Love is Blind- Chapter 2 Karezi

The only sound that could be heard in the large apartment was the slow tick of the clock from the kitchen. Buried under sheets and blankets, was a young girl asleep. At the side of her bed, a large Golden Retriever who was simply licking at his paw soundlessly. It was Friday and her classes didn't start until noon. She had stayed up late trying to finish up a presentation, and now the tiredness had fully caught up.

Out of nowhere, annoying music started blaring and her phone started vibrating. She groaned and threw the pillow over her head. That was music she refused to pick up for. "Lemonsnout. Turn it off."

The dog got to his paws and grabbed the phone between his teeth and dropped it in front of him. He pawed at it a few times until it was hung up and the music stopped. He barked in accomplishment and the girl sighed in relief. "Good boy." She lazily held her hand out and Lemonsnout picked up the phone in his mouth and put it in her hand. She put the phone back on the table and sighed. "I'll get Vriska to block him later." She yawned and sat up.

The girl was Terezi Pyrope. An 18 year old college student studying law. But she had one set back a bit bigger than others had to deal with. She was blind. It happened in a bad car accident when she was 13 that also hurt a lot of her friends. She had lost her sight when glass cut her eyes. It made a lot of the blood surface and now her eyes were blood red. She covered them with red lensed glasses, and most people never asked. She had gotten used to it by now, but it was still a bit of a setback.

She stood up and knelt down to pet her dog on the head. "Maybe the next time you see him you can bite him for me." She ruffled the fur around his neck before standing up and heading to go get dressed. She had a pretty non-extravagant wardrobe, mostly consisting of black or gray bottoms and a mixture of teal and red tops along with a few whites, gray, and blacks. Being blind, she really didn't care how she looked, but she did want to make sure she didn't look awful. So she basically got what looked good together, no matter what you were wearing.

She finished getting ready and slipped on her red converse before walking over to Lemonsnout. She felt down and noticed he still had his vest on, mainly because she forgot to take it off last night. She bent down and clipped him onto a leash and smiled. "Come on, boy." She grabbed her cell phone and slipped it into her school bag before swinging it onto her shoulder and heading out.

Terezi lived in an apartment by herself, other than her dog. She used to live with her mom, but she died doing her job. She never knew her dad, but she probably guessed it was one of her mom's least fond memories, because she refused to talk about him.

Terezi's mother used to have an old albino German Shepard with white fur and red eyes named Pyralsprite. After the accident, he kind of took the job as her guide dog, although he wasn't trained for that. He was more in the police dog category, but he at least knew to obey commands and he was already used to Terezi. After her mom died, Pyralsprite was taken into another force, considering he was trained to be in that field of work, so Terezi had been on her own for a while until she was about 16.

She met Dave back then, and he seemed to like her… or so Terezi thought. He had done all sorts of nice things for her, and even got her Lemonsnout, who was a trained service dog. Although by that time Terezi was pretty independent. But she still gladly accepted the little pup. Since Dave had kind of always been a cool kid, when he got the dog, he did a pretty lame job at describing him. "He's yellow, like a lemon." Terezi was pretty sure golden retrievers didn't look like lemons, but then again she hadn't seen one in years. When she reached out to touch the dog, the first thing she touched was his nose, then earning him the name Lemonsnout.

Around a month or two ago, Terezi cut it off with Dave after a good friend of her's, Nepeta, told her she had seen Dave kissing another girl at school. Terezi had known Nepeta much longer and trusted her more, so she obviously believed her and broke up with him. Dave had been persistent in trying to get back together, but Terezi didn't want to risk it so she just started ignoring him.

Terezi obviously kept Lemonsnout, because Dave had no need for a service dog and besides, Lemonsnout had always liked her better. If she told him to bite Dave, he would do it. Also, she really didn't need him anymore because she could get around easily, but a big dog like him always scared people into leaving her alone and the teachers always never messed with her about being blind.

Walking onto the campus she headed over to one of the benches near her first class. She sat down and Lemonsnout lay at her feet and looked around. Terezi pulled a small thing of peanut butter crackers out and gave one to her dog and ate one herself.

Suddenly, small arms wrapped around her neck followed by giggling. "The mighty huntress has caught her prey!"

Terezi sighed and smiled. "Morning to you, Nepeta." She held out a cracker to the small girl as she plopped down beside her.

"Thanks, Tezzy. Morning to you too." Nepeta took the cracker and giggled. "Hey, I have a favor to ask you."

