haveyouseenalittlegirl | Search Ten: Dad of the year

[After being pushed awake by a wound up pokemon, reminding him of the days when a little girl would wake him up before dawn by jumping on his bed, Harry has joined the rest of their little group in the motel room, now more awake with his coffee. Heather and Henry will find gifts for them off to the side. And he also managed to buy some small things with some money from his part time job at a book-store, for his pokemon. So those three are out of their balls and having fun. And then he finds something marked for him...]

[Video feed crackles to life later that day. Harry is sitting at a table with a smile.]

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you're all enjoying the holidays. I was left an anonymous gift that I thought a few of you might like to share with me.

Now, I know I'm incredibly biased in claiming I have the most adorable daughter in the world. But now I have proof.

Here's a picture of Heather when she was five years old and decided that she was going to be a cowboy when she grew up...

[Why yes, he's gotten a photo album back. And of course like any dad's, it's filled with photo's of his kid. There's a mix of ones from when he and Jodie had found Cheryl and after his wife's death. But do to moving all the time, there's a lot of baby Heather photo's in there as well, when it was just Harry and his daughter. And like any proud father, Harry will show them off. They are suitably adorable and embarrassing.]

And here she is after loosing her first tooth. I think we told her that -

[The door closes in the background and you might hear a familiar voice. Heather's back....]

"Hey dad, what are.....WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[And the feed ends as Heather tackles her father. Responses will come after Heather has given up on trying to pry the album out of her dad's hands.]

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You're welcome.

Oh that reminds me.

[Passes him the album and get's a package and sits back down and passes it to him.]

Merry Christmas.

_{[Henry is happy to flip through the photos while Harry is getting something. When he returns, Henry looks up and brightens at the package. He'd left his own on Harry's bed earlier in the day because he'd been secretly ashamed that his gift wasn't that creative. He didn't know much about Harry yet.]}

Thanks, Mr. Mason!

_{[Henry takes his time opening it. He doesn't like tearing the paper any more than he has to. AND LO! A JOURNAL OF HIS VERY OWN. He flips through the pages and shoves his nose right into the middle of the book.]

[PAPER SMELL.]}

Thank you!

[Just normal bunch of family photo's. And he's a writer. Smelling paper isn't odd at all.]

You're welcome.

_{[SNNRRFFFFFFF okay that's enough of that. He closes the book and places it carefully in his lap.]}

_{And thank you again.} For inviting me to be part of...this.

_{[He gestures to the room around them. If it weren't for them, he'd probably still be in the woods living with the Ursarangs.]}

I'm not...good at words. So thanks.

[Just a smile as he pats him on the shoulder.]

You're welcome.

We're glad to have you here. Really.

_{[The only reaction Henry can muster up is to sit there and look dorkily happy. So that is exactly what he does.

C:>

Best Christmas.]}

Merry Christmas.

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