Mini Mercury – Lady Catherine Barton
"Papa! Papa!" a light blue haired girl ran through the halls of her giant home.
Trowa looked up from his paperwork as his young 5 year old daughter came running into his study followed by a disgruntled looking governess.
"Cathy… What are you doing here?" Trowa rose from his seat behind his desk and went to pick up his tearful daughter.
"Miss Edwin said she was going to take the paddle to me Papa!" Cathy exclaimed hiding her face into her fathers robe.
"Miss Edwin, would you care to elaborate as to why you believe Cathy needs a spanking?" Trowa asked while stroking his daughter's hair.
"She will not sit still and let me teach her at all. She back talks and tells me that her lessons are easy and boring! She refuses to do any work and gives dirty looks to me behind my back! I thought it was finally time to give this nasty little wretch her lesson!" The angry Miss Edwin replied.
Trowa gave the governess one of his deadly glare and sat his daughter down on the ground, "Cathy why don't you go visit your mother in the laboratory, Miss Edwin and I are going to have a little talk."
With that said Trowa patted his daughter on the head and she gracefully left the room, Miss Edwin glaring at her all the while.
"Miss Edwin… did you ever think that perhaps the reason she was refusing to do her studies was because the work you are giving her might be to easy for her?"
"My Lord that is absurd! She is but a little child; I am giving her work that is at her age range. I do hope that you are not blaming me for her rotten attitude!" The governess's face turned red with agitation.
Trowa sighed and glared impatiently at his daughter's tutor, "Miss Edwin, if you haven't noticed, she comes from a family that has been known to have IQ's higher than that of average children of their age." Trowa paused for a moment and glanced at the governess to see how she was taking his lecture. Miss Edwin looked none to pleased to have been corrected about her observation.
"On that note I advise you to raise the bar on her work and give her more challenging lessons; if you cannot handle that Miss Edwin then perhaps you might find yourself new employment."
"Lord Barton! Your daughter is out of control and you say that it is my fault because she is above her years; well I will have you know my Lord that I would not stay here for another minute! There are plenty of decent children out there who deserve the education that your daughter turned down."
"If that is how you feel then I will be happy to write this off as your resignation." Trowa said sitting down at his desk.
"Sir all I can say is good luck trying to find a teacher that will actually teach that ungrateful wretch! You might never find one and have to teach her your self and might I say it will take the devil himself to teach that ungrateful brat!"
Trowa glared his nastiest glare and motioned for his guard to escort her out of the palace. As he massaged his temples, Ami came in with Cathy both a look of curiosity.
"Trowa darling, was that Miss Edwin I saw being taken away by the guard?" Ami asked.
Trowa looked up from his desk and smiled gentle at his wife and daughter.
"Yes, she was no longer able to perform her duty so she decided that her job as Cathy's tutor just was not for her. So I let her go, the guards were just helping her out."
"But who will teach Cathy? Certainly you thought of that before you let her go!" Ami stated shocked at her husband's obvious lack of care.
"I thought about that and I do believe that Miss Edwin had a good idea in saying that perhaps you and I would be the best tutors for our daughter…"
"Mommy and daddy are going to teach me?" Cathy's eyes lit up like the sky after a stormy day, "You mean that now I can learn more with papa?"
Trowa smiled at his daughter's enthusiasm, Ami laughed and sat in a chair by Trowa. Cathy ran around the room laughing all the while.