Shay was back at the nursery to check on her baby. She missed Coco on the days she wasn't able to visit her and she wondered if Coco missed her. Well today she had big plans for her pup, first though, she had some work to do. As usual, Shay stopped to pick up her supplies for the day. She got her cleaning supplies, puppy crup food and a brush. Inside of her pocket, she had a special treat for Coco. That was for later though.

Shay approached Coco's pen and peeked inside. When the puppy spotted her there was some serious tail wagging going on. Opening the door to the pen, Shay couldn't hide her smile. "Coco", she said with much happiness. "I missed you sooooo much." The sixth year got down on her hands and knees and snuggled with her baby. There really was not much better than this. Shay and Coco had officially bonded.

"Hungry?", Shay asked the crup. Grabbing Coco's food and water bowls, she prepared to refill them. Scooping up some puppy food, Shay placed it in the bowl. Then she took out her wand and added water to the second bowl. "Here you go", Shay said, while placing the bowls near her baby. Coco ate, drank and seemed to look at Shay for more. "Nope that's all the food you get for now. I will give you more water though." Shay refilled the water bowl and then picked up the hair brush. Slowly, she brushed Coco's hair. The more often she did it, the easier it became. Shay was actually enjoying this. Brushing her crup was quite relaxing. It was a win win.

Before she got to her surprise, Shay took a few moments to clean out Coco's pen. Besides, who wanted to live in a messy, dirty pen? Her baby deserved a nice, clean place to live. When everything was spic and span, Shay put her cleaning supplies to the side. More pats and licks were then exchanged between the Gryffindor and her crup, pats from Shay and licks from Coco. "I brought something for you." Shay reached in her pocket and pulled out a little toy for Coco. She brought her out to the play area and they played a little game of throw and fetch. Shay lightly tossed the toy and her smart cruppie went to retrieve it. They did this over and over, until they were both tired. They sat there together, until they were rested again.

Shay finally took Coco back to her pen and placed her inside."I'm afraid that I have to go back to school now.", she said sadly. "Don't worry though. I'll be back to see you soon, ok?" Giving Coco one last hug, Shay closed the door to the pen. She blew the crup a kiss and then headed back to return her supplies. On the way back to the castle, she thought about what she would do the next time she returned to visit Coco.