Jacob and Greg heard the adults approaching. Greg remained calm, but Jacob acted differently.
Jacob put his hand in his mouth and kept touching uvula. It didn’t take much for him to feel sick. He stopped touching it and got ready to puke.
“Here they are!” Dian said. She was pointing her phone towards the boys. Greg stood there and watched as Jacob got on his knees and covered his mouth.
“Jacob sweetie? Are you ok?” Dian asked. She knelt down and began to stroke his back. As she did that, Jacob hurled out puke from his mouth.
“Oh no! Get him to the toilet!” Dian ordered. Jack quickly grabbed Jacob and moved him to the rim of the toilet seat. Jacob continued to puke until he felt like there was nothing else in him. Jake continued to assure him that everything was ok.
“I’ll call you later!” Dian said to Jacob’s mother. She hung up the phone and went to Jacob.
“You ok honey? Did you eat something bad last night?” She asked.
“Maybe the baby thing is stressing him out.” Jack suggested.
Jacob felt sick and weak after he finished. He looked at himself, seeing that he was still small.
“I’m still small?” He asked himself.
“Yes you are still small. I’m sorry to say but this isn’t some nightmare.” Jack said. He picked up Jacob and cleaned up his face. “Let’s get you to bed! You’ll need to sleep for a while.”
Jacob was carried to the guest room and was tucked in bed. Dian came in with a thermometer and a wet towel.
“You’re lucky you are mentally old enough for this.” Jacob knew what to do and lifted his tongue. She checked his temperature and took it out when it finished.
“You’re temperature is ok, but you’re still going to stay in bed for about an hour.”
“But I’m hungry!” Jacob whined.
“You just puked barely a second ago. If you eat again, you’ll experience the same thing. You are going to give your stomach a break. In thirty minutes, we’ll see how you are!” Dian said.
She grabbed the tv remote and turned the tv on. She left the remote with Jacob before leaving the room.
“Sorry bud, the rules are rules.” Jake said as he left the room. He closed the door behind him. Jacob wanted to reach for his phone, but he felt too tired to do anything. He remained in bed as he watched the tv’s current channel.
Outside the room, Jake, Dian, and Greg were in the kitchen. Dian was grabbing her keys and purse, while Jake was looking for things for his son to eat.
“I’m going to go get some medicine just in case if it’s some kind of sickness. They’re young again so their bodies are probably not used to the germs around them.” Dian said. She kissed her son goodbye and left the house.
Jake pulled out a box of cereal and milk. “Looks like it’s time for you to eat breakfast! Let me try and find some bowls or spoons for little ol’ you!” Jake searched and found appropriate sized bowl and spoon for Greg. He served his son a bowl of cereal and put everything away as Greg ate.
After Greg finished breakfast, he was allowed to go to his room while Jake cleaned up the place. He was told to “go straight to your room or you’ll receive a handful of spankings!” from his father. He didn’t want to listen to him, and never would have. So instead of going to his room, he walk to the guest room Jacob was staying in.