April played with, kissed and teased Hector joyfully. When she heard others approaching where they were she righted her clothing under the water and playfully splashed the man who was holding her in his arms. After a few moments she called out
"Jax" laughingly and whistled. Her dog walked slowly over to where she had sat her clothes and he laid on them and lay his head down.
Her dog's behavior made her instantly release Hector and start towards shore.
"Where's James? I bet that cut is deeper than I thought, or it's infected." She said worriedly as she pulled on a dry t-shirt on over her bra and slid a pair of pants on and shoved her wet feet into her boots. April picked up Jax and felt his blood on her arm. She could hear Hector following her out of the water as she went down towards the others.
April came running over the rocks carrying her dog. Jax seemed lethargic and ill.
"James!" She yelled upon seeing him further down the slope from her. April's heart was racing and she put Jax down next to James' stuff and dropped to her knees to comfort her dog. April petted Jax and kept reassuring him as she looked at his belly. The original cut had been torn open further and appeared to be deeper than it had been earlier.
"We were chased by a bear and he dropped back to let me get away. The bear mostly missed or barely got him. Nothing was deep earlier but I think he tore it open on the rocks since we got here." April tried to keep calm but inside she was really worried.
"It'll be okay boy, James is gonna help you."@Rumikoohara@Joker892@Polaris North