#dog mouse

@dodgerjones

Minnie was running around her room looking for a pair of heels. She truly didn’t have many, if anything she had more sneakers because of work, but one couldn’t very well wear sneakers at a club now could they? At least, Minnie didn’t. She was always in scrubs for a majority of the week that when she had the opportunity to dress up, she took it. 

And so she was in a white dress, short, but with long sleeves (it was still winter after all) and some cut outs in the front. Her was splayed loose, straight this time, make-up subtle and her feet were finally stunting some heels. 

Once ready, Minnie had slipped on some winter gear and was off! She was heading over to Pixie’s, which wasn’t a place she particularly frequented, but she wanted to see Dodger perform. The brunette had been dating him for over half a year now, and the only time she has seen him perform wasn’t even a good experience. 

She wanted to change that. 

Minnie made it to Pixie’s and managed to find her way to where the backstage was. Tonight, she had every intention to keep away from the alcohol. She didn’t need a repeat of the last time she was here, and so the back stage was a safe place. The brunette walked around a bit until she found who she was looking for, slipping herself behind her boyfriend and giving him a hug.

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It had been one very long night shift. Minnie could never understand how holidays could bring so many people to hospitals, but they most surely did and because of that the brunette had been placed in the ER for the night. 

It had been one very long shift. 

The last thing Minnie wanted was to head to her place where she was going to be all alone (not all alone there was always her precious Figaro) and so she had messaged Dodger. That was how she currently found herself all curled up in his bed, cuddled under his blankets that smelled just like he did and made it all even better. It wasn’t long before she had fallen right to sleep. 

It was in the middle of that slumber that the brunette had begun tossing a bit. Her nightmares have yet to really leave her, and so they had startled her out of her sleep in a cold sweat. She calmed herself down taking a couple of breaths in and was about to get ready to splash some water on her face, when all of a sudden she felt something cuddling right up against her hip. 

Minnie quickly looked down to find a… creature all snuggled up against her— oh but it was just the cutest little thing ever! She was immediately filled with an overflowing love for the small tiny guy. She took him into her arms, cuddling him close to her chest. 

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Minnie had finally gotten a couple of days off from work. It felt like a miracle that she was able to be off for more than one day, but boy had she needed it! Her work schedule had been chaotically busy and it had taken up so much of her time that she almost ran completely dry of food.

Poor Figaro hardly had anything left either. 

Thankfully, she had done the food shopping the other day so she was fully re-stocked. She also took some of the free time to tidy up her place. Not that it had gotten completely lost in a mess, but it had been let go in the mist of her work schedule. It was in the middle of some of her cleaning that she had found some of Dodger’s clothes hidden on the top of her linen closet. 

The brunette had instantly felt bad... he didn’t have to go about hiding his clothing! They have been together now for almost half a year, he could’ve asked for somewhere to place his clothes, but it was just like Dodger not to ask. 

It was why Minnie had taken a good chunk of her day today to do some rearranging in her room, mainly of the moving clothing around sorts. She had taken Dodger’s clothes and neatly folded it placing them on top of her bed. Speaking of which, it was when she had heard a knock on her door, whom she assumed had to be Dodger since she knew he’d be coming over. 

Minnie left her room to open the door and find exactly who she had assumed it would be. A smile instantly touched her lips. It felt like she hadn’t seen Dodger in forever! She walked up to him to place a soft kiss on his lips, tip-toeing just a bit since she was barefoot. 

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Minnie had absolutely no idea as to what Dodger had up his sleeves. 

All she knew, aside from well her journey down under to find him and then everyone being randomly brought back to original Swynlake (that psychic girl was so right!), was that he asked her to dress nice.

That was something Minnie could very well comply to, especially since down in the prison hell she had been so dirty, caked with mud and a grecian robe that was grungy and torn all around it’s edges. 

Minnie had constantly thought back to that, how Dodger had held her close to him even still, still pressed his lips against her cheek and hadn’t wanted to let go of her. She thought about her mother, and her father, how she had been able to see them both, of what she learned about concerning her mother. 

She thought about it all constantly. See, Minnie hadn’t drunk from the River Lethe, she hadn’t wanted to. If she were to drink that water, she would forget the precious time she was given to see her parents again, she would forget the lesson she learned, she would forget the journey she took to find Dodger, and how it had ended so seemingly with her drifiting to sleep in his arms a content and full heart. 

Minnie didn’t want to forget any of that, even if some of it came with some nightmares attached to it. That was something she hadn’t exactly told Dodger about...  

Speaking of, the brunette heard her door bell ring just as she was slipping on her black opened toe heels. She was fully dressed and ready her hair flowing loose in full, long wavy curls. She had on a red dress (Minnie was always fond of that color) not a long one, but short with a lace sleeved v-neck top, open back and a bottom that fanned out. 

