Emily thought she heard a knock, she would have thought she imagined it if she hadn't heard Irulan rush down the stairs and start barking at the door. Quite the little guard dog she had. She giggled at that as she made her way into the entry way seeing Irulan's tail wagging like crazy. She was pretty sure if someone did break in Irulan would greet them like she greeting everyone. Her whole body would wag and she'd go sit on their feet and look up at them with those big brown eyes begging to be loved. One would think she neglected her at home with the way she reacted. But anyone who knew Emily knew Irulan was her baby and that she doted on her like no one else.
Emily managed to hold Irulan back from racing at the guest as she opened the door to see Sam outside. A bright grin spread on her face,
"Hey," she said as she tried to balance on one leg the other holding Irulan back who was trying to race at Sam, "come on in." As she shut the door she noticed a car parked in front of her house.
"Did you drive? Part of me wants to say good for you for staying room while the other wants to scold you for driving when the roads are still so icy. You do at least have snow tires right?" As she glanced over at him Irulan managed to break free and did as Emily suspected and sat herself on Sam's feet and glanced up at him as her tail wagged,
"Oh, I'm sorry, she does that. I'm afraid someone is going to call ASPCA and say we neglect her, which is so not true. Can I take your coat or do you want to keep in on for a bit?"