She smiled and petted the puppy for a few more minutes until the buzzer on the oven went off. Then she sat Auggie back on the couch and turned off the buzzer, washed her hands, then removed the pizza from the oven to cool. While it was settling, she walked over and scooped up Auggie.
"Say goodnight to Tristan," she said as she held the puppy out to him and Auggie licked at the air in front of Tristan's face.