Ed, Edd n' Eddy © Danny Antonucci

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Without A Sound

By: xXDawnBreaksXx

Chapter 2: Pain All Too Familiar

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When Ed and I entered Eddy's room in the hospital, we saw him sitting up in his bed with bandages wrapped around his head, staring out the window. His doctor was there also.

We quietly entered the room and closed the door behind us. The doctor looked up from his clipboard.

"Oh, good morning! You must be Eddy's friends, Eddward, and um...Edward!" he laughed, "My name is Dr. Cook."

He held out his hand and we shook it.

I looked over to Eddy, he seemed okay...

"It looks like that the loud music has damaged his ears, but with time it can heal. It should heal particularly fast, in about perhaps a week to a week-and-a-half....aside from that uplifting note, unfortunately, his ability to hear has left him...but only temporary. He could've gone home today, but his parents won't come to get him..."

"May I take care of him, doctor?" I asked.

"If it's not too much trouble, then yes." he replied.

I smiled a bit and nodded.

Eddy has been injured and his parents just abandon him like that? It was ridiculous. Of course it wouldn't be trouble. Eddy is my friend, if he was not well, I'll be there for him. After all, he was there for me when I'd gone through that phase of depression.

The doctor's beeper went off.

"Excuse me boys, I've got other things to tend to." he said.

With that, he left.

I turned to Ed and gave him money to go to the cafeteria.

"Here, Ed. Please take this and go ahead and eat. Eddy will be fine, I just want some alone time with him..."

Ed nodded and left the room, too.

Once Ed left, I walked up to Eddy's bedside where he could see me. I placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Eddy?.."I said, even though I knew couldn't hear me.

He looked up at me. His eyes filled with sadness. I'd already felt sorry for him, but the look on his face just made me feel worse. He looked so sad. I opened my mouth to say something, but then I closed it again. I wanted to say something to him, but I didn't know how.

He gave me a yellow notepad and a pen. It already had things scribbled on it. Things written down by the doctor. I had to communicate through sticky notes? It was nothing new to me...

I wrote a message to Eddy on the pad.

"Eddy, I'm taking you home with me."

"Mom and Pops aren't going to come home from their vacation?" he wrote back in his

I sighed.

"I'm afraid not..."

He shook his head in disbelief and then slapped the cup of water that was on the night stand onto the floor. I could see the rage and pain on his face. He clutched onto his bed sheets, and I sat down next to him. I wrote a new message.

"Please, Eddy. I know this is stressful right now but I want you to try and remain calm. I'm taking you home, and I'm going to take care of you. You just need to focus on healing, for now."

He read the note and looked up at me. Those wonderful blue eyes staring into mine, and then he wrapped his arms around me. I was surprised for a moment because it made me wonder, "When does Eddy ever hug me?" but, I know that that's all he needed right now and hugged him back. He felt so warm.

"I'm here, Eddy...I'm here...."

I knew how he felt. Maybe not the part about being deaf, but the pain of having such uncaring parents?....It was a pain that was all too familiar...

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A/N: Sorry that I took so long to update and that this chapter is so short. I've got some 'school stuff' to do, but I'll be sure to make the next longer! Please Review!