Snow Flurry - 7 - Road Trip

Part VII – On the Road Again

 

“Snowy?”

 

You blink.  It wouldn't be the first time you started hearing things since you've been alone, and it probably won't be the last.  You close your eyes again.

 

Suddenly, you feel a hand brush over your mane, gently enough for you to barely register it.  You lift your head up and open your eyes fully.

 

“Master?  Master!”  You waste not a fraction of a second jumping into his arms.  He stumbles backwards but maintains his balance and catches you, lifting you up in his arms.  You reach out and nuzzle his face, kissing him lightly on the cheek.

 

“You're,” he pauses, “You're still here.  After all this.”

 

“Where else would I be?” you giggle, pressing your body up against his.  “I missed you so much you wouldn't even believe it!”  He chuckles, but almost immediately his face returns to a more somber look.  

 

“Really, Snowy, I meant what I said.  You don't have to stay here.”  He sets you back down in your bed.

 

It's now or never.  You pick up your collar in your mouth, showing it off proudly to him and trying to communicate in a single gesture everything you learned about yourself yesterday.  He pauses, blinking in shock.  You can't read his face at all until, suddenly, a wide grin comes across it.

 

“I'm not even going to ask how you got that, but I can assume it wasn't easy.  Is that really what you want, Snowy?”  You nod frantically, your mane bouncing up and down in front of your eyes.  He sighs, deeply and heavily, as though all of his concerns were leaving with his breath.  He reaches down and takes the collar from your mouth, placing it around your neck and fastening it.  He makes it look so easy.

 

“I don't know what you see in me, knowing everything that you know; but, if its what you want, I'm glad to oblige.  I can't say I was looking forward to coming back to an empty house.”

 

You think of perhaps a million things to say but decide instead to just cherish the moment.  He doesn't need you to tell him the conclusions you came to yesterday.  You nuzzle his hand before letting your head fall limp in it as he gently scratches your chin.

 

“You're such a good girl.”  He chuckles, genuinely this time.  You melt completely into his hand, your worries absolved by those words alone.

 

Master stands back up as Dan enters, throwing you out of your trance just in time to run over and hug Dan's leg as he enters.  He gives his usual hearty laugh and tousles your mane.

 

“Seems like you've got a friend for life, there.”

 

Master laughs back.  “Couldn't shake her if I wanted to by this point.”  He kneels down in front of you and looks you in the eye, scratching behind your ears as he does.  “Not that I'd ever actually want to do something like that.”  You throw your entire body on to him, wrapping it around his in a tight embrace.  

 

“Hang on!”  He stands up slowly, supporting your weight with his hands.

 

“Where are we going, Master?”  You ask, excited about the prospect of spending more time with him.

 

“The warehouse was abandoned when we got there.”  You take a second to process what he's saying.  You'd almost entirely forgotten that he ever left as soon as you jumped into his arms.  “We got a pretty good lead on where they might have another operation set up, though.  It's pretty far away but we've got nothing to lose by making the trip.  We rented an RV in town.  We're gonna stock it up and head out tonight.”

 

You start to cry into Master's shoulder.  “You're le-leaving?  A-again?”

 

He leans over and kisses the top of your head.  “Not without you.  Not ever again.  First, though, you're going to take a bath.  It looks like you've been out rolling in the dirt the whole time we were gone.”

 

You cheer up immediately, giggling as Master finishes speaking.  You look over at your hooves and realize they're still covered with dirt from earlier, as is Master's shirt now.  You look at him apologetically.

 

“Sorry!”

 

He chuckles.  “No worries, you had to do something while we were gone I suppose.”

 

He steps outside, carrying you around to the backyard where Dan has already filled up a tub of water for you.  Master gently lowers you in.  The water isn't exactly warm, but it still does wonders to relax your muscles.

 

“I'll give you two some privacy,” you hear Dan call out from somewhere else in the yard as he walks back around to the front of the house.

 

Master looks down at you, getting to work scrubbing you with a sponge.  You relax and let him work his magic, perfectly content to let him take care of you like this.  He pulls the sponge above your head, wringing it out on your mane before going to work washing it.  You squeak involuntarily as the water hits your back, getting a chuckle out of Master.  You blush slightly but are far too engrossed in the experience to protest with anything short of a few moans of pleasure.

 

He lifts you out of the water and sets you down on the grass before taking a towel to your wet coat.  You giggle and squirm as he runs it over you, prompting yet another burst of laughter from him as well.  He picks you up, still wrapped in the towel, and holds you against his chest.

 

“Feel better?”

