I always wanted a dog, my mom and dad gave into my begging. Me, my mom, and my brother all went to the Animal Rescue League in East Liberty, Pa. I was just turning five years old. We entered the shelter, the ground was concrete so was the walls I gripped my moms hand while we walked through the cages of dogs. We got at the end and I saw a brown medium sized dog, he was calm while the others jumped on the cages and barked loudly. I let go of my moms hand and grabbed the bars on the cage. You looked at me your brown eyes full of innocent, "Jesse look at this puppy!" My mom said pointing on the other side of me I saw a black lab medium sized like the other, "I don't want that puppy! I was the other one!" I turned around and grabbed the bars again, "This puppy doesn't make noise like the others! He wants to come home with us!" I said my mom laughed, "We will see." a worker in a black polo shirt came over, "How may I help you?" he said keeping a smile on his face, "Umm, we are looking for a dog that is good with kids, not to big and not to small, about as tall as my daughter." my mom said hugging my shoulders he nodded and let the black lab out. I ran behind my mom and the black lab stood next to me and was walking by my side the worker led us into a small room to "Try" out the dog. He handed me puppy cookies I grabbed them and the dog came charging at me and jumped on me, he licked me and i started to scream, "I don't want this puppy! I was the brown puppy! He is cute!" I said, "Okay, lets get him." the black lab still didn't leave my side until he was back into his cage. He let out the brown dog and led us into that small room again. I ran over to him and hugged him and kissed his head, I was super excited for this puppy, he may become my new best friend.

My mom filled out the paper work I looked around and said, "Where is the puppy!?!" "They have to give him tests we will get him in a week." Jerry said. I fell asleep to make a week go faster but it didn't work. ~~~~Week Later~~~~ It was a few days before Memorial Day when we got the new puppy. He sat in the front seat of my moms car he was super excited he was sniffing everything, "Whats the puppys name!" I blurted out in the dead of silence everyone thought, "I wanna name him bear!" I said, "No, I had a puppy named bear already, what about." she thought for a moment, "Kc!" she said I smiled and said, "Hi Kc, you have noodle ears!" Jerry and my mom laughed.

~~~~~~~~7 years later~~~~~~~~~~~

I am 11 and Kc is still my best friend it is about Thanksgiving and I start to notice that Kc hasn't been eating I told my parents they thought it is becasue his food is in the basement so they brought it up to the kitchen. He still didn't eat. Three months later (February) it was Kc's birthday (Feb. 2nd he was now 8) I was giving him hugs and said, "Happy birthday!" To him and he was getting worse I knew that he would pass soon. I tried to spend all my time with him. I got back from school and I spent all day with him. He set his head on my leg and I just cried I knew I would miss him way to much. I slept with him every night. But on April 6th the one night I didn't he slept under the dining room table when I was getting ready for school my mom said, "Kc, Kc...Kc!" she came in the living room I was about to put on my shoes she came is crying I knew he had passed. I ran into the dining room were he laid eyes open and not breathing. My heart sunk and I just fell to the ground and cried my mom was crying too. My mom called my dad at work, he rushed back and sat under the table wear Kc was, he petted him.

~~~~~3 hours later~~~~

My dad put him in the hole in the back yard, he started to put the dirt over Kc (we wrapped him in a blanket) I couldn't watch I started to cry and walk back in the house and calmed down....I will never forget my best friend I visit his grave everyday, I kiss his picture that got me through six months in the hospital, I sleep on his dog bed, ect I love him, no one or nothing could ever replace him I love you Kc...I always will. </3

(Passed away from Cancer)