"I can tell by your body that you worked offley hard. Well, so did I, I put my heart and old soul into making this the best welcome home I could," Jared gave a wide smile and was noticeably shaking from working so hard. The house was a mess with garbage from the items he picked up from the store.

"I want to hear all about it," Jared placed a steaming hot plate of the best mineral stones he had, complete with flavored water on the table and sat down letting out a sigh of relief. Thoughts of being dirty gone, Theos sat across from his grandpa. This place smelled so good and it looked just as homey and inviting as ever. He loved this place. Even with the litter scattered about.

"The fact you came in here with such spunk means something good has happened yes?" Jared said.

"Something great," Theos answered smiling. "I made two really good friends. Butch the Spadamon and Dan the Armadimon," Theos began. He was so excited as he began rattling on about his day. His tail wagged and eventually hunger got to him. He spoke between bites of a wonderful meal. His cooking was always going to taste like heaven. Finally, he finished his story and his meal.

Jared listened to Theos story about his new friends and enjoyed his tale. His fears about Theos seemed misplaced, he had found good people to work with and that is how Jared knew Theos would be just fine. He was even named a captain.

"Ahh," Theos said leaning back happily. His muscles were relaxing and sleep was starting to overtake him. First though a bath, he grinned and got up.

"Thank you, grandpa," he said as he eased into the water. It quickly turned a murky brown. The water felt good and before long he was just dozing in it.

Jared ate much slower than Theos and by the time he had finished his own food, Theos had already fallen asleep in the bath. Jared smiled and hopped down, walking over to Theos and draining the dirty water. Jared climbed into the other side of the waterless tub and began to dry Theos himself. Theos stirred a bit as the water was let from the bath, suddenly having weight again. He stood a moment there feeling paws drying him off. Once Jared was confident Theos was dry, he grabbed a sheet that he bought and threw it over Theos as to not disturb him. The young pup slouching back down into the tub as the sheet was tossed over him. Jared after tucking in Theos to the best of his ability, went to the other side where the resting area would be. It would be an odd night without his grandson next to him but he had worked hard and shouldn't be disturbed.

"Good night, Theos." He said as he to fell quick to slumber being exhausted from his own hard day, though he looked forward to doing it again tomorrow.

The earliest rays of sunlight were soon to follow in the coming morning, peaking through the window just a bit, high enough to reach the tub where the sleeping pup lay.

How many hours had he slept Theos wondered as he woke. His eyes blinked and he looked about. He was still in the tub. Well this was an awkward sight he was sure. He smiled to himself though and got out. He looked at the window seeing just the barest hints of grey.

He had slept through the night. He chuckled and looked over to spot his grandpa. Jared was already up and about, he was already working on dinner to try to make it even better than before.

"Good morning Theos. Ready to get going I see. Hope you have a good day. I'll have your meal and bath ready tonight as well, maybe one day I can meet the friends you spoke so highly of! If they made you happy, I must meet them! I'll treat them all to a good meal. I can cook anything from steak to rocks," Jared said. Theos would stretch and start licking himself a bit before heading back out to go to work. Hoping today would be just as good. Jared waved to Theos as he departed for a new day of hard work.

"Thank you, grandpa," Theos said smiling. He ran out the door eager to see his friends. That and work hard again. Today was going to be another good day he knew it, or at least he hoped big time.