Prompt word: thermometer
Note: one of three for this challenge word.
Childhood Disease
The beep woke him.
"Wh'are ya'doin'?"
"Sorry, man. Go back to sleep."
Sam raised up on one elbow and rubbed sleep from his eyes. "What was tha'noise?" he asked groggily.
"Just this yuppie thermometer you bought. Who ever heard of taking a temperature in your ear? Mouth or ass—that's how it's always been done."
Sam decided not to comment and fumbled for the lamp. "Are you sick?"
"Maybe," Dean sighed. "I might have caught something from those rug rats at that school."
When the light came on, Sam could see the red welts covering Dean's arms and face.
"Oh…crap."
01/11/09