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"Momma…"

Rachel looked up from her book to find four pairs of eyes on her. They all had matching innocent, sweet looks on their faces, which could only mean one of two things: either her children had broken something, or they wanted something. Either way, Rachel had a feeling that they were going to try and convince her of something.

"We had an idea, Momma," Evan began. At five years old, he was the youngest of the Hudson kids. Rachel knew then that they were about to ask her for something, because they always had the youngest start off as a way to soften her up.

"It's a really good idea!" Abby chimed in, nodding her head enthusiastically.

Rachel couldn't keep the amused smile off her lips. "Oh really?"

Ellie, who was the quietest of all of them, nodded her head as well. The seven year old looked as if she wanted nothing more than to read one of her books, but she stayed with her siblings. This must have been really important, then.

Turning towards her oldest, Rachel gave him an expectant look. The fourteen year old just gave her that smile that he inherited from his father. "We've really thought this through, Mom. We think that this would be a very good idea."

So it was Scott that was the mastermind behind this whole plan. Rachel sat back in her chair and crossed her arms. "So tell me what this wonderful idea is, then."

Evan was barely able to contain himself. The words, "We should get a puppy!" burst from him, his eyes bright.

Looking at her three oldest, Rachel saw that they were nodding their heads. "So you want a puppy."

"We know exactly what kind to get and what to name it," Abby said eagerly. "So what do you say?"

They were all quite proud of themselves for coming up with this idea, Rachel could see. This wasn't the first time that any of her children had asked for a puppy, but this was the first time that they had all band together to do it. Keeping her face carefully blank, Rachel said, "I'll have to talk to your father about this."

"Daddy already picked which puppy to get!" Abby exclaimed.

Rachel's eyebrows arched. "Really?" she repeated. She was going to have to have a talk with Finn later, that was for sure.

Just then, the front door opened; Finn was home from work. Evan immediately ran from the kitchen into the living room, wrapping his arms around one of his father's legs and holding on tightly.

"Guess what, Daddy?" Rachel heard Evan say. "We told Momma that we wanted a puppy!"

Finn was suspiciously quiet, but it wasn't long before he appeared in the kitchen with their youngest son still attached to his leg and his adorable half smile on his face. He gave Rachel a sheepish look and bent to greet her with a kiss.

"Hey, baby," he said. "How was your day?"

Rachel gave her husband an amused look. "It was interesting. According to our children, you've picked a puppy for us."

Finn rubbed the back of his neck and patted Evan's head. The five year old was busy babbling about how much fun they were going to have with the dog, so Finn had to speak over him. "I haven't picked it, exactly. One of the parents of the kids I give lessons to is breeding puppies and wanted to know if we wanted one. Obviously, I told him that I had to talk to my wonderful wife about it first."

Rachel laughed and reached for Finn's hand, giving it a squeeze. She couldn't even pretend to stay mad at him for long. "Nice save, Finn. But apparently you told our children first."

"I might have let it slip." Finn shrugged his shoulders, and Rachel knew that this has been his plan all along. Finn wanted a puppy just as badly as the kids did. He was looking at her, his amber eyes wide and excited, and Abby and Evan were giving her matching looks (Just because they were playing unfair, Rachel wasn't going to tell them yet that she had already decided to agree to let them get a puppy).

"So what kind of dog is this, then?" Rachel asked, keeping her face unreadable.

"A golden retriever," Ellie informed her. "The best kind of dog."

"The best? Really?" Rachel looked at each of her children, who were all nodding their head in agreement. Finn even nodded his head as well. She pressed her lips together to keep herself from smiling.

"And what are we going to name this dog?"

"Boxer!" Evan piped up.

Rachel's brow furrowed. "Boxer? Why Boxer?"

Scott shrugged his shoulders. "Evan heard the name and thought it sounded cool, so the rest of us agreed."

Rachel looks at each of her children and her husband in turn. "You know that you'll have to take care of this puppy, right? You'll have to feed it and walk it and clean up after it."

Abby grabbed on to Ellie's hands in her excitement, and the two little girls began to jump up and down. "We know, we know!" They said in unison.

"Well, then." Rachel smiled. "I guess we're getting a puppy."

She was immediately swarmed by her children as they all hugged her, declaring her the best mom ever. Over the kids' heads, Rachel beamed at Finn, and he grinned back at her, his eyes twinkling.


Author's Note: Not going to lie, this kind of stems from me trying to convince my own parents to get a puppy (but they say that it doesn't even matter because I'm gone at school. Whatever, I still want a puppy haha).

So that's all of the Hudson children! You'll get to see more of them as the story progresses. You'll also get to see more of Finn and Rachel's relationship develop, don't worry.

And I swear that I'm working on Knot Your Fingers Through Mine. School just started up, so I've been pretty busy. But just know that I'm working on it!