Sick Day For Anne Part 2
"Answer me this one, Henry, just why shouldn't I worry for Anne?" Alan asked.
The oldest Chan son looked at his younger brother by four years.
"You, Suzie, Tom, James, and I are going to watch over her in shifts... should anything like a delirium case where she calls for the one of us who isn't in the room with her... then, that one should call the others so as to handle the problem." Henry advised Alan.
"What about me, Henry?" Stanley asked.
"Aren't you forgetting something," Henry reminded Stanley. "while Rosa and Pop are getting ready for their second honeymoon in Rio... they have entrusted you to babysit Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter."
"Oh yeah," Stanley sighed. "I forgot that I have to watch the munchkins today."
Stanley raced to the living room to find the four youngest Chan clan members as James entered the auditorium.
"I heard that my Sheila was under the weather again, Mates." James said to Henry, Suzie, Alan, and Tom.
"We are hoping that it isn't that serious." Henry told James.
"Has she eaten anything today?" James asked Henry.
"Just some Quaker Oat Cinnamon Squares cereal for breakfast this morning like the rest of us." Suzie answered James.
"What about liquids," James asked. "has she had anything to drink in recent hours?"
"Just some water before she went to the fitness center this morning." Suzie answered James.
"I know we have soup... but do we have any orange juice?" Alan asked.
"No we do not," Suzie answered Alan. "Scooter drank the last of it last night."
"Shoot! Now I'll need to buy more orange juice!" Alan exclaimed.
Alan turned to run upstairs to his bedroom to grab his coat, scarf, gloves, earmuffs, and hat when Henry stopped him.
"Hold it, Alan!" Henry called.
Alan turned and faced Henry, "What do you need?" he asked.
"The time has come to see who will be taking the first shift, we will play Rock, Paper, Scissors for it." Henry said.
"Yes! I'm quite good at this game!" Alan exclaimed.
Alan, Henry, Tom, James, and Suzie all formed a circle and began to play.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Alan, Henry, Tom, James, and Suzie all shouted.
They all formed rock, there was no winner.
"All rock, no winner." Suzie said.
"Let's go again, Mates." James said.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Alan, Henry, Tom, James, and Suzie all shouted.
They all formed rock, there was no winner.
"All rock, no winner." Alan said.
"Listen you wise guys, no one's going to win if we all choose rock." Henry said.
"Do over." Suzie said.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Alan, Henry, Tom, James, and Suzie all shouted.
Henry got paper while the others got rock.
"Paper covers rock! I win! I get the first shift!" Henry cheered.
"That means," Alan said. "I can grab my snow wear and drive on down to the supermarket, would anyone else like anything while I'm out?"
"I'd like some sugarless bubblegum, please, Alan." Suzie requested.