A/N: I watched an episode of The Cosby Show the other day ("Independence Day") and was inspired. The kids in this story are the same age as they were in "Traffic School" (i.e. Jimmy is 12, Nerys is 10, Katrina is 7, Ebony is 5 and Andrew is 3) although, not all of them appear in this. This is also from the prompt "Love" which is where the title comes from. Hope you enjoy!
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Love
Jimmy opened the front door slowly and peeked into the house, seeing no one in sight he snuck up the stairs and disappeared into his room.
"What are you creeping around the place for?"
Jimmy jumped and turned to find Nerys standing behind him both with her arms folded, "Come here," he said urgently, ushering her into the room, closing the door behind her as he did so. Pulling off his beanie he showed her his right ear, which now sported an earring.
Nerys gasped, "An earring?"
Jimmy nodded, clearly very pleased with himself.
"You know what this means? It means I'm a man," he said proudly.
Nerys looked doubtful, "Does Daddy know?" she asked.
Jimmy ignored her as he continued to practice his manly strut up and down his bedroom, "It shows that I can do whatever I want without having to ask anyone."
Nerys was about to comment when Ebony came into the room, Jimmy shot into a chair, trying to cover his piercing as best he could. "Go away Ebony!" he commanded.
"What are you doing?" she asked, "What's happening?"
"Nothing," Jimmy barked, "now go."
"No fair, I never get to find out anything," she mumbled, slamming the door behind her as she left.
Nerys took a closer look at Jimmy's earring, "Jimmy, I think you might need to go to the doctor, your ear is green," she told him, pulling a face.
"No way, then Dad will find out," he said, looking worried for the first time.
"He'll find out anyway when your ear falls off," Nerys observed, doing a passable impression of her mother's concerned look as Jimmy went to look for himself in the mirror.
"Just don't tell him, ok?" Jimmy looked at her imploringly, "Please?"
Nerys sighed, "Ok," she said as she made to leave the room, "but I really think you should get it checked out," she added as she left.