"Wake up, kiddo." I shook my youngest brother. It was past noon and he was
still in bed so It was definitely time I dragged him out of it. He moaned
and rolled over. I smiled half heartedly. "C'mon now. You've been dosing
all day." He yawned. "Still tired huh? Maybe I should send you to bed at an
early hour tonight too." That did it. He was up.
"I was only resting." He mumbled, groggily. I was glad I'd made him go to bed early the night before or he would've been a complete wreck today. As a result of bedtime at ten he was only acting as bad as his usual morning self.
"Sure you were." I said. "Lunch is in the kitchen. You missed breakfast."
"Wait a second you can't send me to bed early tonight anyways." He said, laying back down. "You want me to watch Katherine."
Shoot. I thought. He remembered. "Pony get up, right now." I said sternly.
"Why?" He moaned.
"If your not up on the count of three I'm gonna sit on you." I threatened.
"Aaaaargh."
"One." I started.
"But Darry-" He whined. That high pitched, extremely annoying whine he gives me when he really doesn't want to do something. I hate it when he does that.
"Two." I said, raising my voice a bit, letting him know I wanted him up and out of that bed.
"But I'm tired." He whined again.
"I'm not kidding, Ponyboy. Two and a half-"
"Ok. Ok. I'm up." He said, standing up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Bah boom!" Katherine yelled, running into the room and diving under his legs.
Pony rolled his eyes. "It's a new game Soda taught her." I explained.
"Peachy." He said, heading out towards the kitchen.
"Bye bye!" Katherine yelled after him. Sheish. He could at least say hi to her. "Upy!" She demanded, holding her arms out to me. I scooped her up and followed my moping brother out of the room.
"Hey Dar, I just got this call and I gotta go to the-"
"Don't you dare ask for your license back." I said. It hadn't even been one day yet. He was definitely not getting a break after one day. I didn't usually change my mind about stuff like this. I'm stubborn as I've told you before and when I tell my brothers they're grounded they usually stay grounded. Unless for some reason I was wrong to do that. But that rarely happens.
He started again. "But, Darry. I really wanna pick up-"
"If you ask I'll put you in your room for an hour."
He sighed, not wanting to have room confinement. Soda can't sit still for a second. He's always moving around and doing something. So he contained himself by flipping the TV on and sitting down with a bag of potato chips. "Fine Darry." He said after a minute. "If you don't give me my license back I'm not watching Katherine tonight."
"Yes you are and drop the subject." I said.
"Why is it our job to watch her?" He asked.
"Do you want to have food in the fridge next month or should I just get fired?" I asked. He shut up momentarily.
"So I get my license back next Friday night right? Since you took away my license yesterday?"
"No you'll get your license back next Sunday. Not Friday."
"Why?!" He shrieked.
"Because today is Sunday and it's the first day of your punishment. I said a week."
"You know I could just take the keys and leave." He snapped. "It's not the end of the world if I don't have my license while I'm driving."
"Yeah, I suppose you could do that." I said. "I don't think it'd be such a smart idea though. Then you'd get yourself grounded and that's worse than the ditch that you're already in. Much worse." He sighed and quit. This time he really did quit though. He gave up and I congratulated myself for yet another victory.
Yuck. What is that. Something smells vulgar. "Katherine, c'mere." I said.
"ladumicksee." She said, speaking some form of baby language and completely ignoring me. I sighed and went over to her instead. Yup that smell was definitely coming from her. I picked her up and carried her back to her room for a diaper change, returning five minutes later to a very unpleasant surprise. Pony had puked all over the floor. Soda was kneeling down next to him, rubbing his back as he coughed. I put Katherine down near her toys and went to get some towels and carpet cleaner.
"You got a stomach ache, Pon?" I asked as I cleaned it up, trying hard not to vomit myself at the site of it. It's kinda funny yah know? I can stand getting busted open and bloody in rumbles but I can't stand the site of vomit.
"Kinda." He said weekly, sitting back down on the couch.
"He's warm, Dar." Soda said feeling his forehead.
"Figures." I mumbled. "I hear the flues going around. Go on and lie down honey." Pony and Soda stood up and he took him back to his room. I finished cleaning up the mess and went in to check on my brother. So much for him babysitting tonight. Soda would have to watch Katherine himself not to mention keep an eye on Ponyboy. I didn't want to leave Soda with all that stuff to do and I didn't want to leave Pony when he was sick either but I had to go to work or I'd be out of the job and I couldn't let that happen.
I put Katherine to bed before I left, hoping she wouldn't wake up until tomorrow morning. She gets real fussy when she wakes up after she's been sleeping for a few hours and I knew Soda wouldn't wanna deal with that let alone KNOW how to deal with that. As for Pony I gave him some medicine to settle his stomach. He'd been moaning all day about how much it hurt, unless he was barfing. He always wanted more of that medicine but if I gave him to much it would just make him feel worse.
