Well this is my first Red Band Society fanfic so I hope this goes well xD I love the show so much! I got hooked and ugh I just want it to be Wednesday! 3

Disclaimer: I don't own The Red Band Society, not the characters or anything.

Dr. McAndrew sighed as he sat down on his bed exhausted from a tough day at work. He usually could handle situations of telling children bad news, but Jordi was different somehow. All he got with Jordi was questions… How could his mother decide to neglect the fact that her 'son' has cancer? What gave him the strive to come all the way here? Why him? He may be one of the best, but he always seemed to get the hard cases…

How do you tell a child that hasn't seen enough life that there may be nothing else to do? Even with this internal battle he still doesn't regret going into this field. This was his true calling and he knew that although he couldn't save everyone there was no harm in trying. ANd he damn well does try his best.

The next morning while patrolling the hospital he decided he had to tell Jordie sooner rather than later. He couldn't continue letting the kid live in a false sense of security, thinking that everything was okay. That would be cruel. He rerouted himself and headed straight for where he knew Jordi was resting after the surgery.

"What's up doc?" Jordi asked with a smile.

Hearing the carefree attitude in Jordi's voice made him want to turn around and pretend everything was okay, but he knew he had to face reality.

"We need to talk about your surgery." He sighed in defeat.

"I thought it went well? I thought that's why I got to keep my leg?" Jordi was a little confused.

"I didn't take off your leg because there was no need to. The… the cancer has spread to your soft tissue…"

"oh.."

"It may have even started there and moved into your bone-marrow… Soft tissue is easily mistaken for osteosarcoma." Dr. McAndrew hated this part about his job, the bad news.

"What's going to happen now?" Jordi asked trying to keep his eyes from watering.

"Well we're going to start you up on chemo to shrink the tumors and see how you and your cancer responds before we try another surgery." The Doctor informed the chronically ill child.

"I… I just want to be alone right now…" Jordi looked away and closed his eyes.

"Want me to call one of the other kids to stop by, Leo perhaps?" Dr. McAndrew asked with hope.

"I'm pretty sure he's still mad at me for getting to keep my leg… I'm just going to rest." Jordi stopped talking after that.

Dr. McAndrew sighed and left the room. He certainly didn't expect to see Leo standing there with unshed tears in his eyes.

"Is his cancer really worse than you thought?" Leo asked, worried for his newfound friend.

"I'm… I'm afraid so. You should probably wait until morning he's not in a good place right now." The Doctor informed Leo.

"I can't have him think that I'm mad at him the whole night." Without waiting Leo slowly made his way into the room and sat in the nearest wheely chair maneuvering his crutches to one side.

He felt bad now for how he acted when he learnt that Jordi got to keep his leg. He thought he would have someone else who could actually relate to him. But seeing that his friend only got to keep his leg because his cancer was worse than expected was not what he wished upon anyone…

"Leo?"

Okay what did you guys think? :O OMG I was so nervous writing this! I stuck mostly to the script of the show, but its a little different. There will probably be one more chapter so I hope you enjoy :)