Vince work up early the next morning, well 9:30 to him was very early. He was surprised to see that Howard was still asleep next to him. Vince noticed that his friend didn't look very good. Howard slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Vince.
"You ok? You look kind of ill," Vince looked worriedly at his young friend.
"I don't feel so good. My head hurts and I feel..." Howard was suddenly sick all over Vince's bed. Vince scooped Howard up and ran as fast as he could to the bathroom.
"It's ok, just let it all out," Vince soothed Howard as he threw up what Vince thought was more than what could fit in most adults' bodies.
Howard groaned when he was finished "Sorry about sicking on your bed," he said in a small voice.
"It's ok I can put it in the wash, probably. Do you feel better?" Vince asked.
"A bit, but my head is hurtin',"
"Can you watch TV while I ring Naboo and clean up?" Vince carried Howard into the living room and brought him little Vince, Howard's duvet, pillow and a bucket, just to be on the safe side.
Vince sighed and pulled his phone out. "Hey Naboo we have a problem,"
"What is it Vince?" The shaman asked him.
"Howard's been sick, says he's got a headache and I don't know what to do," Vince's voice broke a bit towards the end.
"Look don't cry, I know it's hard but you need to stay strong for Howard. Didn't you have flu the other week?" Vince groaned at the memory "You must have somehow passed it on to Howard. Just keep him wrapped up in a blanket, give him some dry toast and some soup later if he's feeling up to it. I'll ring you later,"
"Thanks Naboo. How's the cure coming along?" Vince felt a bit better.
"It's going ok. I think we've got 2 options,"
"Cool what are they?"
"We can let him grow up or we make a potion that will take a few days to work,"
"Ok, I like the second one. When are you coming back?"
"I think we can make it back tomorrow,"
"Good. I'd better go, cya tomorrow," Vince hung up and walked slowly back to his bedroom, which was now beginning to stink of sick.
The electro boy grimaced as he stripped his bed and carried his bedding at arm's length to the washing machine. Vince chucked the sheets into the washing machine and looked at the dials on the washing machine in confusion. The washing powder that he put in the machine said that it worked at 30 degrees, so he turned the dial on the machine and hoped for the best.
"Vince!" the toddler cried from the living room.
"Yeah?" Vince asked when he got to his friend.
"I has a headache," Howard moaned.
"Ok, I'll see if we have any painkillers," Vince walked back to the kitchen, delved deep into the medicine cabinet and found a bottle of Calpol that was still in date. He grabbed a spoon and went back to Howard.
"Howard I found some Calpol," Vince grinned.
Howard sat up and groaned as the pain in his head worsened. He opened his mouth and let Vince give him some medicine.
"How long does it take to work?" the toddler demanded.
"I don't know. Do I look like a doctor?" Vince tried not to laugh as Howard pouted "Try and get some sleep," Vince stroked Howard's hair until the little boy fell asleep.
When Vince was sure that Howard was asleep he crept into the kitchen to see if they had any food. The only food they had was a packet of sugar and even Vince knew that this wasn't enough. The electro boy decided that he would have to find someone to babysit Howard while he went food shopping. Vince scrolled through the contact list in his phone; he knew that Howard wouldn't want to be left with a total stranger so he had to settle for Bob Fossil.
"Hello, Fossil?"
"HEY VINCEY! HOW'S MY LITTLE GOLDMINE?" Fossil screamed down the phone.
"Umm ok I guess. Look I need a favour. My nephew is staying with us and he's ill but I've got to go food shopping. You couldn't babysit him for a couple of hours could you?" Vince begged.
"Can't Naboo, Bollo or Howard do it?"
"Naboo and Bollo are on some stag weekend and Howard's in York," Vince quickly lied.
"Ok Vincey, just for you. I'll be there in 10 minutes," Fossil sighed.
Vince hung up and went to have a quick shower before Bob Fossil arrived.
Ten minutes later Vince was still in the shower. Bob Fossil ran up the stairs like an over excited puppy. "VINCE, VINCE BOBBY BOB BOB'S HERE!" he screamed, waking Howard.
"WHO ARE YOU?" the startled toddler screamed.
