Greg looks around and could hear his dad in the kitchen washing dishes. He slowly opened Jacob’s door and closed it as slowly as he could.
Jacob was in the bed half asleep with his eyes struggling to stay open. Greg walked over and stood next to him. Jacob saw this and turned to his friend. “What are you doing here you liar!”
“Jacob quiet down! Look it’s not my fault that it didn’t work. The bottle said that it should turn you back.” Greg whispered.
“Well it didn’t work! Now I’m going to be a baby forever!”
“Dude calm down, it’s just three days. I don’t see why you don’t take advantage of this!”
“All I’ve seen you do is complain.”
“That’s because I don’t want them to think I wanted this. They don’t even suspect anything. You however,”
“Me? I’ve been trying my best not to be a problem to your parents. They haven’t taken care of kids in forever. Do you want me to run around like an actual toddler?”
“No, just do what you think is best. I’ll just let you rest.” Greg started walking back to the door. As he opened it, his dad was at the end of the hall. He was holding a cup of water with a measuring cup inside it.
Greg quickly hid behind the door hoping his dad was dumb enough to be fooled. Sadly he wasn’t. Jake looked behind the door, “What are you doing?”
“I just wanted to see if he’s alright.” Greg lied.
“Stop the crap! I know you came in here for something else!”
“I’m telling the truth!” Greg lied again.
Jake turned to Jacob, “Is he?” Jacob nodded his head in response.
“Well that’s nice of you to worry about your friend, but we don’t want two sick toddlers. Just go to your room for now!” Greg quickly toddled all the way back to his room.
Jake walked over to Jacob and laid the cup on his nightstand. “It’s been a while since you’ve lost a lot of fluids. Dian told me to give you just a little bit of water right now. If you don’t puke, then you can get more.”
“Can I get food too?” Jacob asked.
“No can do! We need to give your stomach a break with the solids. Water is all you can right now. Now open up!” Jake held up the measuring cup to Jacob’s mouth. He opened it and took the little water it had. Jake gave him a few more scoops and stopped.
“If you need anything, just yell out for me. Dian should be back soon and we can see if anything she brought will help you.”
Jake took the water and left the room. Jacob stayed in bed still feeling like crap, but the water in his system was helping him. He just hoped to get some food soon.
Time passed on, and an hour had finally passed since Jacob was sent to bed. Jake returned with the same cup of water, but this time he gave it to Jacob. “Tiny sips ok?”
Jacob nodded his head and slowly drank the water in small intervals. When he finished the glass, he began to feel better.
“Do you feel like you gotta puke? Any bad feelings in your tummy?”
“No, I’m just hungry. Can I get some food now?”
“I’ll find something small for you to eat. It will be limited since it’s still too soon to eat a full meal.” Jake left the room and headed to the kitchen. At the same time as Jake returned to the kitchen, Dian opened the door with multiple bags.
“It’s been an hour, where have you been?” Jake asked. He ran over to help his wife with the bags. They placed them on the table and Jake investigated the bags. Snacks, sports drinks, and baby food. He even found a baby monitor in one of the bags.
“What’s with all of this?”
“Well Jacob is too old to have medicine targeted towards newborns. For now we just need to give him water in small amounts. You’ve started him on that right?”
“Yea he just had a cup. He didn’t look like he was sick after he drank it.”
“Oh the poor thing. You’re supposed to give them water slowly over time for eight hours!” Dian went straight to the guest room expecting puke on the bed. What she did find surprised her.
Laying on top of the bed was the toddler she knew as Jacob, on his phone, and not tucked into the bed.
“Jacob! You’re supposed to be in bed! You’re going to throw up again if yo lay down like that!”
“But I feel fine right now. I think all I needed was some water. Now can I eat now?”
“No, you are to stay in bed until we know for sure that you won’t throw up again. Now get back in bed and wait for us to bring you something to drink!”
“Fine!” Jacob groaned. He crawled back into bed and laid there. Out of boredom, he decided to start texting Greg again.
J: send a pic of the pills. I wanna see exactly what it says.”
G: Can’t. I used my diaper and now my dad is forcing me to take a bath. I’ll try to send you them when I’m alone again.
Jacob deleted his messages and turned off his phone. He laid in bed feeling no nauseous effects. He didn’t even feel that bad.
“If he had to go, then did I?” Jacob pulled the covers over and he checked his diaper.