Furnado Animal Shelter, Monday

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A couple of new dogs that had arrived today were fighting, and April was annoyed, because that meant every dog in the place felt the need to bark about it.

What was even worse was that the barking continued when the dogs' fighting evolved into, uh, more playful activities. April thought it was the canine equivalent of cheering them on, maybe, but either way, it was weird. Enough was enough. She fished around in her desk for her headphones.

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Having as much time as he did between classes meant Scott suddenly found himself with far more free time than he was used to. So he'd decided today was the day for checking out the town. He hadn't really gone with a plan in mind, beyond the first stop being the pastry place because breakfast that's why.

His eyes lit up when following the sound of barking led him to the animal shelter. Puppies! And cats! And other fluffy, awesome animals!

"Uh, hi?" he greeted, as he stepped inside.

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WELL, THERE WAS NO BREAKFAST TO BE FOUND AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, SCOTT. None of these puppies wanted to be baked in your little werewolf oven!

April blinked - the only sign that she was surprised at all - and yanked one headphone out of her ear. "Wow," she said.

As in, wow, her first customer. That was the source of her surprise. What she said instead was, "Did you get color contacts?"

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Hey now! He didn't have a little werewolf oven! ... Yet. And besides, those were for rabbits.

"Uh, no?" Scott gave her a confused look. "Why? What's wrong with my eyes?"

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"They're not green," she pointed out. And then, "Oh, you're a doppelganger."

Wasn't April's way of making friends fun?

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"A what now?" look, future!Scott was the one with the good vocabulary. This one... not so much.

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In perfect Spanish, April clarified with a slight eyeroll, "A guy who looks just like another guy."

She and Victor were passingly acquainted.

"Oh, yeah, and welcome to Furnado."

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"Um," Scott's Spanish wasn't great, but he got the gist of that. "I didn't think I looked like anyone but me." Anyway! Moving on! "I heard dogs?" Could still hear dogs, actually.

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Okay, so it was just a matter of not knowing multisyllabic words in English, then. April was unintimidated by her failure to commmunicate better, because, well, April was almost never unintimidated. "Yeah, they sometimes make noise," she agreed. "You looking to adopt?"

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"Noooot exactly?" Scott shook his head. "I don't know how my mom would react." He admitted. Such a momma's boy. Yeah, he was at school now, but it wasn't like he'd be at school forever, so. "But one of the things I miss about home is getting to play with all of them, so I just wanted to stop by, I guess."

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"Oh. Yeah, knock yourself out," April offered. "I can open one of the cages for you if you want."

She drummed her fingers on the counter briefly in contemplation, then wondered, "What kind of dogs do you have?" Well, he'd said he missed playing with animals back home.

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"Could you?" he beamed at her. "That'd be awesome." He ran a hand through his hair and added "I don't have dogs of my own, exactly, but I did work at the vet clinic after school."

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April actually showed emotion in response to that - a smile, to be exact. "Dude, that's awesome. How'd you swing that? I would have killed for that in high school."

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Well, it was awesome, Scott had to agree. "I guess I was just really lucky," he said. "Dr. Deaton needed the help, and, well, it's not like I was performing surgery or anything but I liked being a part of making animals feel better, even if it was just petting them after they woke up from an operation."

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God, April was so jealous. Really ridiculously jealous. It didn't show on her face very much, though. Fortunately. She had a reputation.

Suddenly, but with conviction, she asked, "Hey, dude, you want a job?"

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Scott's eyes widened. "Seriously? I mean, yes! I totally want a job."

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"Cool. Pick a day."

April was finally getting to use her assistant manager power! This was exciting!