I want a puppy.

[enduringcharm]

I'm not going to waste my time pretending that he followed me home, Sam wouldn't buy it anyway. I'm going to tell him the truth. I was on my way back from Dante and Jeremy's when I turned a corner and heard noise coming from an alley. I thought it was a person, so I looked and found an injured puppy.

I healed him right away, and I'm only a little

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[pyrokinetic_]

I should stop working at night

[enduringcharm]

"You found... And you just brought him home?"

"Yeah."

What was I going to do, leave the poor thing? He'd either starve to death, hurt himself again, or get hit by a car. He's too tiny for me to think that he would be alright out there, and after he was so good about letting me heal him, I couldn't just walk away. I doubt there are a lot of strays out there who are sweet enough to lick your hand while you're healing them. Clearly our puppy is one of the good ones.

Assuming that Sam caves and lets us keep him. And he should. He has to. We should get to keep the puppy.

If we gave Julia and Junior chores as far as taking care of him goes, we would be teaching them about responsibility. That's good, isn't it? All those books I read when I was pregnant with the kids used to talk about how independence and responsibility builds confidence. Not that Julia needs any more confidence than she has but...responsibility would be good.

And come on, he's clearly harmless. He's afraid of Sam.

I have never in my life met anyone afraid of

[pyrokinetic_]

"He was making no-- Whimpering. He was whimpering and crying in an alley and I heard him, found him, and healed him."

Whimpering and crying and hurt. Great. She's trying to guilt me into this. And I think it's working. I'm not going to be that easy about this. Once he starts feeling better, something could happen. And when one of the kids is scarred forever by getting attacked by a crazy dog, then what?

Exactly.

Why is he shaking so much? Is it just the cold thing? ... He'd not scared is he? ... Because if he's scared, and Carly's the one who took care of him, that'd mean he's scared of... me.

Something's actually scared of me?

Y'know, if it wasn't a puppy, that might actually be cool.

"He's been doing the trembling thing since I uncovered him."

Because he's scared. Of me. Damn it. You know what? It's because he's been out on the street. He doesn't have a home or anything which sucks, so he's just sort of scared of everything. This is Los Angeles, after all.

And not having a home around here is about as crappy as it gets.... I

[enduringcharm]

"Carly..."

Can't he do any better than that tone