Chapter 29: Vet Visits

                                    

                                          
David's POV:
                          
It's been a couple days since Liza got hacked, and she's gained back many of her followers, she's already at more than 3 million. I've decided to grab her a snake, another one, another python, and surprise her with it. I wonder if her reaction is fear, or if she is going to have an expression like, "Again? Really David?" I won't film this one, because I feel like this would be repetitive to the viewers. Again, I went online and got a python from the same place as I did last time. Liza is going to come to my apartment in about an hour to film an outro at my place, to switch it up a bit.
                          
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I heard a knock at the door. "Coming!" I took the python where it could slither around freely, but out of sight. I opened the door to reveal Liza, in a cute white dress. "You look pretty today." I complimented.

                          
"I wish I could say the same about you, but you need to change out of your pj's, brush your hair, shave, and take a shower."
                          
There was a pause. I suddenly self-conscious about myself, but I saw Liza's facial expression change, like she was holding in a laugh.
                          
"What?" I said. "Is there something on me?"
                          
"I was joking, babe." She laughed. "You looked so serious about it. You look like the best boyfriend that I could ever ask for. Now, about that outro?"
                          
I softened. "Yes, the outro! You need to put on this blindfold for it." I took out a scarf that I took from Liza a month ago.
                          
"That's my scarf! I thought I lost it."
                          
"I know, I'm sorry. But put this on." I put it over her eyes as she protested.
                          
"Is it another animal?" She asked.
                          
"You'll see." I smirked as I tied the scarf around her head. "Can you see?"
                          
"Nope."
                          
"Good. Now, walk forward."
                          
I went over to the snake, picked it up, and let it slither in Liza's direction. When it was one foot away, I told Liza to take her blindfold off.
                          
She screamed and ran into my room. "I hate snakeu. I mean I hate snakes. Ugh, I can't even talk. David!" I ran to my room. I was laughing. "Again?!" She smiled through her fear and annoyance. "I just wanted to see your reaction." We heard a rattle come from Alex's room. "Bailey! Come back!" We both turned our heads toward the door. "Oh no. Oh no." I ran outside as fast as I could, and we saw Alex in the living room as well, his face white. "You got a SNAKE?!" He yelled at me. "You didn't tell me?! Bailey is loose. He's going to die from the snake! Go find him!" I was scared for Bailey, and I started searching for him, overturning pillows and ruining the house in the process. After a bit, I saw the tail of the snake disappear behind the couch. I sprinted over to the couch, but only to find Bailey in the center of the coiled body of the snake. 
                          
"No! Bailey!" I went over and tried prying Bailey away from the snake. But I could feel the snake squeezing even tighter, and Bailey slowly going limp. Alex and Liza rushed over, and helped me pry Bailey from the snake. I realized just pulling wasn't going to do any good, so I stepped on the end of the snake's tail, hard enough that it would hurt, but not enough to seriously injure it. The snake's grip loosened a little, but it wasn't enough. "Step on it a little bit harder! We're rescuing Bailey, don't care about the snake right now." I stepped on the snake harder, and I saw Alex pick up a limp Bailey from the snake. I quickly grabbed the bag and scooped the snake into the bag so it couldn't escape. We ran downstairs to the Tesla, and I quickly drove to a pet hospital. We arrived, and Bailey had to get surgery, like I expected. Alex was anxiously waiting outside of the operating room on the verge of tears, for I didn't know that he was that close to Bailey. Thankfully, the surgery was successful. Bailey had quite a few broken bones, and he almost died. He will take 2 months to heal, and Bailey wouldn't be able to hop around until another 5 months. Bailey didn't wake up until this evening, and Liza went home because none of us were in the mood for an outro.
                          
I wasn't getting any snakes soon. Or ever. Alex refused to talk to me, and he was constantly petting Bailey, and stroking him. I went to sleep sad about Bailey's almost death, but also with relief that Bailey survived.