At the sound of Trip's voice, Lily stirred, stretching sleepily before she opened her eyes. Whatever she'd expected to see beside her in the bed, it certainly wasn't a little dog, his tail wagging, trying to lick Trip's face and her eyebrows lifted curiously.

"He wasn't here last night," she said. "Right?" She may have been distracted by Trip himself, but she was fairly certain she would have noticed the dog despite that.