Tony finished belting out the lyrics to the song alongside the rapper on the radio as the piece of music came to an end. Megan laughed and clapped her hands and put her hands on her hips. "All right," she said, "I've gotta admit your pretty good, Tony. Even with that tongue of yours starting to get in the way a little bit once in a while. I still cannot believe you wanted to be some kind of rap star though! It's such an unlikely thing for anyone, you know?"
Tony sighed, "Yeah, I know. But you know how it is in your teens. I thought I was the exception and no one else knew what they were talking about. I didn't even think I needed a backup plan, which was stupid in hindsight. I just thought it was my destiny to be rich and famous by the time I was 20 or something."
Megan smiled warmly. "Who knew your real destiny was to fight crime on all fours all along?" she asked rhetorically, putting her human-nailed hand around his canine-clawed hand and holding it for a minute or two. They looked into each other's eyes. A sexually explicit rap song started up XLTF. The world seemed to be moving in slow motion. Tony smiled widely at his female friend and leaned in closer. His lips came near to her lips. He sniffed at Megan with that black wet nose of his, and licked his lips.
"You know," he says, almost in a trance, "your breath still smells like turkey."
It was Megan's turn to smile.
"You know," she said, "I've actually got a piece stashed in a secret spot in my room for a special occasion. Ya wanna go split it?"
"Damn straight!" he belted out.
Tony followed her back to her room, and Megan wanted to see if he could find the hidden turkey without her showing him where it is. Sure enough, he sniffed the room a bit and easily found her hiding place under her bed sheets. It was all they could do to not break down and just eat the entire leftover slice by themselves, but still they managed to share it. They laughed and talked a while longer and rolled their eyes when the whiny woman complained about yet another change she was experiencing next door. After short moment longer, they finally decide that they should finish their visit and start getting ready for the next day's training.
"I guess it's time for me to visit the toilet for the night and get a shower," said Megan. "I really need to get settled down for the night and try to get some sleep."
"Same here," said Tony. "Hopefully by tomorrow night we'll have more stories to share about our trainers."
"Yeah," she agreed. They went out together, and turned and went into the communal bathroom. True to her word, Megan went into one of the stalls and sat down on one of the human toilets. While she was in there, Tony looked over to one of the male urinals and grimaced. He turned around and left the room and stepped outside the building, taking a long hard look at the bushes outside. Smiling down at what he considered to be a much more suitable location for what he was about to do, he enthusiastically deposited his final batch of liquid for the night. Then he looked out into the darkness around him and realized he could see much better in the dark than usual. He thought about the fact that if he had not decided to become a dog, he would not have met David or Megan. When he went back in to take his shower, he found that Megan was gone, but he could still smell that she had been in there. He hoped he would get to smell her scent tomorrow again, too.