current life in town and where she was staying. Which brought up another question.
“Why is it called BB-Dub’s anyway?” Allie inquired, “It’s not either of their initials.”
Both Rayne and Dory laughed in response to her question, “Have you seen Annie?” Rayne asked her.
“Well...yes,” Allie replied to the obvious question, not seeing what that had to do with anything.
“They named it after Annie because she’s a BBW.” Rayne laughed. At Allie’s confused look, she explained, “A Big, Beautiful Woman ...BBW. So they call it BB-Dub’s for short.”
“More like a proud, sassy, kick-ass, beautiful woman,” Dory countered with a laugh, “but that doesn’t flow as well as a name.”
Allie joined their laughter, “It’s perfect! I love it.”
“Yep,” Rayne continued, “Annie and George are special people. They’re like the mom and pop of the entire town.”
“They’ve been so good to me since I got here, and they didn’t even know me. I really owe them a lot.”
“You don’t owe them a thing,” Dory smiled, “they love to take care of their family, and by joining Serenity that makes you a part of this family.”
Allie smiled. The thought of having a family again was almost too good to be true. But the way the locals were treating her, it just sucked her in and made her want to be a part of this close-knit community.
“And speaking of names, I like the name of this place. Yips & Wiggles is so cute.”
“Ha!” Rayne snorted, “Dory actually wanted to name it Shits & Giggles, but didn’t think that would go over too well with the town council. So Yips & Wiggles is the next best thing.”
Allie burst out laughing, and the other two quickly joined in. Yep, she liked this town very much.
She continued to shadow Rayne as they moved from one task to the next. Allie learned so much she felt her head was going to explode. But she loved the animals. There was a small Norfolk Terrier mix named Wash who was absolutely adorable. He just loved to play and run around the fenced in backyard, and Allie loved to exercise him and watch his little legs dart around after one thing or the other. He was fast becoming one of her favorites at the shelter.
Allie really liked her co-workers too. Dory and Rayne were quite possibly total opposites, but neither of them let it affect the friendship they had. Sometimes Allie liked to just sit back and listen to them interact with each other. Their debates were always lively and fun, even when Allie didn’t understand what they were talking about, which seemed to happen quite a bit. There were so many things that just seemed commonplace for them, that she couldn’t even relate to because Free Indeed had kept them so sheltered from the outside world’s influences . It was frustrating, but Allie was determined to be naive no longer. If Free Indeed was against it, she was going to look into whatever it is and make her own determination...with discretion of course. Gosh, she didn’t have any intention of going too crazy. And Dory and Rayne were the perfect people to help her learn about what the real world was like.
“Oh my gosh!” Rayne exclaimed in shock, her mouth dropping open with surprise. “Isn’t she a little young to even know what a BJ is?”
“Yes!” Dory continued, “For the love of all that’s holy, my daughter is only eight years old. They do not need to be talking about that type of thing in elementary school.”
“Absolutely not!” Rayne blurted out.
Allie nodded in agreement. Granted she had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, but from they way they were talking it sounded like she should, so she just nodded.
Dory then let out a big sigh, “I wanted to march on over to that school and have an intervention in the principal’s office. But apparently that would cause extreme humiliation , so I had to settle for having the talk about not being intimidated by peer pressure. Gah, kids are growing up so fast these
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