A Day in the Life of Nonny
(A/N: Nonny's family members contain his mother Mrs. Jurgensmeyer, his father Mr. Jurgensmeyer, and his older brother John. Mrs. Jurgensmeyer has light orange shoulder length hair, which Nonny inherited. Mr. Jurgensmeyer and John have brown hair. John is in his late teens and wears goggles like Nonny except John's are gold. His tail is blue.)
It was 9:35 am on Saturday morning. Nonny was still asleep in his mother, Mrs. Jurgensmeyer, was busy cooking breakfast. You'd think the smell would wake little Nonners up immediately. Unfortunately, his door was closed so the smell couldn't reach him. Nonny's older brother John were in the dining room.
"John, please go wake your brother," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said as she turned the bacon.
John swam to Nonny's room and opened the door. He gently shook his brother.
"Come on bairn, wake up," John said.(A/N: Bairn is a Scottish term for "child". Nonny and his family are actually Irish.)
"Why?" Nonny said, barely awake.
"Breakfast," John said.
"Just give me a minute," Nonny said pulling his sheets over his head.
John pulls the sheets off Nonny and grabs him by his arms.
"No, Nonny. Breakfast will be gone by then. Now let's move," John said in a strict tone.
"Ok, ok. I will, John," Nonny said.
John and Nonny swim to the dining room.
"Mmmm," Nonny said after he sniffed the air.
"See? Aren't you glad I woke you up?" John said while smiling.
"Yes," Nonny said.
"You want some juice? Or soda?" John asks his brother.
"It's too early for soda. Juice please," Nonny says.
John opened the fridge and got the carton of orange juice to pour his brother a glass.
"Morning, Mama. Hi, Papa," Nonny greeted.
"Good morning, my dear," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said as she kissed Nonny on the head.
"Morning, child," Mr. Jurgensmeyer said as he greeted his youngest son.
To this day, Nonny never quite understood why his father rarely called him by his name. He usually called him "child, son, little boy," etc. He called John his name and occasionally "son".
"Papa, why don't you call me my name?" Nonny asks.
"Better eat a lot of bacon, son. You're gonna need your energy," Mr. Jurgensmeyer said.
Changing the subject was a common practice for Mr. Jurgensmeyer whenever Nonny asked him about his name.
"Energy? For what?" Nonny asks.
"We're doing a lot of shopping today kid," John said as he slid a glass of orange juice across the table to Nonny.
"Just grocery shopping, right?" Nonny wonders.
"Nope, we're going to the mall too," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said as she set down a plate of bacon.
"Yummy," John said as he grabbed a piece of bacon from the plate. Unfortunately, it burned his fingers.
"Ouch," John said after he dropped the bacon. Nonny laughed.
"John, that bacon was hot," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer scolded.
"Sorry, I was starving," John said.
"We'll have to wait a minute for the food to cool down. In the meantime...how's school going, Nonny?" Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said.
"Fine. Nothing really special happened," Nonny told his mother.
"How about you, John?" Mrs. Jurgensmeyer asks.
"Decent," John says.
Nonny reached over and grabbed a piece of bacon.
"Are they cooled down?" Mr. Jurgensmeyer asks.
"Yes," Nonny says, munching his breakfast.
After breakfast, the Jurgensmeyer family piled into their Hyundai Sonata and headed out.
"Where we going first?" Nonny asks.
"The mall, and then the grocery store," Mr. Jurgensmeyer said as he's driving.
Mrs. Jurgensmeyer grabbed her maroon purse. She grabbed three $20 bills and handed two to John and one to Nonny.
"Since you're such good boys and since I love you both so much, I'll give you money to spend at the mall," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said.
"Why does John get $40 but I only get $20?" Nonny asks.
"Because you're far too young to be handling that much money," Mrs. Jurgensmeyer said.
John reached over and whispered something to his brother.
"I've got an idea that'll make us both happy. You'll find out what it is when we get there," John whispered.