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"Elmo, what are you looking at?"
"Huh? What? Nothing...
"Uh-huh," Pluto said, "then why on earth do you have that stupid grin on your face?"
"It’s nothing." A few minutes later, he giggled.
"Okay, seriously, what are you looking at?" Pluto said, leaning over to look at Elmo's screen, but he closed his laptop before Pluto could see.
"It’s nothing. I swear. I was reading the news, "Elmo lied." Pluto squinted his eyes at him. A few minutes later, Elmo giggled again.
"Okay, so you are totally looking at something funny. What is it? "
"Fine, you want to see it?" Elmo smiled. He turned his screen towards Pluto and said, "I’ve been watching this for like an hour." Pluto looked at the screen and grinned.
Hours later, they were still sitting on the sofa, curled under a throw, watching puppy videos on YouTube.
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"Yeah okay." Pluto nodded, smiling down at Elmo.
Really?"
"Yeah," Pluto smiled and pulled his phone out of his pocket, "Elmo, look at me a second."
Elmo looked up and Pluto snapped a couple of pictures. "This is the best day," Elmo said, looking back down at the bouncing ball of fur.
"Come on, let’s go let them know he’s the one." Pluto smiled and held out his hand to help Elmo off the floor. "Are you sure he’s the one you want?"
Elmo nodded as he practically skipped down the hallway towards the front desk. “His name is so cute!”
"Crumb?"
"Yeah."
"I like it too. You know how I feel about people's names for dogs." Pluto smiled, "I’ll check out this stuff over here." He indicated the pet supplies that were in the front of the shelter. He walked over to the pet accessories as Elmo filled out paperwork and the attendant returned with Crumb. He could hear Elmo’s squeals of delight as he shopped. He picked up the blue leash and a black collar. He grabbed a squeaky toy and a small bed. "Ready Elmo?" He turned to find Elmo on the floor after paying. He chuckled, "Let’s get you two homes before they call the cops on a dude who keeps laying on the floor."
"I’m sitting." Elmo said, indignantly, but stood up and dusted off his backside. "You think he’s going to like us?"
"He’s going to love us." Pluto smiled.
Elmo pushed the front door open. “This is a great day.”
"Elmo!" Pluto laughed, "You need to calm down."
"Good thing you’re driving." Elmo said, picking Crumb up and climbing into the passenger seat.
“It’s always a good thing when I am driving and you’re not.”
"You could tell me I am the worst driver on earth right now, and I would still be a happy man. Look at this little baby! " Elmo said, putting his forehead against Crumb's, who was waggling his tail exuberantly and trying to lick Elmo’s face.
"You’re the worst driver on earth," Pluto said.