<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>Trinidad "Trini" Malik</em></span><br/>4:25 pm, Greeting Tychus and falling <br/>in love with a little pup. </span></div><hr/><br/>The first thing Trini saw when she walked out the backyard gate was Tychus' work truck, a sight that brought a grin to her face as she leaned casually against the fence to watch him approach her.  The sight of Tychus never failed to make her insides lurch, even from that first time seeing him as a rough looking kid who prowled the streets and got into too much trouble.  It wasn't an unpleasant feeling, not like she wanted to be sick, but it wasn't all butterflies either.  Instead it reminded her of the first time she got on a bike and discovered that going fast was much more than speed.  It had been about freedom and flying, and yes just a tiny bit of recklessness that had her pulse speeding up and her stomach clenching.  Sometimes that feeling sped up into lust, and other times it melted into a warm feeling of family.  Now it just made her want to laugh and punch him on the arm in a friendly greeting.<br/><br/>"<strong>Har har, very funny.  With the way you guys drink, you bet your sweet ass I got more than enough liquor to drown the rowdiest cesspools they call bars around here.</strong>"  Handing over one of the aforementioned beers, and grabbing the small bundle of pup, Trini followed him over to the pit.  The moment her eyes met the little baby pit's she knew she was in trouble.  She was a sucker for an adorable face, and this one was just too cute for her to not love.  She hugged it close to her face and cooed at it as it licked at her nose.<br/><br/>"<strong>Now Tychus, you know my birthday is months away.</strong>"  She said this jokingly, but she couldn't deny that she was jealous as hell that she couldn't have a darling like this.  Her apartment was just too small for an animal bigger than a gold fish, and even if she could keep an animal, it wasn't allowed in the building, and she was far too busy during the day to properly take care of one.  But that didn't mean she couldn't spoil Tychus' dogs, and she did plenty of that; keeping them in doggy heaven with plenty of petco treats and bones.