"Or Hardly Studying?"
Summary: Mattie has to study some more.
Note: Another day, another step closer to final exams, the last day of school, and the freedom of summer... I threw in a shipper comment for those who asked for one.
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time.
Written 19 May 2004
Harm hadn't meant to stay at the office so late, especially since he knew Jennifer would be out that night. Without bothering to stop at his apartment first, he unlocked the door to the girls' apartment, hoping that even in the absence of adult supervision, Mattie would be studying for finals like he'd instructed her to on the phone.
Mattie looked up from her spot in front of the television. "I was beginning to wonder if you and Mac finally confessed your true feelings for each other and ran away together."
He gave her a warning look, setting down his briefcase and cover. Choosing to otherwise ignore her comment, Harm asked, "Shouldn't you be studying?"
"I am studying," she held up her Spanish book.
"That's why you're watching TV."
"It's a DVD... and I've got the Spanish subtitles on."
"Nice try, kiddo. Turn it off. It's time for you to study the old fashioned way."