Chapter Two: The Arrival
The ride to the dentist's office was not too bad. Luckily, cicadas had recently emerged and Gil sat in the back with his son strapped in his car seat. Deep in discussion about the
noisy insects. "Gil. Don't you dare catch any of those bugs and bring them into this car." Sara reminded him. She knew he kept an insect net in the back and often caught the bugs by holding the net out the window when his son was riding in the back. She knew it was a good distraction for her son; but she also knew how much fun they got out of letting the insects loose in the car or worse in her hair.
"Too late, Sara. I promise not to let them go in the car though." Gil replied.
"Well we are here now. Get Aaron out of his car seat and we will go upstairs. And don't put any of those cicadas in your pockets Gil-Bert Grissom. Dr. Irey does not appreciate your sentiments towards bugs."
"In – sects. Mommy. Not bugs." Aaron cried. "In – sects."
As Gil concentrated on unbuckling Aaron from the car seat, his son Aaron carefully removed 2 cicadas from the insect net and stuck them in his jacket pocket. 'Mommy said Daddy couldn't have in – sects. Not him.' Aaron thought.
As Gil picked up his son, he said, "Ready to face the music, little man?"
"Yes, daddy. Will mommy be mad?"
"Mad about what, Aaron?"
Aaron looked around and opened his jacket pocket. "I saved 2 for you, Daddy. Mommy didn't say I couldn't have them."
Gil smiled. "No she didn't little man. Well let's make this our secret for now. Ok?"
"OK, daddy." Then Gil carried his son upstairs to Dr. Irey's office.
