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The walk home was silent.
Jim was messing with his left ear nervously and Delbert was reading the instructions on the ear drop bottle. When they got home, Jim tried to quickly get upstairs but Delbert grabbed his arm.
"I want to talk to you about your behavior at the doctor's office today", said Delbert setting Jim on one of the chairs. "It was atrocious".
"Ok", said Jim. "My behavior was ahh…tro…shus today. Case closed".
Then, Jim tried to go to his room but Delbert kept him in the chair.
"No, case still open", said Delbert upset. "You had no right to behave like that".
Delbert, then, went on and on about how bad Jim's behavior was. Jim saw that Delbert was so absorbed into the lecture he was giving to him, he could sneak outside and go solar surfing. He quietly got up from the chair and made his way to the door. Unfortunately, Delbert saw Jim sneaking towards the door and dragged him back to the living room by his ear.
"Now, trying to sneak outside", said Delbert. "When your mother gets back, you're so grounded".
"I'm sick", said Jim. "So, I'm basically grounded anyway".
"Don't you smart talk me young man", scolded Delbert. "You need to treat me with respect. Besides, I need to give you the ear drops".
"Can we eat first"? Jim asked in a begging tone. "I'm starving".
Delbert sighed but let Jim make himself a sandwich. After he was done, Jim tried to sneak upstairs.
"James, I know you want to be better", said Delbert catching Jim in the middle of the stairs. "If you don't take those drops, you'll get a severe ear infection and thats the last thing you want".
Jim stood there for a second; pondering. If he took the drops, he would have to lay there for a bit until the drops drain into his ear but if he didn't take the drops, Delbert will be on his case until he did take the drops. He decided to take the drops.
"Hold on", grumbled Jim. "I'll be down in a second".
Delbert smiled and got the drops ready. When Jim finally laid down on the couch, Delbert opened the drops and held them over Jim's ear.
"Now, Jim, these drops will feel weird for little while", said Delbert seriously. "I don't want you jumping up and running away from me. So, just relax".
Jim nodded and braced himself for the drops. As Delbert put the drops into Jim's ear, Jim had to beat the urge to jump up.
Finally, Delbert was done.
"Good boy Jim", praised Delbert giving Jim a pat on the head. "Wait here. I'm going to get you something".
Jim could only wonder what that 'something' was.
Author's note: Cliffhanger! I'll let you guess what that 'something' is.