Jessica and the 102 Dalmatians

chapter 2

"Push, Dottie, push!" Amber's voice was heard, making them all follow. She wore her hair the same as always, but now she had a teal blue tank top with a violet heart on it with purple and white flats.

"Amber, are you sure you can do this?" Darla asked nervously.

"It's Dad's time with me, we'll be fine, Mom had a convention to go to anyway." Amber said as she tried to help the pregnant Dalmatian that was staying over with her and her family despite Amber's mother's allergies.

"Come on, Dottie, push!" Patch said.

The extremely spotted Dalmatian tried to push and breathe out the last puppy. Finally, the puppy was born.

"And this one's a girl," Amber smiled as she held the newborn Dalmatian puppy who didn't seem to have any spots, but she didn't notice, she was happy and held the puppy before lying her with her brother and sister. "Hmm... I wonder what I'll name that one."

"Hey, she doesn't have any spots!" Darla pointed out.

It was then everybody could see and notice that this puppy had no spots like a normal Dalmatian.

"Yeah, kind of odd." Atticus said.

"Very oddball to me." Darla nodded in agreement.

Patch still loved his spotless niece regardless of the situation she was in.

"I'm running out of names," Amber giggled. "I guess I could call her Oddball." she shrugged.

"That name suits her very well," Atticus said. "Especially her behavior."

"You are Oddball," Amber told the spotless Dalmatian with a smile. "Daughter of Domino and Dottie, and granddaughter of Pongo and Perdita, and niece of.. Uhh... A bunch more."

"Like me!" Patch piped up, laughing a little.

"Right." Amber smiled to him.

"Hey Oddball, I'm your Uncle Patch." Patch said softly to his baby niece.

Amber went to talk with Darla and Jessica about adopting and she told them they would have to wait a little while since the puppies were now just born and needed milk from their mother and important things like that before the puppies could be adopted. Oddball could barely see now, but her eyes slowly focused on him and she reached her paw up to touch his muzzle. Patch was smiling at her, very happy that he could meet and become close to his baby niece. The other puppies did like Patch, but they weren't as active yet as Oddball.

"They're gonna come with us to meet my great-aunt and uncle," Amber told her friends with a smile. "Also Perdita's sister Coco and her husband Beamer will be there."

"The Vandercreams." Darla concluded.

"Yeah," Amber smiled. "They have a good life for a couple of dogs... I mean, they get to sit at the table for food and have TVs an their own rooms."

"Cool," Patch said. "They must love it there."

"I hope so," Amber shrugged. "Money can't buy happiness."

Darla nodded, she knew and understood how exactly that meant and felt.

"Well, I can't wait t meet them." Atticus said.

Amber looked to him. "Oh, you wanted to come too?"

"Yeah." Atticus said.

"Me too, so then, I can keep an eye on the pups, especially Oddball." Patch said.

"Well okay." Amber smiled.

"Did I forget to mention that?" Darla asked nervously.

"I guess you were just too excited to meet Dottie and Domino's puppies." Amber chuckled to her friend.

'I hope that Aunt Coco and Uncle Beamer aren't total snobs.' Patch thought.

"Well, I'll see you guys in a couple of days then." Amber said as she made names for the other puppies, calling them Dipstick and Little Dipper.

"Sounds great, thanks for letting us come here." Darla smiled.

"Of course, hope you found one you like, Jessica." Amber smiled.

"Oh, I have..." Jessica said as she had her eye on Oddball.

"And I know which one she likes." Atticus said, knowing what his older sister was thinking.

"You remind me of me," Jessica said to Oddball before they left. "I was always the different one in school... I didn't think I was good at anything, until I was told of my natural gift of swimming."

Oddball couldn't respond yet but she seemed to be attached to Jessica already so far.

"Looks like she already likes you, Jessica." Patch said.

Jessica smiled. "I was hoping for that..." she gently tickled Oddball's tummy.

Oddball had a very small smile before Dottie lay down so her children could have some milk.

"Looks like it's time for the puppies to get some milk." Patch said, seeing his sister laying down ready to feed her children.

, Patch," Dottie nodded to her brother. "Come along, little ones."

The puppies came, doing as they were born to do.

"Patch, I'm so sorry for ignoring you like the others when we were puppies." Dottie said to her brother.

"Yeah, no hard feelings, right?" Domino smiled calmly.

"It's okay, I'm a lot happier where I am now." Patch smiled to them, showing all was forgiven.

"We can tell that you're a lot happier than you were back home." Domino said.

"Absolutely, how's the farm been with Mom and Dad?" Patch asked them.

"We're all doing fine and had a lot of crazy adventures," Dottie chuckled. "Lucky's in a pickle though... He, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot got to go to this old timey village and it had a beautiful Dalmatian pup girl with heart-shaped spots named Rebecca. He fell in love with her, but Two-Tone likes him and he's not sure who to go with."

"Oh, that is hard..." Patch could understand that.

"Yeah." Maisy agreed.