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Puppies And Cookies

"Girls, I'm home!"

Owen shouted when he opened the front door but neither Teddy nor Allison were there to welcome him. He assumed they would still be, if not sleeping, probably curled up in bed. It was Saturday morning and still early, only 8:30 am, and he was coming home from his night shift, luckily a quiet one.

"Teddy?! Allison?! Girls, where are you?!"

Owen went to the kitchen, but there was no one there, then he went to the bedrooms when he heard whispers coming from Allison's room.

"Hide it mommy, hide it!"

"Hey, what are you doing?" Owen asked when he opened the door to Allison's room. Teddy and the little girl turned to see him, surprised, as if they had been caught in the middle of something.

"Honey! Good thing you're here." Teddy greeted Owen, going to him and kissing him on the lips. "Come on, let's go to the kitchen, help me make breakfast."

However, for Owen it didn't go unnoticed how Allison didn't go to greet him, instead she stayed in bed holding the covers against her chest. "Something happens? Won't you give daddy a kiss?"

"Later." Allison replied.

Owen looked at Teddy frowning, he didn't understand anything. "Something happens here. You two are hiding something."

"Us?" Teddy laughed nervously. "Of course not!"

"Yes, you." Owen walked to Allison's bed. He was sure they were hiding something there.

"NO!" Little Allison shrieked. But just then another type of shriek was heard.

"What was that?" Owen asked.

"What?" Teddy pretended not to have heard anything.

The wail again. Owen looked at where the sound came from, just under Allison's covers. The little girl looked at him with her eyes full of terror.

"Is that... is that a puppy?"

Having no choice, Allison lifted the sheets revealing the tiniest, sweetest and dirtiest puppy Owen had ever seen. He approached them, the little dog was shaking, had wounds on his skin and apparently an infection in one of his eyes.

"Why didn't you want to tell me about this?!" Owen asked.

"Because you said you didn't want dogs at home." Allison replied.

Owen sighed and sat on the bed next to Allison. "Baby, I didn't say I didn't want dogs, I said that not for now. Your little brother will be born very soon and he and you will require a lot of care and a puppy also requires a lot of care."

Teddy sat on the bed next to Owen. "I told her that and she understands, but look at him, Owen. We found him last night that we went for a walk and I didn't have the heart to leave him on the street."

Owen smiled at Teddy and Allison. Then he examined the puppy. The poor looked so hurt and scared. Owen wouldn't have had the heart to leave him on the street either.

"Teddy, you will give birth any second now! A dog is a big responsibility too."

"But he will be mine!" Little Allison argued. "He will be my baby." Owen laughed. "Please, daddy, don't send him back to the street!"

Teddy, Allison and the puppy had him cornered. His girls looked at him with their huge green eyes and a pout. And the little puppy was trembling between the sheets while Allison rubbed his little body to warm him up.

"It can be a great opportunity to teach Allison about responsibilities." Teddy pointed out.

"Whatever I say isn't going to matter, isn't it?" Owen said and his girls smiled. "You two are impossible."

"Then he can stay?!" Allison asked, excited.

"With one condition. He will be all your responsibility, young lady. You will be in charge of playing with him, taking care of him, teaching him where to pee and poo and cleaning after him."

"Yes, yes, yes! I will do all, all of that!"

"But first we have to take this good boy to the vet. He doesn't look ok and has to be checked, bathed and vaccinated. Are we?"

"Yes, daddy!" Allison exclaimed throwing herself into her daddy's arms.

"Thank you." Teddy said giving him a soft kiss. He knew that she also had a lot to do and knew perfectly well that if Allison didn't she would've fought to keep the puppy.

After breakfast, the three-now four-soon to be five went to the nearest veterinarian. The poor puppy was very badly nourished and hurt. He was given medications, his vaccines and a warm bath that left him like new. They bought a big fluffy bed for the new family member, blankets, toys, food and treats. With much care and love in no time he would be fully recovered.

"Daddy, we have to choose a name." Allison said, kneeling next to Owen who accommodated the little puppy in his brand new bed in the kitchen.

"And which one do you propose, my love?"

"I don't know, mommy and I thought of many, isn't it, mommy?"

"Oh, the list is quite long." Teddy replied.

"So you had thought of names even before discussing whether he would stay or not?" Owen questioned his girls with a fake angry look

"Will you get mad if I say yes?" Teddy bite her lip shrugging.

Owen laughed. "I give up with you two!" He rose from the floor and went to Teddy, placing his hands on her big 9-months baby bump. "I can't wait for this little boy to be born to team up with me."

"Are you sure her will be on your side?" Teddy frowned an eyebrow at him.

That night everyone went to sleep, happy for the very productive day, for having rescued a tiny puppy from the horrors of living on the street.

"I doubt Allison is going to sleep tonight." Teddy commented, resting in Owen's arms.

"Hmmm, you can be sure she'll be up very early in the morning to find out how the puppy is doing."

Then they heard a rumble in the kitchen. Immediately both rose and rushed to see what was happening.

They found Allison on the floor of the kitchen, sitting cross-legged next to the puppy, next to her was a stool lying on the floor. In her hands the little girl had several packages of cookies and a few more in the puppy's bed.

"Allison, what's all this?!" Her mother asked when she saw the disaster.

"Don't get angry, please!" Allison pleaded with a pout. "I came to the kitchen to see how he was doing and I saw that he was sad so I decided to give him cookies. Cookies always make me happy."

Neither Owen nor Teddy could be angry with their little girl. Owen picked up the mess and sat on the floor next to his daughter. "Baby, he can't eat cookies, that's why he has his own food and treats."

"But daddy, everyone loves cookies!"

"I know, baby, but a puppy can't eat that, at least not now. Maybe when he is older you can treat him."

"I just don't want him to be sad, daddy."

"He's a little sick, but you'll see that when he feels better he will be running after you all over the house."

"Ok, daddy. Daddy, can I take the cookies for me?"

They were really impossible, Allison was as stubborn as her mother. "Just two cookies. No more."

"Ok, daddy. Daddy, can I take the puppy to my bedroom? I don't want him to be all alone here."

Owen sighed deeply. "Only while he recovers." He warned her.

Teddy and Owen shared a look. They knew that while he recovers, would really mean forever. But Owen couldn't deny his girls anything, they were his adoration, so if they wanted puppies and cookies, they would have puppies and cookies.