Seven Months

Dil and Ji Yeon sat in the living room of Ji Yeon's house watching Brave.

Dil would rather be playing but Ji Yeon had a cold and didn't feel like doing much.

"Do you remember the first time you got sick?" Dil asked looking away from the tv as Ji Yeon sneezed.

Ji Yeon nodded as she wiped her nose on her pajama sleeve.

"It was after Min Jun's birthday. I knowed it was his birthday because he kept telling everybody and then a some kids came over."

"So you guys had friends before you came here? What were they like?" Dil asked.

"I didn't, but I guess Min Jun did. He went somewhere else sometimes when my parents worked." Ji Yeon explained.

"So what happened at the party?" Dil asked.

"All the kids were playing with balloons. I didn't know what they were back then, but they looked fun. I reached for one only for it to get kicked where I couldn't reach it. I watched the big kids play from my bouncy seat. Suddenly a balloon landed in my lap. I didn't get to hold it for long though because one of Min Jun's friends grabbed it away from me. I didn't like this girl very much."

JI Yeon had to pause her story so the kids could eat lunch. Dil had a grilled cheese while Ji Yeon had some chicken noodle soup.

After lunch Ji Yeon was put in her swing to take a nap while Dil made himself comfortable on the couch.

Their nap was interrupted by Ji Yeon throwing up and needing a bath.

MI Sun decided to call Didi to come pick up Dil a little earlier then planned since Ji Yeon had developed a fever.

"While we're waiting on my mommy to get here do you mind teling me more of the story?" Dil asked as they sat on the couch watching Aladdin.

"I guess." Ji Yeon sighed pulling her blanket closer.

"The kids started making the balloons make loud noises and disappear. The loud noises scared me making me cry. My mommy came and picked me up and took me to our bedroom to take my nap. I was glad to be away from all the noise."

"I had a nice nap until I heard a lot of yelling. I didn't know what was going on, but I didn't like it. I started crying and soon my mommy came into the room and picked me up out of my crib. She looked like she was crying too. Soon weboth calmed down and the yelling stopped. That was the night that my family decided to come here."

"What was all the yelling about?" Dil asked.

"I'm not really sure. I only knowed a few words of what people was saying to me, but I think it had something to do with Min Jun. He told me later on that his real daddy tried to take him back." Ji Yeon explained.

"I'm glad you're here now." Dil told her as Didi arrived to pick him up.

A few days later Dil and Ji Yeon met up at the park.

"I'm glad you're feeling better." Dil said approaching Ji Yeon, who sat in her stroller.

"Me too, but that was nothing like the firstest time I gotted sick." Ji Yeon told him.

"I thought you gotted sick before?" Dil asked confused.

Ji Yeon shook her head."I gotted a ear fection, but I didn't feel cold or cough or anything like I did this time. The firstest time I gotted sick I had to go to the hopsickle." Ji Yeon explained.

"Tell me." Dil urged her as he sat in the grass eating a cookie.

"It was after Min Jun's party. One morning I woked up and couldn't breath out of my nose and I felt cold all over. I had to take yucky medicine when I gotted a cough soon after drinking my bottle. I tried to sleep, but it was hard because my mommy wouldn't let me have my blankie."

"Yeah my mommy takes away my blankie if I get a fever." Dil commented.

"The worstest part was that I couldn't eat. I throwed up on all my clothes and took lots of baths, which I didn't mind because they helped me feel warm."

"Why did you go to the hopsickle?" Dil asked."You sound sick like you was this time."

"My mommy put this thing on my forehead, which she did a lot that whole time of me waking up. By the last time she did it was night time and we got in the car and drove to a building where I was put into a strange crib and had to stay there until I was better."

"That sounds bad." Dil said as JI Yeon finished her story.

"It was from what I remember. I think it was called the flu cuz I had to get something called a flu shot this time. My mommy said I had to so I wouldn't get the flu again." Ji Yeon explained.

"I got one of those too." Dil said pointing to the orange bandage on his left arm.

They sat at the park for awhile until it was time to go home.