Terezi looked over at her. "What's up, Nepeta?"

"Well, on Monday  the veterinary clinic I'm interning at is taking all the interns to a zoo a few towns over. We are supposed to be there for a week. Apparently they want us to learn how to interact with wild animals. Oh, and apparently some baby tigers were just born and they want us to help take care of them considering the mom is sick. So, I was wondering if you could watch my cat for a week."

Terezi sighed. "Nepeta, did you seriously just ask me to watch your cat? Did you forget about something?"

Nepeta cocked her head confused, a little mew escaping her lips. "Forget about what, Tez?"

Terezi pointed down to Lemonsnout. "I have a dog. He might be a good service dog, but I haven't seen a cat in this city who hasn't been near me who wasn't chased."

Nepeta pouted and hugged her. "Please, Tezzy! I don't trust anyone else to watch him. Lemonsnout's been around him. I'm sure he won't eat my kitty." Nepeta rubbed her head against Terezi's arm like a cat as she begged.

"Can't Equius do it? He is your best friend." Terezi put another cracker in her mouth.

"HAVE YOU SEEN HIM, TEREZI!? If he touched my poor kitty he might snap in half! I don't want my kitty to snap in half!" Nepeta flailed her arms around crazily, trying to make her point. Then she stopped and giggled. "Oh, and guess who isn't single anymore?"

"You?" Terezi took a random stab at the question.

Nepeta shook her head. "Nope. Equius! He asked Aradia out and she said yes." A smile stretched across her face.

Terezi coughed and almost choked on her cracker. "Aradia agreed to go out with him? But I thought she was mad at him."

Nepeta shook her head. "Nope. Apparently they made up. And after they were all good again Equius asked her out. I'm so happy for him!"

Terezi sighed and looked at her with a smile. "So I'm guessing I'm watching your cat?"

Nepeta squealed and hugged her tightly. "Thanks so much, Terezi!"

Terezi sighed and smiled, hugging her back. "No problem. Oh, hey. Can you do me a favor?" Terezi reached in her bag and pulled out her phone. "Can you block Dave's number from calling my phone. And delete him off my speed dial?"

Nepeta looked at the phone. "Sure. But it's one of those old phones, so I might have to figure out how to do it."

Terezi sighed. Everyone always made fun of her poor little phone. Because she would probably go insane trying to work a new smart phone, Terezi had an old Razor. It flipped open and flipped close. So old school. Terezi didn't bother with texting and everyone she needed to call was on her speed dial. So far, she only had three people on there. Well, two now. Dave, Nepeta, and Vriska were the only people Terezi ever called. So now that Dave and she were a few months broken up, she needed to stop hearing that annoying cool kid ringtone of his.

Nepeta handed her back her phone. "Okay, Dave is blocked and speed dial number 2 is open for your next boyfriend!"

Terezi sighed. "Nepeta, I don't know if I'll be getting another boyfriend."

Nepeta jumped. "What? Why not? You can't live your life alone forever! That would be so sad!"

Terezi looked down and put her hands together. "Dave and I had a nice relationship. And it lasted almost 2 years… but look at what happened. Because I was blind and couldn't see anything, he took advantage of that and did things I couldn't see. I only found out because you saw. I don't want to get hurt again."

Nepeta frowned and wrapped her arms around Terezi. "Oh, Tezzy. I'm so sorry. Don't worry. I won't ever hurt you as your friend."

Terezi smiled. "Thanks, Nep."

Nepeta pulled away and smiled. "Oh! That reminds me!" Nepeta turned around and pulled something out of her bag and handed it to Terezi. "It's a party invitation. A girl in my marine biology class is throwing a party tomorrow and she said I could invite whoever I wanted. I want you to come, Tez!"

Terezi turned her sightless eyes to the invitation. "I don't know, Nepeta. Does your friend really want a blind girl at her party?"

Nepeta crossed her arms. "She said to invite whoever I wanted and I'm inviting you. Come on, Terezi! It will be fun!"

Terezi looked down again and sighed. "Fine, I'll go."

Nepeta squealed happily and hugged her. "Yay! Thanks, Tez!" She stood up and threw her bag over her shoulder. "I'll give you all the details later." She smiled and headed off to class.

Terezi sighed and fixed her glasses, looking down at Lemonsnout. "I hope you like cats." Lemonsnout only whined.