The next morning Double D found it hard to open his eyes but when he finally did his thoughts went to his mother. He moved his head slowly towards the chair where she was still sleeping. He sighed and pushed himself up into a sitting position. He felt tired and sick. When the nurse came in with breakfast early that morning he had refused to eat. He felt as if he would be sick if he'd eaten anything, but he also wasn't ready to tell his mother the horrible truth. After a few minutes, he laid back down and closed his eyes.

Not long after that his mother awoke and thinking her son was asleep, she began to cry. Double D could not help but feel bad he never did like his mother to cry. It was then that he felt a sharp pain run through him and he gasped. Anna looked up in alarm. "Eddward," She called. "Yes Mother?" "are you okay?" Double D wanted so much to tell her that he was fine. "Actually Mother," He began taking her hand in his own. "I have been feeling a little off for a little while and there is one thing you can do for me that could make it better" "Anything dearest" His mother replied softly stroking his head. "Well Mother, if I could just-" "Anna, I'm sorry to bother you but we're a bit under staffed and I'm afraid we need your help in the ER."Anna looked at her son. "Go Mother, they need you, I'll be alright here"

"are you sure?" "yes mother I'm sure" With that Anna dashed from the room leaving Double D to his thoughts. "When will I be able to say it Mother has to know." He thought to himself. He looked around his room sadly, before slipping back into a deep sleep. When Double D woke up, he was alone and it was dark. He yawned softly and sat up. To his surprise, Eddy walked in with Ed at his heels.

They took the seats on the side of their friend's bed. "hey sockhead, how ya feelin'" Double D smiled at the familiar faces. "Eddy I've been feeling quite off lately." "I got a call from your mom she's worried about you." "I know Eddy but I'm trying to get well." That seemed to remind Eddy of something, he reached into his pocket and handed double d a large envelope. "What is it?"

Double D questioned. "Open it genius" Double D did just that. Inside the envelope he found a get well card sighed by all the children and smiled. Now he knew he couldn't let them down.

"Thank you Eddy, this has really shown me something special." "Good, we thought you might need a good pick me up. It's more to let you know we need ya sockhead, the cul-de-sac wouldn't be the same without ya." "yeah double D," Ed chimed in. "Well we'd better get goin' we'll talk to ya soon sockhead, c'mon Lumpy" He laid back down in his bed knowing he needed all the encouragement they could give.

Three weeks passed by quickly and each day Double D felt a little better. Finally, the day came when Double D went home. Though it had taken some time a few months if you count from his first day at the hospital. His doctor had ordered him on bed rest until further notice and his mother took a few days off from work.As for the children specially Eddy and Ed who had been true to their word and were over there every day. They made sure he was comfortable and had his medicine. Although there had been many hard times, The boys stuck together. Slowly Double D began to feel better and even though he had an occasional relapse into his illness he realized that he a great supportive system. And together they could get through everything.

AN: Well there's the story, thanks for reading, please review.