Chapter 9: Lily and Eliza

(Back in Chapter 8…)

'… I'm starting to think too much,' Eddy thought as he then got up from where he sat on the bench, 'Guess I better not interrupt them.'

He then decided to take a little walk around the hospital, just to see what was here in this big building. Too bad that he didn't notice what section of the hospital he was going to wander into; the children's daycare center for the hospital…

(And now, onto Chapter 9…)

It was about a few minutes of walking later that Eddy realized that he was far away from where Double D's hospital room was, "Great… now I'm lost in the hospital," he muttered with a bit of annoyance, "Can anything possibly go my way today?!"

"Excuse me, mister?" questioned a young girl's voice from behind and below him as Eddy looked around to see the source of the voice, only to someone there.

He found a blond haired, blue-eyed girl no older than five years old tugging on the bottom right part of his shirt; she was wearing a pink dress with a white flower print on the front. She also had a medium length, white blanket in her hands, "I think I'm lost, can you find Elitha?"

Eddy seemed a bit surprised by this encounter, but quickly masked it away, "Err… Sure, I can try."

"Yay!" the little girl cheered as she clapped her hands with joy.

Eddy made a slightly awkward smile as he and the little girl went around too find 'Elitha'. It was about two minutes of walking later that Eddy found something interesting; a place with a lot of kids. Some of them in wheelchairs and some were in crutches and casts. Either way; every one of the kids looked to be happy as some of them played with each other and stuff.

"Lily?!" questioned a voice from behind Eddy and the girl as the girl turned around to see who called her name, "Elitha!" cheered the little girl as the she came running over to someone behind them. Eddy turned around to see who the girl was running to, only to have his heart stop beating for a moment.

It was a girl that was no older than him at the age of thirteen. She had long, blond hair that went to her shoulder blades. She wore a sky blue shirt that went to her waist while the sleeves of the shirt went to her elbows. She wore a pair of tan colored carpenter pants that went to her ankles and covered up most of her tan and white tennis shoes.

"Lily, I've been looking everywhere for you!" the young teen girl stated as she gave the little girl a hug, "Why did you leave when I told you not to!"

"I'm sorry. I wanted to use the potty," explained the girl named Lily, "And when I found it, I couldn't find you again!"

"Aww, that's alright," the young teen then stated as she let Lily out of her hug, "At least you found your way back here."

"But I had help Elitha," Lily stated as she pointed to Eddy, "He brought me back to you."

That's when the young teen noticed Eddy's presence with them. She looked at him, revealing dark, grass green eyes, "And who might you be?" she asked.

"I-I'm Eddy; Eddy Wendell," Eddy replied as a sudden feeling washed over him; it was the same feeling he had when he first met Jennifer.

The girl made a smile, "Nice to meet you, I'm Eliza," she then greeted as she then gestured to Lily, "And this is my little sister Lily," she then turned to Lily, "Why don't you go play with someone."

"Okay!" stated Lily as she then ran off to the playroom near them, leaving Eddy and Eliza alone in the hallway.

"So…" Eliza started to say as she turned to Eddy, "I'm guessing that Lily picked you to take her back here?"

"I-I guess so," Eddy replied with a nod of his head.

Eliza made a little chuckle, "Sounds like something she would do… Thank you for bringing her back here."

Eddy made a small smile, "No problem…"

"Well, what brings you to the hospital?" questioned Eliza.

It was when she asked that question that he remembered, "Oh! I-I was visiting a friend; I got sidetracked and lost trying to find the room…"

Eliza made another chuckle, "That's alright; I know this hospital like the back of my hand," she then turned to him, "What's your friend's room number?"

"Err…" Eddy muttered, "It's, uh, room A-11."

"Okay," Eliza said with a nod of her head as she then started to walk off, but then noticed that Eddy wasn't following, "Aren't you going to follow me?"

"… Oh! Oh yeah…" Eddy meeped a little as he soon started to follow Eliza. But there was bugging him on the inside; why did she say that she knew the hospital like the back of her hand? Did she come here a lot? If she did, then what was it for?

'… I'm still thinking too much,' Eddy thought with a little sigh.


Yay! Two chapters in one day! 8D