"Puppy Love"
Summary: Mattie wants something... a lot.
Note: Inspiration comes from listening to my sister trying to convince my parents to get her a puppy as a college graduation present... and them saying not as long as she's living at home still... and from Flamingo1's review (thanks!)
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time.
Written 30 June 2004
"Thank you again for letting Mattie spend the day here," Harm told the mother of Mattie's friend, Hilary. He knew that his ward was bored in the apartment all day long, so he was more than happy to let her go swimming at her friend's house.
"It was no problem, Commander," the divorced woman smiled at him just enough to make him uncomfortable.
Before he had to think of something else to say, Mattie bounded into the room wearing jean shorts over her bathing suit. She was holding a little ball of brown, white and black fur in her hands, and looking up at her guardian with pleading eyes, she showed Harm the puppy. "The neighbors are selling beagle puppies. Isn't this one just adorable?"
"We can't have a puppy in our building, Mattie," he said as gently as he could.
She frowned, but then asked, "So when are we going to start house shopping?"
Summary: Mattie wants something... a lot.
Note: Inspiration comes from listening to my sister trying to convince my parents to get her a puppy as a college graduation present... and them saying not as long as she's living at home still... and from Flamingo1's review (thanks!)
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time.
Written 30 June 2004
"Thank you again for letting Mattie spend the day here," Harm told the mother of Mattie's friend, Hilary. He knew that his ward was bored in the apartment all day long, so he was more than happy to let her go swimming at her friend's house.
"It was no problem, Commander," the divorced woman smiled at him just enough to make him uncomfortable.
Before he had to think of something else to say, Mattie bounded into the room wearing jean shorts over her bathing suit. She was holding a little ball of brown, white and black fur in her hands, and looking up at her guardian with pleading eyes, she showed Harm the puppy. "The neighbors are selling beagle puppies. Isn't this one just adorable?"
"We can't have a puppy in our building, Mattie," he said as gently as he could.
She frowned, but then asked, "So when are we going to start house shopping?"