The Day It All Changed

by Redf0rd

A usual day in the park for Benson, when suddenly, while ranting at Mordecai and Rigby for being lazy (again), he suddenly collapsed! Will the park workers change their ways when they found out Benson has cancer? Thank you to Pouncingwind for the title.

4. Chapter 4: Taking Care of Benson, Day 1

Next Day

Benson woke up to the sound of something being cooked. Audrey suddenly walked to the side of his bed. "Good morning, Benson." she greeted. Benson, knowing he has cancer, just nodded at her. "I'm cooking your breakfast, so just wait in there. If you want to call my attention, just knock on your wall." she continued. He gave her a thumbs up as a way of saying "Sure." Audrey smiled at him, then walked out of the door.

After some minutes, Audrey is done cooking Benson's soup. He ate silently. After eating, Benson smiled at her. He took out a pen and a piece of paper from his drawer, and wrote "Thanks, Audrey." on it. He gave it to her, and Audrey smiled back. Suddenly there is a knock on the door. Audrey opened it, and standing infront of her were Mordecai and Rigby. "Hello, Audrey. Can we talk to Benson?" the two Park workers asked. She nodded, then leaded them to his room. Benson noticed his employees walking to his room, and he gestured them to come inside. The two grabbed two chairs inside his room, pulled it to beside Benson's bed. Mordecai cleared his throat then began to speak. "Look, Rigby and I are truly sorry for making you yell at us, which caused your cancer. If the cancer is gone, we promise to never make you yell again." Benson wrote in a piece of paper again, writing "It's okay, guys. I forgive you. But I am expecting the last sentence to be true." He gave it to Mordecai and Rigby, who nodded as a response. "Oh, and by the way, Audrey temporarily resigned her job to replace you as the manager until the cancer is gone." Rigby said. Benson, happy at the news, smiled at them. For the first time ever since he got out of the hospital, he spoke. "But, I can still visit the park, right?" The two workers, startled that he talked, slowly nodded. "Well, I need to get some sleep, so thanks for visiting and telling me the news, guys." Benson softly said. Mordecai and Rigby smiled, then walked out of the room.

Benson laid his head back to the pillows, then his eyes slowly closed until he finally drifted to sleep.

What's up, guys? Redf0rd here. I'm sorry for the delay of this chapter. I got a bad writer's block for the second time. But here's the next chapter and hope you are enjoying my story so far. See ya.

~ Redf0rd