Stephanie Plum Fic: Conversations with Boo (Small Fic)
I have decided that I am going to get up before work every day (or night, depending on my shift) and write something/anything for a certain amount of time. I am doing this so I can get some creative thoughts back into my empty head. Monday & Tuesday I wrote some on a book I have been wanting to write, but today my muse wanted to write about Lula from the Stephanie Plum books. Here it be. No beta, so you've been warned.
Author: Me
Title: Conversations with Boo
Pairing: Lula and Boo the Cockapoo
From: "To The Nines" a Stephanie Plum novel
A/N: This is from when Lula decided to drive home from Vegas to New Jersey in book nine.
Warnings: Like I said above, no beta.
“Now look here! We are going to set some ground rules. Don’t think that you can get away with anything on account of you being so cute. Got it?” Lula slid her gaze over to the white fluff ball that was sitting in the front seat. She and Boo had just hit the highway out of Las Vegas and were headed toward home. At his name, Boo began wagging his tail and tried to get on Lula’s lap. “That is what I’m talking about!” Lula used one hand and pushed the dog back in his seat. “We could have an accident with you doing shit like that. You’ll stay in that seat from now on! So that is rule one, stay in your seat. Now on to rule two, which is the fact that I am not going to sit here and talk to a lame ass dog the whole trip. I’ve got things to do. Music to listen to, so don’t be expecting to hear from me a lot.”
*
“So do you think Tank would like me? I mean, I know that I am one fine lady but maybe he don’t see that. What do you think?” Lula looked down at the dog that was curled on her lap. Boo popped his head up to look at Lula, and then snuggled closer to her stomach. “Yep, that is what I thought too. How could he not see that I am a woman any man would want?”
*
“What do you mean I can’t have a dog in here?” Lula narrowed her eyes at the gas store attendant. “Dogs have rights too!”
“Look lady, we just don’t let dogs in.”
“That is a big fib.” Lula said. “If I was blind you’d let my dog in. Seems there is some prejudice against dogs that don’t lead blind people around going on in this here shop. I could report you!”
The attendant just stared at Lula. Taking that as a sign that she had made her point, Lula continued grabbing her bags and bags of beef jerky while Boo sniffed around the store.
*
“Stick a fork in me, I’m done!” Lula reached into the back seat of the car where Boo was sleeping, and clicked the leash on his collar, so they could walk around the rest stop. “This driving across country is for the birds. You can’t get good music in most of the states, and truly things aren’t all that pretty. Those old folks that drive around the country in those big RVs must be crazy!” Lula glanced over at the family that was sitting at one of the picnic tables eating their lunch. They were staring at her. “What you’ve never seen a black woman with a white dog before?”
The family hurried and looked away.
*
When Lula was done, she was done. She found a place to turn in the rental car, and then hitched a ride with truckers that were headed her way. Squashed between the driver and his partner, with Boo on her lap, Lula decided it was time to lay down some laws.
“Don’t be thinking that you can get away with shit because you guys are giving us a ride. We are going to set down some rules. The first being that I get to pick what music we’re listening to. I’m not going to listen to any of that white people crap...”
The truckers never knew what hit them.
Author: Me
Title: Conversations with Boo
Pairing: Lula and Boo the Cockapoo
From: "To The Nines" a Stephanie Plum novel
A/N: This is from when Lula decided to drive home from Vegas to New Jersey in book nine.
Warnings: Like I said above, no beta.
“Now look here! We are going to set some ground rules. Don’t think that you can get away with anything on account of you being so cute. Got it?” Lula slid her gaze over to the white fluff ball that was sitting in the front seat. She and Boo had just hit the highway out of Las Vegas and were headed toward home. At his name, Boo began wagging his tail and tried to get on Lula’s lap. “That is what I’m talking about!” Lula used one hand and pushed the dog back in his seat. “We could have an accident with you doing shit like that. You’ll stay in that seat from now on! So that is rule one, stay in your seat. Now on to rule two, which is the fact that I am not going to sit here and talk to a lame ass dog the whole trip. I’ve got things to do. Music to listen to, so don’t be expecting to hear from me a lot.”
*
“So do you think Tank would like me? I mean, I know that I am one fine lady but maybe he don’t see that. What do you think?” Lula looked down at the dog that was curled on her lap. Boo popped his head up to look at Lula, and then snuggled closer to her stomach. “Yep, that is what I thought too. How could he not see that I am a woman any man would want?”
*
“What do you mean I can’t have a dog in here?” Lula narrowed her eyes at the gas store attendant. “Dogs have rights too!”
“Look lady, we just don’t let dogs in.”
“That is a big fib.” Lula said. “If I was blind you’d let my dog in. Seems there is some prejudice against dogs that don’t lead blind people around going on in this here shop. I could report you!”
The attendant just stared at Lula. Taking that as a sign that she had made her point, Lula continued grabbing her bags and bags of beef jerky while Boo sniffed around the store.
*
“Stick a fork in me, I’m done!” Lula reached into the back seat of the car where Boo was sleeping, and clicked the leash on his collar, so they could walk around the rest stop. “This driving across country is for the birds. You can’t get good music in most of the states, and truly things aren’t all that pretty. Those old folks that drive around the country in those big RVs must be crazy!” Lula glanced over at the family that was sitting at one of the picnic tables eating their lunch. They were staring at her. “What you’ve never seen a black woman with a white dog before?”
The family hurried and looked away.
*
When Lula was done, she was done. She found a place to turn in the rental car, and then hitched a ride with truckers that were headed her way. Squashed between the driver and his partner, with Boo on her lap, Lula decided it was time to lay down some laws.
“Don’t be thinking that you can get away with shit because you guys are giving us a ride. We are going to set down some rules. The first being that I get to pick what music we’re listening to. I’m not going to listen to any of that white people crap...”
The truckers never knew what hit them.