Pal Read in,
Operation Puppies
It was a cool summer night. Grandma Thora was over, and she had brought Killer with her. While the humans sat inside, talking about who knows what, Pal and Killer sat outside on the porch, stargazing. Killer nuzzled Pal affectionately, asking him,
"Do you love me Pal?"
The Labrador's golden shine brightened a bit as he replied, "Of course I do, Killer. Why do you ask?"
Killer rested against Pal silently for a minute, before asking, "Do you ever want to have puppies, Pal?"
She looked up at him. The lab's steel gaze drifted into the sky, watching ever so intently at the stars swirling overhead. The look Pal had on his face, that stoic look, that was why Killer loved Pal. More than she as a dog probably should have, but she loved him that much anyway. Killer licked Pal's bright yellow fur, prying her question, "Pal?"
"Hmm?" He asked, never breaking his gaze towards the heavens.
"Would you ever want to be a father?" Killer repeated.
"I don't know." He replied. "I'll think about it."
Killer snuggled up tightly against Pal, muttering, "You do that," before drifting off to sleep. Pal licked Killer on the forehead, before resting his head on top of hers.
"And after that we always called him Uncle Edge!" Thora laughed as she finished one of her long yet intriguing tales. She sat in "The Big Chair", the chair she always sat in when she came over. DW and Kate looked up at her from the floor, and Arthur and Robert sat on the couch, while Jane and David stood in the doorway, Jane holding Benji(A/N: Borrowed OC), and David holding Kermit.
"Ah well, I guess it's time for me to mosy on out of here!" Thora said, getting out of her chair. The other Reads begged her to stay, but she said that she'd visit them on Wednesday. Thora walked onto the porch, and saw the two family dogs nestling against each other.
"Well look at that!" She smiled, before reaching to pick up Killer, who whined. "Now, now!" Thora cooed, "We'll be back, say goodbye to Pal!"
Killer barked, one that sounded the same as any other bark to a human, but that bark held a plea.
"Promise me you'll think about it!" Killer barked.
Pal barked back. "I promise."
Robert looked on, seeming to realize that the bark was more than that. It was a form of talking, a means of conversation. To be honest, people never gave it much thought, but Robert was intrigued by what he had just witnessed. He walked upstairs, grabbed his cell phone, and called Brain. He tapped his foot impatiently as it rang.
"Hello?" Brain answered.
"Hey! I've got a project for you." Robert said, smirking. There was a pause.
"I'm listening." Robert's smirk grew bigger.
The next day, the Reads all sat at the breakfast table.
"I saw James buy flowers at the mall yesterday." DW began. "I bet he bought them for me."
"Not this again." Arthur sighed. Kate rested her forehead in her palm, and Robert shook his head.
"DW, there are plenty of girls in your school. James could've bought those flowers for anyone." Jane said.
DW gasped. "You don't think he likes me?"
"No, dear. I just, don't want you to get disappointed."
"You don't think he likes me! You don't like me either! You all hate me!" DW began to sob. Arthur and David looked upward, while Robert said a silent prayer. Kate pushed her chair out, annoyed.
"May I be excused?" She took her plate to the sink. Jane tried to calm DW down saying,
"No one hates you, DW." She tried to hug her broken daughter.
"Mom, don't over-generalize." Robert said, getting up from the table.
"Come on, DW, we have this thing called "school" to get to." Arthur said sarcastically, before leaving the table. DW miraculously stopped crying to leave the table.
At school, Robert met up with Brain and walked off towards the computer lab, Kara and Lydia not far behind.
"I love to see them when they're all science-cy!" Kara whispered to her chair-bound friend. Lydia giggled, and the two followed their boyfriends into the lab.
Arthur met up with Buster, who was ecstatic. He had Richard had gotten a dog months ago, and had been trying to breed it ever since. Buster crushed Arthur in a brotherly hug.
"WE DID IT!" He shouted.
"Did what?" Arthur asked.
"Our dog, she had puppies last night!" Buster exclaimed.
"Really? That's great!" Arthur said, smiling for his best friend. Robert walked up, Kara not far behind.
"That's great, Buster! I wish Killer would have pups." He said.
"Yeah, but Grandma Thora's always voiced disapproval of Killer having puppies." Arthur thought solemnly.
Robert thought for a minute. He then said, "I wonder what Killer would say about that."
Buster, Arthur, and Kara looked at him, puzzled.
"What?" Kara asked. Robert stayed quiet, nodded, then walked away.
When Wednesday came, everyone was at the dinner table, talking about their week so far.
Arthur asked Thora, "Why won't you let Killer have puppies?"
"Ugh, one dog is enough. Besides, she's happy anyway." Thora replied.
"Well, if you don't want them, you could, sell them." Robert spoke up, cutting into his fillet mignon.
"Either way, I'm getting Killer spayed next month. None of this will matter then." Thora said.
"Killer won't be happy." Robert whispered. The table went silent as all eyes strayed to Robert.
"Excuse me?" Thora asked. Robert sipped his coke, his eyes saying, 'You heard me'.
"Killer's just a dog, it wouldn't matter to her." Jane said.
"You're wrong." Robert stated matter-of-factly.
Jane then said, "Well, that reminds me, I was thinking of getting Pal neutered, I hear animals live longer when they get fixed."
Robert spat out, "Oh HECK no!" He quickly regained his composure, and cleared his throat. "Excuse me, for a minute." Robert left the table.
"What on Earth was that about?" David asked.
Robert was on the computer. He'd need an argument to defend himself. The Web, gave him all the information he needed.
Outside, Pal and Killer were continuing their conversation from last time.
"I'd like being a father, Killer. I've always wanted to leave behind a legacy. A family to carry on my name." Pal said.
Killer then said, "We could, start that family if you'd like." She licked his cheek.
Pal smiled, then licked back.
The next day, Robert pulled Kara inside a classroom, then kissed her. The blonde girl's head swam with lots of thoughts, before Robert asked, "Would you like a puppy?"
The blonde girl's deep blue eyes shined. "You would buy me a puppy?"
Robert scratched the back of his head. "Not, exactly. But, would you like one?"
"Oh I'd love a puppy! I already have a name for him!"
"Okay, good, I'll talk to you later, bye." Robert kissed Kara on the cheek, then ran off to find Luke.
At lunch, Robert said to Arthur, "I have four takers. Luke, Kara, Lydia, and Brain, would all like puppies."
Arthur sighed. "What now?"
"Pal's gonna be a father. I'm gonna make sure of it, and you're gonna help me." Robert said.
"What if it doesn't work?"
"I thought about that at first, then I started doing research about dogs. It'll work. Killer and Pal want it to work, so we'll help it work." Robert said.
"How do you know so much?"
"I might not care for school much, but I like to do my homework." He smirked.
A/N: Love it, hate it, dislike it, REVIEW! Now, I've never been a fan of fixing pets, so expect that to leak into this story every now and then. But, no matter what happens, Pal and Killer will do their hardest to start a family. And Robert and Arthur, will fight against the herd(AKA, Thora and some others) to see their pets have kids. And in Robert's case, he'd better deliver that puppy.