Jim stepped into the Benbow Inn and slung his bag into a corner. Jim had been given his first week off after two years of studying hard, and never missing a day. "Hi, Doc." Jim said casually as he strode past Dr. Doppler who was sitting at a nearby table reading. "Good day Jim, your mo-" Dr. Doppler looked up from his paper suddenly. "Jim!" he said exitedly. "How are things going! Your mother will be glad to see you!" "Shh!" Jim said. "Go tell her that an old customer is here." Dr. Doppler chuckled quietly. "Good idea!" Dr. Doppler walked into the kitchen where Sarah was. "Sarah." said Dr. Doppler trying to sound casual."Hi, Delbert. Need a refill?" Sarah said. "Er, no you have an old customer who hasn't been here in quite a while, and er, he'd like to see you" Dr. Doppler almost stuttered, then he added silently, "A very old customer." "Oh, I'll get to him in a second!" Sarah said, putting down her stack of dishes and walking out of the kitchen, with Dr. Doppler following. Sarah walked out and looked around. "Where is he?" she said. "Here!" Jim said walking out from behind her. First Sarah looked at him stunned, then threw her arms around him in delight. "Jim!" she cried. "How long has it been since you last visited! "Just about a year." Jim said. "Yes, but last time you only stopped by for lunch." sarah said humorously. "How have you been doing?" Sarah asked. "Have you been making high scores?" Jim pretended to look uncertain, and replied, "Well, uh, kinda." he said. Sarah looked at him strenly and looked inside his bag, where a huge stack of papers were. As Sarah browsed through them all, a smile appeared on here face. "Jim, I am astonished!" she said happily. "I mean I expected good, but this is, wonderful!" she said as she recollected all his reports. "And why didn't you send these home so I could see your progress?" she asked jokingly. "Well, I didn't have much time, and I wanted to surprise you." Jim replied."Well, you certainly did!" said Sarah.
"So how long will you be staying?" she asked. "Oh, not long." Jim replied. "Just one week." "One week!" Sarah cried. "Finaly that academy has given you a good time off! They haven't given you so much as a few hours off yet!" "Actually, there has been several opportunities to get some time off, but I decided to put my full effort into studying and practicing. The only reason I'm off now is that Admiral Amelia insisted I take a break for once." Jim said. "Well that was nice of her." said Sarah. Sarah and Amelia had become good friends in the past two years, and Amelia often came to the Benbow Inn on her offtime."You haven't let other people use my room yet, have you?" Jim asked. "Well, it was a thought, but I decided to save it for you, incase you ever decided to say here for awhile." Sarah replied. "Good!" Jim said relieved. "It has the best spot on the window." "I don't know how I let you climb up there." Sarah said. "Well, I've done it a million times, and jumped off of it just as much." he said. "Well I suspect you're hungry?" Sarah asked. "Very!" said Jim. Sarah smiled and went into the kitchen. "Come on, Jim." said Dr. Doppler. "Let's find a good seat." Jim followed Dr. Doppler to the table he was reading at.Sarah came in with a tray loaded with food. "I didn't say I hadn't eaten in a year!" Jim said jokingly as he grabbed a plate off the tray. While Jim was telling everyone the latest news at the academy, somebody was just about to give up at gettong through the door. "So Jim." said Dr. Doppler. "Where is Morph? He is usualy with you all the time." "Morph!" Jim almost choked on his food. "I left the poor guy outside!" Jim rushed to the door to find an exhuasted Morph staring at him. "Aww, Morphy." said Jim. "I'm sorry, I just forgot with all the exitement going on." Morph melted into Jim's hand as Jim shut the door and went back to his table. Morph looked at the ffod and quickly became happy again. Jim handed Morph a peice of fruit. Afterwards, Jim went into the kitchen to help his mother. "Jim, go get some sleep!" she said. "But there's an awful lot of dishes isn't there?" Jim asked. "Yes, but you've worked yourself long enough! Good night,Jim!" she said as Jim walked up the stairs to his room. "Good night!" Jim called back.