Pony's flue only lasted for a couple days but guess who caught it next.
"I was only resting." He mumbled, groggily. I was glad I'd made him go to bed early the night before or he would've been a complete wreck today. As a result of bedtime at ten he was only acting as bad as his usual morning self.
"Sure you were." I said. "Lunch is in the kitchen. You missed breakfast."
"Wait a second you can't send me to bed early tonight anyways." He said, laying back down. "You want me to watch Katherine."
Shoot. I thought. He remembered. "Pony get up, right now." I said sternly.
"Why?" He moaned.
"If your not up on the count of three I'm gonna sit on you." I threatened.
"Aaaaargh."
"One." I started.
"But Darry-" He whined. That high pitched, extremely annoying whine he gives me when he really doesn't want to do something. I hate it when he does that.
"Two." I said, raising my voice a bit, letting him know I wanted him up and out of that bed.
"But I'm tired." He whined again.
"I'm not kidding, Ponyboy. Two and a half-"
"Ok. Ok. I'm up." He said, standing up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Bah boom!" Katherine yelled, running into the room and diving under his legs.
Pony rolled his eyes. "It's a new game Soda taught her." I explained.
"Peachy." He said, heading out towards the kitchen.
"Bye bye!" Katherine yelled after him. Sheish. He could at least say hi to her. "Upy!" She demanded, holding her arms out to me. I scooped her up and followed my moping brother out of the room.
"Hey Dar, I just got this call and I gotta go to the-"
"Don't you dare ask for your license back." I said. It hadn't even been one day yet. He was definitely not getting a break after one day. I didn't usually change my mind about stuff like this. I'm stubborn as I've told you before and when I tell my brothers they're grounded they usually stay grounded. Unless for some reason I was wrong to do that. But that rarely happens.
He started again. "But, Darry. I really wanna pick up-"
"If you ask I'll put you in your room for an hour."
He sighed, not wanting to have room confinement. Soda can't sit still for a second. He's always moving around and doing something. So he contained himself by flipping the TV on and sitting down with a bag of potato chips. "Fine Darry." He said after a minute. "If you don't give me my license back I'm not watching Katherine tonight."
"Yes you are and drop the subject." I said.
"Why is it our job to watch her?" He asked.
"Do you want to have food in the fridge next month or should I just get fired?" I asked. He shut up momentarily.
"So I get my license back next Friday night right? Since you took away my license yesterday?"
"No you'll get your license back next Sunday. Not Friday."
"Why?!" He shrieked.
"Because today is Sunday and it's the first day of your punishment. I said a week."
"You know I could just take the keys and leave." He snapped. "It's not the end of the world if I don't have my license while I'm driving."
"Yeah, I suppose you could do that." I said. "I don't think it'd be such a smart idea though. Then you'd get yourself grounded and that's worse than the ditch that you're already in. Much worse." He sighed and quit. This time he really did quit though. He gave up and I congratulated myself for yet another victory.
Yuck. What is that. Something smells vulgar. "Katherine, c'mere." I said.
"ladumicksee." She said, speaking some form of baby language and completely ignoring me. I sighed and went over to her instead. Yup that smell was definitely coming from her. I picked her up and carried her back to her room for a diaper change, returning five minutes later to a very unpleasant surprise. Pony had puked all over the floor. Soda was kneeling down next to him, rubbing his back as he coughed. I put Katherine down near her toys and went to get some towels and carpet cleaner.
"You got a stomach ache, Pon?" I asked as I cleaned it up, trying hard not to vomit myself at the site of it. It's kinda funny yah know? I can stand getting busted open and bloody in rumbles but I can't stand the site of vomit.
"Kinda." He said weekly, sitting back down on the couch.
"He's warm, Dar." Soda said feeling his forehead.
"Figures." I mumbled. "I hear the flues going around. Go on and lie down honey." Pony and Soda stood up and he took him back to his room. I finished cleaning up the mess and went in to check on my brother. So much for him babysitting tonight. Soda would have to watch Katherine himself not to mention keep an eye on Ponyboy. I didn't want to leave Soda with all that stuff to do and I didn't want to leave Pony when he was sick either but I had to go to work or I'd be out of the job and I couldn't let that happen.
I put Katherine to bed before I left, hoping she wouldn't wake up until tomorrow morning. She gets real fussy when she wakes up after she's been sleeping for a few hours and I knew Soda wouldn't wanna deal with that let alone KNOW how to deal with that. As for Pony I gave him some medicine to settle his stomach. He'd been moaning all day about how much it hurt, unless he was barfing. He always wanted more of that medicine but if I gave him to much it would just make him feel worse.
Pony's flue only lasted for a couple days but guess who caught it next.