"Burying the Hatchet"
Summary: Harm and Mattie have had enough of the silent treatment.
Note: This would be the end of the trilogy that started with "Pierced." A great big thanks to alicia, katydid13, and Trish for their quick reviews to the first two parts, and thank you to all of the reviews that came before. You all keep me motivated to do this.
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time.
Written 10 April 2004
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Having had enough of the charged silence, Jennifer politely excused herself from the dinner table saying she had to study. Harm and Mattie continued pushing their food around their plates, neither wanting to be the first to relent.
Eventually the silence got to them, too.
"Harm, look..."
"Mattie, I ..."
They smiled uneasily at each other as they both spoke at the same time.
"Ladies first," Harm offered.
"I should have asked you for permission before I got my piercing. I'm sorry," she nearly choked on the last two words, but she did it.
"I'm sorry, too," Harm responded, swallowing his pride. "I may have overreacted. Being new to this whole parenting thing, I wasn't sure what to do."
"Tell you what," Mattie said, "to make it up to you, I'll cook dinner tomorrow."
"Is that a reward or a punishment?"
"If it's a punishment, it's only a reflection on your teaching skills," she smirked.
Summary: Harm and Mattie have had enough of the silent treatment.
Note: This would be the end of the trilogy that started with "Pierced." A great big thanks to alicia, katydid13, and Trish for their quick reviews to the first two parts, and thank you to all of the reviews that came before. You all keep me motivated to do this.
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time.
Written 10 April 2004
******
Having had enough of the charged silence, Jennifer politely excused herself from the dinner table saying she had to study. Harm and Mattie continued pushing their food around their plates, neither wanting to be the first to relent.
Eventually the silence got to them, too.
"Harm, look..."
"Mattie, I ..."
They smiled uneasily at each other as they both spoke at the same time.
"Ladies first," Harm offered.
"I should have asked you for permission before I got my piercing. I'm sorry," she nearly choked on the last two words, but she did it.
"I'm sorry, too," Harm responded, swallowing his pride. "I may have overreacted. Being new to this whole parenting thing, I wasn't sure what to do."
"Tell you what," Mattie said, "to make it up to you, I'll cook dinner tomorrow."
"Is that a reward or a punishment?"
"If it's a punishment, it's only a reflection on your teaching skills," she smirked.