“You alright?” “Yeah,

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it … that was great … ” In the climactic explosion,

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her emotions must’ve been flung to the fore like shrapnel.

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She tried to dodge them,

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push them back down.

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Tried to hide from them like she always did.

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But it was too late.

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Meadow asked, with a vulnerable whisper,

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“Fib. You … you won’t ever get tired of me, will you?”

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“What do you mean?” Fib asked,

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surprised by the question.

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“I know I’m just a poor country girl, and I’m older, and I …

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but I can’t … ” Her words were getting stuck.

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“I don’t want to lose you,”

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she pleaded, voice wavering.

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“Hey … ” She couldn’t hold back the tears.

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“Meadow … ” “I’m s-sorry … ”

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“For what?” Fib asked, nuzzling her face.

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“For being so insecure and nervous … ”

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Meadow sniffled. “All the time.”

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She took a few ragged breaths.

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“And for killing the mood … ”

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“You haven’t ruined anything.

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You’re perfect,” Fib breathed intimately,

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kissing at her tears.

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“I’m not … ” “You are to me,”

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he said patiently.

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“You’ll never lose me.

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I love you so much.”

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Meadow closed her eyes,

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hugging him with everything she had.

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Arms, legs, tail. “I love you, too.”

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Fib kissed her, passionately.

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Lips surrendering to his,

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Meadow slid her paws up his back,

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fingers curling in his fur.

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When the kiss broke,

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they snuggled. Still regaining her breath,

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Meadow sniffed and smiled.

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“Are … heh, are you going to tell your viewers to use this method for ‘storm survival’?”

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“I think the FCC would want us to keep that tip to ourselves,”

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Fib said with a giggle.

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Growing limp, he was forced to pull out.

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Wriggling aside, he spooned up behind her.

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Meadow breathed easy,

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feeling safe in his arms.

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Fib was a balm for her existential fear and doubts.

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But, at the same time,

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being with him was also the cause.

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I’ve never been this deeply in love with anyone.

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It feels wonderful, but …

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It’s a little scary.

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It was a paradox.

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Maybe Petra was right, and the solution was simple.

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Meadow had to learn to be at peace with the ‘what-ifs.’

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Had to let life happen.

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She’d never reached the end of that storm dream because it wasn’t about the ending.

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It was about the experience.

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The experience of being in love.

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How it can rearrange your world.

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How you should stop fighting it …

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Meadow yawned. Drifting back to sleep,

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she knew better dreams awaited her tonight.

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This was “A Little Distraction”

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by Field T. Mouse,

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read for you by Khaki,

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your faithful fireside companion.

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Thank you for listening

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to The Voice of Dog