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The next day, Sarah, quickly, got ready and said 'good-bye' to Jim and Delbert.
"Good-bye Jim", said Sarah giving Jim a hug and a kiss on his forehead. "Be a good boy for Delbert".
"Mom, I'll be good", said Jim. "I'm not a baby, you know".
Delbert rolled his eyes.
"Have a safe journey, Sarah", said Delbert giving Sarah a hug.
Then, Sarah got into the wagon. The driver clicked and they were off. Delbert and Jim stayed outside, waving to Sarah, until the wagon was out of sight.
Delbert ushered Jim inside and decided to make breakfast for Jim.
"No thanks Delbert", said Jim a little uneasy. "I'll make my own breakfast today".
"James, you need to eat a good meal", said Delbert cracking a egg. "I'll make you scrambled eggs".
"I'll be fine, Doc", said Jim grabbing a box of cereal. "I'll just eat a bowl of cereal".
"James, I don't want to hear it", said Delbert. "You are going to eat scrambled eggs".
Jim sighed but poured some cereal into a bowl. After he put the cereal box away and got the milk, Jim returns to his spot at the table. He finds his cereal bowl gone and replaced with a place of scrambled eggs.
He looks at Delbert, who was taking the milk from Jim, and gasps.
"Why did you take my cereal"? Jim asked angry.
"You need a healthy breakfast", said Delbert taking a bite of the cereal. "Not this…this stuff you call cereal. Now, eat your eggs".
Jim groaned but ate the eggs.
'Yuck', he thought. 'Why am I eating this'?
"Doc, may I go to the bathroom"? Jim asked.
Delbert nodded and Jim went to bathroom. Once he was alone, Jim forced himself to throw up.
"That feels better", said Jim once he was done. "I ate most of it so I won't have to eat a lot more".
"James, what the devil are you doing in there"? Delbert called.
Jim cleaned himself up and went back downstairs.
"I heard something up there", said Delbert when Jim came back down. "What were you doing"?
Jim paled and just ate his food.
"James, what were you doing upstairs"? Delbert asked again.
"I threw up", muttered Jim.
"And you're still eating"? exclaimed Delbert getting up and feeling Jim's forehead.
"I felt better after I did", said Jim moving away from Delbert. "Well enough to eat the rest of my breakfast".
"I'm going to check your fever later, James", said Delbert picking up the dishes.
Jim looked at him with a weird look on his face.
"Why do you check my temperature so much"? Jim asked.
"You're very sick Jim", said Delbert with great concern. "I need to make sure it doesn't go up to 104".
"It gets annoying", grumbled Jim.
"Well, I'm annoying because I care", said Delbert taking no offense to what Jim has said. "Oh, I talked to your mother last night and we decided that I should take you to the doctor".
"I don't want to go", Jim whined.
Delbert shook his head and patted Jim's head.
"Well, I want to know if you need any other medicines", said Delbert. "I also want to know what you have".
"Its the flu", said Jim. "I had the same thing when I was younger".
"Better to be safe then sorry, James", said Delbert with a smile. "Now, get dressed so we can go".
Jim grumbled but went upstairs and got dressed.
"I'm ready for the trip to heck", said Jim sarcastically.
"I'm going to check your temperature first", said Delbert.
"Can this wait"? Jim groaned.
"No", said Delbert sticking a thermometer into Jim's mouth.
They waited for a few minutes before taking the thermometer out.
"Its at 102.5", said Delbert. "Thats better then yesterday".
Jim rolled his eyes.
"That's great", said Jim with sarcasm. "Can we get this over with".
Delbert nodded and grabbed his coat.
Then, they were on there way.