Side Story: The Day I Gained my Baby(Sir Piggy)

A week before this, I had been to the Pet Smart just to look around.  What started as looking around ended with me being attached to a black guinea pig.  I had held him at the pet store and immediately fell in love.  He became the one thing I cannot go without, and when I finally move out, I am taking him with me. 

A week after meeting him at the pet store for the first time, I had persuaded my parents to let me keep him.  I had done all of the usual promises, “I’ll take care of him, I promise,” while having to go through all of the usual things, I had amassed enough money to buy him, along with all of his things, beforehand, however, there was one worry left in mind “Will he still be there when I get there?”  I had been unable to think about what would happen if he were not.  I ran into the pet store, got down on my knees, and looked into the cage.    

There in the cage was the same black and orange guinea pig I had fallen in love with.  He looked up at me and I was so amazed as we waited for the lady at the pet store to come get him out of the cage for me.  I was overloaded with happiness at the fact my baby, whom I had decided to name “Ashes”, was there and no one had taken him.  The only thing was, the pet store person refused to let me put him on hold so I could go get the things for him.  I had a decision to make, I could open him up to the possibility of being taken by someone else, or I could take him with me and leave him in the car for a few minutes.  I hesitated, but I had waited so long to see mybaby, opening him up to the possibility of being taken was awful to me.  I immediately decided to take him.  Afterwards I was lectured by the annoying blonde pet store lady, who had assumed I was some stupid kid who did not research the pet she was getting before she looked at it and decided it was cute.  I quickly proved her wrong.I had researched so well I could call a guinea pig by its scientific name “Cavius Porcellus”.  I showed her so too, and she obliged in being a little better.  The checkout was going smooth until I got to target, and target did not have the cage materials I wanted.  I decided to go home and order them online, but until then, I had to leave Ashes in an overturned laundry basket on top of a blanket.  Ashes ended up well, and after a while, he became known as “Sir Piggy”, but when I met him, I was set for life.

Sir Piggy changed my life, by giving me someone to look after, as well as helping me learn to accept my job.  To this day, there are few that are more influential than my baby, Sir Piggy.