PROMPT: Vick's Vaporub
Penny tenderly strokes the little girl's blonde head, pushing errant strands away from the sweaty face.
Her pale lids flutter then open, revealing blue eyes darkened with unshed tears.
"Momma, I hate being sick."
"I know Sweetie."
Penny hates to see Grace like this, fevered and miserable. It makes her heart clench that her baby is unhappy.
"Do you need anything?"
"Can you rub some of that icky stuff on my chest?"
She smiled and grabbed the jar of Vick's Vapor Rub. Twisting the lid off, she gently raised her daughters shirt and begun rubbing the medicine in the middle of her chest.
Penny started to smile as a certain memory rushed forward in her mind.
"Why are you smiling Mommy?"
"I was remembering something about me and Daddy."
"Tell me please."
She loved hearing anything involving Daddy and Mommy.
"Well, one day your dad became very sick and didn't have anyone to care for him. So he came to see me at my work and I took him home and do you know what I did?"
"What?"
"What I'm doing right now. I gave him a bowl of soup, rubbed this icky stuff on his chest and sang Soft Kitty to him."
Grace giggled as she tried to imagine Mommy rubbing icky stuff on Daddy's chest and singing Soft Kitty.
"Sing Soft Kitty."
Penny smiled and started to sing in a soft voice, "Soft kitty, warm kitty little ball of fur."
Just then, another voice joined in. Mother and daughter turned to the sound of the new voice, happy smiles gracing their pretty faces. Sheldon basked in their warm presence as he continued to sing.
"Happy kitty, sleepy kitty purr purr purr."
Grace's eyes slowly started to close as Penny and Sheldon continued to sing softly to their daughter.