The Runner: A Short story

This story is dedicated to my Great Pyrenees Simba, enjoy:

The night was young as Kirliffa Hamilton was getting her night time routine in. It was around seven o’clock as she sat in her 2 bedroom apartment. Her roommate was in the shower and the house was filled with the smell of lavender. A few days before Kirliffa had went to the vet to check on an ear infection with her 6 month old puppy Simba. It had gotten worse due to his escape methods when she inserted the medicine. On this particular night it was time for Simba to take his medicine. Kirliffa takes out the large blue pill bottle and slides out the syringe. She then prepares the medicine, as she is doing this task Simba is watching closely, little did she know he knew what syringe meant. She walked over to the sweet, white puppy and purred words of comfort “Who’s my good boy, yes you are” but as she reaches for the floppy ears Simba leaps up and runs to the couch. Kirliffa then follows him out and slowly walks towards the couch, he then runs towards the kitchen and is on the other side, tail shaking. In the apartment the kitchen has a small island that if someone is taller than 5 feet, they can see over. Simba was able to see Kirliffa when she peeks over. He stood still and looked her dead in the eye as if to say “Oh you wildin’ if you think you’re going to catch me”. It’s a stand still until Kirliffa moves one foot forward and he dashes into the room then begins to dash and dodge the poor 19-year-old. If one looked into the apartment they would have seen a white object moving as fast as light and a girl,yelling and falling continuously to catch it. It was almost ridiculous. She finally corners him into his 48’ metal crate and locks herself as well as him inside. She was tired, angry, and in pain from all the falling. Kirliffa then takes out a treat hidden in her jacket pocket and lures the puppy close and finally injects the clear fluid into his right ear as he eats the dog treat. Kirliffa was relieved but the battle wasn’t over as the puppy has 2 ears. She releases the two of them from the crate and uses the syringe to get more of the strong chemical scented liquid, it is round 2 and she is full of fire. The puppy runs out the room and you can see the mischief on her face as she closes all doors, her roommate peeks out laughs then closes the door. Kirliffa makes a run for the opposite direction and the puppy follows, her secret weapon is…ice. She grabs 3 cubes of ice and throws it on the ground, Simba loves ice and can’t resist the sweet cold treat. As he plays with the ice she is able to quickly run over to him and squeeze the liquid into the next ear. It was another victorious battle won by Kirliffa.