"Hi, I'm Bob Fossil. Vince said that I gotta babysit you while he goes food shopping," Bob explained.
"Right... I don't know where Vince is. Maybe he's doin' his hair?" Howard slide off of the sofa and padded towards the bedroom.
"I'M COMING VINCEY!" Fossil pushed past Howard and ran towards the bedroom.
Vince was in the bedroom deciding on an outfit to wear when Fossil burst in. "WHAT YOU DOING?" Vince screamed, he was only wearing a pair of boxers.
"Sorry Vince, I didn't wanna disturb you," Bob crept closer and placed his hands on Vince's chest.
Vince stared down in fear "FUCK OFF YOU PSYCO I NEED TO GET DRESSED!" Fossil quickly ran back to the living room. Vince rolled his eyes and settled on a purple jumpsuit.
"Do you wanna sandwich or something?" Fossil asked.
"Yeah we don't have any food," Howard pointed out.
"Oh yeah," Bob grinned.
Vince walked into to living room. "Bob, this is my nephew...Gary," Howard turned green again when Vince said his and threw up into the bucket.
"You ok little guy?" Fossil patted Howard's back.
"He's not well. Anyway I'll try not to be too long," Vince grabbed Naboo's credit card and strolled out of the flat.
"That Vince really is something," Fossil gasped as he watched Vince leave.
"What d'ya mean?" Howard asked.
"Well... he's so amazing," the American smiled.
"Right... Can I pwease watch TV Mr Fossil?" Howard groaned.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?" Bob screeched in fear and jumped behind the sofa.
"I erm... heard Uncle Vince talking to you," Howard quickly made up.
"Oh yeah," Fossil grinned and fell onto the sofa next to Howard, causing the toddler to bounce and promptly throw up again.
Meanwhile...
Vince ran around the large Tesco as fast as he could. Because it was a Saturday morning the supermarket was crowded with people doing their weekly shopping. As he dodged past women with small children, elderly people and other shoppers, Vince cursed inwardly about his lack of knowledge where anything was.
Vince grabbed anything that was brightly coloured and looked tasty, he even managed to grab some fruit from the fruit section and some more calpol incase Howard needed it. When he eventually made it to the checkouts the electro boy was greated by what looked like never ending lines.
"Bloody hell!" Vince growled under his breath, not noticing a tearful looking little girl, who looked a bit younger than Howard run up to him.
"Excuse me... I lost my mummy and I'm scared," she sobbed.
Vince sighed and tried his best to be patient "What does your mummy look like,"
"She's tall and she has long blonde hair like a pwincess," she grabbed on to Vince's hand.
"Ok, what is she wearing?" Vince asked.
"Blue jeans, a red t-shirt and trainers. But I think she need accessories," the girl looked a bit less shy now she was talking about clothes.
"Yeah, I think you're right sweetheart. I'm Vince, what's your name?"
"I'm Alex," Alex sucked her thumb.
"Maybe if you lift you up you might be able to see her," Vince said and bent down to Alex's level.
"Yeah Vince, that sounds cool," Vince lifted the little girl up and looked around. "There she is," Alex grinned and pointed to a frantic looking woman who ran up to them. "Mummy, this is Vince. He helped me find you,"
"Thank you so much. I was so worried. I'm Barbra by the way," the blonde woman said as Vince handed Alex over.
"Nice to meet you. Look I've got to go now, but I'll maybe see you around," Vince smiled.
"Bye bye," Alex blew a kiss to Vince.
By this time the lines had cleared and Vince managed to pay for his shopping before returning back to the Nabootique.
Vince was greated by a terrified looking Bob Fossil. "Vince, Vince, thank God you're back. Gary don't look so good. I gotta go," Fossil ran out of the Nabootique before Vince could say anything.
"What happened?" Vince sighed.
"He was being all gross saying that he fancies you or something and it made me puke," Howard wailed.
"Ok, fair enough," Vince made a mental note to avoid Fossil.
"Did you bring foodie?" Howard demanded.
"Yeah, but I don't think you should eat just yet,"
"Fine. I wanna watch Teletubbies with my fav person," Howard grinned. Vince groaned but sat down and endured what he thought was the worst show alive for his best friend.