 

“Much!  Thank you, Master!”  You nuzzle his cheek.  “Love you, Master.”

 

He runs his hand over your back, the sensation traveling through the towel and sending a tingling sensation throughout your body.

 

“Love you too, Snowy.”

 

You reach up and plant a kiss on his cheek, smiling.

 

Your heart skips a beat.  You reach up and plant a kiss on his cheek, smiling.  You've won him over it seems.  Whatever happens from this point forward you can deal with, as long as you get to go through it with him.  You reach up and give him another quick kiss, earning you a smile back from him.

 

When you get back inside the house, Master sets you down and makes one last pass over your coat with the towel.  You squeak with surprise again, twitching in the towel as he does.  Satisfied with his work, he heads into the back room, leaving you with Dan.  You can see him stacking boxes and coolers full of supplies in the middle of the room.  He sets down a heavy-looking crate with a groan and takes notice of you for the first time.

 

“Well, you're just the prettiest little thing I've ever seen!”

 

You blush, hiding your face in your mane.  You're certainly not used to compliments like that.  He looks you over again, smiling.

 

“Well, you might as well make yourself comfy.  We aren't leavin' for another hour yet.  Got plenty left to do before we head out.”

 

You eye the couch but opt instead to head into the back room and keep Master company.  You wouldn't want to mess up the couch anyway unless he let you.  You trot down to the back room and take a seat in your bed while Master occupies himself with something in the far corner of the room.  He turns around and chuckles when he sees you, heading over to the mattress and dropping a box on it before leaning down and petting you.

 

“Excited about our little trip?” he asks.

 

“As long as I get to be with you on it!”

 

His expression turns serious again.  “I don't know what we'll find out there, Snowy.  I don't have a god damn clue to be honest.  I'm glad that I'll be finding it with you at my side, though.  You've been a better friend to me than anyone I've ever known.  Whatever happens, nothing will change that.”

 

“Promise?”  You look up to him with pleading eyes.

 

“Promise.”  His hand moves down your mane and tugs your collar gently.  “Whatever happens, I'm never leaving you behind again.”  He picks you up and holds you up to eye level with him.  “You are my pet, after all.”

 

You squirm out of his grasp just long enough to throw your entire body at him, wrapping all four of your limbs around his chest in a tight embrace.  After a few minutes of snuggling he finally manages to separate the two of you, setting you back down in your bed.

 

“Who's my good girl?”

 

“I am!”  You burst into a fit of giggling and roll over in your bed, looking up at Master with a giant grin.

 

“I just can't resist a face like that, you know.  It isn't fair.”  He bursts out laughing, running his hand across your exposed belly.  You squeak and moan with delight as he starts to intensify his belly rub, planting a kiss on your nose as he does.  By the time he's finished you've been reduced into a twitching pile of giggles, rolling around aimlessly on your bed in ecstasy.

 

“You about ready in there?”  Dan's voice breaks you out of your reverie.

 

“Yeah, sure, just another minute!”  Master laughs quietly to himself as he responds, looking down at you.  He picks up the boxes laid out on his mattress and carries them out towards the front door.  You follow along behind him.

 

“'Bout time we started loadin' up if we plan on leavin' tonight.”

 

Master nods, and the two of them start carrying supplies out the front door and into the RV parked on the dirt road.  You sit and watch the two of them work until, some time later, the room is finally barren.

 

“I think that's about it.”  Master looks over at Dan for confirmation.

 

“Think so.”

 

“No sense in letting you get dirty after we just cleaned you off.”  Master walks over to you and lifts you into his arms, laughing.  He carries you out the front door, turning to face it as Dan exits and locks it behind himself.  He carries you down the road with Dan in toe, carrying your bed.  Master steps up into the vehicle and sets you down inside, giving you a chance to look around.  You busy yourself poking about your new living space.  It's not exactly spacious, but for an RV it's not bad either.  Dan enters shortly after and shuts the door, stepping up into the cab and tossing your bed over to Master.  He opens up a small door in the side of the vehicle, revealing a spacious cabinet at floor level, and slides your bed inside.

 

“Don't worry, you're sleeping with me in here.”  He laughs.  “Just in case something should happen, though, just go to your bed and stay there until we take care of it.  We can't exactly have people find out about you.

 

You nod in agreement.

 

“Well, time to get movin'.”  Dan takes a seat at the steering wheel and leans back, waiting for confirmation from Master before starting the vehicle and starting back down the road to civilization.  You jump up on Master's lap to get another look out the window at the place you've come to know as home.  You don't know when you'll see it next, but you know you will.  As long as Master's with you there's nothing to worry about.