She quickly opened the door, smiling brightly as she saw Dodger. She wasn’t able to take a full look at him before immediately turning around to quickly grab her wristlet. She knew she would forget about it if she didn’t grab it now. 

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Minnie couldn’t sleep. She had tried, was still sort of trying as she shifted around in the make shift bed that was given to her in her current Master’s home. There were far too many things pressing in her mind.

She felt like she was living in a nightmare.

She has yet to find where Dodger was and it wasn’t for lack of trying. She didn’t know what house he was placed in, if he was okay, if he was even here at all, or in the Underworld. That ate at her every nerve. She hardly knew where any of her other close friends were either save two, who she saw get taken away before her very eyes leaving her worried about their safety.

In short, she knew nothing. It was all a nightmare. Losing the battle in gaining sleep, Minnie slipped out of the bed moving ever so quietly within the House of Water making her way into the kitchen. She was the most comfortable there because her other self felt at home within the space of the kitchen. She thought of maybe making something to help calm her nerves when her eyes caught the form of a shadow creeping by. 

Minnie froze a little, who could be up this late? A guard... was it.. was it one of the guards? It had to be... She whispered then quietly, but with enough force to be sorta heard. “H-hello....? I-is is anyone there...?” 

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At had been a rather slow shift this night, not that Minnie was complaining about such a gift. Normally, she was running like a chicken with it’s head chopped off during her shifts. Tonight, it was a nice slow one, and what made it even better, she was only here for half a shift.

Minnie had been kind enough to pick up extra and work for four hours since one of the nurses from the float pool had to call out at the last minute. She was on the Labor and Delivery unit tonight and currently, there really weren’t a lot of women in labor. 

As it was, she was sitting in the unit’s break room deciding whether or not she could take a walk around the hospital to keep herself awake when her calling device from work starting to ring. She was expecting to get a call that she would be getting a laboring mother walking in for a patient, but instead it was a co-worker from the ER, Lily. 

“Minnie, hey! Are you super busy, where ever you are? Because if you aren’t you should come join us in the ER.” 

And so with that, the brunette left the break room and headed to find Lily. Once she found the blonde, she gave her friend a hug, lily pulling back first to speak.

“Glad to see you here, Minnie. Guessing it isn’t too busy huh?”

“No. It’s dead actually. Nobody is in labor, which is fine. I am done with my shift in an hour. I’m basically just there in case an influx of women decide to appear out of nowhere, and for that their charge nurse can call me.” 

“Perfect then! You should pop your head into room two.” Lily replied with a grin. “Keep your friend some company before I get back with some supplies.” And with that she left with a teasing expression on her features leaving Minnie confused until she stepped into the room. 

And who she found was none other than, Dodger, and he didn’t look well at all.

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Minnie had entered the hospital today for a twelve hour shift and found that she was assigned to the Emergency Room for the night. Surprisingly, the brunette tended to like the ER. One never knew what you were going to get, or what to expect. It was perfect for helping her stay nice awake throughout the night. 

Tonight, however, things were running pretty smoothly. Not many people were coming in, as of yet, and Minnie knew better than to say that out loud so as not to bring in the flood gates of patients.

It has happened before.

Minnie was currently charting on a patient she had finished discharging, pleased to see the current time on the corner of the computer screen. She was a good way through her shift, and she did love her job, she did, but nothing felt more beautiful than her own bed after a night shift. 

The charting was being completed when Minnie was approached by her charge nurse to be notified that she’ll be receiving the patient that is being brought into room three. After a brief report about the patient, Minnie finished what needed to be done on the computer, grabbed a couple of supplies that will be needed (mainly to start an IV), stuffed it in her pockets and headed to the room.

She was about to introduce herself, write her name on the erase board like she normally always does, but paused when she realized she already knew this patient. A smile brightly touched her lips as she spoke. 

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It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was actually spilling through some of the clouds and the weather warm, a balming warmth that was rare for Swynlake. It was rare enough that Minnie wanted to enjoy every second of it! Dawned in a white and red polka dotted sun dress she was at the park opening up a quilt to place on the grass. 

She had gotten the day off, so of course, she brought Dodger along with her. It was April, the same month last year she had met Dodger in the ER.

It has been a year, a year since Minnie has first met Dodger and she couldn’t see how she hadn’t known him for longer. The quilt was set, and Minnie had proceeded in taking off her sandals before taking a seat on the quilt. She brought Dodger down with her, her hands lacing into his, which by now were practically healed from the previous injuries she had. 

She had even been able to return back to work and so with work and of course the latest events that had befallen Swynlake..... truly Swynlake did the town have to turn her into some animated mouse?! Minnie felt like she hadn’t seen Dodger all that much.  

And she knew something was bothering him. She wasn’t completely sure what was bothering him, but she knew something was.