Lydia was surprised at how well Shaggy cared for her. He stayed by her side all day, only leaving to get medicine and prepare a hot meal for her. She fell asleep several times so, they couldn't really manage to hold a conversation. Every time she woke up she would catch Shaggy doing something different. Lydia was surprised to see him leafing through a photo album at one point.
"What's that?" she asked curiously as she tried to stifle a yawn.
"One of Mom's photo albums,"
"How's your family?"
"Good, Sugie's grown quite a bit since you've last seen her,"
"I miss her,"
"I think she misses you, my whole family does,"
"Maybe, maybe I can visit them?" Lydia asked.
"Would you like that?"
"Yes,"
"Then we will as soon as you get better,"
"Really?"
"I promise,"
…...
Shaggy took constant care of his friend and often tried his best to entertain her. Lydia had said to him once that the only source of entertainment she had was art. So, to change that he bought her a small TV and a DVD player. He hooked them both up before surprising her once again by presenting her a bag filled with the movies she'd watched as a kid. There were older cartoons like The Jetsons, The Flintstones and, Top Cat. There were also Disney movies such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, Snow White and, Aladdin. Soon, the two were binging old cartoons and laughing. Sometime later, Lydia had fallen asleep so, Shaggy turned off the movie and covered his friend in her favorite quilt before taking his leave. When he got back home the others questioned where he had been.
"With Lydia, she's sick remember?"
"You two seem to be getting awfully close," Daphne teased.
"Like, it's not what you're thinking Daphne,"
"Uh-huh sure,"
"Really it isn't,"
"Yet,"
"Like strop that,"
"Stop what?"
"You know,"
With that, Shaggy walked away. He headed to his room and locked himself inside. Sitting down at his desk he stared at the open sketchbook in front of him. Lydia had presented him with it a while back.
"You were always a good artist Shaggy don't give up,"
He promised not to give up. He wouldn't give up. He planned to fill the sketchbook and give it to Lydia as a present. He picked up a pencil and slowly, surely began to draw. What did he draw you may ask yourself. Another picture of Lydia herself. This time it was Lydia as a superhero. Other drawings had been of her as a princess, a spy, a celebrity. There were other drawings of course but those were few and far between. This book was going to show Lydia how special she really was whether she knew it or not.
He just couldn't wait.