Sorry

"Again; Stop that! Please!"

"Stop what?"

"Bouncing that balloon."

"Sorry."

'"No, you're not. If you were you wouldn't have started it up again."

"I am."

"Either go outside or in your room and shut the door if you have to keep it up. It drives me insane! Well, maybe not insane, but it gets to me, I have a deadline and I'm trying to finish this story."

"Yes, grandpa. Sorry."

"Read a book or go run around in the park, please."

"Yes, grandpa."

"See you later."

~

"I ASKED YOU TO STOP THAT IN THE HOUSE! Damn it, look what you made me do! Crap, sorry, I'll work on not doing that."

"Sorry, grandpa."

"Okay, do you know what 'Sorry' means?"

"That I'm sorry I did it."

"That's part of it. Sorry means you're sorry and you'll stop doing whatever you were doing that bothers whoever asked you to stop."

"Okay."

"I'm sorry I yelled at you. That makes me feel bad, I don't like losing my temper. And you didn't 'Make' me do it, I lost control, but that repetitive sound gets to me. I'll try very hard to not yell again."

"Thank you grandpa."

~

"TAKE THAT DAMNED THING OUTSIDE OR I'LL POP IT! ... crap, I did it again! I'm sorry Sean, I yelled again. I will take it away if you do it again."

"Here."

"What's this? Why give it to me?"

"I don't think I can stop."

"Thank you for that, I understand, I actually was ten a couple years ago. Sit with me, I'll start a new story about a boy being a boy around his grandpa and you can help me, how would that be?"

"A story? Will you sell it?"

"Not quite, buddy, but many people will read it."

"Wow, cool."

"We'll start with ..."