When Will woke up the next time he was not feeling any better. He opened his eyes and realized that it was still dark outside. Allowing himself the time to slowly turn and look at the clock, all he could manage was a soft groan. 2:22am it read. He was feeling like hell and there was no way that he was going to fall asleep again. Realizing this he was overcome by a feeling of nausea. Getting up as fast as he could he ran to the bathroom and bent over the toilet.

"god…why am I still feeling this awful. I don't think it is getting any better and my side is hurting more now than ever."

Benji had woken from the sounds of will rushing to the bathroom.

"Hey Will, mate I think we need to go to the doctors.." Benji called through the door.

"I'm fine Benj, don't worry about me at all!" Will called, trying to sound cheery but failing miserably.

"Mate, you aren't getting an option in this, either you come out willingly or I will have to drug you, but we are going to the hospital." He said firmly.

"What about Izzy?"

"I have already called Jane to come watch her for the night and then we will switch and she will come with you for the day." Came the swift reply.

"Okay"

"Okay? When do you ever agree to going to a hospital? Will come out right now!" Benji said, now sounding a bit panicked.

"I'm just not feeling the best" Will said.

"You never, and I mean never William, agree to go to the hospital unless you are unconscious or close to it. Now spill."

"Well maybe my side and now all of my body is starting to hurt…a little. And I feel so cold all over." Will said, his claim being backed up by an involuntary shiver.

"We will leave as soon as Jane gets here, but let me take you temperature. And you lie down!" Benji said sternly.

Will was lying on the couch and his eyes were half closed. He was cocooning himself with all the blankets on the couch but was still violently shivering. Benji reached over him and swiped a thermometer across his forehead.

"What station am I tuned in on now?" Will asked, trying to light up the situation.

"104.7" Benji said dryly.

"Well nothing to worry about yet then right? The brain doesn't fry 'till I'm at 106." Will replied weakly.

Just then Jane walked in and Benji sprung up from the chair. He grabbed the backpack by the door and the walked to help Will up. He hastily explained the situation to Jane and then helped Will into the car. Speeding the whole way to the hospital he was constantly tapping on Will's knee making sure he stayed awake.

xXx

The hospital had checked Will in for a few hours and put him on an IV. He had become dehydrated and on top of that having a slight cold and a stomach bug had just made things a lot worse. Now they were leaving the hospital and although the doctors had cleared him, Benji kept shooting him looks like he might collapse at any moment.

"Are you sure you can make it back to the living room or do you need help?" Benji asked anxiously when they got back to the house.

"Benj, I am FINE, please, stop worrying!" Will huffed irritably.

"Okay, well I will let Jane know that we have gotten back, thankfully the little princess is still asleep and never had a clue you were gone. You know she is ridiculously attached to you mate, its like everyone else disappears when you come into the room…too bad Ethan has been gone on the latest mission so long." Benji said, "But I'm sure he is coming back soon!" He corrected seeing the forlorn look on Will's face.

xXx

It had been another two weeks and there was still no sign of Ethan. Will had gotten over his illness and he was now doing some housework that desperately needed to be taken care of.

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, can we pwease go get the stuff for my room today? Pwease?" Izzy begged looking at Will who was washing the mountain of dirty dishes.

"Of course we can princess! You have been so good all week long, and I promised today didn't I?" Will chuckled while spinning Izzy around.

"Yay Daddy, we should gets all princess stuff!" She squealed happily.

Will set her down and told her to run and grab a sweatshirt, he himself walked and grabbed the first sweatshirt he could find. Unknowing to him he always looked great in anything he wore and the blue sweatshirt definitely complimented him. As he buckled Izzy in the backseat he double checked he had his wallet, phone and keys, and then they headed off. He knew it was going to be a long day and decided that it was best to start with the most important things first, such as Izzy's dresser, bed, and desk. As he pulled into the parking lot of the kids bed story, he saw Benji getting out of his car.

"Oi! Over here Will!" Benji screamed.

Shaking his head will waved back at Benji and then unbuckled Izzy.

"Guess who is here already Izzy bear?" Will asked the excited little gir.

"who! Who!" She asked bouncing up and down in her booster seat.

"Me!" Benji said jumping up from behind Will.

"U'cle Benji! U'cle Benji, pick a good princess bed and desk wif me?" She asked laughing

"Of course I will bug." Benji said merrily.

xXx

After a few hours of exhausting shopping the two men who had their hands full of shopping bags were still being toted around by a toddler.

"Princess would you like some dinner? " Will asked very tiredly.

"Yes that sounds like a marvelous idea, doesn't it bug?" Benji quickly quipped in.

"uh huh daddy, it's eaty time now right? But can we still go to the pet store to look at the puppies and kitties pwease? I really wants to see them" Izzy said with the biggest puppy dog eyes aimed at both Will and Benji.

"I guess we can do this one more stop, but then we are heading straight to the McDonald's drive through because I won't be cooking anything tonight" Will said mainly to Benji.

The men had finally managed to stuff all the bags into the car and once they got the door closed they started to walk towards the pet store across the street.

Since it was already 8 a clock at night, they were a bit worried that the store would be closed. Luckily, it was still open for a few more minutes. Benji and Will walked in, Izzy holding onto both of their hands and pulling them towards the puppies and kittens. Just as they were walking closer, a play bin was being cleared out. The only animals that were still to be picked up and moved were a little black kitten and a white puppy. Both seemed to be small, but what made them endearing was that they were huddled together, the kitten lying between the front paws of the dog. As soon as Izzy's eyes landed on the two, Will and Benji knew they were getting them.

"I'll go get the food mate," Benji whispered to Will

"And leave me all alone here? I see how it is." Will chuckled in response.

Izzy ran the rest of the way to the play bin and was bouncing in excitement. Yet as if she noticed that the animals were very little, she took utmost gentleness upon herself while petting them both.

"Daddy, pwease, can we get them?"

"I don't think so sweety, not right now at least" He replied with a great plan forming in his mind.

"But.."

"No buts princess, we just can't right now." Will said trying to resist the look on her face.

"Okay" Izzy sighted sadly and ran to Benji who was waiting at the register.

For once Will was very clad for the kindhearted daughter he had been blessed with. Any other child her age would have thrown a fit for not getting something they wanted so dearly.

"I hate to disappoint her like that, but she can't know that we are buying them both, after all I did say she could only have ONE pet and there is no way I could separate these two little guys. " Will thought.

Will only had to wait a few more minutes when an employee came to grab the last two from the bin. Just as he was about to grab the two little animals, Will interrupted him.

"Excuse me, how much would it be for both of them and all necessary accessories?" He asked.

"They are both pure bred animals, it would not be cheap, for the exact prices I would have to go check. But why would you want these two anyways, they are both the runts of their litter.

"Why is this man so unpleasant about animals? He is working at an animal store for God's sake!"

"I am going to buy them BOTH, no matter the cost" Will replied to the unpleasant man.

"okay," the man said while rolling his eyes.

As Will proceeded to purchase the animals and all the items the both of them would require, he then decided to text Benji.

"hey, got the animals, u take izzy back with your car, rendezvous back at the house."

"okay mate, see you in 15." Benji replied.