Ted and Booster decided to stop off at one of those fast food places that littered the area. They figured it would be easier to hash things out now, rather than back at the JLI headquarters, they knew how much Gardner liked to pop in on them for no reason.
"So, we got the kid some clothes, now what?" Booster asked as he took a bite out of his burger. The bottom of their table was covered in bags of clothing. Blue shirts, gold vests, shoes and socks, hats…Ted was so traumatized by Jaime's little adventure that he nearly bought everything in the store.
"Well, now we just have to wait it out." Ted said.
Jaime reached into the kid's meal he was given and pulled out a toy. A small little Superman action figure, with a plastic cape. Jaime's face lit up like a jack o'lantern.
"Well, at least we know he still loves superheroes." Booster said.
"Of course he still loves superheroes! I mean…he is one."
Booster smiled as he took another bite out of his burger. "Maybe we could go to the park later? Don't know how it works in this century, but when I was a kid the park was one of the best places around."
Ted rolled his eyes, "Well yeah, your parks were all in zero gravity."
"Still, we should go, it'll give us more time to think about our next step." Booster said. Maybe they could come up with some sort of an excuse for Jaime's absence, a family emergency? And then of course they'd have to look into the problem with the time travel aspect of his-
"Jaime…Superman's head doesn't go in your mouth." Ted grabbed Jaime's little hand and gently pulled the toy out of his mouth. "That figure is probably riddled with germs…we don't want you to get sick."
Booster propped his cheek against his fist. "Ted, Superman's faced meteors and giant robots, I'm pretty sure he can handle a toddler's mouth."
"Booster."
"What? I'm just saying, let him play with it if he wants."
"And what if he gets sick? Then what? We don't know what kind of affect that'll have on him."
"It'll be fine. You're worrying too much."
Ted grabbed the Superman toy and wiped his head off with a napkin, and handed the toy back to Jaime. "Here you go."
Jaime placed his toy on the table and smiled.
"Can you call Skeets from here? I'd feel better if he were around…just in case."
Booster only rolled his eyes. He had no idea what it was about little Jaime that made Ted so…nervous. The kid had faced The Reach, super villains, and life with the two of them. He'd be fine!
Right?
"Yeah, I'll see what I can do…"
But it never hurts to be safe.
Booster looked around the place. Kids played with their toys, mothers wiped their kids' faces, and fathers only looked onward, not sure what to do.
"Booster, we got him PJ's right?" Ted asked as he sipped his soda. "I mean, he's gotta have something appropriate to wear."
"Ted, you bought the kid fifteen different kinds of PJ's. He's got Superman PJ's, Batman PJ's, Wonder Woman PJ's," Booster shrugged his shoulders, "Still don't know why we couldn't get him some Booster Gold pajamas, but whatever."
"Mike, we've been through this. Most of his wardrobe is Gold…and he really wanted the Wonder Woman ones…I mean, the kid was going to cry."
Booster took the last few bites out of his burger and turned to Jaime.
"Buddy, you wanna go to the park with your Uncle Booster and Uncle Ted?"
Jaime only looked around and shoved Superman's head back into his mouth.
Ted chuckled. "I'm gonna take that as a yes."
